The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13

was never heard of before or since. Ten
jumps to the second and "A hundred feet
to the jump. Rosie's tail standing
straight up in the air. firm as an iron
bar and Darby floating straight out
behind; thousand furious fairies fly
ing a short distance after. filling tie
air with wild commands and threaten
ings.
Suddenly the sky opened for q crasa
Of lightning that shivered the hills and
a roar of thunder that turned out OF
their beds every man, woman and
child IN four counties. Flash after
fash came the lightning. hitting on ev-
cry side Of our hayrO. If it wasn't FOR
fear of hurting Rosie the fairies would
certainly have killed Darby.
AS the COW turned into the long, mar
row valley which cuts into the east
side Of the mountain the Good People
caught up with the pair, and what
they didn't do to Darby in the line of
sticking pins. pulling whiskers ana
pinching wouldn't take long to tell
In troth he was just about 90 let go
his hould and take the chances of a
fall when the hillside opened and
whisk, the COW turned into the noun
tain Darby found himself flying down
a wide high passage. which grew light
er as he went along. He heard the
opening behind shut like trap. and
his heart almost stopped beating, fof
this was the fairies home in the heart
Of Sleive-na- He was captured BY
them,
When Rosie stopped 80 stiff were all
Darbys joints that he had great trou-
Bile looseniug himself to come down He
landed among a lot of angry-faced NJ
tie people, each no higher than your
hand. every one wearing a green velNe,
cloak and a red cap, and in every cap
was stuck a white Owls feather.
Wen take him to the king, says
red whuskered wee chap. What he'll
do to the murtherin' spalpeenll be good
and plenty
With that they marched our bould
Darby. a prisoner. down the long pass
age. which every second grew wider
and lighter and fuller of little people.
Sometimes. though. he met with hui
man beings like himself. only the black
charm was on them, they having been
stolen at some time by the Good PeO-
ple| He saw lost people there from
every parish in ireland. both common
ers and gentry. Each was laughing.
talking and divarting himself with an
other. OF to the sides he could see
small cObblers making brOgues. thinkers
mending pans, tailors sewing cloth,
smiths hammering horseshoes. every
one merrily to his trade, making a di-
varsion out Of work.
Down near the center of the mountain
was a room twenty. times higher and
broader than the biggest church in the
worruld. As they drew near this room
there arose the sound of a reel played
on bagpipes- The music was so be
witching that Darby, who was the
sracefullest reel dancer i'm all Ireland.
could hardly make his feet behave
themselves.
At the rooms edge Darby stopped
short and caught his breath, the sight
was so enhancing. Set over the broad
floor were thousands and thousands of
the Good People, facing this way and
that. dancing to a reel; while on
throne in the middle of the room sat
ould Brian Connors. King OF the Fair
les, blowing ou the bagpipes. The little
king with a goold crown OF his head.
wearing beautiful green velvet coat
and red knee breaches. sat with his legs
crossed. beating time with his foot to
the music.
There were many from Darby's own
parish: and what was his surprise to
see there Maureen McGibney. his own
wifes sister. whom he had supposed
resting dacintly in her own grave in
holy ground these three years.
As / tOuld YOU before. ! tell you
again. Darby was the finest reel dancer
i'm all Ireland; and he came from a
family of dancers. though I say il who
shouldn't. as he was my mothers own
cousin Three things i'm the WOrruld
Danish soTrow-lOve and whisky and
music. So. when the surprise of it all
melted little, Darby's feet led him
into the thick Of the throng, right IN
der the throne of the king. where he
flung care TO the winds and put his
heart and mind into his two nimbIe
feet Darby's dancing was such that
purity soon those around stood still to
admire.
1t wasn't long till half the dancers
crowded around, admiTing, clapping