Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-08
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A romantic story or One OF Them
In New York. 4,a
Eastern Paper.l

haAterh fhPtIl
It came from ireland and made Pc
culiar- looking parcel, being done up in
the saiue pieos of brown paper with a
collar, a pair Of socss and 4 clean hand
kerciiisf. 1t gave to the package its
longi u inal proportions, sld the ac-
somp psnying articles added the beam Of
she pare |.
"Whst the deuce /, itfv asked Gus
tom house examiner before allowing il to
be taken away from the pier, md Jere.
miah Harrington, who has been . long
time in this country and can get Moth
ing to do. owing to his collegiate educa-
tion in Du, being TOO fac fer mere
busih.ss pursuits, declared that If
8 fold q the package was ~
locsst everybody 81 the dock
would be qufckly given to under
stand Hhst was made of it. 1t had
bsen sent to Mr.. Harrington ''per kind
care Of the steward, and, owing CHI -tiy
&, the stewards rep essutations, 1t WIS
o. last allowed t. pass free of duly.
"And why 81 suldn't they let me have
itf'' asked Mr.. Harrington, contemptu-
ously. ~ he and he reporter sat In his
hail bedroom ia Henry street the next
day. There was not new thing in 1t.
The collar is so irayed that 1t cuts my
neck like a saw, the socks are a. full of
holes as fishing net, and the stick.
Lord bless 1t. has lathered the heads cf
half the baili' la Connemara.
''it does mot seem to be q handsome
stick, " said the reporter cautiously.
1t was about three nnd half feet long,
Of dull brown Ell r., with the bark
peeling of, aud covered from tip to TIP
with sh1r rpsned thorns, tie use OF which
Mr.. Hsrring on explained later.
"Handsome" he said. "0h, maybe
not, ~ your eye. A blacklhora Ia not
intended for ornament, you see, but for
use. Have 1t polished AMI mounted!
oh, no, that would ruin ii. 1t has had
ali the preparation it wants. cut it
aud treated 1t myself three year ago. A
black thorn stick must be cut in tbs
proper season. Then 1t should DO
thoroughly dried. up . chimney. After
that II wants to Le saturated with oil,
wrapped up in rage, and buried In the
earth for about six months. Then You
have stick that will do you ofedit--a
good, responsible stick, with which I'll
guarantee to lay open mans head be-
fore he can fre his pistol. though his
finger 3 m the 'r ggsr. Heavys or
course not. A black shorn Is never heavy.
II il intended to cut. not to bruise.
You see those Eronga; well, they do the
business. We never hold It by the thin
end, bat by the knob, and es we strike
we draw the stick toward n, ard ! can
tell you man who knows now 70 use
| Il will make - clean = cur as ever was
made with q sword. Faith, between
ourselves, think 9 ,uld take 4 chap's
head of, II l got him far on the left
front. I'd cut B tbr ,at, anyw,y.
"A tlsckthorn 10 always hard. You
see, hers isn't dent in this, though Il
has seen service. Why, tnsre was a
fellow in Oaehterard oncs-bat no mat
ter. There's b ,rily good biackthorn
in New York. You can buy lots Of
white her -, bit suppose all the
black horns are neeied Ut home. There's
big doctor in Rr ,oklyn has the best !
ever saw. Ies as big as tree. and don't
believe there's q man from Loch Foy le
to Cape Clear that could take It from
him.
"woui you like to thke q lesson in
the use u the blackthorni III give you
one IL you like"
But the reporter remembered an en-
gagement and hastily Withdrew.