Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30

*Wsll, Shawn, = II ! nsrmaidf" !
n erevsly ihook Nj Aead.
ANo, ~. hoaos; - only.a pocr col
- wid : beoasn, . broksn hsAxtl"
I taxned and looksd qusstioningly at
hins bat - was gazang q the spot
Whs0qe H. asurs Of To girl had disap-
"Caod Almighty, risht Tie deadi" he
md, rsvsssntly raising his hat "but
hin that brought such luck % Nora
OCo0nsll deserved Hi curse, God
knowxn
This Incident coupled with the strange
manner Of my man, interested me and /
began 70 question him ~ to the story Of
tbs girl whose lovely face was still
wildly before me. But for some reason
or other he seemed to shun the subject,
% Tor Z time I too held my peace. But
= socn - I found nysslf comfortably
seated II tho cosy parlor OF the lodge,
with . bright turf 6re blazing before nae
and hot punch steaming on Che table at
ny ddes I summoned my henchman to
my pesGsnCe.
hNow, Shawn" / nd, holding forth
: sesaming goblst which made his eyes
spaEAle lfke two stayA "close the door,
draw your chair up to the fire, drink of
this, and tell me- tho story Of the lovely
colleen whom W saw tonight"
Would yer honor really like to
II would; II viii give me something
70 dream about, and prevent me from
thinking too much Of her beautiful
Shawn aniled gEavsly.
Yer honor thinhs her prettyf Well,
then, yell believe me when / tell 70
that II 70 Was TO search the country ct
IL present moment 70 couldn't hnd .
colleen 20 match Norah O'Connel1.
When she waa born the neighbour
thought ahe must Be . fairy child, she
was % pretty and small and white; and
when she got older, there want . boy
In Htorport but would lay down his life
for her. Boys wid fortunes and boys
widout fortunes tried to got her; and
begging yer honors pardon, I went
AyU0AA ~ VAIN t0O IO0ts Out ~ WOut
ono way wild ~ all; Norah Just smiled
and aid she did not want to marry.
But ono day, two years ago now como
this 6efApht, that lazy shaughraun Miles
Doughty (God rest his soull) came over
from Ballygally, and going straight to
Norah, widout making up any match n
I'll, asked her 70 marry him."
"Wellf"
"Well, yer honor, this time Norah
frightened up, and though she knew
well enough that Miles was q dirty
blsckguard widout . penny in the world
though the old people said mo, and
there wa plenty fortunes In Storport
waitin' on her-she just went against
every one Of them and said Ihe must
marry Miles. Tho old people pulled
against her ct frst, but Of Last Norah,
with her smiles and pretty ways won
over Father Tom-who won over the old
people, till ut last they said that IL Miles
would 10 for awhile to the black pits OF
Pennsylvania and ri the money and
buy . house and'a bit Of land, he should
marry her."
He paused, and for . time there waa
silence. Shawn looked thoughtfully in
70 the nre; I LAY back IN my easy chair
q careiessly watched the smokc which
cufisd from my cigar. and . l did . !
seemed 70 hear again the wildly plaintiff
voice Of tho girl ~ ! had heard 1t before
inst night
II have called NJ love but still he ,lesps ON.
And biz lips arc - cold - clay"
and q the words of the song passed
through my mind, they seemed to tell
me the seouel Of the story.
"Anothsr 80 Of dissstrou. true love.n
! aid, turning to Shawn; and when he
looked pushed, / added, "He died, and
she 4 mourning himr'
"Yes, yer honor, he died; but If that
wa al he did We would forgive him.
What broke the poor colleen's heart VA
that hs should forget her when he got
70 . strange land and marry another col
lean ct the time he should have married
hef; sitter that 1t Wa but right that he
should die"
"Did he write and tell her he wa
marriedp
"Writef devil the bit, nor tell he wa
dead neither. Here VA the poor colleen
Watching and waiting for him two whole
years and wondering what could keep
him; but q few months ago Owen Mac
Grath, . boy who had gone away from
the village on account of Norah refusing
TO marry him, came back again and told
Norah that Miles was dead and asked
her TO marry him. He had made lots of
= bit OF Land and 70 buy up cattle If
see would but ~ the word the word to
h1m.u
weir
"Well, yer honor, Norah first shook
her head and aid that now Miles was
dead twas u well for her to die too.
At this Owen spoke out and asked whore
Was the use OF Rrieyinr "a. sinca for