Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-22

fghtin' like mad, tn ugliest lot o.
! customers that ivir I elapped me
! eyes on. It was somethin about mon
ey I made out, an dividin' it fair, an
/ wan SEE to tn other, Sure, Mac YOU
killed him. SEE he. an whin the min
was rushin' at aitch other, the woman
she catches hold o. two ov thin, and.
| For love o. hivin,' she SEE, will yez
shtop fghtin'?' And then a man
came forward an he SEE, The vanithee
is right, SEE he; this fightin is no
| good al ALL
They shtopped ightin', an afther
lot O. talk they bigan goin' off wan be
wan till in tn end only the woman
was left an the two men she took
hoult oy Wan O. them, her husband
belize, was a big, shtrong, grizzled
| fellow O. 50 or Whereabouts, tn other
was ship O. a young fellow about as
| ould as meseP.
lis nice days Work we've made
| ov it, SEE the woman to the two min,
| an now maybe yen come to bed, for
tbs near mornin' it is says she.
6 Go to bed yerser SEE tn ould man.
Sure we've work to do yit,' SEE he.
Then if We have SEE she, I'll
shtay an see We do it.
BE off, SEE he, threatenin' her like
wild his arm
80, begob, Miss Mary, she began
| to mount up the laddher to the loft,
! an as she was goin', l saw her turn
an give such a f1itened look as never
was In the direction of where I was
| lynn Well, if the two murdherin' vii
| lyins didn't go out, an | began TO
! braythe freer, an was just waitin' TO
let thin git clear away before l was
i up an off for me life, whin, l declare
=, to you, Miss, be the piper that played
before Moses, me heart all but Topped
out O. me body, for 1 hard thin at the
dure oy the playhouse.
'Well, l lay as shtill as mouse,
so did, an in they came an fumbled
about, an iviry minnit mesel' thought
! they'd be on top O. me.
Where is that corpse? SEE tn ould
, fellow after minnit.
"I have him. SEE the son, an wild
! that he claps his hand down on me
leg.
nave MIN dlOuSy SCI III Outu
man; do We take his shouldhers,' seq
| he, AN I'll take his feet
F.! well, Miss Mary, me darlint,
shtiffened mesel out as like a corpse
! as ivir l cud, an in me mind I began
preparin' for death, an iviry sin that
ivir l done in me life KEN into me
mind, and I said acts oy conthrition
as hard as ever I could
"An' out they carried me, an if they
didn't lay me on a wheel-barrow wild
me legs shtickin' QUIT l just opened
wan eye, an l saw that the misht had
lifted, an the night, or rather the
mornin', though shtill dark, was clare,
but l closed it pretty quick when
heard the young chap say: He looks
mortal tall, doesn't he? l didn't think
he was SO big
"An' wild that off they wint through
the bog, takin' turns in wheelin' me.
ooh laws!' SEE I to mesel, what's
comm now? What's comm at all, at
ALP An iviry bog-hole we passed by
l fairly peppered for fare they'd just
chuck me in, but they didn't. An
at last they stopped. 'This'n do
/ SEE the ould boy. That minnit out
popped a hare that they'd disturbed,
an she ran across his fut, an he gave
wan yell, an the young chap dhropped
the handles O. the barrow that suddint
that l narely rowled out ov it.
"'What is it?' SEE he, all thrimblin'.
What is it? an he began thryin' to
make the sign O. the cross.
Sure, nothin' at ALL SEE the father
whin he saw what it was. IT'S only
hare SEE he, that fritened me-
"'Good hivens!' seq the son, sure
I thought I saw this fellow moyin', SO
l did -.
"'Not a move did he move,' SEE the
father, an don't be maxim bigger
fool O. yerself than y'are. Where's
the spade?' SEE he.
! "'Wars to the Queen o. Spain SEE
the young chap, but we forget the
, spade isia si.iE4
why We thick-skulled young
! omadhoun,' SEE the father, why didn't
We mind it? It'll be daylight lefore
we know where we are SEE he an
the job not done. 1 suppose must
!. go for it mesel', SEE he.
'T'n be hanged if I'm goin' to htay
here wild it all alone, SEE the cher.
DO you shtay an I'll 60
1 won't be left wild him nayher,'
SEE the father, an on they wint, agi-
! fyin', for both of thin was onasy,
| havin' a bad conscience. At las it
] was gettin' hated.
"'Wel, if you won't go for he
spade SEE the father, an won't 20,
who the devil SEE he-sayin' ymr
| presence, Miss-'who the devil is to
go?' Wild that, Miss Mary, sat right
! up in the barrow I'll CO. SEE /,
quite suddint, an I looked at thin
fierce, and stretched out me arrum.
/ 'sWen, they stud wan moment as
! they were just turned into shtone,
| they did, an then they let screeto