Show U BY 1 WHY BY-WHY THOMAS WALKED ii M MACMANUS SEUMAS ts i I Author of or A Lad Loll of ot the Ballads of or n a Country Do Boy Tilt TILe L Lend In fond to Donegal Donegal Don uDon- c egal al FaIr Fairy Stories 8 Etc Thomas' Thomas good woman reached t teach to each of oC us a 0 lino fino bowl of oC cream and a airon an iron spoon In it Il of or the size a hungry man likes Mucha c Its It's with will the hunger must be bc loll I Fill the thc tarlan's farlan's first out 1 l' that pot an anIn at atin in tho Ill I'll have havo brewed 5 sue suea such sucha ch a L o 0 ta lay tay as ill the tho hearts heart In y ez ez Neither Tomas nor I needed much persuasion other than I that ha given by crying stomachs to attack I Jt it with hearty hoarty good will Before tho the lire wo we sat and wo drew tho the pot us and getting betting our legs around I It plunged In our spoons with small deIn delay delay de de- de- de In lay ladling up the as right in th tho ho it hungry men can sousing Rousing cream and speeding it on again to on our watering mouths for tor when when youve you've b lt en on the lime hills from rom carl early morning till lato Into at night ht and oaten eaten but n a few fe of or oat bread and butter bulter i In fu tho Interim what with iho tho walking tho running tho the spieling the sliding what with the whiff o of the heather and with all tho 01 or hungry hun hun- nun gry r grass you must have tramped trampe over Ill I'll though you ou have hav been heen the most dismal dyspeptic that tha was ever e on a doctors doctor's hool hooks books s. s you'll bring back an nn appetite with an nn e edge edg Jlko Ilko tho ho cast wind Thomas and I 1 fetched back Just such appetites an and very ory else for or I was putting 1 It mildly an Indifferent shot and trIed trie Thomass Thomas's temper sorely As Tomas had hall put It In anticipation tion a I. I flue pot of with a bowl of or yellow cream proved pro no mall mad ma dog to him nor yet ot to me mo Neither of ot us had timo for a a. word fiery Iver time yo O spall Its It's a mouthful lost was waa Tomass Tomas's maxim Wo We dug ou our wn way through tho pot from either cither aid side till only tho the t Urn film separated ou our claims when Tomas rung runs hi lily empty spoon In tho empty bowl and said Raid God be on which I satisfaction too feeling a n. sensation of or permeating tho the far lands threw mj toy with ith a n spoon to tho the bottom of or the pot Thanks bo ho to God and amen And now Ellen was mans 5 pouring out for forus forus forus us two largo bowls of or tea that was thick and amI as dark as a blind window Jal- Jal Do UDo yc ye like yer cr tay tny mio sho asked me Well rell I said MId Id shaking my mv head doubtfully at nt tho the black flood she was pouring Into the bowl my mother doesn't commonly make mako It so strong An thero yc ye e aro are now slip she said how differ Thomas hero wouldn't tell his name for tay If IC vo o didn't mako malo make It as L for forI I him hint as tho the shafts of or a cart Why I should hould think it a bad had plan to make a a. habit of or t l ln yer cr tay Wo that Tomas I said ray Tay ra Tomas said as ns ho gazed at It t with a blissful lf expression expression sion in Ills his eye fay tay he said Is Ig rover ulver no an all Id I'd as soon 50 so much water dishwater to it IC If Its It's not mado that a duck might walk Jn in n It H. I had prayo grayc doubts about this butas but butas as aa Ellen Elten had hall tho ho bowls bols now creamed the piles pile of oat bread and tho the stack of ot butter at our elbows I couldn't couldn't couldn't could could- nt afford time lime to dispute it Tomas and aull I attacked el tho ho pile and the stack tack and tto bowls of oC tea so ro bravely rand and sustained tho the attack so o spiritedly that It was little wonder that Ellen Elten expressed tho the opinion that she sho like to be lc the tho e would do to a D. big with man many such customers We c didn't stop to bandy compliments with her And Tomas romas only onh passed d two remarks bread breall wants In Maam If It f what hardness was borrowed from yer el but- but ther thel bo a big bib on the tho two of or them and later lator ho said fald reflectively Tho The back o 0 mo me an an the Iho solo eolo o o 0 mo me fut fat to you look hereupon her here I gave o him an inquisitive o upon whilst In iu tho the act of oC having what Tomas Tomos would call a good out of ot my bowl but bul Thomas way was too Intent upon his business to mind my look When Tomas left both hun hunger el and thirst allayed and that over tho Iho above abo he had taken In ht something for or positive tive tivo pleasure ho pushed his emptied bowl from him blessed him taint with all tho the fervor of ot a a. man satisfied with himself himself him him- self Ellen and tho the whole world and winding up with another God bo ho turned to the tho tire lire drew drow out outI I his short brown pipe and began to fill It and anI I feeling within that blissful blissful blissful bliss bliss- ful sensation which pervades the breast t of ot one ono who hungered and who has fed heartily did in every cry particular lar likewise What put mo me In ht mind of or It Tomas said cald suddenly from out of or tho the thoI I reck reek of or smoke the little brown pipe was wan raising was your firm I blow a a. spy hole through h m my own halo of or smoke and tried to ser Tomas Toma 5 on tho the other r side of or the tho tire fire Put yo ye 0 In mind of ot what hat 1 l An tho the way of I Iwas It was your firm put me In mind of ot th the cd ed Tho rho best from h 11 h to Guinea Guinea- land Yes I said modesty and van van- glory struggling within meAn me An uAn then ye e help the v worst shot sho the tamo namo two y ye C naturally put mo me In mind of or him Now I did not surd mid do not claim tc to tobe tobo be bo aft HII ox expert crt marksman but I cor con con- foes foss the comparison drawn as aa It wa was antithetically hurt 11 my tooling Ho o I smoked on nn its no ng tho asthmatic gully Fully I pulled would permit And jAnd Tomas TomaH beyond tho the fire proved l himself m In my fellow fellow ovon von ovon hi hili hie pipe 1110 confessed tho salute name weakness Av Ay Tomas TomaH said aid attar after a n aI I couple of ot yo Ye know I was wall gume keeper at wanet 1 I did Did you know what fetched retched me out of ot It 1 1 It must a been that tho the owner Tomas had too good gooda a a. reputation and was waa too honest Tor for Torto forto torto to be watched in l I 1 was live vo years in Tomas sat pat upon a a. stool KO so low that his knees stuck up on a a. level with whit hl his breast ho rested his elbows upon his knees and Ills chin In his hits hands sands and told his story to tho the fire o five Igo for or an Ellen was snug an aul warns warm plenty to alt ait alt an not much to do do an an ana anIL a a. fire all tho the would roast a nut Hut the tho fourth salson there thare was an English from front fronta froma a n. place they call had the 1 l' the place taken Luken But lo to loan toan an an ye yc tho the first week in n August the tho weather cathor was WI line lino an nn I was as t tempted to slip eUp off ott over to tome tomo tomo mo me mothers mother's to help her will the tho grain o o. hn hay for tor SILO she was wad In tho the black need of o help without help without a u. man body or near her wco wee place Well over o to lo her to I for or the tho week an put as ns much of ot her hor wco grain rafn o o 0 hay through my fingers os DS I could do in the time an an then back An tho first ret news met line Iris slap lap Iu lu the tho face when I come back Ime was US that I wasn't away tho thu second night till tho the was on the place an nn night an an nightly they had shot it for tor tho the o 0 the week The Time curse o o 0 the crows light on the romo pooch era as ae a a. hard bed bod cd to tu them But when hen tho lie English English man inan n come COWE Its poor Lord LordS S it i 1 t tCo q f qC Co C y knows ho he hind had an tho the sweetest g o 0 tempers wasn't his small his small blame In Indeed Indeed indeed In- In deed to the man tho the circumstance cir cir- lie Ile said he might as w well havo the elephant as M tho the grouse grouse- rouse of or Ho lIo wanted anted to know was there oer o'er a chance chanco of oC a 0 on Joy or a bear or nn any other baste basto o 0 prey on tho ho place ho he might get the tho chance of or a a. shot at I av coonse toul tour him thero there was no byon loyon loy- loy on In that part rt o 0 tho ho and I 1 Isaid Isaid said there was no bear beal barrin barrio wan an if It ho shot that wan ho was liable to bo be hung for Cor Are Arc you ou sure suro ye YC saved that Tomas sure sure but but it was when I got ot the rascals rascal's back turned But I IdId Idid Idid did tell his face wan thing thinS It was of oC a da day ho lie had hall the heart o 0 mo Ino bruck with the an and charmin an nn tho the ho he carried on with Sis I till him Yer honor six T theres there wan UW an If wo we could work it wed we'd het get big hags bags o 0 game an an no mistake V What hat ways way's that six siz ho he comity till tm a L stan still Jf If yo ye can manage to put mo me on sick a way Z K he Ill Til mako malo It well worth your while I hack back again till himan him an an the wa warts simple enough enough If If it only worked D D d ye ye e siz ho a nuns oath out of at him an out with it at till we hear henr what hat its it's like me Well e Its It's this yer honor siz I. I I If yo ye O could somehow or other manage to fetch down a grouse with every o growl yc ye C give c an a snipe with Ivry ry curse wed we'd have mighty full ull bags ere ero wed we'd be long ou on tho the hill do hlll-do do yo ye 0 see An n faith he did see it ft an its it's some seine poor body's prayer I must a ahad 3 hud had about me at the time dine kept bum him from Crom the contents o 0 his gun sun me Bowl An I T then larnt what Mor Mol the tailor God rest him used often to tell toll me that me-that that a madman and an Englishman is two Vo shouldn't bo be jol Joked cd with Anyhow this lad took himself ortIn off ort offIn offin In a fortnight with a bigger lon load of sin yin Im I'm than snipes an anho anho anho ho wrote a square parch llarch of or a complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint to Mister McCran the owner of the place an Mister McCran 1 he gl give mo me the dl 11 to nit alt over o tho the business He lie went within an ace aco of ot makin me cut mo the stick an nn threatened that If IC Ivor 1 hed he'd hear o of a single brace braco of or birds belp off ort the place again Id I'd go o as sure as mo me name was Tomas Well Veil glory bo be to lo goodness when I 1 come b by a good thing I know It an au small blame blamo to me I like to to stick till It BO so I sayed ed to Tomas siz I the Lord yell ell sleep with wan eyo eye open an an tho other nl cr closed for the lie raisons to come como an an anthen anthen then you'll bo be as wide awake as ns who's the other an from this out tho the who puts salt falt on your Ul tall tail Mil ill be as clever a man as Yell Well an an good the salson cume around an an an Englishman again tuk the of or alb Ho IIo wa was a Bullock Lord save saye us what on names nam's them thom English English En En- sll glish h do have havo I e blIe from head to fut tut of or London Well ell hou this Bullock had tuk tul the this year ar an when 1 informed me ct cr r this ho lie toul tout me nie also if thero there was as I much as the lie mark of or a n I heel found Cound on all nil the tho place I 1 would got get laho to go o for me health An for tor yer cr appetite eh Tomas Tomas' On or about the twelfth of or A Agust AguatI AgustI I gets anther from Bullock himself to tell mo he had another taken down the tho coun- coun in the tho neighborhood of or Glen- Glen an that himself an an a he was with him would spend a n week on the tho Glem Olen mountain first and then they'd e up through the Glenties way on his his' his bug buggy an an tal take c the tho week out of alla an anfor anfor antor for tor me to bo be prepared for tor them on onor onor onor or close tho the twentieth An Au ho sayed saed it was toul tout him the Ian lan had hat been last year till tho shoot- shoot In of or It worth tho the an to that lint ho he goin to staled sick alch n nonsense If Ir there thero was wasa a feather touched on the lie place he woul slue shue me master for Cor all he was worth Make Mako your mind aisy alay me bo boy Biz siz I I. I when I read his about that Tho The who wings a L bird birdon on alla now an the twentieth ill III be bc a clever follow fellow who's In tho habit o 0 gottin up afore he goes oca to bed at all And vcr very good care caro I had hael been heen taking ln for forthe tho the three weeks gone gono that no would look 1001 at it across a n march-ditch march an nn an saro still if It could be I 1 was to take that Iron guns barrin me own wouldn't be leveled over it for the eight days For Far ForI FarI I was on it most a day and night an an anth anthe the tho th tall of or a coat never r showed an nn I 1 was determined it would be so till un tho the Big Dig F Follow Fellow himself himself himself him him- self would step on the grass Tt It was Just three evenin's after aCter tho the come como that I 1 was out as usual on the hill an I was ln a couple of or puffs at the tho grouse on mo me own account when I noticed a a. along atonI the road below an half an hour I sees secs Ellen on top of ot tho the tho house waln her shawl to me rue Surely Sureh siz I to Its not th the Bullock Dullock arrived But Dut when I reached reach reach- ed Ellen EUen that same namo was the Identical news sho she had for tor me An Ill I'll not den deny that I give o I u a heart hearty good curse curIE lie He seen me mo Ellen as he heI como come along the road till tilt him film But I 1 hurried down to tho lie I house Wan Nan nn was cooHn the ho hopon pon pony pony- ponya a party wan up an down the tho road an nn tho the other who was my man Ellen toul me was in the thi house I 1 put the tho boldest face tace I could on me roe in an n marched marchell In as undaunted as RS If It Id I'd he been n only saying m my prayers on the hill hilI But I Ime knew bo be tho of or him him that I was In for Cor It t. t Aro Are you ou Gallager six elz he quite short an nn without his han ban to me honor ilz I I. I remo ln me mo hat Thomas yere cro yero mighty welcome to these parts him me han ban an nn an hum him a sight warmer r shako shake hands than I seen he wante wanted Was as them I seen scout on the hill Galle Gallegher her as Cj I como come along siz he lie lie- though mighty he lie know who the was at nt the same time So 50 nil all things I re I 1 thought It b best st t to tell the an shamo tho devil II No Xo sir siz I I. I it was me I What hat siz iz he have ha you ou turned turnell pooch pooch- Upon m my mor word worda or orI I or er r a as well as aR er I a a. purl follow yo ye O are arc a down Sam game keeper keeper What did yo ye 0 fetch T f for honor sU siz T. T plaise yer It was Well ell pals plais goodness In ht me mo bed tonight siz Iz ho he Ill not sleep 1 Im I'm m nu till I report yo ye O to yer el on art I 1 pleaded of it now low ln 1 ye yo warn with him as best I could an showed thing butI but him ilm tho the outs an Ins o 0 tin tho I might as well been beon bound to re report report report re- re lie ho was stones to 0 pa ln port me an report mo mu ho would woul forIt forit for fort been his opinion ho he It t had hall always alwa's all the tho out cry rayed that anh r again there was no worse then tho the gamekeepers themselves them them- selves an selves in the lie Interest of ot his brother sportsmen all over the kingdom kingdom king king- dom he rayed sayed more nor In his own own ho hed he'd have havo to report it ft Isee I 1 see ho lie says sas yo got ot my tOSS tOSS- In n In It from him on tho do table for Cor the thc either |