The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

cSoAA forks stacked up in corner
 bags an he gives one to Shaun, an the prince filled it wid nothin but emerals an di'mon's an he on'y took the emeral's because. he was Irish-->ss valuable as drmon's.
 4 Much obliged, says Shaun. ready to go. Come 'Mebbe I will says the devil grinnin'. Shaun was not long in returnin' to Fiona, an he axed her how much was the giants rent. ".Oh the half of that! No one ever brought 50 much before It's strong ye are
 "tAL the MacCulins is strong, says Shaun, squarin' his shoulders. vain athalete.
 :" Have ye been to the bottomless pit to get me beginning to get tired of service an thought he'd ask for Thursday off next day.
 not your brain thought of this
 Shaun, risin an gazin' at the giant like a banty rooster.
 leavin' the double-headed COW in the front yard, the first time since he had come to the island.
 "The next mornn' the giant went of to take the ing of headache. 'He goes up to Fiona's room an he says to her. There's gossoon down below that'll make good broth. Pop him into the kettle, an when he's ready to serve. call me. Where's my headache e.Fiona goes to the closet an takes out some powders that makes people sleep sound an she differ, an he sleepin that hard that the house shook like it was in San Francisco. "Downstairs Fiona hurries an she finds Shaun wonderin' what to do next, an she says to him quick. Help me to carry this log of wood in the house and Fave me prick your finger wid me needle he lets her Adraw three drops of blood from his him heave it into the pot which was hangin' on door mats aT table cloths an pieces of oilcoth an sink mops an old shawls an mattin' an what not Gee!' says Shaun, but that's a soup that's not Then Fiona leads shaun through the three ffnh pns yutd aha had CFn T7aAn a hrI- let of copper. bullet of silver, and bullet of Life begins now. said shaun Of Thurs day., says Fiona, an they run away from the .'Now the blood drops was enchanted, an when the giant woke from his sleep. after ten or twelve hogrs he calls out to Fiona Is dinner m soa only just beginnin to boil. There's somethin' the matter with the fre.'
 "In five or six hours he wakes once more. Is that. dinner ready7' says he. I'm hungry as a "'Haif done.' says the second drop of blood with "So the giant turns again and sleeps SO hard that the bedclothes tremble.
 "In a coupe of hours he wakes again an says. says or not I'm afraid I'll eat me blanket
 "Come along, says the third drop It's ready "The giant never stopped to dress. but rushed into the kitchen in his night shirt an there is the < Have you had your dinner Fiona?' says he There is no answer for the drops of blood @ ant t
  soup.
 was not in the front yard. an' he rushed out of the honse Tfogs h.. .oned wd hin, aav. he rusn,re over the ground like an automobile Long Island. t"Although the two had nearly eighteen hours start of him. he came on them inside of @ half n an up in the air like a Singer tower on legs, Fiona's knees gave way an shaun had Si to sling her over over t..If can on'y reach the seven seas says shaun
 eI3ere his hull Ief Al him. says handin' the copper bullet to her lover SI always because they was po'try in it.)
 Cooper bullet, round and small.
 Give the giant frightfpl fall
 .eWhen Shaun said this big hill rose in front of the giants feet an he stumbled headlong an stunned himself. an before the second round sMe mudder used to say it wasn't like Coney Island but lovely shore all soft s sand and like Me mudder was always fond of the country. because dat's where she come from & but me for the country.
 that had brought him to the island would be there to take him back to Ireland, but there was nothin but waves comn' in an sobbin', me mudder said. sob here the same way. I'll bet it's the people that's aroyndsd that they're thiniin Kin 1s 9s. it into the an the sea was so large that she hit it.. An here was another piece of poetry;
 Silver bullet round an bright,
 Save from our fearful plight
 Say boss, what is a. plight I t,,- :,.: bad
 "No sooner was the words out of Fiona's mouth than cunnin little ship is sailin' the sea, all made of silver with riggin' of silver ropes an a silver sail. Oh, me nudder said she'd often seen 1t in dream an it very beautiful. 1 They stepped aboard an away they sailed, happy as kids on picnic. till Shaun looks up at the shadder of cloud an it aint cloud. but the giant the shore, about to heave rock at them.
 Well if that rock hit them that would have been the last of Shaun an his steady, but Fiona takes the golden bullet aa she trun 1t into the sea- sayn' the third bit of po'etry:
 "'Golden bullet, bright an yeller,
 Save from this wicked feller.' "And wid that there big dragon wid claws him like the claws on grizzly in Central Park, an mouth big St. Patrck's Cathedral. an he right out of the sea, an be- fore the giant could turn an run, the drrgon had bit so much out of him that what was left wasn't