, 1881-12-04

of1nls else were it better for fegtnad that the broad
deuesne DER which he rules so hauxh1tiy held light
l., in s Er.ss-covcred bo:om his pa1lid corsc- The
,ruud. y;nd!c1ive spirit of the Mu!caheys will not
rook Al insult. and by my hai:dom. twere we'll for
&c young Lord ~ yompEinsysl1e that he wear steel
-ornect a'eF hi. perjurcd heart this night ere the
;cel-sod houfs Of hts afrey are heard cruss!n: the
draybyidse that ieuds u tie Castle AMhUney. Mark
xou this Nlfred. '.ts 1Ett 0ncnse tl,ut one.
cen though he be young. and rich, und handsome.
x,ep in between Nuleslhey and the one he loves-"
II vas AiFtum Mccarthy. eighth Duchess OF Conne~
,rorra VITO spoke thesc words und Wilifred O'Bsieu
,r,ea nt her with sad carncxtness us she lcnned
gracefully over the backyard feEcc, her sunny
r,uutenance ticcked t"rr and there by ii dash of
.oat-uas, waoSr deicasc waitencss brought cut III
hod re;ief the vivid ',!Drs of her rusea:e complex
ton Wi.tfrca Was pale. intellectual youth, nnd
nrjded himself on bis noble ancestry Once he had
said 10 the Jones bog tWhose fulks had alwaSs lived
IN this country: ~ am The descendant of noble
race Tho b'oud OF three Kings flows In my veIns.'
n,. tie Jnncs boy ind unl5 laughed In his coarse,
b,t,,ai way, and repl3 u that -some day man
xould come nlonc with a flush and capture
rbe three kings. Wifrcd had Drndcd OYER this nnd
her evidences of the bArbarssu tlut continually
opinE tn tie lives OF the poor p!cbcan Amer
i.ans whom he compelled sometimes to meet,
apd his naturally sunny disposition had BECOME SO
roured that he would often put down the ilud and
rcu,1cr strange oaths tu himself taking no heed Of
srcs, that pAsssZ In the busy wnrld around him
until d chunk Of plaster from the hand OF the head
bdcs9ayrr acss nerriiy in his direction und tie tas
tened u relieve Lse Duke OF Galway. whU should
hare been TWO piaces below hlEl on the addev- He
toyed Miriam Mctaf;hy viii, wild. passionate soul
retlc that like the mighty elncier Ut The ifis,
for.. on Its outward sur1Aee 40 Indication Of ths.
tremendous force within. Two years ago slle aud
nrr; seen hin, he walked With his proud, County
Antrim st,i!e n,onc the streets amid the baEc Of
1rutu,ts tile rattle 1T drums, and the eEccfn1 amt
resy t11clnc nf ii1e temporarily omnibus
hozpes as the United Sons Of ilihernia swept with
s,neiy grace past lcr Ancestral home On Archer ave-
oue u du NIL care" she said kuft.y ~ herself,
pusn!ne ns ste spoke III he has his grand fathers
piS hat 10 ite He ls I'LL lnlt Is hob4e a1sA AAss
and pure and Etsu-
Two weeks ia1cr they hul plish.ed their troth and
were row looking forward with all the rosr hopefu-
ness ot youth tue halcyun dars when they would
te 1u.eyer bonnd ,o.cther bT the ho'y tie OF natr-
..cuy aud dtnp!ed babe coo merrs forth it, ducet
cries when the cu1ic came Ike thief IN the night
and the raresorc bottle had vanished into the deep
mystery OF the Hereafter.
aAre you Going to the wake this cvcntng2'
lxas tLis that ls1:lrro Mc;inncss. the young Earl
of Ba;lguuaIy, spoke 10 Miriam HcCarthT two hours
af,e. the abpre conversation had 1akcn pincc-
who's the curI>e?' asked MiE'am. Il bright smile
llluu,nnx her textures at the thought OF The une1-
pec;ed society event which had come to ner-
"Cec5i Clancarty.' replied fizarro.
Aistanas heart bent great ,trob q" SO then. sue
Thought. this preud beauty wh" won nv brothers
laye Two suume1~ asyne. only to cast 1t aside when
the picnic nyer u@ clreesit as papa Ssits
his dinner ~patl into the when he returns IN
the g.autn: trom the hurseraitway barns. IS dead
She cid cite. when nij cOiieh -hAircu tk1pest
r,me home ISL n rick und carefully placed his
ppu1s on the before retiring The pe"r boys
heart was breaking for love Of her. hut she laughed
his suit n sco.r: and she has died amid all heF
follies and s,,s. and s1-button Kid Euvcs+ Then.
mastering the emotion which had uiomrniattsy al
most cnne her. Miriam tuE1ed 10 flzaffo ana
said: "What happened herr
II
"You tv,a't say so.' exclaimed Airian- ~ always
.asd she would kill herself some day. the way she
powdered and Tainled."
: -wc,l'r said the young man, tribe impatienilS,
"w!l you be there tonsht?"
"Ie<. II! COME.
"And uay escor. sou home?"
II will see later that point. was the Willy
response: and with light iuccry ha-ha -vitiaiit-!-
-pruncre!-sult laugh on her lips, Miriam
smaue lightly from the ash-oartel on which she was
seated and began to shoe geese OUT Ut the front
II cauuot allow you to 20 home without me. Mr.
Nct;nness." SKID Miriam. US she left the wake
ANhy nHs!'
"pccause u,y betros.led. Mr. O'Brien, has told me
that sou are lnckng in the saroF Firrt. which every
truly cul;ured gentleman should possess; IN otheF
Ku1ds tln1 you are Il far down.
-llI had him here.'' hissed the youn= man through
his clcnrhed teeth. "uethinks my wealth Ut boa-:oed
boot would toy with tbs custom-uadc pants awhile"
-Nouid It, inlced:" said voice FROM the steps OF
kneiEhburinG sour-Inash emporium "Ihen de1eno
Fphrsett as best you may
Each :uan spat his hands and sailed In. AS they
rolled around the Sidewalk Miriam stfanE III tar
or 70 the side of the building. The n1en fought as
only those ueFred by desperation can u.ht sudden
they disappeared from view. dull thud being the
on1y rlew their whereabouts One glance Hnd the
IEl saw all.
They had fallen through q coal-hole.-From " Lost
Vr Lore" by Nusat Hatsfead.