Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-03

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face thin and furroved, her po'
mesgre and booked, her eyes cru
aud cunning, snd the long teet
= that her parted lips disclosed viii
she muttered lamentations locke
, cruel too.
"What Is 1t you're sayin', Be
" !" asked the child.
watch the wee dish, child, al
tell me what YOU ses."
"Oh, Betty! Bettyi the dish
going round an round the tub
/ More muttering.
whats the dish doing now
Eileen, mavoureen
"Ohl oh (! oh ! Mushsl mushs
It's spinning round as fast as any
thing Its turning overl There
It's full Of water-its gene to tn,
bottom o the tub"
That's right and Betty rub,
bed her skinny claws together, snG
grinned with pleasure. "Thop',
your dsddy's boat that's sunk in
Tamney Lough," she chuckled, "an'
thon thief Of the world. thon rascal
Tom Doolsn, s in her, an he'll be
drowned. Curse him he set his
boys to pelt me with mud and
stones. Let him drown an burn,
she continued, in 3 lower tone:
"'Nse csnile At his bead.
Nae priest hsssiiefhis hsf
Nse winiinc-shcct, ne heSrSc,
Nae oo-kn for his eOrSe.'7
When little Eileen caught these
dreadful words she'becsme fright
enei, and run to the door. The
sky was as clear IS ever, except
directly -over the osier island 'on
Tamney Tough, where 8 heavy
cloud seemed TO hang; while white
breasted waves, driven by the wind,
washed over the upturned boat.
which dashed rudierless up and
down upon the rocky point Of the
island.
it was strange sight; the fur
ions storm was confined to that one
spot, while on al other sides the
landscape lay glowing in August
"My dsddy's boats lost he'll be
drowned - sid the child, return
ing to Betty's side, and. beginning
to cry.
"Hurrah Hurrah !" cried the
"'Nss candle AZ his A-ai.
Nae pgiesi besi3s his bed'-
The swfulneSs Of the partial
storm had struck others besides
Eileen. Three or four people in
The village street hsd seen the
Iough become lashed into fury in 8
I; snd had also watched the
boat being overturned; and IS
quickly as possible another boat
was launched, and the bodies Of
Doo,sn and Dsvenny were sought
for.
Jack Devenny vas brought 10
shore, 'ani after restorStives had
been used, he recovered conscious
ness.
"Whers's Ton 2 we're the frst
words be said.
ave Gamma get him. vas the re-
ply; and Toms widow vrung her
hands and sobbed bitterly.
They'll not get him. chuckled
Betty, from her post of observation
at her cabin door on the hin over.
hanging TAmney Tough:
.'Nas winaiar-sAess. nae hsxr<A
Nse cofkn for his oo-~s.'-
One or two Of the searchers
overheard her and shook their fsts
in her face with rage.
All day aud al the next day they
sought, but Tom Doolans body
could not be found. 1t was, in
deed, never found, and the lake
was regarded with superstition.
horror for years
But to return to the witch: Little
Eileen was an intelligent child, and
she told her father how Betty had
babe her watch the dish in the tub
Of water, while she had been NUT
tering low to herself; how il had
turned round and round. sinking
to the bottom; and how Betty had
exclaimed: cay, that's yer fathers
boat, sn Tom Doolan. the thief an
villain III be drovnedi-
Devenny Was not quite 50 un-
manned by superstisious dread q.
his neighbors; besides ne was
sorry for the loss % his comrsde.
and he detsrrn;ne5 that \. sh,,,,,S -