The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

turning away her eyes from his person
as If unwilling to contemplate, under
circumstances 80 unfavorable, an object
in which her affections had an interest
From the portrait we have given OF the
man. it may appear improbable that
this should be the case, but we omitted
to state tina. no portion of the distaste
which his costume and bearing on this
occasion were calculated to excite, ex.
tended themselves to his person and fea-
lures. The latter were, IN fact, re-
markably striking, and, perhaps, beauti-
ful. His hair, short, curling and glossy,
revealed, by its perfectly classical dis
position, the shape Of finely formed
head, which it fitted with Grecian ex-
actness. His features. sharp and sudden
IN their expression, were rendered still
more poignant and characteristic by the
fire of a violent eye, Of excelling dark
ness and brilliancy. His figure, rather
low, though by no means st11ntod, was
slight and muscular; and his limbs were
set with that frmness and ease which
renders the movement OF q vigorous man
spectacle Of 80 much delight and
beauty. even in moments of the most ar
duous exertlon.
'Ye had noisy night of it last night,
Mark"
| 'lss."
1T couldn't get the child quiet the
whole night long. for the noise.'
81 heard him indeed"
| A pause.
care they to be here again tonight,
Mark, darling?'
"Where else would you have 'em be?'
"And when are we to have peace and
quiet house? Or is the child to be
brought up here in this way, and to be
as -ourelves-in the end?'
A fierce look was the only answer
which the man returned to this query,
and both were again silent.
w uau uOIC VI N11. AuuUd, AhIStAA:
was the next question put by the wo-
man.
It appeared as il, whittier by accident
or intention, she had now started theme
more likely to lead her companion into
good humored converse than the
last, for he raised his head from Its
dropping, meditative posture, and his
face frightened as he replied:--
"We have him, heart, we have HIM.
Come, sit near me, here on the settle,
love, an Ell tell you all about-how it
was--an' every thing"
s'Yoo told me, L think, yesterday,
when Nancy O'Neil interrupted us, that
he went that morning TO Miss Byrne,
and that she would have nothing to say
to him."
"Because her friends would have moth
ing to say 10 him. He went, thinking
himself sure of her. because her father
wasn't in the way now
Il6 woman BfOaneQ.
"Young Kumba himself is, as we all
know, wild, harum-scarum sort Of q
lad, and between us two, not at all likely
ever to attain to a creature of that kind.
white and delicate, and reared like
lady in all respects. So he has come
into my advice, not without great deal
OF arguing, to take her whether she
likes it or not. And he's to be here this
evening, and I'm to take him abroad to
make him known to the boys, Nancy
O'Neil an Awney Farrell, his man, and
three more sperited lads that Wouldn't
fall back Of anything we propose"
s'And when is it to be?';
'sTo-night-or never. Nothing like
keeping time behind you--and that's
whut I said to you. the night in the sally
grove estwards, when l had your hand
in mine, and the horses waiting, and
you wanted me to let it alone till morneD
till you'd sec the old people once more,
and leave token on your dressing ta~
BILE for 'em, and I wouldn't stop an hour
and wasn't it we'll for us, for there was
watch set for you that very night
The soft eyes OF the female glistened
and expanded on the speaker, but the
sigh which accompanied the look Of ten
derness rendered it a doubtful matter
whether she really did consider it as
sswell for her'' that she had escaped the
watch set for her on the occasion alluded
to.
Before the conversation was renewed
a slight knocking at the door of the inn
announced to the ear of the male speak
er the approach Of the young man whose
affairs had constituted it's chief topic
His dress, manner and language were
such as to place him; at first sight, in a
superior point of view to those whose
society he was about to seek, although
those of the latter we're not of the very