| Show f U 11 I ell ti DARBY AND THE GOOD PEOPLE i f A V vv y if A only one living man ot or ALTHOUGH M his own tree free will ever went among amon I them there still any ter eron on In Ireland can tell you that the f or of the Good People Is In the hol V b ot of the great mountain Sh ive iven n namon non That same one man wa wee Dr b by a 0 cousin of m my other and left generation after arter get the had oleD pigs young oung children old women young men I cows ot of butter from rom oU r k people but had bed never bothered of 01 I our or kin until for or some lou bus rayson they toured soured on Dart I I and took the tb oldest eldest or of his three thre tome fome pigs The next week a second pig went t the e same Fmc wa way The rhe third wet week k not ft thing had bad Darby left tor the fair You Tou m may y think how sore ore ard sorry fOrry poor man ae an how Brid Bridget Bridget get his hI wIfe an the on The rent was due and andall aJl left was as asto to ielI Ids his cow RoMe Roste tu to pay It RosIe was vas the apple of biB hh eye he be admired anti the pl pigs s but he 10 loved Worst Wor t luck or of all was yet to comE eom On the morning when Darby Darb went ent for forthe the row COW to bring brIn h r Into market bad I to the hoof hoor was there but in I her place only a 8 wiep ot or dirty straw to I mock him Millie murther What a and antI and dd Darby bring back to the house Fairy or no fairy ghost or or livin ol of dead who took rue Tue the day he says With those wild words he In Inthe b the direction ot oC All ds long he climbed like an Ant oy over r the hill bill looking fur for hole or ve through he could get at tile on of Rosie HORh At times he strUik the rOCkS with his blackthorn I Nit challenge challene a 0 one made not nol i Just then But at night he turned hungry And footsore toward home ito ho should lie he moot up with ott on thO th but the ouid C fairy lr doctor Sheelah MAguire well known was she as ag a 0 spy for the Good People She poke up Oh then youre the foolish blun man to tm say what youve oue saId Mid and doing what youve done thia day Darby Darb says she What llo do I ClUe care says he fiercely Id light the for m my beautiful cow 0 Then so go Into Mrs rs Hagans meadow J f says 18 Sheelah and wait AU Wr tilt Wrt t the h moon le Ie up B By an b by yelI en Bee s n a herd or of cows come from rom the mountaIn and yer er b be among th them m ru Fil do then ask asked Barb his with I clue care what ye l do dG Bur t lads there ther and OU see stand no ill III illI I F rb One question more mam moving away iway How llo late In the night the they ta Sheelah caught him BY Ute the collar nod iud pulling his heed head close doe pere heu bo cock crows the Good Pro Peo pie ph must be dc at home After Arter coOk cock row they fl e no power to help or to hurt and every mortal e eye e oan Mn s e plain h hIt It IL yea k when h ft DubE p wl on tl tb ground Ia HA ow the yellow ellow ed edgeS e ot of th flit moon Just ju t Upped tipped the hills To ro creep IU as a eat through the ld the cow was WAIl only minutes work Then hitt hh plan to 10 walt wait un till with all other so soher f her r sensible thoughts went dane out or the lad lads head before beCore hi lila rage for tor cropping e eagerly gerly the long sweet swett gra greet the baste ht he met was wa nOBle With a leap leRp Derby behind hu her huI I stick k sharply on her finks Th of ro cow alm almost t broke Derbys Darhyl heart Roele filc on him with II a I Iou lunge hr two home Mimed aimed at 11 his brent t There was no boy In the p b than Derby Darby and well for him it w 5 for the mad rush the lOW cow gave Vf would have caught an any man the t trifle heavy on his legs and ended hl bk days das rI right ht there tf IT a 8 It Ws wa our Jayro bayro sprang to side As Ro le pa passed h his l left Ct hand her tall When h n one of the takes hould of a thing he hang bangs bangson on like Uke a bullterrier Now began a rae race the like or of which was never neer heard or of before or since Ten jumps to the second and aud a hundred feet to the jump tall tail straight up tn in the air firm as 08 an Iron i bar and Dorb floating straight out i a furious fairies d Ib fly i I big Ing a short distance after arter the theair i air with wild commands and threaten ings Inga I I Suddenly tle sky opened for a c coC crat of oC th that t shivered the hills and anda a 0 mitt mat of thunder bunder that turned out of theIr b beds 5 ev every I man woman and tn in tour four Flash Fluh att after r carrie came lightning hitting bitting on eV cv eVry cry ry side of our ha hayro ro if it for Cor Corear fear ear ot of l lurting Rosie the fairies would certainly fune bave killed Darby Darb DarbAs As the cow turned into the long nar narrow row valley which cuts Into t the ea side of the mountain the Good People caught up with the p pair lr and what they do to Darby In the line of sticking Pills pulling whiskers and pinching take long to tell teil tellIn In troth lie he was about to let Jet go his bould and tak take the chances o of a ataU taU fall when the hillside opened and the cow turnEd Into the moun mountain tain tam D rby arby lt flying down downa n a wIde high which grew lI light lighter ht er as he w weilt along He heard the opening b shut like a 0 trap and I hie hia almost stopped beating 10 lor i this was the fairies home In the heart or of He was captured b by I them When n Rosie stopped so fO stiff were all joints that he hud had great troll trOu r I Ible I ble g lm to come dOI down n He landed among a lot of an lit litI littie I tie people each no higher than your I hand band ee every I one n wearing a 0 gr green een velvet elE cloak an n red caP p and In ever every cal calI Ca I wan wali stuck a white owls father I Well VeU tithe takE him to the king S1 says S t tred rt red d wb wee hap chap V Vat nt hell do to the be good I Iund und and With that the they our bould Darby Darb a down the long pass passage passage age which h every er second grew w wider der derand and lighter r and fuller funer of little people Sometimes though be met with hu human human man heln beings s like himself only the I charm was on them they having been tolen at some time by the Good Gool Pee Peo I He saw lost people there front from I every perish In Ireland both common 11 Ers era and gentry Each was laughing talking nd himself with an n ore Off to the sIdes he could see small cobblers makIng brogues tinkers I mending pans tailors fie sewing wing cloth loth smiths hammering hor horseshoes ever every everyone one merril merrily tD t hIs trade making a dl 1 out ot of work Down near the ct center ot of the mountaIn waA a room twenty times higher her and ami I broader th the biggest church In the the drew near noor this room there arose the sound of a reel t played on bagpipes The music was so 10 be Darby Dab who wai taS the reel dancer danler lit In all Ireland could hardly make his feet behave themselves At the rooms edge Darby stopped short and caught his breath the sight was so EO entrancing Set over the floor were tho thousands and thousands of I People facing this w way and to n a reel while on n a throne In the middle of the room sat King or of tho tha 1 0 Thel tItle king with w a TOld crown Oil his head hend a 1 green treen Y velvet l t coat ont I t e clies sot sat erased b tithe wIth lila his foot to II I Ithe the music There were many from own orn parish what was his surprise to I see there thet his own 00 I sister whom he be had supposed I In h her r own grave in hol holy ground thes three years 1 AM iI I you befOre I tOll tun you again Darby Darb was the dancer I in ht aU all J and he came toni a Cn n ot of though I sa say It who ho ai lIe he was m mothers own cousin oud Three Thle things lii In the h II nIl whisky whisk and I mus t So when n the of It u all 11 melted s lIttle feet led him himI I into the thIck of nC the throng thronS right tin tinI I I der the throne of the king where he heI I flun flung care are ti the winds and put his heart healt luid mInd into his two nimble fet feat t D dancing was such that soon those ose around stood still sUIl to It long till half the dancers crowded und admiring lapping clapping BY HERMI IE T TEMPLETON 1 I A AA A 0 1 their hands a e I ment The grew so e excited cit j that he be lAW the pipes took tok up hi dd Came mu down tT from the 1 and standing bf began an a aliner liner titan than the I IThe The It It hour hou no noone noone one it a word otA Jl p to Or cry Ot j Foot It it YO y IDY now flOW hs un on R boo hoo lOO hooray T 1 ni hO ug stepped i anel C Wen Veil lH U r An anU Banagher buts Who are you OU md nd how t lure e I IThen Then Darby up the story When he tile king g I looked iii glad you a unu 1 an Im Im yo you he SOK If we had pu our on you out outside i to y you U lii In y n ver tin till the I md Ind of the V we here must I IaU aU all go t Is hell But h he added ly Uth thee C no use 1 itt a out that Those wIllm ut c e with whit us c at rand end here ou arc i t your own free act and will youre here and we let you go outside to ten tell oth others othera ers era ot of what yOU have seen and so gl glus give us a bad name namer taking things knO make you us as comfortable as we uc lan can and so 80 you ill neer 1 he says o hU I I t must stow stop ii 11 t tIli P the d dayS g ment thou thED go 10 tp hp siyi she t to I y but ib 11 you gt out outI I bear Hor e t BOb for tor me meI me I ma maybe bee the ays I Its lt s ais f talk bout about gol goin out ut uti i fut Iut how bow ci tiP be Jone a asked ked Derby I a aur en p pIng Ing ini her hig grey fra tS co It mn may take f years rears First on must t know the I Good God n it put Jut their fn anyone any one W tv 10 it is willing to with them That why you n N sefe I t Then again In icy aey er ham in inthe 1 tb the Ml or Q cockcrow JO ye M them 11 eon they Jt y one I of f bol pass 1 o over i iI 1 I twig of Ita se Christ chris chrisI I mas Ilias a evil I II I word for adb a m that open tim I o of the mo ta I Will l Y fa 10 I it for fot yiu u that word all 11 th the s tu lit tIP tt nt get 1 I cut or In B yot Ol must be patient I and win and t tI I trill so with the bI ot Q QI God GodI I I Darby 1 I At words sea gave SIle a ch I Cruel tru d man she cried D nt YOU I II I know that to iG soy flout Or to on onI end endI I I or the t oa nl I Vv v Y v v v V v r I NO at oU air says the king kingI I I only were deprIving yo yoNo 0 I No lit bi life C Darby I 1 bave e lash Ins arL vl tn p ate and to drink nothing hut t fun an a di d day Jon long O Out t In hi the It was ivaa n g w rk 64 hd and j jand and rare eare I But Bridget t and the says I the king giving him a sharp look out of half shut eyes 1 Oh Jh us for tor that ki king says HY Derby Darby Il Its for lor a widow tu to get a hus husband husband band or for tor orphans to find a titan than it Jg Is for them 10 pick up a 3 sever severa Ii a day I he k king titS looked u mighty and raITt awhile w a word I you Jou mind SOl gels out an eveRin evenin I now and then the boys to mind I II I the cows He asked at Darb Darby to el f outside I in theIr I Wen Well rn Ill tell ye how bow iti replied my y brave Derby Darby S ottlie neigh i tJ bore rs might see m me the re reI re report I port ou oa me that 1 rm tl fairies I and h td U the UIe her ho lh king knocked th the ashes ashe m lila Ids I pl pipe 0 I l Youre oue a wise man besides beIng the h or l s he I i I It I I J t t I won wont t worry about Bridget get and the I b have ve sovereign left lert with It them thern vur da ot ri their Ih lives ButI f h we hud on you hr he I With 1 h for itaI atSY to f eee aee our how Darby began his I I six mouths til ste with the Good People i I qt t a thin lOft undone t to make Darby A f people than the God People h he met At frt he et l over i Sling saying God R save ve 81 11 il bofe r ald and G hod l ls s save you kindly u tn s that I which hl h t like burning them with a ahot ht hot irn iron If it w r nt for fOl n e Darb b be at at Uis thie hour On ada a hen h r two were hint him s sitting alo et t h she to Darby deit s it right fOI for A dalInt m of f fm family y to b be hb his du days and and hum In the hours Ith sport and ti d nonsense JOT for yr ye mO nI D I m my heart is just for sight of oC Bridget an the r hI I know knOt wol well how Qu fee feel t sy SaYS Maureen for Id id ge the tho world to I Isa isay I sa say three words to st BOb Broderick since ye e tel tell me that out of gl grief t for forme I me inc 11 be has never ke kept t company wih with any other girl un till title this da day But that their black blak h m is like cutting him With lh a a The next nen 11 she came a le to D Darby rb again n J 4 Wath i UI iii n J 5 r ris is tb oC f the op you O nn suit If you sh stir two steps outside Jit the on yoU TOU she Su Sure tu h When hn tok took 1 his wilk walk down the pas passage after sipper supper 8 ns lIP lie fl did every night I the mountain lay wide open anti no ito nonne ne In sight The temp to 1 one nS r ft looked out a minute and went t Ilie he JS gf knowing ell n cr dred d adden yes eyes were re on him lUte he while For a after the same Itt t time Maureen stUd I rhe king klug 15 going you hard bard the da day s 8 She had no no sooner sa said I the U rm I Darby Dalby wu t as rolled called for arid p tO td the e king S I 13 says the king In ina a sooth rbt ny have this noggin or of I pun punch b A never was brewed I Its les the l lest I well have for many i d im ID goIng to set free Darby arb OHm what I am Why h king SOS says Darb Darby putting on ona a mournful face tace how have I 1 offend offended ed ye an Its sorry r I am yu u take nr m word for th then l we would ha have you nl al WU S at mate laste till the day of judgment het he nor north th there re wen well bother you about It ho hn more morP Front From that day the they him as one of their lr n It was nt nearly arly five fie months month that Mauren t n plucked Darby b b by the coat coet sitU and led him off ff to a IOnel lOnely spot rYe Ive got the word sh have you faith faJth What lt sa says Darby alb un all of a T Then en she whispered n i word so 50 blas bla p a so that Darby Darb br d himself Maureen SR i hini bim molting making the sign Ign she fell feU down don in a atthe holy JOl emblem hurt her poor Three hours after ater this mo me by was sitting at his own talk talkIng Ing to Bridget and the The were hurrying to hint down F every road rond and through every field carrying armfuls ot of hon holly bushes as ashe ho he had sent word for tor them to do He knew well hed have fierce and savage visitors before morning After they ll laId d come with the holly Ite be l had d th them m make a 3 ci of It IO O thick around the house that a fly w walk through without touch touching in ing ft a twig or leaf But that was not all The They made nide a ring ot of bOU outside the first so that the house sat at atto to lii two gret wreaths wreath one wreath around the O ottee The oUtsIde ring was ns much the tho bigger and left d a good I space between It 1 tIe ft with room for over e pie to stand there It was vas ILkO the or ring et cx for a little gate left eft open as though by b accident where the could T lk It But rt t t U l nt at all only tile the wise ps oC for near nearby nearby by thiS m It gap fn the outside wreath l a a sprig of h hOlLy with a bit bitof bitof of tied to tA It Then TheR the twine tine ran at along ng up to te hou house and aad In through th the window where re Its md Ind la lay t 10 his ba A little pull pullen en cn the twiDe would drag the stray piece o hd Into tile the gap end and dose tI tight t the outside ri ring l lW W anyway anWaY the e things were b hardly inIth and J when the the 1 neighbors or of tWilight and they scurried lIke Uke frightened rabbits to their homes Only one ne among them all ll had cour courI courage I age to sit Inside Isolde Darb hou house e waiting r the dreadful and that cue cne was Bob Br For some rayson or other 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