New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-13

6efore poets eyes I've half mind,
fould but single thee from out thy kind
10 muict thee in crumb; crumb to thee
Ia not more sweet than that fair drop to me;
Fie on thy little foot and drumming wing!
CHARLES TRNNYsoN (TURNER)
A MOST REMARKABLE WILL.
Miss Bridsita Molloy was maiden lady of royal
ascent. who lived at an Eng lish watering
tsnham, or Malvern, or bennington, or Buxton;
Sut it was at some such place, and luckily the
name of the town is the one detail which does not
6sshes, viii call It Chatterbury, as more or less
applicable to them all-at least. in Miss M0iloy's
time shs vas ssiaas t al
and strong-minded too, as any lady OF sixty in the
mus must e9 9ss as needn She
Sad been the second of three beautiful SISTERS tne
daughters and coheiresses Of gentleman OF large
s Ssr girlhood and had once been known the
three In alusion to their SIZE
than to their reputation-then somew hatuncomlmon
IN Dublin-of being worth marrying for something
more lasting than beauty.
ent long story shoTt before it Is Te st
sun the eldest Miss L aqGHk M @e Ss
pretty one for petty grill. eloped with gentle
man also descended from loyalty-so tar deseenaea a
depth left him 10 descend to-named Fltzgerai ia
O'birn; and the youngest Miss Judith Went on
with fcres refugee s9E on Ud named Ferenz
Steldi Ferentz is the Hungarian for Francis be
iieye; Steldl, ] fancy, is Bavarian OF !yIoiese
Both marriages turned out miserably-so mlserabiy.
that that Miss Bridgita forswOre romance, and even
matrimOny, and actually kept her VOW.
She also kept more than her voW5she i Keps her
fortune When the creditors got hold OF MIR. Mol
SlSs left him in cash and Consos absolutely to his
one wise cSan e SG' Sfn II
bitter disappointment to both gentlemen and
believe they avenged their wrongs upon their wives
So while poor Madame Steldl suffered and starved
eli over Europe, and poor Mrs. OBrn starved and
son Miss M sH lived alone and dsnsd opu-
lence at CANTERBURY. She was hrst-rate econo-
mist, and her patrimony had prospered. She used
.hrewdly and cautiously. BY the time she was
sixty, it was reckoned that her income could not
amount to less than safe twelve hundred a year,
Now what in the world was to become of all this
money if Miss Bridgita Molloy ever happened to
H.
One afternoon the mal,coach from London set
down two gentlemen ut the Old Swan, CHATTER
bury. Both had remarkably little luegage for
those days. when men could not run from YORK 70
o1dersd aI bed both walked into the ooee-room
and one of them rang the bell. When the waiter tI
answered it, one Of the 1 tSs at eUs
report at the bar wa, not favorable to either But
with that opinion lack of luggage may have had
There We're other resemblances between the two
men. Both were we'll past middle age; neither
looked like one of the hunting men. or omceIs on
bulk OF the male visitors to Chatterbary. But
there all Likeness came to an end DE OF the
sri trimmed whisfers. shiny bald head, bloodshot
blue eyes, and tell tale nose. dressed III the nelgnt
Of the fashion. with tendency to oversepping , u
rioh brogue. He Of the brandy. on the other hand,
was short and squat. with q dirty sallow COM
DsxO thick then na ah9
ment it be. Of mustacte and; f9r the rest was
clean Or rather halt shsH ; and there was some
calls here to-dee or to morrow for Mejor OBirn,-
The other started for moment, and laid his glass
Shall comprehend, Monsieur he asked. that
scIM k,V DS SUi Aud why wouldn't I give, me
name said OBrn, with little leap in his chair.
81 oB 1nH NAn WV. ~ ,,, .m
clad That know that is all. Eli, but one hundred
'n The Majors jaw fell and ali Ills face. save his
oos grew no VeTe not S to tell me we're one
thin blagyard Jewsp cried he. Sure, 'twould DO
too croOi an all. when I've come down 70 see me
oSs w ap soid An we've followed me ali the
down here an this is free country An bad
ss t. the '9un nst y 70 hs
being hunted by all Jerusalem in full cry! Come
Moses, veil give me another dee.'
lint the v peopie Which shall hold your Bills
Monsieur UBnn hold not your bills; am not
FOL Yyu come SCyn to sec hdile Sr'dS'''' 'h'n
sSnre them It's the diyvle ye arei But that's
better any how, than bein' What thought yeE e,o
vonr ChIstlan NAME and shall know the Chris
Fslsn na% steldi Monsieur Ahs yo5 sha
:Hwhatp cried the Major, leaping to his feet
blood and ye tell me- Major azgeralba V sDats
In the grass-that drinkn swindlin'. name SPIRITED
undher.handed. slandherin, murderlp 9nlreespect;;
able thief of the whole world fefentz Stei hs
Patience, patience. mon beaufrere,' said Steldl
shall not butter what you call the panGs 1t is you
who shall escape from me. You shall leave tnis
town. / shall guard Mdlle M9lloy, sister Of my
" Sometime in the significant calmness OF his for
eign brother -in-law Gained the MAJOR Gown NJ, re
returned TO his chair, shifted his glass on tne taoe
An it's for that I'm here too said he. Pm here
to defend me own sisther an me ne ~ Huncsrv
an the SVEN Dyles An ven move from your safe
4 shall not desire said sted am well where there
L shall be to The death, Monsieur OBirn., It shall
be the duel "a ns IT, anu We shall
Then. faith IN sit like the hen of Banagher-
an she sat till the sod rndher her began to crow:
So ye think Miss Bddgn open the crack OF her
why not She is sister Of my wife, and aunt Of
my son. p.., ,,...,a
abe know of a OF yOufBT