The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-06-03
ried her into the forge.

gold instead, and, thanking Carrowagl
be mounted the horse and rode off.
''Well, well, WELL" says Carrowagl
says he that's very wonderful thin
surely" says he. "Now my fortune
made. My wife Mary in the house be
) yond is too fond of laying her tongu
on me anyhow when she finds the drol
Of drink has overtaken me, and" say
he, its a grand idea to turn her into ,
bar of gold"
So over to the house he starts, an(
without saying dhirum dharum b,
hoists Mary on to his shoulder and of
with her to the forge. And he put ont
hand on the bellows and blew the fire
up into right fine blaze, and when he
had 1t well blazing he stuck Mary into
II And by the time he thought the bar
OF gold was well done he began to poke
In the fire for It, but there was neither
Mary nor gold in it, only a lot Of Gin
ders.
AND IT'S Carrowagh was the bitten
man then, and he did little good the re-
mainder Of that day.
The next morning he was standing at
his forge door again, leaning against it
and thinking hard, when he hears the
horses boots. and up rides the little
red chap on his horse, and he had two
ugly old women with him, one before
and one behind
He put the time Of day on Carrowagh
and asked him for the loan OF his forge
for wee while,
Carrowagh said he could have It and
welcome, and he set himself to wonder
what was the trick today.
The wee fellow put Carrowagh to
oiow up the Are and when he had II
well blazing carries in the two Old wo-
men and sticks them In headforemost
Into the blaze, and In fifteen minutes
he told Carrowagh that would do. and
he hauls out about the most beautiful
young woman ever Carrowagh laid
eyes on, and he thanked Carrowaeh
and mounted his horse, with the youns
woman before him, and rode off.
We'll, well, well!" says Carrowagh.
says he. "Of all the wonderful things
ever I've seen, that's the most wonder.
ful, l burned poor Mary yesterday ~
says he, land, though she did Law her
tongue pretty sore on me betimes, NAV
be deserved it. who knows? She
was not half bad, anyhow. Now" saws
ne, I've my old mother and my old
mother-in-law beyond in the house yon.
DER, and there's no peace nor ease with
em, for they do nothing all day long
only sit arguing and fighting across
the fire. And, says he, Wouldn't II
be grand thing If l could knock both
or them down and have fine young
woman like MaryY
No sooner said than done. Off he
went and hoisted his old mother on
one shoulder and his mother-in-law onl
the other and trotted back to the forge
with them. Then he blew on the fire
and stuck both of them into it. and by
the time he expected to have the bean
tiful young woman finished there was
not thing he could find in the fire
only black cinders.
och, och, och~ says he. whats
mis- to do at all, at all? I've robbed
md ruined myself and murdered Mary
IND killed these old women, and there's
lothing for me now but the hangman
or they'll hang me as sure as there's
powder In Derry. / must be off from
iere'" says he, before they find it all
tut and travel the world before me-.
so he pulled the forge door after him.
rave last look at 1t and set out to
ravel the world.
lie Travelled afore him for three DAVIS
no three nights, and on the third day
e was sitting down by the side of a
Ittie stream, eating two potatoes that
ONE charitable being had given him,
9nen who should come walking ND but
be wee red chap.
He told Carrowagh that he was hun
ry and asked him for one of the no
atoes. (
Carrowagh himself was hungry
nough, God knows, for 1t was little he
ad eaten since be left home. and he
al small reason to think kindly of
lis same lad, who had been the means
| driving him away from his home
'ut Carrowagh never did shut his
airs and his eyes to hungry man. so
reached the lad one of the potatoes I
nd he ate the other himself.
And when the wee red chap had fin
ned he says: ''Thank you, Carrowaeh.
nd now I'd like to do something good
'r you In return"
"Oh. it's little good any one can do
'e." says Carrowagh. There's moth
" but hardships and misery and a c
al conscience afore me for the rest of n
y days"
Don't be downhearted." says the e
d. You don't know what's afore G
'u. Get up" says he, "and travel ON g
40 on with me 70 the town I'm going q
; and II I'm not mistaken there's
ok afore you there" b
Up carrowaRh got and started OF
itn ths little red chap. They Travelled 70
uptil they came 20 this town. ana u
hen uDey came there the town was d
'fsfsq all 0Yer with the advertise.
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