The San Francisco call., 1904-03-27
HERMINIE
TEMPLETON
copyright By Mcclure. Philips & Coz


~ THOUGH cnly ere living man
4 iof his owu free win ever went
among them there. still any vel
4 lezrrsd person IN Ireland can
IT, yoc that the abode Of the Coed
People is il the hollow heart q the
great mountain sIsive-na-non- That
szrne oue man was Darby O'Gih- q
cousin e ny ether mother.
Right and left. generation after gen
Grafton. the fairies had stolen pigs,
yolng childher. old women, young men.
cews. churnings .of butter from other
pecple. but had never bothered any of
CIR Erh CT KIN until. for some -nyster-
sous rzyson. they soursd OF Darby. and
took the eldest q his three foine pigs
Ire next week second pig went the
ssus way. The third week not 3 thing
hsd Darby lstr tor the BsIiurobe fair.
Eou nay alsIy think how sore and
sor-y The poor man was. an how
Bridget his wife, an the childher car
a~ieE on The rent vas due, and al
isrt vas % sell his COW Rosie 70 pay t..
Rosie was the apple of his eye; he ad-
-t-ed ard respected the pigs. but he
.lo~e5 Rcsie-
.ToEsr luck Of al vas yet 70 cone
on rne morning when Darby went for
'ths COW &c bring her q, market, bad
sc-szs 81 The ho0t was there: but IL
her place orlv q wtsp q dirty straw 70
mock him Mile murther. What a
aou.i-' and creechlu and curzin did
Dx-tv. bring back &c the house.
'Fery ~ no fairy. ghost or goblin.
:.lV.- ~ dead. who took ROsieII rue the
5ay he SAYS
WIKI those wTd words he boulted il
The direction cf SIeive-ua-uon-
Al day long he climbed like an ant
ever The hiu locking for hole OF cave
-txough Which he could get az the pris-
-.C1 Rosie AT times he struck the
rlczs with his biackrhorn- cryin out
challenge
= 1Le made -alsWer-st least Tot
g-s- rheu- But ar night. as he turned.
hungry ard faOtsore. toward home. who
should 1e ueet ID With OF the cross
roz5s 5-- The Culd fairy doctor. Shee-
-sh EaE--e; wei known was she as
e SPY 1c- The Good People She spoke
up
~Qh then. You're the foolish. blum
Ce-l1 headed man 70 De saying what
you've sad and doing what you've done
---s day. Darby O'Gul.~ says he
WAT dc Z care" says he hercely-
[ Eghr The devil for my beautiful
c1s.
Then g into Mrs. Hsgzu's meadow
-5eysr-~ says Sheelah. ard wait TIL
the Noon Is Up By an By yen see a
herd G COWS come down from the
mountain and yer ownu be among
:.-hem-~
=. wat III Do then ." asked Darby. his
voice trembling with excitement
Sierra q hair care what ye Do, But
there-- Be ads there. and hundreds you
=: z0o1't see rhztu stand 10 ii words,
Darcy O'GuL"
"Cre question more. msam." says
. Darby. as Sheelah vas moving away.
How lsrs IL the night viii they stay
z-1rhouts"
Sheelah caught him By tbs Gear and
pulling lis head close whispered:
When the cock crows the Good Peo-
PIE must Be safe AZ home After cock
crow they have 10 power 70 help or 10
h1rt, and every mortal eye can see
them plain"
L was dark night when Darby
stretched himself On the ground in Ha-
gz1's meadow the yellow rim Of the
uoon Just tipped the edge q the hills.
To creep quiet as q cat through the
hedge ard rsich the frst COW was only
& minutes work. Then his plan 20 wait
TIL cock-crov. with AL other sober, sen
s-b.4 thoughts. went clane out q the
lads head before his rage; for cropping
eagerly the long. sweet grass, the first
basts he net was Rosie
with 4 leap Darby was behind her.
his stick falling sharply On her tanks
The tngratichU6e OF that COW almost
broke Darby's heart Rosie turned
fercelv on him with 4 vicious lunge,
h.. two horns aimed at his breast
There vas no SUPPER boy in the parish
than Darby. and vel for him IL was
50. for the mad rush the COW gave
would have caught any man the laste
.trfEe heavy on his legs and ended his
days right there
IS il was. our hsyro sprzng 70 one
st6e. As Rosie passed his left hand
Erfpuez her tail When one OF the
CGuIs takes hold q q thing he hangs
on Ike a bull-terrisr.
Ncv began a race, the Ike OF which
vas never heard Of before or since Ten
jumps u the second and q hundred
feet % the jump R0sie's tail standing
straight Up In the air. firm as an iron
bar. and Darby floating straight out
behind q thousand furious fairies
fyilg a short distance after, fIling the
air with Wild commands and threaten
ings
Suddenly the sky opened for a crash
'of lightning that shivered the hills,
ard a roar q thunder that turned out
CT their beds every man, woman and
child II four counties Flash after
fash came the lightning. hitting on
every side q the hzyro. II IL wasn't
FOR fear q hurting Rosie the fairies
would certainly have killed Darby.
As The COW turned into the long. mar
'ro~ valley which cuts into the east
side q the mountain the Good People
caught I'D with the pair. and what they
didn't Go 70 Darby in the lire OF stick