New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-15

shocked sense still remaining. Her
varied past, that bad shown her % many diaenng
extraordinary fact Of how positively festal the
associations with which the Ir.sh shores find
% sIs s rather SIZE
could always manage, on brief notice. to feel inter-
ested and curious regarding any fellow-creature;
the most noted charmers Of her own sex) was now
tested to perhaps it last limits =.
Does your son always drive hearsosi' she con.
tlnued, unconsciousy looking at the old man az u
ne were something IN museum. to be marvced ac
for antiquity and strangeness. but not, on pain OF
''Oh, no, ma'am. Larry's wan o. tho hands to q
livery shtaele, maam but yer see; ma'sm, he's tim,
beVr he
that ther1 be dishrcspect showed to the corpse,
y'undershtand. An it's always tho behavior o the
comes quiet, wild no sinan' nur shkylarkin on the
part o. him that drives IL. d. y underestimate. why
there's esh talk nur ii all the mourners an rsia.
sshuns should come home SHAWN drunk maar, d
And who is this Bernard McCaheriyi Z" asked
Claire.
"Is it Barney McCaferty that ye're a.hkiH
abouti" was the old mans amazed response,
q sharp falsetto note piercing through
his usual huskiness =, Why, sh sa ;maam ne
to wanst SO be did. an that amt countin' the wan
he KEEP in Harlem, naythur'
tonished rebuke. as though one should enumerats
What sorts of places do you meanT inquired
Claire.
The old man put his head on one side and looked
at her with uneasy suspicion, as though he feared
she was making sport Of him.
"PIacesf Why iiquor-sthores to be sure"
"Oh" said Claire And what did he die Oft
DRINK"
Her companion frightened noticeably, and seemed
to gain confidence in his questioner: He scratched
one cheek, where the unshorn .. beard slowed IN
wlnked at Claire though she had at once put tho
matter upon basis Of mutual and intimate COM
prehensiOn.'
st the good glass had wild Barney afore he went
an got saS Of i Ss S Ga@
in the end. maam"
| This was said with the manner and tone of per:
| son who might have alluded to some rather genteel
foibie IN the deceased, like fondness for chess or
whist. Claire found herself confronting another
fact in the lower Irish nature fS htnsr
nous indulgence and sympathetic tolerance
with which this unique race regards every form
| and feature of drunkenness
"If he sold liquor all his life aud died of 1t him.
self" she exclaimed with heat and force, Tho
doesn't deserve to have half so large funeral And
angry stamp of the foot. while she lifted one finger
| and shook 1t at the old man in way with which
her sex had doubtless amiiarized him at An earlier
stage in his long career-"yes think its perfectly
horrible that you people should ever dare to gee
drunk at funerals as you do! 1 often see the car
ageioad; come PACK from aGe cemetery .nsGugn
| yelling and swearing WE'LL Oh. i don't know
how you can do i'll There is som ething 80 grand,
all of you! Such actions make this place more sad
| aud wretched than it really is II IS miserable
place enough, Heaven knowsW
She moved away from tho old man as
she spoke the last sentence Gong forth upon
the road. she retraced her steps in the di-
| rection of the town. and thus met each separate
ward First came the white gilt hearse Haunt
ing its interior coffin with horrid ostentaton, as
| though il wanted you 10 see how many wreaths and
crosses had been lavished upon the remains OF Mr.
McCafferty by his bereaved constituents Then fol-
lowed o carriage to whose driver had been contded
| q capacious wooden box which would doubtless re-
ceivo the coffin before its ntermen and into which
| the driver. having placed its glaring unpainted
block on line with the dash board. had thrust his
half b. person s D.. He was man of saow cadaver-
Gus visage and very gaunt France he looked as II he
might possess some eerie fellowship with the corpse
itself he seemed 10 alter the popular phrase sn9ut
having q foot IN the grave, and to make Il quite
| thinkable that life could exist Under atiil
more moribuud conditions. In tns, conveyance
pie. Two Of them were stout Irish women, athed
Ia Grape. and two were middle-agc ar'shmen,
dressed with holiday amxrfness. In this vehiclo
silence appeared to rogn its occupants all four sat
with lowered eyes. But In the other carriages as ono
By one passed Clare, not sign OF grief was mdn-
fest. There vas good deal OF audible converse
ton; there was considerable leaning OF heads out
Of windows; there were not . few querulous chil-
dren Of various ages, some Of whom nad been gwen
there were buxom women and spare women mass
i've men and slim men, little girls aud little boys
more ON seat But In the whole long panorama Of
| human vsages, as 1t gided past her. Claire could
not discern single trace OF solemnity. Inc I'M
produced, by this crude c0reges with complete aud
| dismal success Nobody-wth the slight exceptions
recorded-seemed TO be sorry that Dir. McCnherty
| ia a reuti frum
| business.
wonder why they come, II they are not sorry"
Claire said 20 herself. as she re entered the town.
| leaving the great serpontine funeral behind her,
81 suppose it is because Of tho ride They seize on
even this grim excase for getting little pastime"
-. Then her thought took new seli,qusss.oning
cali them poorp They need only come here Tor q
holiday, but never get glimpse Of anything bet
ter or worse, month after MONTH dare say there
are worse places than this should like to see one.
If there real are just for the change"
Passing back through the unlovely streets again.
Claire had desire to DO near the water before she
returned indoors. She now regretted not having
gone thither at first, instead of taking her doorous
had mo-. vet learned to loite as it does in maurer
pSrp.h effect into tho sweet pa;e anne sus %, Of
her herr res Regretted familiarity with GrssnpoIns
beside the Il bare
earth, touched family, here and there, with the
most meagre intervals OF struggling green ltS Sito
commanded tho delightful view beyond, aud now.
at the ruddy but transient adv ent of evening this
| view was peculiarly delightful You saw the
wrinklsd river drab and tremuloua under stretch
of sky which the sinking sun had made from yerxe
10 zenith turmoil Of little rosy and featoery
| clouds Each cloud had the danask iash without
its fe.tuess that We SEQ in the scales of dartng
front The whole ember-c olored array arched over
| the wide stream In BRIEF unusual bri'liancy. ana
stole now and then from the gray waves beneath u
a slight CLEAN. no larger than the bud OF carna-
ton. but quite as rich-hued Just beneath Ciaire
, was low, uncouth, many patched hut near 70 the
| muddy strand, and looxing not unlike something
that had drited up from s9cso9s rscssscs win the
aed cont,rnous wharf had been built here at whose
edge. when summer came small boats wou 70 be
| -, lac A l,ftle north war1 great Yellow