Show THE BODACH OF GLENMORAN An Ideh Folic Tat I Dy SEUMAS MACMANUS I I 0onitl tt lto by Jottph U Owls There was a man once named Cro hooro that lived next n bog by a high mountnln niul ho had l ono son that was os tho apple of his eye to him A bravo boy tho son wits when ho grow up and nothing would do him but ho would go away to push hid fortune When he was going off Crohoore warned him on tho peril of his life not to hire with tho Ilodach of aionmoran for though ho offered big wages to en tlco men Into his power ho always managed to make tho man hired with him ruo tho day Tho lad when ho was going off promised to mind this but on his way through Glenmornn who should ho meet but the Uodach himself and tho Uodach asked where ho was going and what he was looking for I am going says the young fellow says he to push my fortune I am looking for a good master That Is lucky says tho Ilodach says he for I am looking for n goodman good-man Will you hire with moNo mo-No says the young fellow I will not hire with you because my father warned me against you and said It would bo worse for mo If 1 did for that you were very bad entirely to your boys The Uodach said I will engage you for a year and a day and give you n gold million every day of them provided pro-vided says he that you do everything every-thing you are bid and that you will novcr Bay you rued tho day you hired with mo and says tho Dodach for I like to bo Just j I will engage for my part that If I ever say I rue tho day I hired you your wages will be doubled dou-bled and moreover should either of us bo guilty of ruing tho day tho other will have leave to draw him at a cart tall and Hog him through the nine towns Well these looked grand wages entirely en-tirely to Crohooros poor son and thinking of the rich man he would go back home ho couldnt help but agree to them and away homo with the Do dach ho went Tho very next day when the young fellow got his breakfast tho Itoducli took him out and sent him with a plow and a pair of horses Into a park that was three miles every way And says the nodach says he Your dinner will be ready for you when you lire done plowing that field but dont on the peril of your life come In till tho last sod Is turned The poor fellow when he looked at till size of the field three miles every Way arid thought that ho wasnt to get dinner till he had every sod of It turned his heart went down to his hoots and little wonder But ho fell to anyhow and ho began to plow and every furrow took him two hours from start to finish and he hadnt a halfa dozen furrows plowed In the field when he dropped down from weakness and the fair dint of hunger Tho Bodnch ho come out to see how he was getting along and he came up to him where he was lying and he gives him the toe of his boot and Getup Get-up out of that says he Oh oh wearys me says the young fellow to over hire wltn you anyhow If I had only observed my poor father advice What what says the Bodach says he sure Its not ruing your bargain you are Indeed and It Is says tho young fellow says he ruing It sorely All right says the Bodach says he Get up out of this and come along with mo In double quick time and ho got him by the scruff of the neck and he hauled him with him And ho tied him to the tall of the cart and logged him through the nine towns till the poor young follow was n spectacle of cuts and bruises and the last breath only was In his body And then tho dirty Bodach loosed him from the art and left him lying there In the ditch As soon as ho was able ho starts for home dragging his legs after him and when he reached home Its the grieved man and the angry one was his father and ho swore that he would never sleep two nights In one bed or eat two meals at the one table till he would reach that Bodach and have his revenge So leaving his wee house and wee place In clnrge of the son Crohoore spat on his stick and started off afore him and he never stopped nor stayed till he came to the Bodachs place of Glenmoran And passing through Qleninoran who should he meet but the Bodach himself and the Bodach stopped him and asked where he was going and what he was looking for I am going says Crohoore says he to push my fortune and am lookIng look-Ing for a likely master Well surely says the Bodach says he thats Iqcky for Im looking for a likely man Will you hire with me Whats your terms says Crohoore says he The Boihirh repeated the terms he had told the boy Well anti pood tho bargain was concluded con-cluded anus the master took Crohoore homo myth him Next lay after Crohoore had his breaUfuH tho Bodach takes him out and shows him a great big mountain with COO head of cattle on it that were tearing and running east and west to get off it and says he to Crohoore Your only the day Is to herd that mountain and as long as there will boone < bo-one head of the COO missing ono It you biro not to come In to your dinner nor your dinner to come out to you Vary w4 and good says Crohoore says he and ho went off b the inoun tain whistling like a skylark and O1ej cattle was that wild that they were running away disappearing off the mountain at all Quarters and the Bo dach went about his business Drawing on night the Uodach romo to the mountain to Crohoore and ho couldnt see tho sign of a beast on It let mono BOO And says he to Crohooro In a rage Where says he Is my GOO beasts I suppose says Crohoorc says h6 they are wherever pleases thorn best low do you expect mo to know where your GOO beasts nr01 Sir says tho Dodach says he what did I send you out hero tho day to do Ye sent mo out says Crohooro says ho to herd this mountain oral I think says he yoll give In that I have done my duty very well Indeed for theres tho mountain safe and r sound land on tho samo spot still 1 ont want to boast much of myself 3 says Crohoore nays he but still 1 will say that If you > md hired a slacker nnn than mo youd have lost y6ui mountain this day for five times nol lens It started off I And knowing says Crohooro says he that If I left It to go homo for my bite of dinner tho devil hlmselfi s wouldnt overtake It when I would get t hack I got your blank bull says he In tho hollow below nnd killed him and roasted a side of him and I can stay out hero holding your mountain for three weeks to come and not want 4 for good sweet meat Och och ooh says tho Bodach says he you aro a terrible scoundrel to lot my GOO cattle go east and west and get lost over the face of tho world and to kill 1 my black bull says ho that I paid 300 guineas for not three weeks ago And ho went tearing up and down like a raving madman I What What says Crohooro says ho youre surely not vexed with mo and dont ruo your bargain 7 And with that tho Bodach minded himself and says he Oh no no thntsj F a way I have when I bo Jumping with Joy Such a boy as you says ho Ij never had afore and such n boy I am sure 1 will never have again Tho Ilodach ho didnt go to bed that night at all He wandered about amid up and down limo whole night planning what ho could do at nil at all to got rid of Crohooro and at long and at lost ho struck upon a grand plan as ho thought Thoro was a big wild beggar man that they called Billy tho Beggar who used to como about tho Bodachfl house every day begging and ho carried car-ried a terrible knife with him and everybody was afraid to refuse him for fear of tho same And tho Dodnch said to himself that ho would order Crohooro next day to kill tho beggar for that ho had him ° and tho whole countryside annoyed ° Then says the Bodach says he Ciohooros life will be at my mercy q III no less than three different ways e if ho doesnt do my bidding then I cano can-o what I like with him If Ho docs my bidding and tho beggar kills him then my hands will bo saved of his blood but If ho gets tho better of the beggar and kills tho beggar then I will have him tried and hung for murder mur-der And for once In his life the Bo lach was jumping for Joy The next morning when Crohooro had his breakfast he coma to the Bo dach and asked what was for him to do the day S Why says tho Bodach there In l only ono little thing It Is only says ho Billy tho Beggar who comes here 1 every day and who has annoyed me and I want you to kill him It Is only says ho Billy tho Beggar Beg-gar who comes here every day and I who has annoyed mo and I want you y to kill him Very well and good says Crohoore J And then tho Bodach went away about his business and when he comeback i come-back In the evening and met Crohooro ho asked him how ho had enjoyed himself him-self and did ho kill Billy tho Beggar I never had ns good a days fun in my life says Crohoore says he and 15 I began by killing Billy the Beggar r Indeed says the master and how did you do It n Very easy says Crohooro says he When he came to the door begging I j took him In and I filled his bag with all tho goold and sliver you had In your chest and I put It on his back and I i sent him away Billy tho Gentleman 1 Billy the Beggar Is as dead as a doorpost door-post and will never trouble you more And when the Bodach heard this he set up a whlllaloo nnd Oh you are m etarnal scoundrel says he all the 0 harm ever you done me nforo was nothing at all at all to this You have ruined mo out and out says he and Its meselfs tho beggar for the rest of my days > 1 I What what says Crohooro says he sure you are not vexed with me < and dont rue your bargain Vexed says tho Bodach says he Its mad I am and I ruo the day ever my eyes first seen ye ye villain ye and I wish I was rid of ye never to see i ye more Well well and good says Cro hoore says ho come out hero till I tie ye to the carttall And out ho had to go and Crohooro tied him to the 1 carttall and whipped and flogged him 1 through tho nine towns and I toll ye every time Crohooro put tho whip down on him he brought It down with i a vengeance and ho made the Dod ch s Jump and screech as ho whaled nnd whacked and flayed and flogged him through town after town and give him l two cuts for every cut the Bodach had given his son And afore ho stopped ho made the Bodacn promise that ho would never act the same way again toward any poor strango boy ATUO S would come looking to him for service abut a-but that ho would treat him as if ho was his own son 1 |