The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-05

l che was goin'. saw her turn an give such a fritened look as never was in the direction of where was lyin'. We'll. if the two murdherin' vtllyins didn't go out. an I began to braytne freer, an was just waitin' to let thira git clear away before I was up an om for me life, whin, I declare to you Miss. be the piper that played before
 Moses. me heart all but lepped out O | me body, for I hard thim at the dnre
 ov the hayhouse.
 Well. I lay as shtill as mouse. so did, an in they came an fumbled | about. an iviry minnit mesef thought they'd be on top O me.
 "'where Is that corpseT sez tn ould fellow after a minnit. "I have him., sez the son, an wie that he claps his hand down on me leg.
 Have him along sez tn ould man: do ye take his shouidehers, sez he. an I'll take his feet Well. Miss Mary, me darlint, I shtinened mesef out as like corpse as ivir cud. an In me mind I began pre- parin for death. an iviry sin that ivir ' done in me life kem into me mind. | and I said acts ov conthrition as hard as ever I could.
 An out they carried me, an if they didn't lay me on wheel-barrow wid me legs shtickin' put! I just opened l wan eye. an I saw that the misht had | lifted. an the night, or rather the
 mornin'. though shtill dark, was clare, but closed 1t pretty quick when heard the young chap say: He looks | mortal tall doesn't he? didn't think | he was SO big
 An wid that off they wint through | the bog. takin' turns in wheelin' me. Oh, lawsr sez I to mesef whats com | in now? What's comin' at tll, at all?
 An iviry bog hole we passed by fair l ly peppered for fare they'd just chuck I me in, but they didn't. An at last they stopped. 'This'll do.' sez the ould boy l That minnit out popped hare that | they'd disturbed. an she ran across his | fut, an he gave wan yell, an the young chap dropped the handles O the
 barrow that suddint that narely rowl- ed out ov it.
 | what is itr sez he, all thrimblin' | What is itT an he began thryin' to
 make the sign O the cross l Sure. nothin' at all.' sez the father whin he saw what 1t was. Iris only ! a hare sez he, that fritened me. | "'Good hivensr sez the son, sure ] thought saw this fellow movin', so
 did.
 1 Not move did he move sez the father, an don't be makin a bigger l fool O yourself than y'are. Where | Ware to the Queen O Spain" seq | the young chap. but we forgot the
 spade
 Why, ye =hick-skulled young | omadhoun', sez the father. why didn't 1 ye mind 1t? It'll oe daylight before l we know where we are.' sez he, an the | job not done. I suppose I must go TOT 1 it meeer. sez he.
 "IIl be hanged if I'm goin' to shtay | here wid 1t all alone sez the other I Do you shtay an I'll go.'
 "T won't be left wid him naytEer, sez the father, an on they wint. argi- fyin', for both of thm was ona sy havin' a bad conscience. At last it was gettin' hated.
 Well. If you won't go for the spade,
 sez the father. an I won't go, who tne devil seZ he-slvi1' your presence
 Miss--'who the devil is to go?' Wid l that, Miss Mary, I sat right up in the
 barrow. I'll go,' sez l, quite sudGint
 an I looKed at thinl fierce, and st. ctch-
 ed out me arrum.
 l Well, they stud wan moment as il | they were just turned into shtone, SC
 they did. an then they let a screetch ! out O thim that ye'd ear mile off,
 an away they cur, rannin' as f th 1 Ould Boy himself WIS at their heels an I laughed so I did faith, to see the way they were in; but I didn't
 wait for thim to ccme back. but just l rau for ine life in tn other direction ] an hid behind q turf shtack. An soor i twas dawn, an afttcr wandhG-'n' a. bif ] got back to he right ro1d. An sure that's all. Miss"