New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
BESWARRAGAL.
nv Lady Gregory.

| I will tell YOU the story OF beS"arrdedl'
said the old man Of hundred years old.
There was n King OF Ireland ont walk
ing one time with his Grand Adviser.
! And they came 10 the side of pool ana
they saw i'm it a wild duck with flock oil
twelve young ones, and she was pushing
and beating away one of the young ones
10 make il leave the flock Il wonder
why is il the bird is doing that?' said the
King. 1T is the right thing whenever
there is a family OF twelve to send one OF
them away to seek a fortune for him
self" saws the Grand Adviser If that
is So" SAYS the King. what ay-can
know which one Of my sons must / send
awayP" Il will tell you that SAYS the
Grand Adviser. Let you watch them to-
morrow the time they are coming nome
! from school, and close the gate on WHICH
ever one of them will be the last ana Iet
him be the one you will send away 90
tho next day they watched tho Twelve
sons coming from the school. and the one
that was last at the gate was the young
est Of them all. "Oh. give him another
chance" SAYS tho King. So the next DAY
they watched again, and II was the same
one, the youngest, that was last az the
gate. and the third day it was the same
l filing. "Oh." says the King. ut Is worse
to me the youngest to go than any two oil
the others" You need not mind that
saws the Grand Adviser. for ! can tell
Won that the life he will have will be a
happy one" 81 am content So says the
King.
So the King sent for him then. and he
gave him a purse of money that would
last for ten years or FOR twenty years
and he bade him 20 make a way for him
self
So the Kings son ret out, and he tray
oIled the roads till night time. and he
saw cottage before him and a light m
IL. and he opened the door and went in
and all he saw in II was one old man.
"A welcome before you. Kings son,
SAYS the old man. 81 thank you for that
Welcome" says he. but how IS It you
know me 10 be a Kings sonY' So the
Iold man showed him a sword that hung
over the top Of the door. IF any man
comes through that door" he says. that
As not a Kings SON. that sword Will fall
and will whip the head of him And 1t
IS a good time you came here he said
and you could have come az no better
time" why IS that?" says tho young
man There IS a pool there beyond
saws the old man. and one morning IN
tho whole year there comes TO II Bcs-
warragal. that ls the most beautiful
woman Of the whole world. having her
twelve waiting maids with her. and they
20 swimming iu that pool And to-mor-
row IS the day they are coming he said:
"and let you hide yourself till they will
20 into the water. and Bcswarragai VIII
be tho last 20 strip, and let you take her
CLOTHES and hide them. and she Will not
be- able TO go away. and whatever you
VIII ask her she will do H. And what
YOU will ask Of her is herself" he said.
So the young man went down 10 the pool.
and BcswarracaI aud her twelve beaut-
fui waiting maids were in the water. ana
Doe tool, hcr clothes and hid them. Aud
when they were tired swimming they put
their clothes ON, and then they turned to
birds and they flew away, all but Bes-
|var-agal. and she could not nyn. So tho
Kings son came 10 her and ne gave her
the clothes. What viii you give me
now2' Says Dc. II will give YOU any
thing you Will ask. says she. II ask
nothing but yourself" says hc, you TO
marry me and 20 poe my wife How
will you go away with me and you not
able 10 hy2" says she. But she put
loop of the chain she had about his neck
and she took him by the hand and she
few away with him to a garden. and she
brought him into the gardeners house
And there is one thing / have to tell
,.4
at me or say anything about me at all"
I'T will never do that" says he. And
every day she brought him food 10 the
gardeners house, and they lived together
there for a while.
But al last one day she passed by him
in the garden, and when he saw her 80
beautiful he turned and ne said to the
gardener: There was never a lady so
beautiful as mine in tho whole world"
There never was" SAYS the gardener
and you will be without her now" he
says.
So the next morning Beswarragal
brought him his breakfast and. "oh,"
she said, why did you speak Of me and
wonder at me. for 7 must go away from
you now to Rgh-na- Saugh, and you will
never see ne again. now foull 1 utlp
wondering at YOU" he said, "and you os
beautiful passing by? And I will go fol-
lowing after you forever" he said.
So she went away. and before she went
she left i've drops of honey on his five
fingers And he left the garden and went
following after and looking for her in
every place.
He walked on all through the day. and
at the fall OF night he came TO a house
that had but an old man In It, God be
with the company left me to-day" saws
he What company was that" says the
Kings son. "Beswarragal and her twelve
young girls says he. That is the one 7
am looking for says the Kings son.
"You never will get her. says the old
man. But ! will do this for YOU" he
says. Il will give you a ball when you
leave this tomorrow, and you can go
throwing it before you, and II you can
come up with il as fast as it goes you
viii come to my brother and he might
help you"
So after breakfast he took the ball
and he went throwing It and following II
through the day til he came to a house
where the old mans brother was and he
went in. God be with the company that
left me to-day-that was. Beswarragal and
her twelve young ladies'" says the old
man. she is the one ] am looking for"