Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-17

"60, begOb, Miss Mary, she began to mount up the laddher to the lot, an as she was goin', I saw her turn an give such fritened look as never was in the direction of where was lyin'. We'll, If the two murdherin' vil- lyins didn't go out. an l began to braythe freer, an was just waitin' to let thim git clear away before was up an of for me life. whin, ! declare to you, Miss, be the piper that played before Moses, me heart all but leppsd out O me body. for hard thim at the dure ov the hayhouse.
 "Well, lay as shtill as mouse. % did, an in they came an fumbled about. an iviry minnit mesel' thought they'd be on top O me.
 "'Where is that corpse?' sez tn ould fellow after minnit
 1T have him. sez the son., an wid that he claps his hand down on me leg.
 "'Have him aleng,' sez th' ould man: do ye tako his shouldhers,' sez he. 'an' I'll take his feet
 well, Miss Mary, me dsrlint I shtiffened mesep out as like corpse as ivir cud, an in me mind I began preparin' for death, an iviry sin that ivir I done in me life kem into me mind, and said acts ov conthrition as hard as ever could.
 "An' out they carried me. an If they didn't lay me on a wheel-barrow wid me legs shtickin' out! just opened 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 her didn't think he was SO big
 "An' wid that of they wint through the bog, takin' turns in wheelin' me. oh laws!' sez to mesel'. what's comin now? Whats comin' at all, at all?' An iviry bog-hole we passed by I fairly peppered for fare they'd just chuck me in, but they didn't. An at last they stopped. 'This'll do. sez the ould boy. That minnit out popped hare that they'd disturbed, an she ran across his fut, as' he gave wan yell, an the young chap dropped the handles O the barrow that suddint that narely rowled out ov 1t.
 "'What is 1t? sez he, all thrimblin'. What is it?' an he began thryin' to make the sign O. the cross.
 "'Sure. nothin' at all,' sez the father whin he saw what 1t was Iris only a hare,' sez he, that fritened me.
 "Good hivens!' eez the son, sure I thought saw this fellow movin', so did
 "'Not a move did he move sez the father, 'an' don't be makin' a bigger fool O yerself than y'are. Where's the spade?' sez he.
 ".'Wars to the Queen O Spain!' sez the young chap. but we forgot the spade
 "Why, ye thick-skulled young omadhoun. sez tho father, why didn't ye mind 1t? It'll be daylight before we know where we are.' sez he, an the job not done. l suppose l must go for 1t meser. sez he.
 "Ill be hanged if I'm goin' to shtay here wid 1t all alone sez the other. Do you shtay an I'll go.'
 "I won't be left wid him nayther. sez the father, an on they wint, argi- fyin', for both of thlm was onaisy, hayin' a bad conscience. At last It was gettin' hated.
 "'Well, if you won't 60 for the spade sez the father, 'an' I won't go, who the devil sez he-sayin' your presence, Miss-'who the devil Is to go.' wid that, Miss Mary, I sat right up in the barrow. I'll go,' sez I. quite suddint. an looked at thim fierce, and stretched out me arrum.
 "Well, they stud wan moment as H they were just turned into shtone, 80 they did, an then they let screetch out O. thim that ye'd hear mile on, an away they cut. runnin' as if th' Ould Boy himself was at their heels; an laughed, co I did. faith. to see the way they were In: but didn't wait for thim to come back. but just ran for me life in tn other direction an hid behind turf shtack. An soon twas dawn. an afther wandher- in a bit I got back to the right road. An sure that's all. Miss"
 lCopyright. Il06. hY Ioseph B Bowlesl