An Irish Tale.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 May 1891, Page 2

An Irish Tale.

• The following anecdote is told by Luke Sharp in the Irish Cardriver :— ; The passenger who was besid e me whiled away the time by telling me a kid story. He said that on these hills the former Earl of Leitrim used to have a great number of goats. One day a car driver was taking a gentleman from Letterkenny to Falcarrah. The gentleman- lived in Derry and did not know much about this wild region of Donegal^. He noticed some kids jumping amongst the rocks and asked the driver if they were common property. The driver promply answered " that they were." " Then," said the gentleman from Deny, " I think I'll get out and catch one." " Do," said the driver, =^nd so the gentleman from Derry slopped the car and clambered over and began chasing a kid that he had taken a particular fancy to. While he was doing this a clergy, man from near there drove up and seeing the difficulty the gentleman had in catching it, very goodnaturedly stopped his car and went over among the hills to help him. He thought of course that the gentleman from Derry owned the kid. Neither of the drivers said anything but winked at each other. The reverend gentleman and the man from Derry finally cornered the kid and the Derry man bore it triumphantly home. The driver who knew the' Derry man's address, gave it promptly when the owner of tfc^ kid heard of the theft and both . thlvrnan from Derry and the clergyman were served with writs of something or other — the one being charged with robbery and the other as accessory before, during, and after the fact. Fhe innocent robbers paid the sum ;hat was demanded and since then ;hey do not put their faith in car Irivers.

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