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Show -;t ructurc L this old dungeon! It lands 120 ice t hig-h and almost entirely covered with i,·y. \\'e climbed to the lop. \\'here th "Blarney Stone" is located. and saw a woman sitting near "the s tone' ' in rather a meditative mood. 1 ap proached her and a . keel, ''Is there anything we can do for you?" She replied, .. f am a Sco tch woman and live in London . I ha\'e come t I relancl to kiss the niarney Stone, hut I suppose I will have to return without it. .. '' \ \ 'e will a ssist you." r suggested . "Dttt how wi ll you assist me?" she inquired . "~I r. Penney 11 ill hold one foot ancl I will hole! the other, or \\C will pull them off," I saicl. "I certainly \\n ulcl like to ki . s that Stone hut I g-uess T won't," he concluded. Did our party kiss the st ue that endows its kis. er will1 the :trangc power of per uasive eloquence? \\ ' ell, some did and other-; didn't. The ta k is not a little one, nor is it e-;pecially difiicult, prm·iding one has the grit or '.viii to tru . t to his feet to l>c held while he goes down to kiss the stone oi mystic gift. ft must be remembered that the stone that transmutes the stammering tongue to one of superior eloquence is twenty feet below the . ummit of the 'a. tie. T\\'o hca\'Y ir n bar. ha\·e been placed so that the courageous soul may st ady himself as he reaches his head downward . I belic\'e the bet ler and H EST vvay is to ha \'C somL' one or two to hold the feet while the no,·cl experi ·nee is being enjoyed. Did our party kiss the Stone? \\'hy did we go to Blarney Castle? If you press the question, I will he obliged to confess with considerable embarassmcnt. that '>Om clicl and others dicl not. l\1 r. Beeman and ,:\I r. Pen- Page One llundrcd Sc,cnty-onc |