The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-04-26

and left him lying there In the dltcn.
AS soon as he was able he starts
for home, dragging his legs after him,
and when he reached home it's the
grieved man AID the angry one was his
father. and he sworo that he would
never sleep two nights in one bed or
eat two meals at the one table till he
would reach that Bodach and have his
revenge. So, leaving his wee house
and wee place In charge of the son,
Crohoore spat on his stick and started
off afore him, and he never stopped
nor stayed till he came to the Bodach's
place of Glenmoran. And passing
through Glenmoran, who should he
meet but the Bodach himself, and the
Bodach stopped him. and asked where
he was going and what he was looking
for.
81 am going" says Crohoore, says
he, ito push my fortune. and am look
ing for likely master"
We'll, surely" says the Bodach says
he, that's lucky, for I'm looking for
a likely man. Will you hire with me?"
Whats your terms?" says Crohoore,
says he.
The Bodach repeated the terms he
had told the boy.
Well and good, the bargain was con-
cluded, and the master took Crohoore
home with him.
Next day, after Crohoore had his
breakfast, the Bodach takes him out
and shows him a great big mountain
with 500 head Of cattle on 1t. that were
tearing and running east and west to
get off 1t, and says he to Crohoore:
Your duty the day Is to herd that
mountain, and as long as there will be
one head Of the 500 missing on 1t you
are not to come in to your dinner nor
your dinner to come out to you"
Very well and good" says Crohoore.
says he, and he went off to the noun
tain whistling like skylark and the
cattle was that wild that they were
running away, disappearing of the
mountain at all quarters, and the Bo-
dach went about his business.
Drawing on night the Bodach come
to the mountain to Crohoore, and he
couldn't see the sign of beast on It,
let alone 500. And says he to Crohoore
in rage: Where" says he, ''is my
500 beasts?"
IL suppose" says Crohoore, says lie,
they are wherever pleases them best.
How do you expect me to know where
your 500 beasts are?"
Sir" says the Bodach, says he,
what did send you out here the day
to do?"
"Ye sent M out" says Crohoore,
says he, ito herd this mountain; and
think" says he, yell give in that
have done my duty very well indeed
for there's the mountain safe and
sound and on the same spot still.
don't want to boast much of myself,
says Crohoore, says he, "but still will
say that II you had hired Stacker
man than me you'd have lost your
mountain this day, for five times, nc
less, 1t started off.
"And knowing" says Crohoore, says
he, that If left it to go home for my
bite Of dinner, the devil himself
wouldn't overtake It when | would get
back, | got your black bull" says he
''in the hollow below, and killed him
and roasted side of him, and l car
stay out here herding your mountain
for three weeks to come and not want
for good sweet meat"
Och, och. och," says the Bodach
says he. you are terrible scoundre
to let my 500 cattle go east and west
and get lost over the face Of the world
and to kill my black bull" says he
that paid 300 guineas for not three
weeks ago" And he went tearing uI
and down like raving madman.