Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-05

guests, for if his own hospitable instincts
| slumbered for day or two, his sons and
daughters brought their own chums or
companions to dwell within his gates.
Kate and Mary were rapturously in love
| with Vivian and Julia, and were continu-
ally paying and receiving visits to and
| from them. Miss Blake and Miss Durgan
were beneath the Bishops roof, and Phil
| Durgan, who was intimate with the Bish.
ops second son, had no difficulty in Sc.
curing quarters there. The Major, know
ing his rivals chances, and recognizing the
hopelessness of his own passion, was torn
by vain desires. He walked and rode
about Ballykill, encountering the Bishop
often, but avoiding the ladies so persist
entity that anybody who was fool might
have thought that the meetings with the
Bishop were the special object of his jour.
neys. Master Jack, who was acute and
discerning, knew better. Meeting the
Major one day he took the bull by the
horns.
"Gay, me boy" said Jack, "whoy
don't ye come up an have shoy at her "
The Majors name was Geoghaghan, and
"Gay" was the friendly contraction.
Well, ye see," said the Major, du.
biously, your mothers not too fond OF
me-"
80, don't mind her ladyship," said
Jack "oi'll pull we through ut
I'm not liked, Jack, the Major an
swered, sadly land it's not of any use to
90. l would be coldly treated"
"WelI, look here, Major" cried Jack,
with look of triumph if OF give ye a
welcome from the governor an the ould
ledy, will we come ?"
8 Faith, said the Major, with a doubt
| ful smile, 81 will p
Roightr' shrieked the young gentle
man, and he threw pair of skates into
the Majors dog-cart.
He was IN after them at bound.
'Droive to the Black Root Pool, Gay" he
said.
The Major shook the reins, and away
they went.
':What is it, at all ?" asked the Major.
"Pull up at Murphy's shebeen," said
Jack, and returned no other answer. But
there was a world of hidden meaning in
the wink with which this order was &C.
companied.
The ehebeen arrived at, Jack leaped
down and staggered in with 4" Save all
here"
Its yew for breakup the boys hearts,
Mrs. Morphy," said Jack. me own is
sore with you.
The plump and pretty Mrs. Murphy
laughed.
"Sixteen takes foine leps these tonnes, "
says she, in allusion to Jacks age. -
Jack beckoned her on one side, and spoke
to her fol-, a moment in serious whisper.
"Shamns, said she, with a twinkle in
her eye, Z" be fetchin the clothes line.
Shamus, like well trained husband,
obeyed.
''Ye won't tell?" said Jack.
"Not synnable, be thin five grasses, y
said Mrs. Murphy.
Jack, handing up bottle of whisky and
clothes line to the Major, reaacended into
the dog cart, nodded in friendly fashion
TO Shamus and his wife, and requested
his companion to drive on The mysti-
fed Major obeyed. In the course of a
miles drive they came upon the Black
Root Pool, and Jack began TO screw on his
skates.
THE ice is not safe here" said the
Major.
MAY be l know that" Jack replied.
" Don't be fooling with me, Jack" said
poor Geoghaghan, who was. scarcely ever
known to be angry with anybody.
THE crookedest road is sometimes the
straightest, " responded Jack, sententiously.
By this time his skates were firmly bound.
"She'll stand, won't she? ," said Jack,
with a sideway nod at the mare.
iEa Stonp - said tha Major
"Then, said Jack, taking off his over
coat, and cumbrously descending from the
dog follow me, an fetch the
clothes-line with you"
The first faint idea of Jacks plot dawned
upon the Majors mind.
Sc You'll be catching cold, he said.
"The overcoat'I be dry" said Jack /;
'f an there's whisky in the bottle, an it's
only half mile home.
''That's true, toe" said the Major, de-
scending with alacrity.
Master Jack, having secured one end of
the cloLhes-line about his chest, gave the
other into the Majors hands and went
upon the ice. 1t cracked beneath him, and
before he had gone twenty yards it gave
way with crash and splash. The
Major hauled and Jack came In splittin g
the thin ice before him, and putting and
blowing like a grampus. He seized his
rescuer's haLd and scrambled to the bank.
"In We go!" he shouted. "Don't keep
me here to catch me death p
"What?" cried the Major.
CHOW, how do ye think ye could save
me loife from drowning without wet
thread on you ?" inquired the youngster.
The Major grasped the situation, but
stood aW hile regarding Jack ruefully.
In we go p the young gentleman cried
again.
Begorra," said the Major, slowly strip
ping off his coat and standing in his shirt
sleeves, "there's nothing else for it"
! And with that, once more taking up the
rope, he jumped in, and emerged breath
less. Jack was already in the dog -cart.
and was struggling into his overcoat.
Luckily for the harmless fulfllment of this
truly Irish enterprise, heavy outer gar
ments were the fashion. Each buttoned
himself to the chin, and each took great
gulp of whisky. Then the Major, with a
sense of humor to keep him warm, touched
up the mare, and away they ratified.
What's to become of the clothes-line?'
asked the Major.
Shamus Is to come down to the pool
and bring it home with him, said Jack,
with his teeth chattering.
"Jack, said the Major, affectionately,
"Tve an English note for f5 on me some
where, and it's yours, me boy, for this
days work. F"
"Me teeth are like castanets," Jack re-
sponded. 'Drive on, for the love of
heaven. But I'm game to take the paper,
Major, an think l deserve it."
g think you do, replied the Major.
Jacks description of the rescue was a
real work of art.
"No, no." cried the MAJOR, blushing to
the roots of his hair. ''Indeed, twas
nothing. He'd have got out easily without
me"
Indeed, then, said Jack, "Td never
have got out at all without you. Be.
cause" he added, soto voce, without
you I'd never have got in