Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-05-08

laily gone over 10 oeCOule Iuc sCape-
goat of my countrymen. Miss Mary
did her best to deprecate his attacks,
but ir vain.
eye talk about shootin'?" h, cried.
'1Is there a man in your country who'd
wait all the noight in a barrel in a
bog-wid plenty of rain to pervint
you fallln' aslape-to have shot at
the say-fowl?'
"Why, I've done it myself said 1.
"You?"
The tone in which lie uttered the
interrogation sounded remarkably as
if he believed that was lying.
"Will, Ill tell you, I'll 60 ont wild
ye tomorrow noight, now"
"All right" said I.
The challenge, as suspected, was
only threat; and Mr. O'Reily never
mentioned the engagement again.
However, Mary O'Reilly and 1 be-
came great friends that evening. She
was (perhaps I had better say it, lest
this sheet should again be submitted
to inspection) very handsome, spir-
tied looking girl, with dark-blte eyes.
a fresh complexion, and large masses
of jet black hair. There was ire and
life in her every look and notion 4;
and yet she was exceedingly gentle
in manner and soft in voice. She was
SO unlike her father that took it for
granted she resembled ber mother,
who, to Judge by Mr. O'Reilly's obju-
rations against my coun,rymn, bad
probably been an English woman.
In return, Mr.. O'Reilly invited my
relation to dine with him, and inclu-
ded me in the invitations After that
evening l took the liberty of calling
at Mr.. O'ReillJ's house, without seek
ing any invitation. Indeed, fancy
he'rather liked my going there, that
he might indulge his passion for ma
ligning and sneering at the English.
What he chiefly complained of was
their want of spirit. They did not
drink, nor fight, nor dance, nor make
love, nor do anything In that fine.
bnisterous Irish fashion which he re-
membered TO have marked his own
young days. They were set of pa
tleht, dull, respectable people, intro.
ducing calculation into every matter
of life. wanting the daredevil enthu-
siasm and courage which were alone
worthy of man. All this, and much
more. / was accustomed to hear as
Mr., O'Reilly sat and d ank prodigious
quantities of .Kinahan and hot water
and while Mary O'Reiily sat at the
piano Git might have been better
one, certainly and played those old
Irish airs which are so full Of a sweet
and tender pathos.
In time-in fact, in a very short
space of timo-all this produced its
natural consequences. was medl1
in love with Mary O'Rcilly. wen
about the hills and along the side o
the loch in mauldin fashion, often
times allowing hare to scnttle off il
safety among brackehs not thirty fee
from me, and at other times allowin!
a heron TO rise from the reeds and q,
unharmed over my head, with its Ion!
legs hanging in the air. Finally ::anc
by this lime Mary, by various littl
arts and devices, had impressed m
with the notion that should not dis
please her by SO doing) 1 went AM
asked her father if he had any objec
ton to my becoming suitor for be
hand.
He had, most decidedly, He dram
off so.le raw whisky, and told me wit
prosusc and profane language that Ii
daughter should never marry an Eng
lishman-never! And he invoked a
the saints and demons to bear hi
/ witness.
| So 1 departed, crestfaller. VIII.
was l to do? That very evening r.
ceived a note from Mary, which 81
had sent by some servant. She ha
heard of the quarrel between her fatl
er and myself. She was in despair.
. was never to be allowed near the hous
again; and what was she 10 do9
That was the very question wmc
} was pressed upon myself. for the ter
Of my invitation had nearly expires
| began to curse the hour in which
: was born on English soil and wishe
that had been, to please her mani'