The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-01

an nobody seen him go nor heard him
But he Wor gone.
Lizzie she. say nivver wurred to
nobody, but Wint in the house an
left Cargo tied wild the rist. She pat
he's head first an whisper sOmethin'
to him. She know there wor no mate
for him in Kerry for the long stride,
long wind an injurance but he's own
fulle,brother an he wor sold away.
So Lizzie jump to the ground an
wint in an stud feminist the foire,
holdin out her hans to the blaze. Nora
Kelley she say afterward thot Lizzie
had the look az wan as had seen a
banshee. rs A..
The feyther an stipmother an Fey
ther Francis Wor comm in the carry
all, an thot wor slower an had not
come yit
Lizzie she go to her bidroom an put
| aft her fine gown an put on warm
| wan, sayin' she wor cold, an she had
her bud an long cloak tied on the
harse, an there they stayed. Pat Nc
Gowan wor more than half seas over
fWhat wild the toastin', an Lizzie she
nlvver dance stip an she the light
est futted CELL in Kerry
Lizzie wor standin' like a did wan,
wild a shmile like it wor carved in
white stone. The feyther an mother
an the praste Wor not yit KEN, but
Lizzie she start an say she see her
feythers face at the windy. an she go
out, sayin' nothin' to nobody, but Wild
dy Shaughnessy she say it wor the
Leprechaun as done it to get her out,
an she wor gone afore ony wan
fought to tell her. In minute we
heered harsas hoofs poundin' on the
road, an they wor gone.
1t wor the Leprechaun as took her
feythers features to beguile her out,
an thin he trun her on he's own harse,
an hers wor obliged to folly. Lepre-
chauns is compellin' like the little
p'aple, an so Lizzie rode away wild
him. Many young brides are beguiled
away loike thot, spechully if they be
purity, wild the entertainments.
First we wor all scared an dared not
move, an thin Pat he say, "A hummer
pound to him as catches thimw But
who can catch a Leprechaun? No
wan. Feyther Francis an the feyther
an mother KEN just thin, an the good
praste say so, an thin as had holy
relics wor safe. But whin they go to
get on their harses, sure, they wor all
tied together fasht wid a bran new
rope thot wor nivver made wild human
hands An Def ore they wor united il
Wor too late, for no one cud hear a
SCUM from no direction. An we all
knowed thot now Lizzie wor in the
deeps av the bog beyant an no one
would liver see her ag'in.
So we all stayed in the little house
till day. an whin we wint out all we
cud fin wor the hoof prints av two
harses.
Three months after Pat died wild q
sickness. He wor allus a hard drink.
er, an. now he done nothin' else sence
Lizzie. .wor kerried aft by the .Lepre
chaun till he KEN to see awful visions
STINT by the bewitchments av the Lepre
chauns.
! Fwhat bekem av Rory O'Brannigan
| Well, it wor nivyer rightly understood
but he disappeared thot same noight
He had no call to come to the weddin'
| for nobody axed him, an he niyvel
seeked out Lizzie to coort her, nor she
didn't shmoile at him nivver but he
wor nivver in Kerry ony more
Some fought as maybe the Lepre
chauns done away wild him.
Did we liver hear from him at ALI
Faith, there wor mon av Kerry thot
whit to Ameriky. an he ken back tc
[ take the au!d p'aple wild him, an he
say he seen Rory in New Yark, an he
wor a policeman wild a club as big
as yer arrum an wild gooP buttons on
| he's coat an a hat like basin, on'y
all white. But sure that cuddent be
thrue, for they cuddent take harses
wild Fem nor shwim the say. Yis, it
wor the Leprechauns as took Lizzie.