AN GAODHAL
73
Chuaidh Goillís suas chuige, & leag sé
a lámh ar a ghualain. D'ionntuigh an
Pápa, & nuair chonnairc sé Goillís na
sheasamh ar a chúl, sgannruigh sé.
"Ná biodh eagla ort," ar Goillís,
"tá sagart paráiste againne 'san m¬
baile, & d'innis bitheamhnach éigin breug
dod' onóir in a thaobh, & briseadh é, ach
is é 'n duine is córa do chonnairc tú
ariamh, & ní 'l fear nó bean nó páisde
i m-Baile-na-d-tuatach nach bhfuil i ngrádh
leis."
"Bídh do thosd a bhoduigh," ars an Pá¬
pa, "Cia'r b'as thú? nó creud a thug
in seo thú? Nach bh-fuil glas ar an dor¬
as?"
"Tainic mise asteach ar pholl na h-
eochrach," arsa Goillís, "& bheidhinn an
bhuidheach ded' onóir."
Ghlaodh an Pápa amach "Cá bh-fuil
mo mhuintir, cá bh-fuil na searbhóghan¬
taidh! A Shéamuis! A Sheághain! tá mé
marbh, tá mé sladtha!"
Ach chuir Gollís a dhruim leis an dor¬
as & níor fheud an Pápa a fhosgailt
mar bhí faitchíos air a dhul in aice le
Goillís, ach ní rabh aon árach aige air, &
b'éigin dó éisteacht le sgeul Ghoillís, &
níor fheud Goillís a innsint go geárr
réidh dhó, mar bhí sé mall-labharach agus
garbh, & chuir sin fearg ar an bPápa, &
nuair a chríochnuigh Goillís a sgeul, do
thug sé a mhóide nach dtiubhradh sé pár¬
dún do 'n t-sagart go deo, & bhagair
sé ar Ghoillís féin go g-cuirfeadh sé
chum báis é mar gheall ar a neamh-náir¬
eacht ag teacht asteach annsan oidhche
chuige, & thoisigh sé ag béiceadh agus ag
glaodhach na searbhóghantaidh arís.
Ní'l fios agam ar chualaidh na searbh¬
óghantaidh é ag glaodhach ortha, ach bhí glas
ar an doras an taobh-asigh, agus níor
fheud siad a theacht asteach ar mhódh ar
bith chuige.
"Muna d-tugadh tú bulla dham faoi
do láimh agus do sheula, agus párdún
an t-sagairt ann, dóghfaidh mé do theach
le teine," arsa Goillís.
Do thoisigh an t-Sidheog. nach bh-faca 'n
Pápa, teine agus lasair do chathadh a-
[Le bheith leanta]
LESSONS IN GAELIC.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
Bh and mh sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a bhárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a mhart,
his beef or ox, pronounced a warth;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a bhean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
mhian, his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Dh and gh sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle, and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ch sounds like ch; ph, like f;
sh and th like h ; and fh is silent.
If the Irish be the cause of Presi¬
dent Cleveland's Venezeulan Message
to Congress, as the English assert,
they are not the despised insignifi¬
cant race which she tries to represent
them, for they have dealt her a blow
which the Great Napoleon failed to
deliver, and from which she shall ne¬
ver recover, notwithstanding the Cas¬
tlereaghs which, unfortunately com¬
mand certain influence in Ireland.
In four years the Russian govern¬
ment will have completed its Siberian
railway up to the Golden Horn, then
good-by to England from Asia, and
the world!
There is not a better written or a
more patriotic paper in America than
the New York Sun. Every American
should read it.
To extend Irish prestige, Irishmen must circu¬
late their literature. Hence, every Irishman is in
National duty bound to circulate the Gael.
