The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-30

lay, Miss, on the hay, an before ye
could say snap was fast ashleep.
well, thought hadn't but just
closed my eyes when hard tn awfull-
est row, Miss, that iver | hard in me
life, going on in the kitchen.
IL put me eye to the crack, an there
saw the kitchen was full OF men AL
ightin' like mad, tn ugliest lot o
cushtomers that ivir | clapped me
eyes on. 1t was somethin' about mon
ey | made out, an dividin' it fair, an
wan sez to tn other, Sure, Mac, you
killed him, sez 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 sez, The vanithee
Is right, sez he; this fghtin is no
good at all
"They shtopped fghtin, 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 ov. Wan o. them, her husband
Delike, was a big, shtrong, grizzled
Fellow o. 80 or thereabouts, tn other
was a ship o. young fellow about as
ould as mesel.
""Tis a nice days WORK we've made
ov it, sez the woman to the two min,
an now maybe yen come to bed, tor
It's near mornin it is says she.
"'Go to bed yerse' sez tn ould man.
Sure we've work to do ylt,' sez he.
Then If ye have, sez she. III
shtay an see ye do it,
BE OF. sez he. threatenin' her like
wild his arm.
80, begob, Miss Mary, she began
to mount up the laddher to the lott,
an as she was goin' saw her turn
an give such a fritened look as never
was In the direction of where ! was
lyin'. Well, If the TWO murdherin' VII
lyins didn't 60 out, an | began 10
braythe freer. an was just vaitin' tc
let thin git clear away before | was
up an off 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 oy the hayhouse.
We'll lay as shtill as a mouse
so ! did, an in they came an fumblet
about, an iviry minnit mesel thought
they'd be on top o me.
Where is that corpse?' SEE tn oulC
fellow after a minnit
81 have him sez the son, an wiC
that he claps his hand down on mi
leg.
Have him along, sez tn oult
man: do ye take his shouldhers,' se;
he, an I'll take his feet.
We'll. Miss Mary, me darlint,
shtiffened mesel' out as like a corpse
as ivir cud, an In me mind | begar
preparin' for death, an iviry sin tha
ivir | done in me life KEN into mi
mind. and | said acts oy conthritior
as hard as ever ! could.
An out they carried me, an II the!
didn't lay me on wheel-barrow wiz
me legs shtickin' out! | just opened
wan eye an saw that the misht hat
lifted, an the night, or rather tn
mornin'. though shtill dark, was clare
but closed It pretty quick when
heard the young chap say: He look
mortal tall, doesn't he? didn't thinl
he was 50 big
AN wild that off they wint through
the bog, takin' turns In wheelin' me
oh laws!' sez to mesel, what
comm now? What's comm at all, a
ALI? An iviry bog-hole we passed b.
I fairly peppered for fare they'd jus
chuck me In, but they didn't. AT
at last they stopped. .'This1l do
sez the ould boy That minnit ou
popped a hare that they'd disturbed
an she ran across his fut, an he CAV
wan yell, an the young chap dhroppe
the handles o. the barrow that suddin
that narely rowled out ov 1t.
What is IT,? sez he, all thrimblin
What is IT.? an he. began thryin'
make the sign O. the cross.
Sure, nothin' at ALL sez the fathe
whin he saw what It was. ''Tis onl
hare, sez he, that fritened me-.
Good hiyens! sez the son, sur
thought saw this fellow movin', s
did
Not move did he move sez III
father, an don't be maxim a bigge
fool o. yerself than y'are. Where
the spade?' seq he
; WARS to the Queen o. Spaln! 81
.. the young chap, but we forgot II
spade
why. ye thick -skulled youn
omadhoun.' sez the father, why didn
We mind It? ltll be daylight befoi
we know where we are SEE he, al
the Job not done, suppose | mu
go for 1t mesel. seq he,
"Tll be hanged II I'm goin' to shta
here wild II all alone. SEE the othe
DO you shtay an' III 60
81 won't be left wid him naythei
sez the father. an on they wint, arg
; fyin', for both Of thin was onais
hayin' a bad conscience. AT last
was gettln' hated.
"Well, IL you won't go for q
. spade, seq the father, an ! won't G
!, who the devil sez he-savin' yol
presence. Miss-'who the devil is
go?' Wild that, Miss Mary, sat rig
J mn in the barrow. ri CO. sez
quite suddint, an | looked at thi
fierce. and stretched out me arrum.
; We'll. they stud wan moment as
I they were just turned into shtone
they did an then they let a screet
=, cut o. thin that yed hear mile o
t, an away they cut, runnin' as II
Ould Boy himself was at their heel