Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
but back she was agin while ye'd be

but back she was agin while ye'd be
winkin'. 38 36 E7Ts 1ii0 70 5ssf
s'Me father isn't there she seq, look
in frightened like; maybe he got sick
and whit home, for the back doore is
open. I must go Arthur him an see"
No wan cud say agin that, for it was
only right an proper. So aft she whit,
an Push whit wild her. listed wild Guild
Mrs. Hennessy until he KEN back, an
towld us that Bill Reilly hadn't gone
home, an poor Nancy was afeard he
was gone aft an some av his gallivant-
in's, and near cried her eyes out. - z
Well, t make long story short, the
very next mornin' Push was goin' t.
pay the rint that day, an ae wint t. get
the money out av ticken bag he uset
t. keep it in, in the box in the room; an
10 and behould yeh l--nayther sight
nor light av his money cud he see !! It
was quare. shure enough-an' what was
worse, it wasn't only the rint money
that was gone, but all that he an Nancy
had Armed wild the gintlemin, and the
priceav four fine pigs into the bargain.
It was too bad intirely. Push sarched
ivirywhere, but he felt purity shure it
was robbed from him, an that the rob-
Der was no wan but Bill Reilly, for no
wan but Bill an Nancy went into the
room l. 188 l.gflsa..1 ID &.
''Say nothin' about it," seq he t. the
mother, "antil | go over an spake t
Nancy"
SO the poor boy whit up the road like
mailman; but when he got t Bills
the paddock was an the doore, an no
wan t be seen. Thinkin' that maybe
Nancy 'ud soon be back, he sot anund-
her the hedge an waited antil he was
tired. al "aps aHa 33seH
CAV coorse she'll be down by-and.
by" he seq t. the mother. But, bedad.
Nancy nivir KEN, an Push nivir got his
money, for she and her father nivir KEN
back.
It was quare thing altogether, an
no wan knew what t. make of it at all.
As for Push himself, why, HEX stop
anywan tibet 'ud begin t. talk about ii,
SO no wan knew what his mind was
about Nancy. Guild Mrs. Hennessey
died couple O. years afther, an people
thought thin that Push 'ud get marri'd.
But there he sted mindln' his shop an
the fshin', an seldom goin' anywhere;
but he was the kindest an best nabour
ivir drew breath! God reward bin j.
an SO he has.
Ay, indeed, Miss Marial It was only
q Christmas Eve mornin' that I was
standin' at the doore kitten, Win q
dacint woman, dressed very quite an
KEN along the road an
stops an looks very hard at me.
s'Can yeh tell me, av yeh plase,
seq she, eff Tom Hennessey ives here
yiti"
sYis, ma'am," SEE L; ''there beyant at
the turn. He keeps the shop at the
crossroads" "a rges.
care ye Peggy Boyle?" seq she.
''Yis, ma'am, seq /, wondherin' how
she knew me.
''Will yeh let me come in an sit
DOWN." seq she.
Av course I did; an she KEN in and
TUX aft her bonnet an shawl, an not a
lie Ina tellin' whin say thrimbled as
if it was ghost SAVIOR there sot
Nancy Reilly.
Well, yeh see. iviry wan uset t. be
given her the hard word afther her
goin' aft that-a way, but, throth, meself
was so wondherin' at seem her, that I
niver thought av anythin', but seq
<'Arrah, Nancy Reilly! an is this
you, avourneen? What bekem of yeh
at all at all, all this timer"
Fax, she was oryin' away as hard as
iver she cud, an nivir med me no en-
sWer. a
"Nancy, agra" says I, fare yeh
goin' over t see Push j Throth it's
lonesame enough he is now, sence the
ould mother died."
"Isn't he marrid?" she SEE.
"Marrid r. SEE 1. "No, bedad,
Nancy he never looked at colleen
sence yeh whit aft from him."
Peggy Boyls," says Nancy t me.
yeh war at Mrs. Hennessey's the last
night was there; SO yeh know all about
how me father whit into the room, pre-
tendin' t. lie down an the bed Z Och
Peggy jewil! there's no use in denyin'
it. Shure he stole the money, an KEN
back late that night and towld me he
TUX it, an that the polls war afther him
for bein' joined wild band av snug
glers. The heart 'ithin me died when
[ heerd it; an I whit an me knees to
him t ask him t. give up Push's money;
but he wouldn't. An he said av I
didn't go wild him an help him T. ascapa
t Amerikay, that, av he was TUX, he'd
sware he hell, book an candlehght that
I always helped him in his bad
ways. I was q Z simple Qirsh0
thin, Peggy only eighteen
year ould, an I didn't know much; an
I knewn how proud Push was av his
good name; SO I whit aft wild ne father,
an hard time I had av it, Wild him
He died year an half ago in Canada,
an bechune wan thing an another I
saved up money enough to pay Push,
an I have it here in me pocket for
him. l was thinkin' av sindin' it to the
priest as reftitution meney; but thin I
thought I'd like t.. come an see the
ould country wanst more. SO I'll 20
over to Push's Peggy, an thin maybe,
whin I come back, yell give me a
shakedown, for the sake av ould times"
''Yis, throthl! I will, Nancy, wild
ceadnaille Jasltlsos, = ssez j; an away she
wint up the road. NV Jsgsia}U .aol4s1 ~
I was watcnin' for her q long time, an
the evenin' was just closin' in, whm
wan O. Pat Magrath's childhre KEN
runnin' in t. me, an he seq. ss#s,s