Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-09
BLACK HUGH.

, yery pretty Gil was Maudeen
O,S5ss-the prettieSt round about Ros-
ynure-s5me said the prettiest in all
Ireland.
Sbe was slight and supple with a
cheerful sunny nature that for ever
hubbled from Ler lips in song, She had
iark hair that rippled back from an
wsn brow, deep blue eyes, and lips that
Egrs ever curved in smiles. She had
lie true olive tint of the Celt; but her
kin was soft as satin, and her cheeks
soged Ike carnations. Maudeen liv-
d aloneOna little farm with her mother
4 widow crippled with rheumatism.
Dsnnls O'Shea had been dead many
Tesrs. and alone and unaSSiSted the
braye woman had managed the little
irm. II had been hard up hIll work
i had bent her back and ruined her
health; but now she had enough to
spend and to spare-she owed no man
not even her Misunderstanding, and
Sic owned the sweetest, prettiest col
zen in the whole barony.
ROssanure wss not place visited by
many strangers, though the scenery
was delightful. There were grand
mountains near by, lake that teemed
with trout, and the roar of the Atlantic
vas sometimes born IN on the wings of
The oreeZe.
Msadeen had passed the twenty years
Of her Life in this peaceful spot. Every
nzrket-day she brought in her butter
aud eggs 10 the little town that lay two
niles across the bog, and came back
her mother noted latterly, each day
little later, each day with brighter
cheeks and prettier smiles.
"Mauieen honey" said the mother
one mAket-day, taking the young face
te.Eeen the wrinkled hands and gazing
1Ji0usly into it, who's after spakin'
We-8Ords t'ye?'
Madden lowered her beautiful eyes,
sDttossed her head and laughed.
They're just foOls!" the girl de-
eaTed.
Honey, honey, the boys don't think
9f!ou do, was the quick Tejoinder.
Don't be after Tlayin' fast and loose
:! any now, for ye niyer know how
such things end"
Then tie good woman sighed and
vent ler way wondering towards which
o. her many admirers her beautiful
colleen leaned.
And do pray it's Hugh Slievan,
ue smith, " Size tbOught-''for he's a
grand lad with his taste for work, while
9IIa llkIn' has he for the dhrink.
And sure hasn't he, hOnest-like, asked
% te my son, and hasn't he got my
oeSSn' by the same token? Arrah,
1lt It's the Tale love-if ever saw love
-hat shines straight out of his eyes
"neh Maudeen stands fOrninst him."
Inc summer afternoon waned, and,
sAen the cows were MIXED and all the
Nock made comfortable for the night,
4na The widow WAS settled over the
Ies''lre with Ter knitting and week
Ga paper, Maudeen stopped and kissed
4: :sl mother, observing that, the even
.-s Oelng so fine, it tempted her to go
ior stroll.
eothatye' Ire in afore dark and don't
y y 0eyant the bog, honey" stipulated
..s Ss widow, smiling. "Hugh'n be
here, she thought.
delay. "'n' "i'Hou' iui'"ei
~. !. Vas lovely evening; the soft wind
'S "; sweet with the scent Of fnewcut hay
aal 1-s.. 10 the west, where the broad At
r-. ,aaIl' lay hushed in repose, floated a
Nge-hued W
M, Madden left lie farm and turned
TO, fSsA lhe green lane that led 70 the
frs.-d; fe-iO4d; a little stream yelling out
,;GI ,;Sc uhder the grasses made music be-
Iraba -i nei-tle only sound indeed that
,s,a. ,rAe lle great stiffness Of the noun
W " @nd bog around.
~ Si4udeen was used to this loneliness.
~ ~ usually thought nothing of it. But
I,,-S''ten zen ng she was evidently out of
w~1a ,--'Iy with the peaceful and familiar
n M, a., LOT, as She moved along, a look
,...Selen e,.SgOA'ent spread over her face and !
na.Sa:S -,S,lesS sigh escaped her. Were her
Iael Ta Words ranking.
Of augeen walked on for about quarter 1
gra-l' ullle' and then suddenly the look |
"a, s4sNioh s4aoh vanished, and her eyes be- |
srsLal ILaiGihg Ike stars. 4 turn in the I
g6s,a s aaa brought her near to a gap
i W. gate stood, and leaning against |
as go, SIalwart form half veiled in |
mil ess,ISerlng dusk. The man was 1
nd So - near near the light foot approaching
nset - :, lurn' d, and as quickly went to |
DIM fLe glrl. The western light rest |
Il ono. ~ y: ner face; that in Maudeen's
.us,. sell, Hugh, =" she began psttishly, |
or lana are e. ye for ever comm down |
our 5alo ale lorF can't SO much as lave !
but iSu.e it,Oe e Ior breath of ar o. nights |
IS I've Ea. : 70 fall straight upon you, like
1Reie 1Ra,, a groin' toad STOOL"
inp,SSIoeu.eif TO he here nor in the dhrink-
nj inoesp raep was the curt reply. "But |
thropbouue ue after comm again if it |
Heaven :, you; had 1 thought that, |
This Knows I'd not De doin' it!''
answer seemed both to appease