fur it's niver forgot the
thrick av kicking the owld cow larned it, an' if Satan waits a minnit, up
goes the cow's fut, as hard an' high as the last time she kicked the
saint. No more did the divil ever dare to come there agin, so the blessed
Saint Kevin was left in pace to build the siven churches, an the divil
wasn't ever seen in Glendalough, till the day the saint was berrid, an'
then he peeped over the hill to look at the berryin', but he wudn't come
down, thinkin', belike, it was a lie they were tellin' him when they said
the saint was dead, fur to injuice him to come into the glen an' give
Saint Kevin wan more whack at him wid his fut. An' they do say, that he's
been to the besht docthers in the univaarse fur to get him another leg,
but they cudn't do it, Glory be to God; an' so he is lame an' must show
his cloven fut, so as ivery wan knows at wanst that it's the divil himself
that's in it, an' can run away from him before he's time to do thim harm.

THE ENCHANTED ISLAND.

[Illustration: Initial: "The Enchanted Island"]

On the afternoon of Sunday, July 7, 1878, the inhabitants of Ballycotton,
County Cork, were greatly excited by the sudden appearance, far out at
sea, of an island where none was known to exist. The men of the town and
island of Ballycotton were fishermen and knew the sea as well as they knew
the land. The day before, they had been out in their boats and sailed over
the spot where the strange island now appeared, and were certain that the
locality was the best fishing-ground they had.

"And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew," for the day was clear
and the island could be seen as plainly as they saw the hills to the
north. It was rugged, in some parts rocky, in others densely wooded; here
and there were deep shadows in its sides indicating glens heavily covered
with undergrowth and grasses. At one end it rose almost precipitously from
the sea; at the other, the declivity was gradual; the thick forest of the
mountainous portion gave way to smaller trees, these to shrubs; these to
green meadows that finally melted into the sea and became
indistinguishable from the waves.

Under sail and oar, a hundred boats put off from the shore to investigate;
when, as they neared the spot, the strange island became dim in outline,
less vivid in color, and at last vanished entirely, leaving the
wonder-stricken villagers to return, fully convinced that for the first
time in their li