The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30

II 1nW q bare legged girl standl
that cloud and that mountain had caused
that teart fall it5y i IL i8
Irshmen live by the imagination. They
viii not be bound by hard, stern facts
Ut may be said OF the Irishman In gem
cral as It was said of Homer: lie knew
how to tell lies in Il proper manner
The average Irishman can lie with the
most artistic grace, and picture unrenii-
ties with the most consurnmate "a lefty.
Living in the past, as they Ill DO, or9l
the Indefinite future, they VIII not DC
held in the thraldom OF prosalc rcitiity.
With their tongucs, the ready lns'ru-
menis Of their imaglnations, they are,
even in Ignorance, the most agreeable
companions in the world land have
heard that no stranger had ever touched
their shores without having cast over
him spell that forever bound his helrt
with Kindness to. the Irish people
people as Imaginative as tho irish
must OF necessity be an interesting pco-
nle. When was In Ireland heard ana
% ~ much TO convince me that the i.-r.i
IRE the most romantlc--I Will not say
supcrstitutious--pc In the world. Al
over ireland, oven to-day many Or inc
! neoplcys young and old. believe IN lairies,
and II they are approached sym .,
caIly and credulously. they Will relate
& ~ von some stories OF Enomes and gob-
tllns> and will-o'- the wsps that Will quite
'nI,t. Hans the great Andersen himselI.
q I wa leisurely riding in one of those typ-
typIcal Irish jaunting-away, out III ~
mote rural section of rocky Galway. t' vi
driver was n real lrishman, Win al, !
chara cteristics possessed by the. Irish
alone. Accordingly! he was charming
COMPANION. had gained his confidence;
ana he talked TO me incessa ntly ap ,i.,
every subject that his vivid Imagination
Could could couture up, and especially about
the old gray landmarks. the crosses. me
castles and the towers thar we naSs a,
Many OF the stories he told nae pcem
cagght BY him hd from tGs T,a
Where the Fairies Live.
Wa PASSED a lowlying, matched hut
,5Hnccl1liar 10 ireland, that had Wlii !,,,
thorn bush OF unusual size iu1n, a,,n,
gro wing Immediately in front OF the uoot:
/, was curious TO know what it meant lea.. =
and nv companion told me that ~ WAS WI 3, :
;..nentie bush,'' an object muc IN wy J.,
way, OF course, but those VINO sd y sn,,n ~
the house would ano sn aa apd - thn one Who
destroyed il would himself DO des Isl 5sirv
He told mo he himself knew @ la. ,,
paths Gout ConnenarawaX, nhu o, I so'1 y
houses which had been ~ nu suffered fer much
sickness i and many deaths. Nobody Woalo
live in these houses now. NJ. =,
Are If any fairies, IN thls sectlo''
now?" T asked earnestly. \. "a !, Il say,
sur, replied my 1arvcy, but tner re-, y
those who tell me there arc many ''. ~ Y
hercabonts yet, 80 IL, i7
"Where do they llyeYni hsR : y, -, ,..t tto
thorns, and they do say they i've ~ tllu
wather of the strames,,
Then after ,a VS. ne aera sh lawn ,. told
him r had not, and asked him %fatt u
flush said be; nsee ,s yon tT SeTs Tfo
fore They say ~ h. syeah e s Shoes for
f the Fairies. The onld folks has seen him
there at work, He comes out me sum,
mer evenings Mt sunset, ana .lnsy ,saS
ye can hear his a little nam nnIs ,' ts
Tie shoes hc makes for the fairies, An,
he is rich, richer than all tho American ''Il
mllIonaires
os Gw T s s"s eh hea ths
FAST FAST he . Would reveal the situation Of his
treasure house, But those who nag
caught him In the pa st always MANAGED
to let him got away. One must always
keen his eyes on tho LeprahaWn, Tor y
one looked away no would vanish,
the little fellow was caught ana neltl
firmly he would finally ask when Was
desired, 1.-The penny purse, the, SMILING
purse or the two Thousand purse ana y
one said. "the penny purse, ne tHlty
shoemaker would conduct nm 70
tie den where his treasure lay; but no
one had ever yet5found these treasures,
OCH they do say his crate crooks S,s, r ,d
ghosts, they keep guard over the treas
ire, j + a hoay do but drame of the pots
OF gold three nights together, and tel!
no one about u. he can go ana Ilnd
drcnm mn ~ ST tho soldY'sI asked,
mo, phase yer honor" he sald but
once, hack two Years ago. had TWO
splendid drames Of It. saw crate INES
OF black pots full of golden coins and
jswels hanging and differing on golden
| strings; and the third night a storm SWEPT
| out OF C'onnomara-llke, and the vino
| h0Mled down the chimney, and al nlGhl
| long l drained and draned end dramN7d,
! heard the Banshee wall, Nlyer once did
| j think of tho diamonds or the gold IL,
| Tim. night J.. too, IN my room q I. Ga J.
way, dreamed Of great pots OF gold, but
tho nest night was as g 4! ,1a,nag apolt
Priests All-PoWerful
The French people are im,nagi44allye,
hut they do not believe IN ne i-er Iat
hawn. Indeed, they are cultured llntll
| they believe In nothing except aesthetics
| and art Religion With them, when u