Scathlan 2

procures a rickety deal table, a stool, an iron pot, and then he settles down in his new dwelling to raise a family of unhappy creatures, heirs to nameless poverty andmisery.... " Agus seo mar a chuireann se sfos ar a raibh istigh iontu: "Jump down with me into the ditch and enter one of these huts. Here is a space of some ten feet square, the sole residence of this poor man, his wife and four children, shared with them by the little ragged mountain cow which crouches beside the turf-heap in the corner. There is a small brQken deal table here. There is no cheap nothing to sit on but an old stool and that heap of rags beside the fireplace which will be the bed by and by. They are at dinner. What horrid mess. Sticky potatoes and an abominable seaweed which they call 'doulamaun'. Horrible!" Caithfear smaoiteamh fosta go raibh cleachtadh ag Padraig 0 D6naill ar chodannaf den tsaol seo agus gur cinnte go bhfaca se an sclabhaiocht a bhf ar dhaoinf ionraice ag saothru a mbeatha. Chan iontas ar bith nuair a fuair Padraig bias ar shaol Mheiricea da olcas e nach raibh fonn ar bith air tamalt r6fhada a chaitheamh fan bhaile agus gur sin an tuige a raibh oiread duil aige ag taisteal. Dfreach le linn do Phadraig agus da rnhuintir pilleadh athuair ar a bhf6d duchais, bhf an baillf Hansom ag giollacht 'cutannaf' ura don Tiarna Woodhouse. Bhf idir 70-80 acra fa shfol coirce aige an chead bhliain. Bhf barr brea arin i dtus ama ach bhf an F6rnhar lag. Dha chruach choirce a bhf ar an iomlan. Duirt Hansom le duine eiginteach a mhaoigh nach raibh m6rlm aige ar shon a shaothair- 'Bhail, cha raibh an oiread sin ariamh aroimhe air". I mBearla is d6iche a labhair se. An chead bhliain eile chuir se preataf. Char oibir aon duine de chuid an bhaile d6 cib bith sort r6gairf a bhf iontu cha raibh siad iontrust. Ba mheasa an dream a fuair se le cuidiu leis-muintir Dhoire Chonaire agus 6 sin soir. Ghoid siad na preataf agus thug leo chun an bhaile iad. Scriosadh Hansom agus badh ea airf e n6 chan le dea-r(m a bhf se ag obair. Dfoladh na 'cutannar' ansin le muintir an bhaiJe ar £5 agus cfos £1-12-0 orthu le cois. Sin mar a bhl an saol agus naduir an duine agus is beag athraidh ata air 6 shoin. Bhf dlfomh da gcuid fein acu i Min A' Chladaigh san am seo a bhfuil muid ag caint air agus b'fheidir go bhfeadfaf a.chur i leith Phadraig gur t6gadh e frfd bhaicle gharbh a bhf tugtha do achrann agus do throid. Bhf cuid mh6r blaigeard ·san ait go hairid ar fhairfocha ait a mbfodh siad ag ceol agus ag ragairne agus ag leagan na gcorp amach as na leapacha. Dream eile a raibh sfbfnf agus siopaf acu agus iad ag baint dha luach ar na rudaf a bhf siad a dhfol. Is e an d6igh a bhf acu leis an cheist a reiteach ~ gcuid pea~ fain a chur ar bun. Is e an t-ainm a bhf orthu sin NA SE FEARA DEAG. Cruinnfodh na se feara deag a ba laidre, a ba bhreatha agus a ba ghairbhe san ait agus tugadh udaras daofa deileail le duine ar bith nach raibh a iompar fein mar is c6ir. San oiche is m6 a rachadh siad amach agus chan gunnar a bhf acu n6 a dhath mar sin-ach rud a bhi i bhfad Eireann nf ba mheasa-scrfobain a rabhthas ag scrfobadh phreataf leo agus ag deanamh bocstaf astu. Bhf na hacrai seo iontach gear agus da bhfaigheadh na 'peas' seo greim ort ag bobaireacht n6 ag deanamh drochrud de chineal ar bith - bhainfeadh siad an leinidb duit agus scrfobfadh siad thu leis an scrfoban go dtf go ndearfa nach ndeanfa an drochobair sea a chofche arfs. 22 .