The Irish standard., 1886-05-29

presume, as nost men IN that sectio On Of
the country-well, he was q man that
was always posted up in everything re-
lating to Europe end European aristoc-
raey, and he told me, often and often,
that free-born American was good
enough
i ssPaugh! free-born fddlesticks'' ex-
claimed Else. What the plague do we
care about yer free-born Americans or
yer Cousin Nathans aither? We're OBJ
liged TO ye, to be sure for sendin us
over what ye did in our time Of need, an
i'll it a be our common to forget it, or
indeed our childher after us, for that
matter, but in the name Of patience have
sense and don't take the good out OF all
ye do by bonstin and putin yer Ameri-
canism that way, like an auctioneer sell
in caligoes at q fair"
"Boasting!'' repeated Weeks; ''well
there! Boosting! why, if there's any
thing III this world I hate more than an
other, it is boasting. / never boast
never The people OF these old reduced
nations here may boast, and Che poorer
they happen to be, the greater brnggsrts
tl1sy are. But our uationis too dignifed,
too Intelligent, for that; she's too great
to stoop to s71ch t1ifles. No, no; ] mere
ly stated g. fact, and / repeat it again,
that q free-born American, son Of the
immortal Washington, is good enough
for the best and highest blood III crea-
tion."
every good, 4" said Else, "eve1y body
has right to his own opinion, sup
pose. But DONE talk that way to Ed.
ward Lee, il you don't want to pick a
quarrel with him. For never was g. flint
fuller of fire than yell find him, if ye
touch his family pride, by such talk as
4l,at.'
! well, hold OF, bit, I've got an all
fired sure way Of bringing that same
family pride peg or two, and without
u quarrel either. See ii I hain't."
'sN"hy, in deed an word" said Elise,
suddenly changing her tone to a conf
DENTAL whisper, ''and 10 tell ye truth,
may be that Itself wudn't be the worst
thing ye cud do, afteE all, for I'm think
in they'll have 20 be beggareil before
they're betthered, the crathurs.''
"What does that mean?'' demanded
Weeks.
"Why, that afther all our scharnin,
Mary Lee won't have ye till she finds
there's no other way to save HERSELF and
her uncle FROM the pooEhouse Of the
jail"
Whilst Else was yet speaking, the
crack of pistol make Weeks turn his
eyes quickly in the direction Of the little
cabin on the Cairn. The night, how
ever, was so pitchy dark, lle could see
nothing beyond the edge Of the road;
but Judging from the sharpness of the
report, he thought the weapon must
have been discharged within dozen
PAGES OF where be stood. Wondering
what this could mean in spot SO re-
nlote and night so dark and threaten
ing--for the evening breeze had now
changed into occasional gusts, and big
drops Of rain began to fall SO heavily rs
to disturb the dust under his feet, won
lering, and still keeping his eyes turned
towards the Cairn, he wa again startled
by shr1n whistle twice repeated, and
seemingly as close to him as if it had
come from himself. Turning short to
demand from his companion what this
signal meant, and why she replied to it,
he found, much to his'selrprise and vex-
alton, that he stood alone--Else was
gone. The moment after, however, an
answer came to his question, but in a
form somewhat different from what the
astonished American expected; for hard
ly had he called the old woman 81 second
time to come back and explain the mys-
tery, when flash Of lightning, instantly
followed by clap Of thunder, shot
across the road and revealed for Sec
ond the form and face Of the handsome
young sailor, whom he had seen con-
versing with Mary Lee but an hour be-
fore an the edge Of the precipice. It was
but single fash, and last no longer
than the twinkling of an eye; and yet he
saw the young man MISUNDERSTANDING
on q little knowl within short call OF
him, and resting on the boat-hook in
the very position he had seen him last.
Weeks first impulse was to follow
Else and demand an explanation. The
presence Of the stranger, at such time
and place, appeared to him rather sus-
picious; and being inquisitiye by nature,
as we'll as somewhat apprehensiye of
Else's fidelity, he resolved to have the
mystery cleared up at once, let the
storm rage as it might.
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