Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-11-03

lie, gong on IN the klLcuSu.
81 put me eye to the crack, an there
saw the kitchen was full Of men all
6ghtin' like mad, tn ugliest lot O
cushtomers that ivir clapped me
eyes on. It was somethin' about mon
ey l made out, an dividin' 1t 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 fightin'?' And then a man
came forward an he SEE, The vanithee
is right SEE he; this f1ghtin' is no
good at ALL .
"They shtopped f1ghtin', an afther a
lot O. talk they bigan goin' off wan be
was left an the two men she took
hoult ov Wan O. them, her husband
belize, was big, shtrong, grizzled
fellow O. so or Whereabouts, tn other
was a ship o. young fellow about as
ould as meseP.
""Tis a nice days WORK ye've made
ov It, SEE the woman to the two min,
du uOW NC JO ~ COAAS W DO0S AOA
it's near mornin' it is says she.
eco to bed yerser SEE tn ould man.
Sure we've work to do yit,' SEE he.
"'Then If ye have seq she, III
shtay an see We do it.
"'Be or SEE he, threatenin' her like
wild his arm.
go, begob, Miss Mary, she began
to mount up the laddher to the loft.
an as she was goin', saw her turn
an give such fritened look as never
was In the direction OF where was
lynn. Well, II the two murdherin' VII
lyins didn't go out, an l. began to
braythe freer, an was just waitin' to
let thin git clear away before was.
up an on for me life, whin, | declare
to you, Miss, be the piper that played
before Moses, me heart all but lepped
out o. me body, for hard thin at the
! dure ov the playhouse.
"Well, lay as shtill as a mouse,
80 did, an In they came an fumbled
about, an iviry minnit meseP thought
they'd be on top o. me.
"'Where Is that corpse? SEE tn ould
fellow after minnit.
"T have him. SEE the son, an wid
that he claps his hand down on me
leg. =
"'Have him along SEE tn ould
man: do We take his SHOULDERS SEE
he, an III take HE feet
well, Miss Mary, me darlInt, !
shtiffened mesep out as like a corpse
as ivir I cud, an In me, mind began
preparin' for death, an .iviry sin that
ivir I done In me life KEN into me
mind, and I said acts ov conthrition
as hard as ever could.
"An' out they carried me, an II they
didn't lay me on a wheel-barrow Wild
me legs shtickin' out! 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 I closed 1t pretty quick when
heard the young chap say: He looks
mortal tall, doesn't he? I didn't think
he was so big
"An' wild that OF they whit through
the bog, takin' turns in wheelin' me-
oh laws!' SEE l to meseP, 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. "Thisn do,
sez 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 1 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. ''Tis only
a hare SEE he, that fritened me-
"'Good hivens!' SEE the son, sure
I thought saw this fellow movin', 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 forgot the
spade
"'Why, We thick-skulled young
OmdQQOuu, SEE LuC ldInOA1 Why
We mind it? It'll be daylight before
we know where we are,' SEE he, AN
the Job not done. l suppose must
go for it meseP, SEE he.
"T'I be hanged If I'm goin' to shtay
here wild 1t all alone, SEE the other.
DO you shtay an I'll CO.
"T won't be left wild him nayther.
SEE the father, an on they whit, argi-
fyin', for both Of thin was onaisy'
havin' a bad conscience. AT last 1t
was gettin' hated.
"'Well, II you won't go for the
spade SEE the father, an won't go.
who the devil SEE he-savin' your
presence, Miss-'who the devil is to
go?' Wild that, Miss Mary, I sat right
up in the barrow. I'll co. SEE l.
quite suddint, an looked at thin
fierce, and stretched out me arrum.
''Well, they stud wan moment as II