Paddy went home, and when the darkness of the night came on, he took with him a spade and went to the bush that was in the corner of the field, and began digging. It was not long till he found the pot, and when he took the flag off of it a big black dog leaped out, and off and away with him, and Paddy's dog after him. Paddy brought home the gold, and hid it in the cow-house. About a month after that he went to the fair of Galway, and bought a pair of cows, a horse, and a dozen sheep. The neighbours did not know where he had got all the money; they said that he had a share with the good people. One day Paddy dressed himself, and went to the gentleman who owned the large house where he first saw the weasel, and asked to buy the house of him, and the land that was round about. "You can have the house without paying any rent at all; but there is a ghost in it, and I wouldn't like you to go to live in it without my telling you, but I couldn't part with the land without getting a hundred pounds more than you have to offer me." "Perhaps I have as much as you have yourself," said Paddy. "I'll be here to-morrow with the money, if you're ready to give me possession." "I'll be ready," said the gentleman. Paddy went home and told his wife that he had bought a large house and a holding of land. "Where did you get the money?" says the wife. "Isn't it all one to you where I got it?" says Paddy. The day on the morrow Paddy went to the gentleman, gave him the money, and got possession of the house and land; and the gentleman left him the furniture and everything that was in the house, into the bargain. Paddy remained in the house that night, and when darkness came he went down to the cellar, and he saw a little man with his two legs spread on a barrel. "God save you, honest man," says he to Paddy. "The same to you," says Paddy. "Don't be afraid of me, at all," says the little man. "I'll be a friend to you, if you are able to keep a secret." "I am able, indeed; I kept your mother's secret, and I'll keep yours as well." "Maybe you're thirsty?" said the little man. "I'm not free from it," said Paddy. The little man put a hand in his bosom and drew out a gold goblet. He gave it to Paddy, and said: "Draw wine out of that barrel under me." Paddy drew the full up of the goblet, and handed it to the little man. "Drink yourself first," says he. Paddy drank, drew another goblet, and handed it to the little man, and he drank it. "Fill up and drink again," said the little man. "I have a mind to be merry to-night." The pair of them sat there drinking until they were half drunk. Then the little man gave a leap down to the floor, and said to Paddy: "Don't you like music?" "I do, surely," said Paddy, "and I'm a good dancer, too." "Lift up the big flag over there in the corner, and you'll get my pipes under it."