Morning herald., 1839-12-23

DO, TO sit d0wn and cry for tho bare lite fr'-
sintly she hears her father calm for his buck0shf
and 'Moyna Moyns,' slz he where IS the colleen At
all. Sespn' after her dancn', suppose. IL - hksiy
Ill Let her 60 to the fair Of Clonacary If this 70 %
the way oft. MoyRa, agra, can't ye answer! and
Moyna called down to him that she was coma as
we'll she could for the cryln. When she got into
the kitchen, her father was gone out OF It, and she
had lsr tirne to slip IN asy and get behind the table
and hide her large feet, before he came back. She
said little enosgh, ysu may be sure, and her father
atm in vast hurry, scarcely looked up from his
mate; only now an then asking her question about
the price of whae, and bastes and such Ike, at the
fair, where he had not bcen for rason OF his own
Moyna knew as much of them things as the man IN
the moon; but she answered as well as she could,
keepn her feet hid undher the table, and nrnn' her
face to the door, when he happened 10 look over to
her. But at last, Faihsr s.z she, must 80 to cen
iession this very dav.'
srhese were The first words that made oud Dick
Donovan lock full at her. He riz out OF his safe,
and stared fall in her face Yarrah, what ails you
at all au0urneen siz he. II . but last week ye were
al yer duty. You can hava nothing 10 confess now
but what ye might as well tell yer ou.d father.
Spake him, dalin and tell hm all that s troubn
the little heart of ye'
Wild that, Moyna threw her arms round his neck,
and kissed hm but she sobbed 80 sadly, was long
before she couldspake. Al last she tould hmal; how
she had evened herself in the pride OF her heart To
the alries, and how they had punl'ed her; together
wild the only names Of rdding her of the brogues if
indeed she ever could be released from them.
Donovan was bothered entirely what 10 advlse; ;
but he thought ne ID have trial get the brogues
Off any way. So he ,uk a knife, and begun 10 cut
the stIaps hut laatker bike tnem. The
knife wlnt IN asy enough; and cut as ifit war 2oa
through wafer; but, like the saine water cosn over
the wake OF vessel. the leather c. osed over the
track OF The knife. Thes Donovan grew mad, and
he swore by this and by that, that ne d have the
brogues Off in spite of the fairles and the euld boy
himself o back them, and he made desperate slap
wild the knife at the thick leather; when, oh murher,
- eli h,vt dane tyr'1
ancie, drew msre than one dhrop of blood. Then
he flung down the knife in raa despair. There g
nothing for it, slz he, but to go to father q Halo
ran. III take you TO him myself this day; may
be, he would step over here; for we would mt be
maxim show of them feet to the parish if We could
,pna epi1a' - r, o,,,.,,. .. ..a
soon poor Moyna tosld him the story, and showed
he, it sinful thought to yourself 10 the
good people, and it g for meddhnR o them that this
evil ls permitted However, we II thry what can be
done. ! did not come wdeut the names and wild
that he took out his manual and little bottle of
holy wa,her. But if all the pricous tears Moyna's
purity blue eyes had shed weud nj help her, you may
be sure the holy wather did little good. The priest
prayed TO the saints all round and wasted dale Of
blessed wather, but all TO no purposes the brogues
would not str an inch for him. Then slz Father
o OHalloran, IN sadly sfeard, Moyna, you re bad
mimber, either in faith or praciiz There s some
thin on your mind that ye never tould me OF, or
these devices of the evil one would not have sucn
power over vou.
Moyna began cryin' again, and purtested she
knew nothing to cause her to be punished, al.
ways exception the meddlin' wild the fairies but
she willing to confess 10 his rverence, notwith-
standin
~ cannot tell you what her confession was, for
that, you know, is matter betwane the priest and
the penitent any way, there was no pnance ap.
than any thing else; so Father O'Halloran ocketed
his two thirteens, and walked peaceably home, hum
min 9 The Groves Of Barney, and wondering what
the dickens allied Moyna Donavan.
ssiWhen Walter Doync came in the evenin', as
usual, it was hard task for Moyna to see him. and
tell HIM what bad happened to her, and how she fear
ed it would put an ind to all betwane them. Bat
when Walter heard Of the way she might be re-
leased, you may be he NOT long in offering
to dance her feet to their proper size again. Bot
My S@Hypa PaSr Sr&e &emsss 9st5 Sd hi s.id was
thorough Irishman only could sarve her, and he
half English by his mothers side, so il would be
in vain. But he was not to be sed and that very
night when every body was asleep in their beds, he
set out for the fairy ring He had bether have stayed
at home. He called in vain the fairies to appear
He conjured them to have pity on poor Moyna, and
fasten their internal brogues his feet instead Of
hers. He invoked them in the names Of all the
saints and sinners he could remember, but never
fairy did he see.
Just as the mornin' was dawning, he turned to 60
home, vexed entirely, an vowng vengeance on the
good people, though he wint TO the Pope at Rome to
get il. Jist then his foot slipped on wet place in
the path, ard down ne fcl "A SOUND ran tnrough
the grass and trees. May be il was only the morn
in wind, fresheinn with the day break but 10 alter
il seemed like distant peal Of laughter, burstn'
from many people at once. Ii rose high and long,
an died away in the sobbin and wailn' Of TIE wind
Walter tried to rise, but found he could MT; and he
might have lain there from that time to this had not
one Of Dick Donovan's laborsrs, comm 10 his
work, helped him. He found he had sprained his
anclc and that badly, that il would be many day
before he could strive wild the good people, even
they should take his next offer ofa thrial
1T YVES wild heavy heart that he gave up the
thought Of reasin' Moyna Donovan for the present,
and heard the doctor say he must keep STILL and not
even walk for days, or perhaps weeks.
sWhsn Moyns heard Of his disaster, she was like
to 60 ravin. She the most unfortunate crathur
on EARTH she said, first to suffer this way herself
and thin to bring friend into trouble, and all for
rason at ALL
Poor Walter was obliged to stay in his room, an
the only body he had to spske to was one he could
not well avoid, and that was Uncle Jack. lie had
heard Of Moyna's misfortune, and now Walter, to
his heart up an tould him all his troubles, and
how perplcxed he was wild thnkin' what while il
would be before he woad get another chance Of bat
ing the fairies, by rason Of his lameness. Uncle
Jack Pited him sincerely, and he said so but he
did not say word of the plan he had thought Of, for
putin every thing TO rights. He had been sche-
min il all in his head, while Walter was tallSin' to
him, though he stood quite innocent like, wild his
hands in his pockets, chewin his tobacky quid, and
seemed to be watchn' the brood Of young ducks,
that was wabbln' and sqabblIn' IN the yard before
the windy. Make yourself aisy Walter, ma bou-
char, he began. Then he stopped himself, What