The National tribune., 1890-12-04

sat on III.
"Ha! ha! ha!" laughed the girl in wood.
notes wild and hearty. "You still took him
down, Briang"
They both laughed contagiously till their
sides ached, and they exchanged kisses with
short breRths laughing still.
Now, Perry, that Senator was good
man till he became the sole dictator We
were, and are get, good friends; he merely
thought because could not sauce back that
! was loggable Tel your friend Archy 10
20 into the actual, the business, the mechani-
cal world and lead healthier ard more
natural life than slugging whole congrega-
lions which do moi care to hear him"
Perry told 0'Connor proudly Of Arehy's
serious mind, and the obstacles lie had TO
overcome to be a good man even in desire
his fathers aversion TO religion and supersti-
tious fears aud haunted conscience.
. believe, Brian, that ole Brads robbed
travellers in his time, but I can't believe he
ever shed any blood lie lived nigh this
mountain whar ihe Ole BraGdiclz road crosses
ii, an people was afeCld Of him because he
had an evil reputation and went TO lawing,
but ] think he's too triding 10 DO any great
crime. That ole paper in the cupboard is his
worst ghost / have seen him take it out
and say: at won't wash back: I can't
clar my soul. ! can't remember no morel
And promised her" Then he viii roll his
eyes ne If he saw some angel in the sky,
and it's right-down sffectin' TO hyur him
lie talks about
TAKIN' soMETHIE' FROM THE DEAD"
My dear girl, you must not stay beside
q reputation Ike his. How could |, or any
young man Of honest parentare, regard this
low cur as a connection? Archy might DO,
but his father WOuld faint the character of
Saint Cecilia"
30, knowit; and he is SO tough-like
hickoTy-and may ontlive us all; but you
VIII be true to me, Brian, for the presence
moment
True TO the present. Yes, / will not
reject the light of the star that shines upon
me from the depths and edges Of foTbidding
clouds. ] viii believe, Perry, that you are
that star, and that these clouds must pass
away. My friend, Sir James Athol. is as
enthusiastic about youI sister as am about
you, Perry, aud il he can believe and respect
should j, poor emigrant's son, turn to be a
snob and Dc. pise these charms Of person and
soul offered to me without price? What
would an id man give, though he were a
King, for this moment Of such love as
yOurs?"
Let me tell you about my riches, Brian"
sighed the girl, as She stood wrapped in his
arms, seeming 10 rest there without weight,
like the print Of an angel in celestial leyity.
am very strong ] can rum can almost
fly. Never have ] been sick, never low
sperited. ] can climb, too; Iay breath viii
take me over that mountain without once
resting. ] have teeth that are all sound,
and came in reglar,o she opened them,
cleansod with water only, 10 show heir rows
like milky corn, and can crack these yer
shellbarks IN my Jaws Then. ] have plenty
OF hair; and ] can sec fuItLoT OF than any
body Ia our countiy-ses hauier ca that
herryiiu Higb,s yonder II you were poor
! could cook your food, light your gre, load
and
HUNT WITH THE RIFLE,
and tend your sick bed. Ges, without low
ing them, 7 can wash and lay on; and bury
the dead from pity; and " here ] love. Brign.
] caa die and be buried myself ] DO uot
fear the dead noT death; because believe in
life. IL ] die ] know ] sLal come up, fer
nothing set has ever kap me down."
= believe every woId Of ID, Perry, and in
the garden Of Paradise this would be riches.
Ycn are 20 tall as YOU stand here, with your
forehead at my liPs-aud am a tail man
That ] wonder at your lightness. flower
bush could not yield TO my embrace more
easily. You are not ethereal, but you move
as II you were. The angels can ny, because
they are so light, like you. How tender is
this touch OF yours, like a sunny cloud
agains; the hin that is full of glory, bat is
waited by zcphyr's breath
have not loll you, my sweetheart, how
rich j would like 10 be, not Tor me but for
you. would like 10 have these mountains
full Of gold and lead you to il and say All
CHS could be mine, hut il you don't take il
all and leave me poor as that Perry Turtle
yOu knowed there in the woods, I won't
have it; the robbers instead Of mc shall en-
joy il all'"
The old house seemed to shudder rs at
such willlul generosity Of sacrifice; a great
stone fell from somewhere TO the earth, and
the beam on which they stood settled with
O thump
=" Old Brad's sperits lookiu' fnr him! ex-
claimed the girl. Kiss me again and let il
fall, il il wants TO-"
Come out aud sit by TIC spring, Perry,
and say your lesson! have brought pres
eHt for you"
A presence for me?r
Yes, q book"
What book? You know in one thing
am poor i can't read"
This is a book Of photography" re-
sumcd OCouuor, rs they sat down by The
spring. When you come 10y diligence 10
read it, you VIII soe some poetry by me on
the 6y-leaf and as you test your knowledge
with that exercise
YOU CAS- ALSO THINK or ME.
Ar soon as You are able unassisted TO de-
cipher aud also to comprehend that exercise,
Of which there is no key, you will be able 10
make your living af shorthand work y