New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
But II Won offer me some another day 1 win

tSa TuoSed mountain rctracng the steps he had
made in the morning The inn lay under the hills,
few miles belOT the Md d rggon wh ne wapbooS
eating the potatoes she had helped 10 produce ana
watching the blessed spirits trooplng up ana GOWN
Something will get you said Machas mother Tor
the hundredth time, as the girl appeared lor het
supper; and she was not wrong, for Fate had got
hold of Macha that very night. ill.,. q
Strange and unaccOuntabe are the WhlhS OF
men, Here one with wealth anu rahk, aoG isi
toned TO all that is cultivated witty and beautiful
among women and yet, having gone fancy-irce
till rather a late period of bacheri3rhood, ne na4
climbed savage mountain IN lod cnrptrv to fa
i'm love with a wild girl with via hahhSS' my
lived upon potatoes in hoyel un9cr TON anu anu
he did not feel ashamed of himself. contrasts anu
Inconsistencies had always possessed IaScIISti11h
for him. Did not the spotless whltc IoW'r vi wv
bog flourish there as purely - s,,hs,aSrc that held
liz root 7 And Macha. with her SHINING pare leTt
and arms and her face like poet dream was al
the more enchanting To his imagination pHtausc
she had sprung with her Spontaneous 10y d na'Hn
ont of the mountain. and had been nonrlshtd ana
pcrfccted between the wind ana Ih' sun, "i"ou'
help from civilization or lesson from az -.
ne was going back TO the inn that ne hllSIl nav
further opportunities of seeing TINS girl anu ". nv
told himself that his admiration ior hcr "as u't r
nm abstract idea that. after he had seen h'I lev
times and studied her exceptional heanlN anu ma
actcr he would 60 on his way contentGd reJpl'Iuus
to have perceived that nature can ot S.i, bcvond
and unspoed III her own secret las ilr, 'that
tine ken of the world. Ills rest was nl"NJJ'; j.; ,%
night by new eXctement ana nc " @ ,,,h her
dawn TO fancy he saw Macha walking, WIN W.
hare vhite feet in the rosy light round the lhItln
Of fhc lake He wanted To hear her voice again. anu
feel the touch of her hand. 1t struck MN ~ IT,
markahle that she had shown no shyheSS"i MN,
speaking TO him as naturally rs II ne I'll "'i w.
brother; and he OWNED that ms was >" ,T' ~
She knew nothing of ranks and classes 'hE ,'hr
snnernaturai had power to awe her, and she had
felt safe and happy soon as she hah 'tNSu, H.
self that he was "A living man; AccuSloM'' 10 NV
attentions of women. he Wodu nav "a. J,s;r,
traction toward Macha had she shown any u'Hilc
for his return Tho absence of all coquctry Ill heI
The girl thought of him, lying on her straw .Gh
in the dead of the night. here was noe vi l''I
root above her head hole that W"uiu .c In""'', =,
ovcr with heather for the winter hut al present Il
yyos Good 10 LET i'm the air Of heaven. Through II
Nacha could see star shining III the SKY NJ
little island of spcndor in an ocean oil uaIh ",u''
and the rugged twigs of the broken heather made a
rough frame for the hit OF CORY i ne pcau'S ~
Macha's face lay quenchcd IN darkness p'h'aIi' u'
her soul escaped through the opening up !" lh' NH
lrcd mystery of the star, carrying Win 'h li, 'f
of the event of the evening. Her nlld ns''" WIN
placid wonder on the occurrence OF her meeting
with thc stranger She had not fallen III love with
him as he with her. nor did size dream "i Sn'h u
thing Round about her lay her mother; hrT t,alHI-
mother her little sisters, slcrplng SouhdI! "'' lh
love of Macha asleep IN their hearts. Nh' InNtu
them passionatcly, and had no Thought or more ioi
herself apart from them. To work Win l'lii'
hand and foot. that they might al nave enough
nofotors and turf to enable them 10 live together
without more pain than they could endure ms
was the one object of her cAlst'ncc. vague sl'n-
dors and delicious rest and JOY were, I'll" hhrW'
awaiting them all beyond the gates of the sun Inc
only thing tO Ice desired was that they might h"'
be parted meanwhile III their purgat"ry on lh'
lonely mountain. As the night crGrt On ahH Lut
stars waXed brighter. Macha owned I" hcIS'H mat
the living man might have been MN Nh" IE,N
down in the lake alter All. IOhueIms uiis u"u"''
she fell fast asleep. ..o,.,.
The stranger rcappcarcd next day ana LOT ihaiy
davs aftcrward haunted the mountain; Mdcha
had leave from her mother to accompany him IN ms
search for the Sild-iowcrs which lac explained 10
them. he wanted for scientific purposes. ne m''"
sisters friskcd about them and took thcIr sAar' ~
the search dancing Ike young KIDS ON th' '1H' vi
prccipices. with Wild bright eyes ana IllhS l"'kS'
Potatoes boiled IN the cabin "'I' ch,'A -" IN, ,n'
heather. and the long summer days went PtNl IN,
the beads on a golden rosary told hlRhtIf 'hIo"kn
the fingers. The man was brothcrly aud kIhd WIN
the little girls and the elder women; nut ne Hfos
nized gulf between them and Machi- lh'iI
speech translated literally from the lflsll lH"lSh
poetical and musical enough. was not d"i'a'H
correct. rs his ear Imagined hers 10 DE- t',i s"t'
feet were not white. nor was th'it corning sPu'
less Macha who bathcd IN ia" lake every morn
ing and hung out her yellow hnlr l" dry ~ ne nIS
beams Of the SUM- and who wore htT well -p'hch'u
draperies like princess. could not keep young nor
old from dycing their SKINS and garments III 'l'
hog holes An instructive personal Cclicacy had
come TO Macha with her exceptional beauty. Al
the end "A fortnight the stranger 'old hInscl 'hA'
this mountain flower was worthy oil bong Ii1hN
by man. And what month ago would have APP
pcared to him only madness seemed now the most
sensible course lac could pursue. ,
Macha came into the cabin ono evening ID the
cleaning with face of diSnay.
Mother" she SAID, grasping her mothers arm
The sasscnach is asking me to go away with
him.
Away with himf
He wants 10 give me "A satin gown ana rlhg
We'll ayourncen.' with a long sigh. If he makes
yon n true wife and is good to you, you would be-
better with him han here.
Mother cried the girl passonat"ly have
vcxed you, have / angsred YOU that YOU would
turn me from your door Z :,
Turn ,ou araV asfh moclrcc MICha. are
YOU mad : Wouldn't it be only 10 see YOU happy ana
wei Isupposc the man has good farm ana can
nav his rent. And You would be well warmed ana
fed. my Macha, though your mothers hearth would
be blank
i don't want to he we'll warmed and fed an. am
as wcll-off rs You and the grandmother ana the
girlshcs. He would take me ont 10 England over
the sea-away, away to the other side oi the world
And the girl sobbcd wildly on her mothers
Send him off then. acushla machrce. Why need
you break your heart about what nobody j. GONG
10 bid YOU dot Your mother before You never wore
a fine gown and We will be hungry together - We
always were 49,,
break out again as lierccly "a before;
Il cannot send him away, mother love nm, as
we'll as you. oh, why did he ever come over inc
mountaini Better it had been Inn that lives down
" The mother stood aghast Holy Virgin" she
cried and lis only a score OF day since We saw
him first Then if y0u love him lk" that, my
daughter Won are bound To hc his wife. "u must
go-cvcn 10 England over the sea-
! on uOn KNOW Nndl You dl' NiN INK. Hi'Ai'i'
How could live without seeing your face :
As many have 10 live, my Macla. Maybe ne
would hr NJ Won back Ia H.. And N1u might hc
able to send us the pOtatO-sccd or piece of the
good flannel to keep warm.
Macha looked pitrOusly III her mothers eyes and
then round the familiar cabin; the storm came
down again upon her heart and shc flung mp her
arms and fell into "A swOun. Her lover. arriving Up
the mountain found her lying white the heather
outside the door with her head on her mothers
knees and was thus led into uttcIIng promises
which, else, he might never have made.
Its only the heart that j. too strong IN her said
the poor mother s0rroWfully II il III 10 love a
stranger that must part you from your own