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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
16
A Dublin style tale recalls Mistress Flynn and the Little People guiding her toward a treasure hint but never revealing a real gold pot. The narrator jokes about Kitty Flynn’s luck and the town’s wary silence on the secret of the treasure.
In Roscommon County a wily widow Kitty traps a fairy postman to seek treasure. She guides him across fields and fairy forts, trading his safety for a promised night and later planning to keep the riches for herself. Bridget O Hara arrives with a cheeky warning as Kitty slips into her day's routine.
Kitty Flynn schemes to hide the Little Man in a sack as she travels through Drumdarra wood to guard a treasure. The field of hopes shows copies of a turf hoard and the Little People mock her losses while she contemplates revenge. Mike Lanigan confronts Kitty as she trips but she outwits him and continues toward her home with the improvised fortune.
Two sisters Ganga and Ananda spar over wealth and love. Ganga murders Ananda, but Krishna refashions Ananda as a caring lotus guardian for her daughter Sita. Sita thrives, gains a magical lotus, defeats Ganga, and marries a prince. The tale ends with honors to Ananda and a carved lotus motif in Travancore palaces.
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