The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
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After they had come with the holly
lie bad them make 4 circle OF It 50
thick around the house that fly
couldn't walk through without touch
ing JWig or leaf But that was not
al. They made a secoud ring of holly
outside the first. so that the house sat
in two great wreaths, one wreath
around the other. The outside ring
was much the bigger and left 4 good
space between it and the first, with
room for ever so many people TO stand
there 1t was like the inner ring. ex-
cept for a little gate. left open as
though by accident. where the fairies
could walk in.
But it wasn't an accident at all. only
the wise plan of Maureen's. for near
by this little gap. in the outside
wreath. lay a sprig Of holly with a bit
OF Irvine tied TO it. Then tue Irvine
ran along up 10 Darbys house and in
through the window. where its ind lay
convaynient 10 his hand. A little pull
on the Irvine would drag the stray
piece of holly into the gap and close
tight the outside ring.
Well anyway, these things were
hardly finished and Fixed when the
dusky brown of the hills warned the
neighbors OF twilight and they scuTried
like frightened rabbits 10 their homes.
Only one among them all had cour-
age 10 sit inside Darbys house waiting
the dreadful visitors, and that che was
Bob BrOderick.
For some rayson or other the Good
People We're long in coming. Ten
O'Clock struck. thin eleven, afther that
twelve. and not a sound from the out
side Within the minute a thousand
rustling voices sprung from outside.
Through the window. IN the clear
moonlight Darby marked weeds and
grass being trampled- by invisible feet
beyond the furthest ring OF holly.
Suddenly broke a great cry. The gap
in the first ring was found. Signs were
plainly seen OF uncountabIe feet rush
ing through and spreading about the
nearer wreath. Afther that u howl OF
madness from the little men and wo-
men. Darby had pulled his Irvine and
the trap was closed, with 5000 of the
Good People entirely at his mercy.
Princes. prIncesses. dukes, dukesses.
earls, earlesses, and all the quality Of
Sleive-na- mon We're PRISONERS. Not
more than dozen of the last 10 come
ESCAPED, and they flew back to tell the
king.
For an hour they ragged. All the bad
names ever called TO mortal man We're
given free. but Darby said never a
u
"Murtherin' thafe Of a blaggardr' were
the softest words trun at him.
BY an by. howsumever. as it begun
to grow near to cock-crow, their talk
grew a great dale civiler. Then came
Begin. pladin', promisin. and en-
tnratin'. but the doors of the house
still stayed shut an its windows down
Purity soon Darbys old rooster Terry
came down from his perch, yawned.
an tapped his wings a few times. At
that the terror and the screechin' OF
the Good People would have melted the
| heart of a stone.
All OF n sudden a fine clear voice rose
/ from beyant the crowd. The king had
! come The other fairies grew stiil
/ listening.
/ seYe murtherfns thafe of the vvorruld. -
says the king. grandly. what are We
/ dom wild my people?
Keep a civil tongue IN yer head
] Brian Connors' says Darby. sticking
/ his head out the window, for I'm as
good man as you, any day say
/ Darby.
1 At that minute Terry the cock.
! tapped his wings and crowed. In "a
/ fash there sprang into full view the
crowd Of Good People-dules. eaTi.',
| princes, quality and commOners, with
their ladies-jammed thick together
] ABOUT the huuCr. every blit VI AAtiAl
with his head trun back bawiiug and
/ crying. and tears dS hiE az pigeon egss
/ rOuling down their cheeks.
4 few feet away. on a straw pile in
the barnyard stood the king. his goUiG
! crown tilted on the side Of his head
his long. green cloak about him and
his rod in his hand, but thremblin' all
/ over.
In the middle of the crowd. but tow
! ering high above them all, stood MaU-
reen McGibney in her cloak Of green
/ an gOOld, her purity brown hair 1allin
down her chOwlders an she-the crafty
villain-cryin' an bawlin' an abUsin
Darby with the best of them.