Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-05
CITY ITEMS.
Eceni2g che Wolf From ts,e Door.
CHAPTER J.
HUNGRY TO MADNESS

CHAPTER
HUNGRY TO Madness
u can stand this no longer I'll have that
man 9 Stood afOre another SunriSe.-
s.he speaker was large, weH-built man of
sixty, with f,irrowed face and long gray hair
and beard, covering head and face.
" Father came a sweet voice and a delicate
hand was laid upon the strong mans arm, and
sweet iace was upturned toward the sterner
NfSage ina wfStful manner
A pair of lovely blue eyes encountered the
siood-sha oros from which flashed glances OF
f8ry.
Rather YEN not lave the herse this day.
came the command tron as rec and pretty
pair of tips as were ever owned Sty beautiful
daughter Of Ireland.
My Child do not restrain met
going OF. this day.
Child do We know yer mothers children are
stafvin', Gnd can stand It no longer?'
"Fatheg, yen not Dether the children, nor ap-
pease their hunger, by shedding bleod! Yer not
yersep a., ALL or ye'd never be thinking OF such
thing; and We Christian mani The Lord will
Suce0r uS yet, father dear"
The strong, stern old man alloweS himself to
be drawn back from the cabin door and sitting
down upon stool, he covered his gray bearded
face with his brawny hands, and wept like a
child
Tears triskled down the face of the fair cir,
who mad aXerted such az Influence over the
strong man.
She was tender looking creature. not more
than eighteen, and fair fewer to- to blooming.
In sucn home of gaunt want and SCEalor.
On one SHE OF the hearth On which smoldered
peat t,Se, was an old woman, fully eighty years
of age, and crouching aroEsld upon the floor
were FIVE children, ranging from thirteen to
three years.
Christepher OMara had boen a .xell-to-do
land.
He had been on intimate ter.s with one Rich
ard McMann, agent for the estGte of which the
farm was part.
O'Mara was a man who hae received a fair
amount OF schooling, and 1t hae been his amb-
ton to have All his children Web educated.
III thn turn frSnp
Mann had bitter quarrel. and from tbet hour
the two forIner friends had become most Deadly
enemies.
Neither ever mentioned the cause CT the
quarrel. though neither sought to conceal
their mutual hatred
The agent was a cruel, crafty man. bern in
england OF Irish parents.
From the Raoment that O'Masa alarreled
WITH McMann, things Began to so tad with the
It took years 20 reduce him to he,pless con-
ds.ion. but at length the hour OF the agents ri
uLaph arrived.
The process-server laid the eviction parers
under OMara'S door, enc the latter HaS cor
pe!tld to leave the comfortable house where he
had lived ever since his marriage dag, and II
which all his children hah been born.
Ii was terrible day WhSn Girls OMa.a gath
cred lis few remaining chattels on a Goakev
cart, end led his children from their home
Richard McMann was present 10 witness the
eviction, seated upon a fierce beside the lane
leading from the house.
AS ONara arrived opposite % where McMsnn
sat, he went to him and said:
:. Is there niyer bit cf homo or justice under
yer skin, McMann?"
McMann placed his hand upCr The butt OF the
pistol he was licensed TO carry, and said:
" Don't &c come near nae. OMEGA
A great S9aSm WrenchGi ONSTaS throat as
he e4clainlal
Its not :he sight O. that p.seol, McManu.
that Keeps sle from chOkin ye &c death And
MIND We, man, some day it'll COme that there
will be blood 2tWeen you and t.
go on nov, and don't be botherin' yer sowl
via threats, en-! Sure I've beer rlerciful to
Snring.'
cMara moved d hamlet near tie town of
The latter place, next to Dlngle, is he most
westerly town In Ireland.
The country roune, as whole is ncted for
its Gl2akneSS, although there are patCLaS of
fairly productive land here and there
The proud Girls O&ara, after moving his
family to the hamlet the latter merely q poor
COLLECTION OF mean huts, sought to provide for
Times grew worse anc worse with him. and
at length &C. like many CT his poor neighbcrs
had been reduced to conotion of absolute star
walton.
On the day when we introduced the O'Mara
family 10 our readers not a neal had been con-
stunned beneath their roof f0E six and thirty
hours.
IT had set liz bleak day of wind and storm.
ana that poor bl, honest family lad sat through
the hours miserable and deSpairrg.
The mother OF the poor chilGren had been
deaG year. and their care had dspOlved upon
their elder sister, the truly handsome Maggie
OMara.
AT the moment when Girls O'Mara made the
rush fog the cabin door. 1t was With the inten-
ton OF seeking Richard McMann.
:, Maggie had heard Ter father muttering to
himself strangely for some time, and With the
mutter1ngs she had hearG mingled the ZANE of
her fathers cittereSt foe.
IT was the inquiry on the part of one Of the
younger children. when they were going to have
supper, that had driven the father TO sudden
frelZy.
Father at length said Maggie, I'll GO to
CaherSibeen."
what for, me child?"
III get bit O. mea! from some one who has
IL TO SPARE"
"What, child. would ye beg it,"
Maggie could not conceal the blush that
mantled her fair cheek as she truthfully an
SWered.
Yes, daddy. DEAR
My child, We hev a good and true heart: but
ia ratler lay ye Ia yer grave than that We should
ever come 10 beg for sup to ate"