River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-06

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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
belize, was a big, shtrong, grizzled
fellow o. so or Whereabouts, tn other
was ship o. young fellow about as
ould as meseI.
""Tis nice days WORK we've made
ov it, SEE the woman to the two min,
an now maybe yell come to bed. for
tbs near mornin' 1t is,' says she.
eco to bed yersep 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 tho 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, if the two murdherin' VIII
lyins didn't go out, an I began to
braythe freer, an was just waitin' TO
let thin git clear away before | was
I'D an off for me life, whin, declare
to you, Miss. be the piper that played
before Moses, me heart all but Topped
out o. me body, for hard thin at the
| dure ov the playhouse.
eWell. lay as shtill as a mouse,
so l did, an in they came an fumbled
about, an iviry minnit mesep thought
they'd be on top o. me.
"eWhere is that corpse?' SEE tn ould
fellow after minnit.
"T have him. SEE the son, an wild
that he claps his hand down on me
leg.
"'Have him along SEE tn ould
man; do We take his SHOULDERS SEE
he, AN I'll take his feet
''Well, Miss Mary, me darlint,
shtiffened mesel' out as like corpse
as ivir / 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 conthrit1on
| as hard as ever ! could.
can out they carried me, an if they
didn't lay me on a wheel-barrow wild
me legs shtickin' out! I just opened
wan eye, an / saw that the misht had
lifted, an the night, or rather the
mornin'. though shtill dark, was clare,
but closed it pretty quick when |.
heard the young chap say: He looks
mortal tall, doesn't he? / didn't think
he was so big
can wild that off they whit through
the bog. takin' turns in wheelin' me.
oh lawsi' SEE l to mesel, what's
comm now? What's comm at all, at
ALP An iviry bog-hole we passed by
fairly peppered for fare they'd just
chuck me in, but they didn't. An
at last they stopped. 'This'H do
seq 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 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!' SEE the son, sure
thought / saw this fellow movin', so
/ 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.
"sWars to the Queen O. Spain!' seq
the young chap, but we forgot the
spade
why, ye thick-skulled young
omadhoun,' SEE the father, why didn't
We mind it? It'll be daylight before
the job not done. suppose l must
go for it mesel, SEE he.
"T'u be hanged if I'm goin to shtay
here wild it all alone SEE the other.
DO you shtay an I'll CO.
81 won't be left wild him nayther,'
sez the father, an on they whit, argi-
! fyin', for both of thin was .onaisy,
havin' a bad conscience. At last it
was gettin' hated.
"'Well, if 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
| co.? Wild that, Miss Mary, / sat right
up in the barrow. I'll co. SEE l..
quite suddint, an I looked at thin
fierce, and stretched out me arrum.
well, they stud wan moment as II
they were just turned into shtone, so
they did, an then they let screetch
out o. thin that ye'd hear mile off.
an away they cut, runnin' as If tn
Guild Boy himself was at their heels;
an | laughed, so | did, faith, to see
the way they were in; but l didn't
wait for thin to come back, but just
ran for me life in tn other direction
an hid behind a turf shtack. An
soon twas dawn, an afther wandher-
in bit got back to the right road.
An sure that's all, Miss"
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. BowlesS
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