"Then we'll have rough weather," said his father; "no doubt of that."
"Don't be afeard," said Barney, laughing; "take my word for it, if
there's to be rough weather, and that some witch or wizard has broken
bargain with the devil, the misthress has intherest to get it put off
till the bonfire's over."
He then bade them good-by, and took his departure to fulfil his
agreeable and welcome mission. Indeed, he spent the greater portion of
the day not only in going among the tenants in person, but in sending
the purport of the said mission to be borne upon the four winds of
heaven through every quarter of the barony; after which he proceeded to
the little market-town of Rathfillan, where he secured the services of
two fiddlers and two pipers. This being accomplished, he returned home
to his master's, ripe and ready for both dinner and supper; for, as he
had missed the former meal, he deemed it most judicious to kill, as he
said, the two birds with one stone, by demolishing them both together.
CHAPTER V. The Bonfire--The Prodigy.
Andy Davoren's prognostic, so far as the appearance of the weather went,
seemed, at a first glance, to be literally built on ashes.
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