Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-15

funuur usgu mofser ~ VIE Rornsos o1nu IN
him ths neiehbcfs relied 10 keep the
lausst in C0nrcies; but the sports bc-
gen and ended; not one prise rsnained
in ths parish a Courctes, and sad~wers
~ llsasts d ne good people of Balm
spitt1e and 0arrettstown. But now that
4 was III over, the friends of xyles
gathered tu6ether In little groups and
diDcuDed Ne slrsngeneo cf his absence.
fathee Dunlea w. - anxiously nervous
shout him - was his old father, and. In
reply 10 query from souns uncharitabae
rival, hs said indignantly:
''MylD O'Haalon = nos drinking. He
has tie pledee since he was . child, and
early this moening, when the dew was
upon the grass, be picked The shamr ock
I'm wearing and aid TO me: Father,
I'm thinkin' we'll keep The association
cup In Courcies today But what he's
happened the boy cant understand"
This Glenced the evil thinking ones,
and proved that ct least Il was ths In
tention Of Myles 10 Be at the sports.
Something must have Ktnpensd 10
him. So thought everybody. Huk NJ
one could suggest so,utien a Tie mys-
terry. Suddenly old Tim O'HalaUus
Nyles' father, went "a, Father Dun1ga dnd
sid 10 him: "Begor, yer reverence, I'm
thinkin' that maybe ould Dan Connell's
daughter has sornethin' 10 say to It"
"Whyr inquired the priest.
'sBecause, yer reverence, she refused
him last night. There was dance up
at Holl Dalys, the match msker's-sav-
ing yer presence-an' I hear tell that
ould Connell gave Moll tin shillin's to
mako . match for Kate wild Johnny
Hurley, the butcher"
This did not throw much light on the
subject. But Father Dunlea knew well
that Myles had - tender spot In his
heart for Kate;" he was looking forward
to having q fine wedding at Shrovetide,
and although Connell did not like to give
his daughter TO man who had not Q
farm, he believed that this breach could
be filed up, and he had decided to use
his good endeavors towards that end.
Turning to old O'Hanlon he said:
"Tim, when did you hear that Kate
refused him?'
II didn't hear it at all, your reverence;
but be the signs Of Myles' face last night
an this morning guessed it. But twas
himself told me that the ould fellow gave
Moll DAILY the tin shillin's. He was look
in very bad, sir"
Here the old man ceased talking, but
just as the priest was turning from
him and about to leave the strand he
hobbled up to him and said: II beg yer
reverence's pardin. But didn't see
Kate Connell at the sports, yer rever-
ence."
To Father Dunlea there was more in
formation in this sentence than in all
the surmises that had yet been spoken,
and he hastily questioned himself: II
wonder could they have run awayr He
decided to have that thought speedily
answered. and walked quickly in the
direction Of the village. Arriving there,
he did not delay to go home and have
dinner with the party he had invited at
the sports. He went into Terence Muir
phys public house and, asking the land
lady for . sheet of paper and an envel-
ope, he wrote short note to his sister
desiring her not to delay the dinner for
him, but il he was not there in time to
explain to his guests that he was de-
tanned on urgent parish duties. Having
sent this letter by boy, he said, good
humoredly, to Mrs. Murphy:
"Well, Mary, you didn't do much bust.
ness todayr
"No, your reverence; the boys were all
down on the strand at the sports. Sorra
the wan had q tint of whisky but My les
O'Hanlon."
The priest started painfully, and in
quired: "Did he drink much, Nary
"Oh, no, yer reverence. Twas just
after mass he came in an told me he had
colic-savin' yer presence-an' he only
took it for physic.".