Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-10

became painful, aud having come to o
COCA, high Cairn Of those great e-borne
houlders, so common in the South and
West, | crept into q hollow between two OF
them and with the dogs lying close beside
me Tor warmth and company, soon dozed
OFT to sleep beirg very weary
| may have slept Tor an hour or more,
when | was Weakened by the barking Of one
of the dogs. lie was seated on a hillock
outside barking, aud looking into the dis.
lance, where | could see nothing, though
the rain had ceased and the stars were now
shining. But | soou discovered that he
was answering another dog for after listen.
ing i~ntently | heard in the distance far be,
low me, that measured zap, zap, yap, fol
lowed by intervals Of silence, which is so
hard to bear when one wants to sleep, and
the w~atChdogs Dishonest bark either bays
the whispering wind or holds distant CON
verse with q neighbor. So | got up, and
though nv ankle was swollen and painful,
| girded myself and went my way, guided
by the sound. After stumbling YEARLY
aloug. and falling mauy times, | at last
arriving 81 what seemed 20 bes farm house
OF the better sort through the window OF
which l saw with great Joy q cheerful tire
blazing.
The do who had led me thither was
seated on = dung hill outside the door and
was soon wsgiUg fierce battle With both my
dos. and the n0isa which they made and
ms cries while striving to part them soon
reused the inmates. The door was opened
aui o girls voice was heard calling, "Iay'
nor. Teapot, sc bhggard, come in OUT OF
that while q deeper voice IN the back
rrouud asked.
Who's there Come in whoever We are,
in the name OF God
Tus Girl who was standing At the door
started back on seeing the gun, but being
aware Of the smelling dogs ~ our Amer
lean cousins call them, and noting M
s~pay,;ug ges-, she said in a pleasant voice
Come ia cut Of the could, Sir; snre it s
hate yure ont. Och, lis destroyed with
rhs wet Sc are. He's lame, too, the cray
,ars, she added kindly. is it the way ye
hurtsd yersalG Sir
Put a chair for the g%in'ieman, Mary,
Have We no Manners said an old mar
who was C~r0uchiuy on a settle in the iugle
nook. Il cant stir meselt, Sir, he added
"Im fairly bate wild the rheumatism. May
be us the way ye got lost on the noun
tain. SIR | see the fog comm up and
tisu't the irst time | seen that same tc
lsnpgn TO . giutleman in that very sphot
That mountain il very vinimous to them
rns5 isG f, veil acquainted Wild It
50 t0ii him ms tale and asked him |
/ could sop for the night, for he let me
Eaoy taat Mr.. Boprke house WAS a mat
To- ct seven Irish miles away and he re
piled.
Why then TO be sure and welcome, only
.sa POOR place for the likes of yer honor
or- il YOU re auv relation oil Misthe!
B5u7Ks y: cant help 5siu' u rale gintle
man. end sc won't mind it. lis only
hem nall sta and the likes that's con
tlr.r7 IL themselves, and that the diyi
l.ms-l couldut Place; and Mary, sure his
honor will be hungry, small blame to him
We =, 5ave ,hs praJies billed in a brace o
shakes and q rasher OF bacon, and a oasiI
%. mix; sure thai better than the hun
rer was, though tisnt what ye TO useC
20.
Here | may remarS tina; the Irish peas
ant Is essentially \ wglLbred person, anC
might set an example OF good manner L
many wio look upon themselves as hi
social superitrS. An IrIshnan, even o
tue poorest. will give YOU the shelter ofh
ROT and ell tia, his poor house contain
wi,h perfect hospir,,j'y, and with q tru.
welcome. and having once and fos oil apollo
sized Tor he shortcomings OF his menag1
vii. not las he considers IT, insult you
geo. feeling by further exeuses; but vii
;.15 i, foc granted that you will accept th.
0es. which he car give you. De II good o.
bad. ia The same kindly spirit in which HI
offers IT,.
T. WIS ua. cry loag before | was sitlIug
19rc % q smoking j,sh o. excellent pota
toes and ~ sDpeJjzing rasher, which MARY
Crtrlr cooked, having learned las she in
to-mri me- cooking and other accomplish
m-ats .; the convent school Now that
had time % look at her | discovered tha'
sac Was an UUcoumonly handsome anC
attractive girl, about nineteen years OF age
dark haired win larrs merry blue eyes
put in With g dirty finger "a distinctly
Spanish t7ps OF face aud figure, such q!
sou meet now and then in the West aGC
South, in remarkable contrast to the ab
original type, which, it mus. be confessed
is he reverse Of attractive.
Nary's father was a big, black. bearded
man. well past middle age. He must have
been a stroug. able man in his day, out he
low seemed bowed down with pain snd
sickness. The family consisted, in ad
d ion 10 these Two, of an active, bright
eyed ooy about thirteen years Of age, two
rounrer children, aud q stout, red legged
servant maid.
Alter had finished a hearty meal, sea
sou,i wirh the best of sauce, ! produced
nv task. into which | had dipped but
uoi-s.Iy, AID Mary having brought glssse:
aud "natarisls,' | proceeded 10 mix a
. co.y'n Of stiff tumblers for her father and
myscIf. and having persuaded him after
due ayoio,7 to ioin me in a pipe, We dreN
round tie blazing fire Of turf and Oog,dea.
la,o the coy !ugle uooS. and laid ourselves
out for q chat.
To OLD man seemed 10 be delighted Il
break ne mouoton7 Of his lite By CONVEX,
s.JjOu with Q stranger, and interested
them all oy giving them an account OF the
{ n.;eI States, where ! had been travelling
o shof. time before, and to which many OF
rasic relations and trietGs had emigrated.
T5~n we began 70 talk about the state OF
he coaGtrg, concerning which they were
much more rctIcsnt.
IL. vas purJ7 q !iet in these parts. glory
0e to God said the old man, though I'm
10 Id there's bad work elsewhere.
tie said his own farm was q good one,
with the grass Of fifteen cows, for the sx-
;eat OF farms in the Wild IVES, is measured
By their grazing capabilities, not by the
acreage. Ills rent was fair; and the times,
he admitted, were pretty good.
Were there any bad characters sbou'T'
/ asked.
Well, no, no: many; 5ar..u wan, and
he was one the run, flying from justice,
and q good JOB too.
Who was hp, and what had he done?
tie was wan Murty O'Iiea, a broken
farmer and q bad mimber ~egerywaYs, and
tEc-e wars o warrant out again him, along
" . dacrnt boz Of the OCounO7s that ne
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