The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-21

mind. and he planned to tap 4
see. there would be quite q foil
and perhaps he could develol
ON electric power system will
q turbine.
The plan was 10 dig o trench
from the lake to the side of the
mountain, where the water could
coll over the edge. So he went
up there with his men and they
started to dig. Now there's only
so much man can dig in wan
osy, but livery morning when
they returned TO their work, the
trench was all filled in. They
finally had to give il up
do you mean that the earth
had caved in on the sides, or that
someone had filled it in?"
This nobody knows. But as
] said, this country all around
here is haunted.
AS q matter of fact, this
have seen myself: You know in
the old days, the land agents
were not very popular. They
were always evicting people
Now this wan land agent-he
was q Presbyterian, and / think
Presbyterians are very prosaie-
evicted an old lady, and she
put curse en- him. For my part,
il wouldn't be sach q bad wan, at
that, for the curse was that a
blade of grass would never grow
OF his grave.
II you have seen Irish ceme-
teries, you know how badly kept
they are-scythed only once or
twice a year, and full Of weeds
and nettles, all growing rank.
In this cemetery. the grave of
the land agent is covered with
weeds and nettles, but / swear
to you, for ! have seen it, there
Is not a single blade of grass"
What do you mean when you
say the country Is haunted?'
Fairies" he said In a hushed
voice. l was wondering if he was
pulling my leg a bit, for only a
few moments ago this rural Irish
man had been talking fluently of
railroads, economics, and foreign
affairs, obviously man well in
formed. That as modern mind
as this could believe in fairies
sememd impossible. So I let the
matter drop for awhile, and come
back to II later.
We were talking about fairies ~
l said then, do you really be-
lieve in them? Do they really ex-
ist?"
"Ah, yiss, there are friends of
mine who have seen them.
though l do think they are dy-
ing out. There aren't as many as
IN the old days . Now, I'm a
rational man, and my wife is a
rational woman, but neither OF
us would think of cutting a haw-
thorn tree. unless we knew who
planted 1t. One doesn't take
chawnces And there are. OF
course, the fairy rings.
And what are they?"
"Ah, they're rings that appear
In the, fields1the grass is of g
diifertn color from the rest. Thew
are about 80 feet In diameter
the strip itself being about three
feet wide . Now. you sairtain.
~ wouldn't build house inside
ore, and you'd be careful, in fac,
not to put foot inside"
what would happen II 70,
did,"
We'll, you wouldn't SEE any.
thing. You wouldn't HEAR any.
thing. You wouldn't FEEL any.
thing. But bad luck would fol.
low you the rest of your life.
On the train trip from Dublir
to Belfast you pass across the
border from Fire pronounce,
AYruh) into Northern Ireland
the latter q part of Great Bri
tain, and the customs are Sc
we're. To protect its own supplies
Fire prohibits the export of food
and other necessities. and al
baggage is examined by the Fir
eann authorities before you eros
into North Ireland, where 20,
ere examined again. Since food
stuffs and clothing are in shor
supply in Northern Ireland an,
Scotland, and since Spirits
(whiskey, etc. are less expensiv,
IN Fire than across the border
there is q strong temptation
among the travellers to smuggl
goods across.
On our train there were man,
Irish laborers enroute to worl
on farms in Scotland. where la
Dor is short, and all of these mel
carried a box. At the border, tn
South Ireland authorities tool
from them hundreds of pounds O
butter, eggs and other food stuff
the men we're carrying. to Scot