Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03


and ! saw that the approaehing cart had
stopped Gloss beside our belated vehiciA
':Afrah be aisy, an Is It yerself thin, Ns.
O'Flsherty. An is it an axceedint that
ye've had the night"
'Faix, an it Ii that same-bad cess till
itr"
might ye be dhrivin' quality folks, Mr..
O'Flaherty"
''Oi might-an' thin, sgain, moight not
Oi praysoom they be quality folks. beloike !;
the commonality pra;fair shank's mare,
Dim thinkin'r'
'.It's dale av mother Wit ye'll he
wastin' on the loikes o. me, Mr.. O'Flaher-
ty; but il we've seen Phelim O'Flinn, o.
Kilrea, yen know that the polls are up in
arrums along. av the warnin' they've re-
SAWED from Carrickfergus t he day."
"An' ct whom wull they be speerin' at
now, mont"
''Sreerin'i It's a joke. sure! Divil a
wan other than the Lad O. SPERM Mount
ains-our young Shane Magroo"'
At this there was Gathering downfall
Of the harness-coliar, traces. straps and
reins, and hurried and whispered confab
of the two men.
Then came Archie; and saw suddenly
issue from an astonishingly near-at-hand
window bright CLEAN Of light, and heard
voices-my husbands and another's-in
merry laughter blent. The very darkn ess
and loneliness changed like enchantment
all about me, and it was as il the whole
world had passed suddenly from state of
isolation to that of a social, hospitable and
we'll peopied district felt the clasp of
Archie's strong arm about me as care
fully made my way from the rocky road
side, and as we advanced towards the
promised shelter, told him Of what had
heard
WHO IS Shane Magroo, Archier'
"Shl Darling light o. mo eyes! It is
almost treachery to mention that name
hereabouts; and yet I'm thinking you'll
hear more Of him than OF any one e!se-the
reckless young Gallant! And so the police
are after him-the same old story-ha! ha |!
hap
"This way, your Annerl This way, your
Leddyship! Sure the house av Moreen
Maginnis wull be foriver blissed by your
inthrance-good luck till us all this night"
{" Amen!" responded my husband.
'Arrah, Moreen, We have niver forgotten
the use av yer deludherin' tongue! Whist,
SC yOuuS CVllCCu! XNOS " az TOAA uu Va OUE
prisince here to amy chance caller-d'ye
moindp
"Faix, an docs your Amer suppose
wull be afther wantin' to call in all Ulster
to mate We the night" laughed the young
Irish beauty. as she placed fresh sod
upon the little fire and gently touched
what seemed bundle of old clothes
propped up in a boxlike chair at one side
of the rude chimney-place Mother! och,
mother, ashore! Wake up!" said Moreen.
Here wuIl be an ould friend as will talk
w.d We the night. Motherr'
At this very wrinkled and exceedingly
homcly v;sage peere1 from under the
manifold layers Of sort of wooden plaid
piled high upon the unlOvely head, and
there followed a flow Of indescribable glib
berish which I charitably took to be pure
Celtic-a jargon that my husband an
swered easily in kind, with an uncon-
scious running CT his white fingers through
his short curly locks and a knitting of his
black brows as he sat beside her, staring
into the fire.
Well, it wasn't to be wondered at that
he frownei. THE ould Cassel av Bann is
only few miles beyant to the NORTHWEST
u shame for it that you could not have
raiched it at all the night" said pretty
Moreen, casting little admiring glance
covertly at the impatient young fellow
upon the bench before the fire.
"Be comforted, darling" said Archie,
suddenly, springing to his feet and coming
close to my side. "Moreen will attend you
As for me, l must leave you for awhile and
see to the extent of O'Flaherty's mishap.
Kiss me, Mary, love-once-:wice-
there! Be brave girl and sleep and
dream of that snuggery in America! Mo-
reen, attend your future Lady Mary; and,
whisht, colleen-put your mother to bed"'
Christmas Eve in Ireland! looked all
about me when. after awhile, l lay cud
died upon great heap of dried turf over
which Moreen had spread our travelling
rugs. and tried to realize it all.
The beams and rafters of the little hut
hung thick with dried herbs. lengths of
divers-colored cloths, and seemed, in fact,
q storage place for all sorts of humble
housekeeping sundries. A table, some
rude chairs and benches, an earthen floor,
IN open fireplace and q high backed,
boarded-up ''box- chair" close hes de it for
the ''ould WOMAN chair that kept the
draughts from hitting the poor old figure
sheltered therein at full blast, at least
these were the homely furnishings of the
humble Maginnis cabin.
How doubly luxurious by contrast,
seemed the well-remembered rooms in New
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