Year: 1877




LICK AND MORE LICK.


boston PilOt.l


In old times there lived where Bally-
towtas Castle now stands q poor man
named Towtas. 1t was in the time when
mamma fell to the earth with the dew of
the evening, and Towtas lived by gather
ing the mama, and thus supported him.
self, for he was a poor man, and had
nothing else.


One day peddler came by that way
with fair, young daughter. Give us
q nights lodging" said he to Towtas,
for we are weary" And Towtas
did SO.


Next morning, when they were going
away, his heart longed for the young
Z girl, and he said to the peddler: Give
me your daughter for my wife. " How
will you support herf' asked the ped
dler. Better than you can" answered
Towtas, for she can never want"


Then he told him all about the man
ma; how he went out every morning
when it was lying on the ground with
the dew. and gathered it as his father
and forefathers had done before him,
and lived on it all their lives, so that he
had never known want, nor any of his
people. Then the girl showed she would
like to stay with the old man, and the
peddler consented and they were mar
ried, Towtas and the fair young maiden;
and the peddler left them and went his
way. So years went on, and they were
very happy and never wanted; and they
had one son, bright, handsome youth,
and as clever as he was eomely.


Rut in due time old Towtas died. and
after the husband was buried the woman
went out to gather the mamma as she had
seen him do. when the dew was on the
ground; but she soon grew tired, and
said to herself: "Why should do this
thing every dayl Pll lust gather now
enough to do the week, and then can
have rest" So she gathered up great
heaps of it greedily, and went her way
into the house. But the sin of grediness
lay on her evermore; and not bit of
mama fell with the dew that evening
nor ever again. And she was poor and
faint with hunger, and had to go out
andwork in the fields to earn the morsel
that kept her and her son alive; and she
begged pence from the people as they
went into chapel, and this paid for her
sons schooling: so he went on with his
learning, and no one in the county was
like him Tor beauty and knowledge.


One day he heard the people talking
OF great lord that lved up IN Dublin,
who had daughter SO handsome that
her Ike was never seen and all the nne
young gentlemen were dying about her,
but she would take none OF them. And
he came home to ms mother and SAID:


shall go to see this great iord daugh-
ter. Maybe the luck Will be mine above
all the tine young gentlemen that love
her. TO along, poor 100, SAID the
mother; " how can the poor stand before
the rich But he persisted; II L
die on the road, he said, "Il try it.


Wait, then" she answered, It'll
Sunday, and whatever L get I'll give you
half OF it." 50 she gave him half of
the pence she gathered at the chapel
door, and bade him 60 IN the name OF
God.


He hadn't gone far when he met a
poor man who asked him for trihe for
Gods sake. So he gave him something
out of his mothers money and went on.
Again, another met him, and begged a
tr;fe to buy food for the sake of God,
and he gave something also, and then
went on.


"Giye me a trihe for Gods sake. y
cried a voice, and he saw third moor
man before him. s1 have nothing left %
said Towtas, "but few pence: if / give
them, shall have nothing for food, and
must die of hunger. But come with me,
and whatever can buy for this shall
share with you. And as they were going
on to the inn he told all his story to the
beggar-man, and how he wanted to 90 to
Dublin, but he had now no money. So
they came to the inn, and he called for
loaf of bread and a drink of milk
"Cut the lsaf," he said 20 the begpar
eYou are the oIdest.n


al won,t.n said the other for bo u,o.
ashamed, but Towtas made him


And so the begqar cut the loaf but
though thew ate. It never grew smolier
and though they drank as thew liked n
the milk, it never grew less. Then Torv
tas rose up to nav. but when tba iond
lady came and looked. "How is tI,;s p,
She said. "You have eaten notbina n ,
IN not take your money moor how
But he made her take some and tIa,
left the place. and went on their W. waT ~ ~
getber. '--- "4' W
Now said the beooar-mon uuo,
have been three times good to- me- b, to
day, for thrice have met YOU. and vo, OF
gave me help for the sake of God eacl