The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-01

fairys charm must have fingered with them SOIL fof after moment or two of stining silence Darby had spirit enough left to raise his head and exciasm: Are ye alive, Bill?"
 "How could I be aIiver rnoaned the tinker. "IsuT this the second time I'm kilt to-nightr
 'sThen up wid ye man, it'll be cockcrow before we know it." They went at the digging again, and BilI had not given five good strokes till his pick struck
 'The crooks O goold! shouted Darby, and the strength returned to their backs, and the power to their arms No two badgers ever flung dirt with greater speed Sthan did heroes. Presently the cover of great black pot began to show itself in tue to side, was answered by another metallic ring which told where second crock was hidasn. At the same moment Darby exclaimed:
 "I think there's wan over here undher feet Bill, an the duckens take tho bit of ne if it issS filled to the top Oh, blur-anages, look whss comiH at now"
 the farthes black corner of the closter walls up almost to the edge of the projecting holly wreath. Down this mysterious gleaming staked gigantic man breathing fire he came He was dressed ir straight on end, his long face was waxen white and the eyes in his head gowed live living coals. On he nd then @ h soad % 9u . ing hate and poisoned malice of the world was crowded into his look.
 Darby managed to pull of his hat and to make scrape of bow The tt-top of the a-avenn' to your honor. Isn't 1t a-a-foine night l, nfver saw yer he neryously twisted his hat, @that your honor is havin' gr-great times wid the Garmin philosophers these days. At taste Father Cassidy sayn' % at 
 mark for at the mention of Father Cassidy spasm of raging agony convulsed the face of Satan Sparks ard his cheeks gIowed red like hot iron.
 "Why-why, don't ye say somethin, BiH," urged naoy oy thnS M ms aa nat he's
 'I-I+rm glad to ye," said the tinker, his teeth chattering "N-n-o- I mane, wor ye havin' much
 Have done ]" roared Satan, and the wais of the abbey shook "Out of this place before wther you up like a blasted tree What fools work brought 
 arm sure yer honor don't begrudge us the few dirthy handsful of gocld in the crooks below sssd Darby. ~--s. se-
 Always the gold" sneered Satan. What good does it bring you poor insects of the earth? you snaiis you worms! you scurrying gnatsw As all the world knows from the time Tipperary lad Is the height of your knee he is a poor hand at taking insult. So Darbys temper got the better of his fears, and he said hotly:
 "Kape a civil tongue in yer head Mir BeIzebub whativer ye do! niver done an-nything agin you yours, did I? I'll make chid's bargain wid ye: Dyo" lave alone an I'll lave you alone"
 You rubbish" roared Satan "you trembling weeds. You little heaps of dusti You weak kneed shortved insignificant bipeds."
 The last epithet proved too much for the prudence of the kn0wledgabls nov man siPsd yoHrssf he m re thransgressor! 1 dare ye to put yer ugly Soof over that holly"
 rage became something fearful to behold He beat his breast with his hands, then flung his wide atart At this last gesture the winked out and the sght became black as your hat might wind and through the old abbey flashing the yew tree to and fro over their heads The owls darted this way aHd that in the sweeping gale, hooting in dismal chorus, and then came the most astonishing wonder of all The earth cracked in wide circle around the now thoroughly conquered men, From this cfrclng crevice an awful sheet of devouring, crimson flame shot up into the sky Satan serene and triumphant, framed in the center of the blazing cataract.
 There is no telling what the end would have been had the tinker kept steadfastly in mind the inn portant condition that must not utter much as one pious word while searching for the crooks of gold. the endurance was pretty well shaken out of Bill by this time He could only throw ID his hands and exclaim, God help us!"
 Those the fateful words. That prayer settled the business of the crooks of gold Immediately crash of thunder split the whole world the sky must have fallen; the two men went down into the hole like eaden plummets; the earth heaved and swayed billowy and after that there fell deadly silence Then clear through the distance from HooIi gans farm the warning sound of growing cock
 It moment two before either of our sticken adventurers got control of himself Darby the first open his eyes. "The runneygade is gone. Quick, Bill the crooks O good. Huroo, we're not o'Gills. osea se', -' "''''-e' A''''Ne'e V'''A =
 But Bill was already on his feet, gazing at the spot where the wide hole had been for 10 and behold only had the vanished but the hole itself gone; it filled to the top And this was not all the buttercups and daisies, without so much broken stem, were holding and bobbng in the first morning breeze.
 Half an hour later our two heroic adventures. loaded to the chin with bedraggled bundles hesittee anxiousfaced the threshold of the OGiII Bridget half turned from the breakfast she was pre- pairing and transfxed them with a scornfuI glare. Then from the doors where they stood the tired wanderers together poured forth eloquent account of that nights wonderful adventures From the be- ginning to the end the dual narrative Bridget never uttered a single word but stood motioness the hearthstOne, her hands he- Li---
 When the two abashed treasure hunters haG enssae- their story, Bridget moved a muscle of her face but stood with tightly drawn lips her eye still fixed them in unsympathetic stare At last she spoke and at the sudden question she asked Darby and Bill took half-step back from the door:
 "How much whisky have yez left in that jug, Misther OGill?'
 ''I-I-beeve it's purty near half empty" answered , Darby, looking accusingly at Bill
 .'I didn't" clustered Bill. "Yer husband fell down an spilled the jug whin he runnin' from the Nflputian Misthress O'GiIl an he busted the lovely eggs too. ma-anl."
 Bridget didn't say. much then. for she woman of few words but she to scatter those words with ildg"ent through the remainder of Darbys life.