Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-27

| cOmfOrtlesSreSS oil pare. uncarpcieu
rooms: for, with eommendable judg-
ment, the carpets had all been put
down in the other house ready for the
| furniture to be moved upon them. Ten
O'Clock came, but no Paddy; eleven,
twelve, one, two, and still no Paddy.
Mrs Lightlace developed first restless
ness, then uneasiness, then perplexity.
then Indignation; and finally, in the
midst of the direst wrath, small one.
horse wagon drove up TO the door. and
out of it lcaped the delinquent Paddy;
Goodness gracious exclaimed
Mrs Lightlace.
=. Gracious goodness. chorused
Alice; while faithful black Nancy
grumbled:
Oats what Gums ob ruS>ln de
Irisher.
Paddy made his appearance in the
midst of the indignant crowd with the
most perfect aang-troid, his rubicund
nose more rubicund than ever.
us this ten clock by your watch?'
asked Mrs Ligbtlace, with bitter
irony.
"lndadc, thin, missus, en- it's not
mesefs to blame Sure an it wuz the
Teddy what lives on Tinth avenue
beyant the Fartith street. waz Engaged
to move her at swim; en- she tauld me
she had wan load, an small wan al
that: an. be jabers, it tarned DOT 10 be
three.
Perhaps you told her, As YOU did
me, that you had large-sized furni-
turc wagon and two fine horses,
said Mrs. Lightlace, with cold tone,
and glance which sparklcd with
wrath toward the wagon and the poor
tired horse that was standing on two
legs aHd resting the other two.
Faith. mum, said Paddy. with
unblushing effrontery, ian isn't it the
foinest wagon in the city, the strongest
an the roomicst fur the size? an sure
an i:uld yo no lie about the horses
naither. fur didn't wan NV EN- toomble
down dead in the stall no later thin
last noight? an wasn't GOT this marnn
be the break NV day to hire anither?
an ism iverS hide NV EN- busy? Sure.
mum. it the truth I'm tellin. ysn
this bliSsid day; the horse We sec there
i aquel to amy tin animals You liver
see; he's got the sperret in him uv Il
dozen. mum. an viii wark frum mar
min to noight wiiout liver akin fur rest.
| wouldn't take foive hundred dollars
fur him 4 valablc animal he is,
mum. But YOU mu>n bc afther kapin
me waitin. av you phase, mum I'm
sorry to hurry yoa. but I've got three
People a-cursin me in rs mny dilicrint
places now.
What was the lady to do? She was
obliged 10 move: She knew that i.
would BE- impossible To- get another
wagon now: 80 with tears in her eyes
and bitter ANGER in her heart She let
Paddy and his wild lri>lman in among
her cherished treasures, sending
Alice and Nancy To the other house to
receive Them. Is there any sufferer,
who has passed through this trial, with
inefficient w0rA men. who--an not suS-
ply Il description of what followed?
Mrs. Lighti;cc looked on with com
pressed lips. ~ one after another Of
her cherished treasures was battered
and badgered. Paddy sealing her lips
by his voluble complaints.
sure an its shame that didn'
know all | was in fur wuddent hey
undertook the Job NY saint undhcr
AiAt 'At4AstiS Al ib-s'i bN'~- nAl'AA4
Lift little higher. Och, We Ii ruinate
the furnichure. av We re not keerGul,
Hould on Tim. what do We name be
bein 50 racsless? know the furni-
chure is sinful HWY. curses on the
man that made it; he deserves burnin'
in place which | won't mintion in the
presence NV a lady. Bedad, Dinnis.
veil tComble the sofa over the lrlnis-
tcrS ~ we're not more kccrful, I'm IS
shurt rs ye do. its mcsel that viii
toomblc vc afther it, Marcy on us,
look at the plasther that we've brought
down at that stroke. enough TO plas-
.ihcr any house ven liver own. Its the
truth. mum: AZ | nivcr spakc aniiher
ward. il farchunit eddy We are this
day to make the ingagemint wild me:
f,icrcs not anithcr man in the :hrec
Kingdoms. lit alone in Amerikcy, that
wuddent break livery shinglc NV YOUR
big farniehurc into small bits. an | a.
movin Nv it at the starvation price uy
f0ive dollars 4 load, an lectle extra
fur trates fur the poor min that are
ruinm themselves in your saryis.
Poor Mrs. Lightlace. where was the
spirit that was TO support her IN the
battle of life? In the dust. nj the feet
of Paddy o Rourk. Nainly She sirug-
glcd against the insane conviction
that offspring of Paddy's oratory
that she was under obligations to him.
What matter that she recalled the
burning wrongs she had suffered AT
his hands? Her woman's nature felt 4
personal responsibility in the weight of
the furniture, and every drop of per-
SEPARATION which trickled down the faces
of the laboring men made a furrow in
her heart She fairly quailed when
she thought of her large-sized Hale SC
kiIburn folding bed, with its heavy
weights. Up to this time it had been
great pride with her. She had paid
one hundred dollars for it: At this mo
ment any one could have purchased il
al twenty.
Load after load went off; Mrs Light
lace, counting them up n FIVE dollars
each. tuemblcd AT the sum. The poor
tired horse stood on two legs whenever
II was possible. and bore mp with sd
perhuman endurance. The men groan-
ed and sweated. and curses both loud
and deep smote the ears of the wrctched
Mrs. Lightlace. Al length the torture
neared a conclusion, and in doing so
approached its climax, which was the
folding bed. Mrs. Lightlace had not
exaggerated the gravity of the Situa-
ton Paddy fairly raved.
"Hale. Kill. Burn" he read. with
dramatic emphasis. ''Ay, its jouSt
what I'd 10 wild the invinters nv cud
Law hands on EN-. the murtherin var
ments Shurcly, mum. ven niver 90
10 burtheniu' your conshens wild the
sin of akin us to move sic a mountain
as that widout exthra pay? sees il in
yer face this blissid minnit that We cud-
dent do il.
Poor Mrs. Lightlace, She was too
worn out to contend. the sun was near
~ down. and she was faint from long
fasting. so she promised dollar more
with very little delay.
AN shure. mum. it's the cocstum
10 secure me pay before the last load is
delivered. said the mendaciou> Pad
dy.
Mrs. Lightlace looked her aStoniSh- |
ment, but was swept away by 4 torrent |
of energetic oratorv from her torment |
or; SO she yielded the point again
for the sake OF peace. paid him. and |
promised to meet him 1T the new home. |
which was only few blocks away. /
" hen she reached this goal of her |
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