The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-05

ottl can nn0 plintT who wall open bot
ears, and their mouths, too,--to liste:, t
the whisper oy a lal that can ;arll Lfirt
shilllngs week at his home and has a cot
tage, and garden, an foine old father
beside. know l'se taxed her dale. Nov
I'll let her alone intirely, | will, an sa
who likes that!'
The winter had come again. Monica ftI
the comforting effect Of time Oh her heart
But She still missed her mother. Her gram!
mother was always busy with her cottag,
work, or in looking after her fowls. Ant
her grandfather pounded his lap-stonc III,
hummed old Irish airs al day.
When Monica had finished her task a
knitting OF sewing, sle hardly knew how
to amnsc herself. The cottage was poor il
books, and in papers aud magazines ths
humble people of ireland rarely ever ~
q glimpse.
1t is" not strange, then, that the sh,
young girl was overjoYed at an Invitation,
to a wedding. The gaInekeeper's daugh
ter--a school triend-N'as 70 be married IL
the shepherds son. The lady Of the castle
had given The wedding-gown, and con.
sented to let her servants join in the dance
| The school-lnaster WAS the gentleman
in this stratum Of society; and he WAS !:
Wag, and merry-maker Withal. No fes-
tiVil WIS Of any account which WAS not
planned aud carried out by him.
Tie was an original, ana prided himself
/ On having 10 two parties entertained in
the same way. The gamekeeper's tlaugh
ter had been fayorite sciloaryan,l he ll:aef
laid himself cut to make her wedding :.
great success.
Granny Blaney, who, laid herself out to
"tTcss Monica AS well lis one of the serving
nla;ls from the bail, who lell their heads
40 high above honest poor folk So she
had bought hera white gown, and knots
Of blue rbbon to pin on 1T every available
spot, aud to show off her lovely white
Skin aud hcr pink cheeks.
Her efforts were :; success to. AS tile
Oh! cobbIer planted his wax-begrilnmed
hands on his lealllcrn apron, stood of, to
gaze Oh Monica, lie exclaimed:
"Eaith, thin, an the ould duke would
giY' right hand if he could max his
rid-hdded and frick1ed young lady as
lovely as that If she Warn'r such a shy
goose ov' /: thing, as will niyer look a..body
in the eye, I'd be thas prood ov' her that
I'd think she was the foinest girl III the
world.''
y gayel party never assembled. The
charm OF the entertainment was in the
unique dancing. -Four school-Doys dane
ing cOtillon Oh their hands, with their
heels in the air and their hats on their
feet.
A one legged man danced jig in a
wash-tub, with humpbackcd girl, in an
other tub for his partner.
On an awning, which he had stretched
from one end Of the long kitchen to the
other, the schoolmaster invited the ''la-
dies and iintlemen to waltz, saying:
"Yo4g may take my word for ir, as a
man Of honor, that This awning is us safe
as terra firuaG that same is the Latin for
solid ground. interpret this for your
sakes who are not Latin scholars. | hope
these o. ye who arc-tfe same haF[n' been
to school to me--Wfii take no offence 1T my
translatin', rs if there were any need Of it
for thin. do it pro bono publico, which
names in plain English, for The good o
the publc.'"
All was going on ''as merry as a mar-
riage BELL" when Monica was startled b.
seeing larry O'Moore walk in, in his best
clothes, and looking as happy rs ifshe had
allowed him to whisper to herr as often
as he pleased.
Sand she said, i'll her heart, HES al
ungratcful lad, thin, after AL his mither
did for my dear mither, to go to and be
laughin' and as happy as if he'd seed me
livery week in this six 1nonths He hasn't
looked at me no more'n if ] wasn't here 1T
ALL"
Larry danced on the awning. He sang
funny songs, and he told Irish stories till
the rafters of the game-keeper's cottage
rang 4ith the laughter OF the company.
Monica stood crowded up in a corner
looking very solemn and uncomfortable. |
while the company were all laughing.
She tried to get ont, bat could not.
When Larry attempted to sit down there
was a loud outcry for Gone. story more
list one more, Larry
He too, was in n corner, the one directly
across from which Monica was Wedged.
lie pulled up his collar till it touched
his ears, aal dreT his curly brown hair
3vcr his forehead. Then he pata little
scarlet 1sknll-cap on his head, and looket |
ike anybody else in the world more than
ike Larry O'Moore.
Then he began to speak III avery loud
whisper which WAS distinctly heard 'lsul
very hoarse, ladies and gintlemin, as yer
silves all see. II yc will hav' me spake TO
se, it must be il. = Whisper.
''Indade, the story hav' to tell you is
lie story Of ! Whisper, and it can only Be
old in Il Whisper.
.'Once there was = yoong maan, and q
soine yoong lnaan Was he, and q W'ayer
~ trade. :.
Here Monica started and tried again to
1erout OF her corner, but in vain. Which
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