Show P Jr LJ t BY SEUMAS SEt MACMANUS MAC S j Author of r In n Chimney Corners Through the Turf Smoke and andi I i thor other stories Copyright by Seumas MacManus I IOno Ono Once there ther were ero two brothers named i t Donal and Jack Jack Donal was w hired by a arich arich rich Tr man roan who had one daughter and whon whoa his hi master died he lie married tho the daughter Jack ack h he lived close by with wih his wife and a a big 11 family of or children and he was very ver poor Door but Donal ho was no noway noway noway way rood to Jack and would never reach his hand to him with wit a n thing And when the e hunger would come Into Jacks house Jack he used to think It little lite harm barm har to steal a n bullock bulock out of or ily Donals iy il s big flock fok and kill ki it i for his lam fam family r m I At t Donal began to that Jack Jak was wi taking his bullocks but he ho hoS S rZ J I I hM k I Jock Jak Took the Old Womans Body ody on onH His H Shoulder and ad Carried Her Off to Donals Dons know how lie he would find out for sure sura Donals old od proposed a aplan aUlan aDian Ulan plan by which she could catch Jack She made mae Donal put her into a big chest that had hd little In it t and put in with wih her beef beer and und brandy enough to last lat her nine days da s rhen Then Donal was to tako tko the the he chest to Jacks acks and have It left loft t there thero on some excuse Donal Donti went wont to t Jack Jac and said he hO had a ad b k chest ola dola of olaI things I that was In his way a d asked d Jack if fh he would u be i so good as ast s t allow clow him to leave leavo it i in his kitchen kichen L for a week or so s Jack ack said aid he was wa very verv welcome to put In ten chests chets if 1 he ho liked Ik d So Donal Donni had the to chest chot with wt the und and her provisions in It carried it to Jacks Jack a ind in a in ne Kitchen On the Ute very en first night the chest and the were wore In Jacks he stole and killed and ad brought in another bul but lock lo lc and the old oid woman was watching it all at through the of the watching chest And after atter Jack and his wife Wie and ad chit chil chi dren had eaton eat a hearty supper oft off of the bullock bulock he and his wife wie began talking talking over oer ono one thing thing and another and says sas he chest chest Id Id like to know kow what Donal has In that tat So off of he went to a n locksmith and ad he herot herot herot rot rot the loan of a whole bundle of or keys and he came and tried trIe them all al In the cheat chet till tm he got one that opened it When Donal what was in the tho chest chet he lout bet little time taking away the beef and the brandy brandt and he b put In their place empty bottles t and n I I bones C and looked locked ek the h old OI woman O O up with g those these thee again At the te em ot et c nine days Donal came for forthe forthe the th cheat cheet chet H thanked Jack ack for giving I him bins hou room for it I for so long and said sid he hut had now room for tor it I himself himsel and ands I so s h hp he had come corns to take It i home And behold you when Donal Doria and his Isis wife l opened the e chest s at home there r a alot the eor old woman n dead d of or r starvation t I and a lot of o bones and empty bottles botte in the cheat Says S Donal She got greedy geedy and ate end Ind drank the whole of the the first day da and this Is 18 her deserving Well VeIl Donal Donl and ad tho the wife waked her herand herf herand and burled buried tier her with a purse s of money o under her f head h to pay her way v in the tho g next world as they used to do In those days d Jack kot of course cr he went to the tho wake and wae to the funeral and sympathized sore with Donal Donat and amI Donals DonaIs wic wife both But Dut the very ver next no t night after the funeral i Jack dug up the corpse to get the money I as It was wa u so s useful to him Then he took the th old womans boc bo on his Ms shoulder I and carried her her off of to Donals and went down into Donals Banals wine cellar celar He put I i her Bitting in a chair by a n puncheon there thero and put a glass glas into her hand and turned on the Jt wine I In the morning Donals Donals first r race ice was always alwa to tG to the cellar to have hare a n drink and l when ha he came down this morning moring he fell feli fel r f i HE 1 THE SHE BODY ODY SITTING ON THE TH STABLE FINEST FIST BIG mG HOUSE HORSE IK IN fl DON u I over and fainted ln with wit the tho fright flight when he 1 saw sw his Isis old sitting by the on drinking Whoa When e he ente to t himself I S he had her taken ta up ana laid Yd out u In the eh a ro g again agn agno Jack c he came walking W l over C to see e Donal like l to o bid him l l lW the time f of ft day ei In i or the morning moring Good Gd morning to you Donal says he mg ing and low how de dD oli ol lind yourself el this thi morn morning O hI Och Ocl Oc Jack Jck Jack says sas n sayar sY ho Im I p m in a t terrible fix fx en entirely eny entirely Why y tho the matter mater says Jack Why hy says he he my old in th time got KOt ot up out of ot the tho grave the night and came back back and when I wan went want down lown downto to the in the morning to got a Q drink of If te wine oar there thoro thor was tS the old ld lady sitting by b bhe t 7 he puncheon end and nd she having the punch puncheon eon on 8 drunk n What am a I to do 0 at all aU aUW 1 at all saya he Ite W Well V l Jack says he ho I know hy hh she hA Rpt got sY op up nut alit of say her hor grave n agaIn 4 For what did she eho says Ss DonaL onaL Because you bury bur her half hal de do decently conty says Jack Jack You only put ten pound under her head ani Its fifty lifty pound you should have put Well iU Im rm sure Im Im sorry for or that says Donal Banal and Ill Il make certain certin that Ill In bury bur her decently decent enough this time So Jack went with wih him to help him bury her this dav dy d again a and he saw w Donal l put puta a erp purse or of fifty sovereigns e T under d her head Now says Donal says he shell shel surely not come come back to bother bather me But that night Jack went to the grave graveyard graveyard yard ard and raised the th body again and gave got the fifty pounds And he took the te body then with wih him on his shoulder off of to Donals Donars and he w went nt Into the stables and he h put nut the th body bod sitting on n the finest big horse hore In Donals stable and he tied ted It there and end ho be tied ted a sword into its It hand Now Donal was to have gone off of next morning riding on a litle e black mare that t was a nf favorite of gr nl his to et the t Ct town nal to pay the accounts of the funeral and Jack he ho had known leown this and nd when Donal Dona came down In the very ver early erb morning moring when It i was still sti dark he went Into the stable and he took out the little black mae mare maeThe maeThe The horse on Jack had tied the theold theold he old woman was S a great companion of this little black mare and both of them used to run rn on n the grass together so as us the little black mare marc was wa taken out oat Olt by Donal the tho horse which Jack had ha left lef loose trotted out after When Donal say sy the appearance nce of the theet horse Doming coming out of the stable t and on Its back et the old a with lT the sword lifted up In her hand he gave a yell en and he jumped upon the mare and off 00 as fast tast tasta as a he e could d galop n Off en after n the t little f e mare mare the big horse started and the faster Donal went the teeter faster ter came the big horse trotting behind him and every even time h he ho looked over ove his shoulder there he saw his old law with wih the sword lifted ready rady as he thought to cut him down and all al that he could do he gain ground Jack he was prepared for all al this He was concealed half a mile mie along aon the way and when Banal Donal came tearing up he came out of or where he ho was wa concealed and he said to Donal the matter matterAnd matterAnd mater And Donal DanaI pointed back and Jack he leaped and got hold of or the big big horse and andI ande andI m I I He e Put Pt Her Ber Sitting in a a Chair Cair By y a Puncheon There Ther stopped it and led it back home and took the old woman woman off of o its back back When Ten Donal Donl ventured home again he hein was in very v ry low spirits entirely and he said that tha It ir his was going ging to raise every ever time she was burled buried and haunt him all al the days of or his life Ife that he might as well wel end his life at once Not too quick says Jack says he lie from what your will wi ur you give me and Ill 11 save you yu Of O Ill Il give you ou anything at all al says he in moderation that you ask Well Wel says sas Jack says 55 he if you pension me Il liv live Uve here always and Ill 11 watch by your o o a grave every r eer night and keep keen her ri from raising Says Donal If I you do that Ill 11 give you en ny pension you Yu ask Jack asked aske 1 a year yer and Donal agreed agree to it They he burled the thO law the third time and Jack worked for his pension so faithfully and so well wel that she never rose more mere Donal Donut and his wife lived middling hap happy happy happy py but Jack und his wife wie and children ren renwIth with their pension of a year er was the tiie happiest family In all Ireland |