Evening star., 1928-06-13
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
THE FAIRIES.
BY WILLIAM CARLETON.

william Carleton. l7Oo-lsGg. yes an
Stores o. The Irish Peasaasry.~l
Prank Martin was weaver He was
q thin man and pale, when ! saw him
He had a sickly look, and naturally
feeble constitution. His hair was light
auburn, his beard mostly uushaVen and
his hands had q singular delicacy and
Ws9itenegs
In everything else he was as sensible,
sober and rational as any other man:
but On the topic Of fairies. the mans
mania was peculiarly strong and irl-
movable Indeed, ! remember that the
expression Of his eyes was Singularly
wild and hollow. and his long, narrow
temples sallow and emaciated.
Nov this man did not Lead an unhap-
py life, nor did the malady he laboreu
under seem 10 be productive Of either
pair or terror 70 him, although one
might be apt 70 imagine otherwise. On
the contrary, he and the fairies main
faine6 the most friendly intimacy, and
their cialoguea-which, ! fear, were
wOefUllg one-S4ced Ones--T1tfst have
been a source Of great pleasure TO him,
for they were conducted with much
fnirth and laughter. on his part 81 least.
We'll. Frank, when did you see the
fairseg?''
Whist There's i1o dozen OF them I'm
the shop this minute. There's little
otiid fellow sattin' on the top Of the
eieye, an all To be rocked while I'm
weay!n' The sorrows In them, but
they're the greatest little schemers alive,
no they are. See. there's another Of
them Co out o. that, you. or bad cess
70 me IL you don't. but I'll lave you a
marx. HaI Cut, you thief youl"
Frank, aren't you aicard q them?"
"Iz It me Arrah. what I'd ] be-
Gfe2rd O them for? Sure they have no
power oyeF me"
And why haven't they, Prank"
"Beeause I was baptized against
them"
"Wnat DO you mean by tfat2"
Why, the priest cDrlstened 10 vas
tos1ic BY my father, 10 put Ia tFa proper
prayer agsinst the fairies. An J. priest
can't refuse Il when he's zf.eo--an'
he did no. EegoFya. it's IN for me
that re did. There's an459er OF 'ena
roW~-let the talIow sloa1 you little
giutboni See. that weeny tnief o them
was attn my ta!low Wei, rs NeIl
fer me the priest did pat IN the proper
prayer azasfgks the lsiries, becaise. you
see, IL was their ~ .ention 20 make me
king O the fairies
"gf IL poEslbie7"
Devil a Tie In IT EuFe you may az
then, ar they'll tell you"
What size are they, Prank"
"Cn, little wee fellows With green
f0sgE, AZ the pgftiest little shoes
ever yoa ssesg. T8ere's TWO of them
both o4as ac90sgntanees og miae~-gg2ly-
MIN along the yafe beam. That culc
fellow with fgle il1g- wig Is called jim
Jam. ar the 0taer chap with tie three.
eocke6 hat T. called Mickey Bick
hickey psagA ne PIPES. hickey give
Has "A tuEe~sSgfge gD8 E1agA Efne
Efg0fes Whist. EoH assenW
The Do0f fellow. tno9gn wearing ~
fast ag he ccAsia aI ts3e time yet be-
et1Se0 every DGsa.Dls marx " atten-
ton ~ the music and seehgea ~ enjoy
A. a. much ~ II il mao sseen real
Many tifgf, Ws2en a ueYe child not
more than 4 ~ ] yearR 81 age. haVe !
Resse ~ the weaving si}ep " Ffaix Aar,
f1n tn order, win u hf8rg DIVIDED
between cslFso<y Sfld fear ~ ilslp0 ~
his Conversation 13tn tar gG0d palpie
prom n3ofD}s2g tilj night h.s long3e was
going alDa0st 2s iuGesSaDtly ~ nis
shuttle. md ~ Vas vel known ttlat
~ Right. whenever IN aNGke out of biz
eieep, fsae first 1iglng ~ GiG WIS ~ pli
eal his hand and p0sB them, ~ il we're
on Ms De6.
a(5o oat b this yo9 thieves, goa VI
out u tfs5k DDWs en- ift ne alone
hickey. III this any t;Be " 1e giAying
fqe piDfs, aEd me- warts ~ aleep1 ~
On. nov ~~treth II gez %. y0g'i zee wias
pH give yer lsgK40ftoH. Sure hi ~
Ynakin1 aeB Gfesslp's, and u yen Det2ay'
fseeDtly, ngaYDe ID lsge yez iile eefap.n
a. tne pot There Bo8, Gebi p3g
ftainRs, tnegre cahRnt eFatA4fs, s0n
45gegTe Vii goiie Bsfrigg lxgDt heo@aB
fnsf noesp't ike ~ leaFe me-
And tfen atle harmless mota4oaftia
wa8ld fali sack into Wilag We trust wa
su innocent slUmtff.
About this tiple tijere Vas sad " s4sS
ACQUIRED b very Femafkag3e cIfeBH
stance Wblcb gave pun Prank }st
deal of Importance af}g1lX Ils tM}xh
boYa, a nlan nsngee Thomas nae
Cial6 slek Dut ~ what eonpSalyt san
1sei nav remember nor II y u any lpl
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