Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-08-15
NICK TAIDy'S REVENGE.
YossAS cssseiss.
"And Wigs Ggresoa zen not ss my
vita. Kathlies~
.osiy sskas.Isaa1 lsetf"
"whyf"
''Bskass."

| ''Bskass."
"NiveFf'
me, Nick. niyu.'
.-Givs ms yer kAspas for Lsin' such I
fool, Ksthlis, !" ssiA the young blacksmith
"Beksss Il no rsson q ell"
"Don't BE- bstbsriai me. Nick" said
Kathleen, in plssdipg tone, With tear
hsneing ON the long lsshss that fringsi
hsE gray eyes.
There's soms eehsr boy In my wsyp b.
exclaimed, slnest tsrcsly.
Kathleen turssa ~ hssd slightly. and I
Ettls Aush came 70 Ass sAssk.
"1s II not thst m1ss thst ails yss"
"Asd 1t L." ~ KsaAlssn. frankly.
"lrs ths Hsxi.s vaitin, mans vhits
faced fool thst shsasss rather TO dsnes
round anithsr Ssos siEk . brrsh In hi
hands, thsn to q brsws, h61d vsrt viii
the tvo sssut fsss Gsl ssvs himp
ITS nsvAe . N thinw
"Is IL ths I'm tapw's sens rho vsaE'
the rcd disnen' pin end dsiski half hi,
fsthsrs vhisky1.'e --A
"Nivef Aini .s
'Tt surely esi nivs be Teddy Lsonsy.
thss's eontist % Mid sheep and shss'
'sms The Etas spalpssa, With earls end
pink cheeks Ne . Rit, and cough like {
siek collie dsgr
"Ies Just him, Miekp
Mick thrss baek bis hss1 sna laughed
But il vas sbitass, sosrnfnl iazgh "Lool
ct thin tvo hsnds q mine, - strong y
iron sad - tlack - coal; hands that hsi
shed two hundrsd. .hsrsas- sfsrs they ~.
twenty five yssss oldi And ny isthaI
With two hunAss snd 6sty pouads Of moasl
in the bsnk fsE me! Lseot now st me viii
hnndsr end saxty pounds " Aesh ON mJ
bonss. and tvo srms that can thrash an
three iads in Coloonsy. Am l like himt
"Ysss not, indsds!"
"Am - poor sshim whose father hs
bare snopgh laid BY % bury his familyT
| "Ytss not"
Thin viii 70 marry me in place q
hims"
"Nivsr!"
And Why nivsss"
"Bsksse loves him and he's 90 pretty
Mich, T" ssid Ksthiis, With snusing frank
ness, and blushins deeply.
Thin I'll bate him ill I put ont tn
small bit o. besuty and the little life that
in himw cried Nick, ksrcsiy.
"Yess not name enough to bate Il,
less than yerssr. Micki To we're niver
coward, sforei Don'tb one new! II y
want to Eight, search for one that's ye
equal for siss and beauty; small chance 70
6ndin' onel"
"Tll do that my jewell" cried Mick
greatly Modified BY this shrewd sompli
msnt He dssv hssvy Sigh, and as b
walled away b. said, pourufully, "Ge'
bliss ys, Ksthiis, whatsoever hsppsns to ye
poor, waks-chisted. lsw.voiesd thing q
lover
Teddy and Ksthlssn Asl lsns had sscrs
plans Tor sshgssting = Ansrics-that ter
Ssstrisl hssssn Of the Irish. And NOV
Kathleen. being ssissa Win fear of tA
powerful yssng blssk9nith, hAstsAsd h
vsdding and tie dspsrtuss. % suistl.
and suiskly vsse thsir y,sAs esr1isd on
thsb thsy hs& - ssil trsn Liverpool b
fore their nsishbors knew they we're mar
Yisl.
Many are the gsy dreams OF wealth IN,
pleasure thst dance IN the brains Of younI
smigrsnts. which ore rsdsly broken o
never ful6llsdi Teddy and Ksthlsss wer
comparatively rieh. for they LANDED viii
COED strsug elstAss and shes1 two blu,
wooden boxes, ana "twinsy pounds Q
money"
Perhaps the innocent boy expected I,
6nd applicants waiting n engage him {.
tend Ascks and to shear them 1t Csstl,
Gsrdssi Perhaps Kathleen In her igns
rance, thought Of stopping st once into {
bright little homo Of her evs, with look
ing glass and . rocking chair ready to rs
hsot and receive 1sri But there wss M
call for shepherds. and Teddy vss moi
strong enough Tor rough work ON isr,n OF
. railroad, nsr Jet for enduring the clos,
cir Of . factory. ~
They tried 6rst one pises sAa the another
one kind Of work sna 'thsa another, ill
their fortuna Of one Hundred dollars vsi
vas gone Then they wrote homo, undsl
charge of ssersey; sid5ii fond srsndfsthe,
ssnt Kathlis ten pounds, with which they
vent West. Next, Teddy fell III, and they
wrote again, and the other erandfsths,
sent boarded FIVE pouAds, and with that
they come East sgsini
In the meantime Aict grew moody and
gloomy, and his parents feared for hi,
reason. They urged him 70 20 TO con
fsssion--a ceremony hs had seldom gone
throu sh, o. his sins had never troubled
him much. But be went TO the priest ID
please his mother.
The well meaning old father asked sll
sorts OF questions 70 learn what the trouble
that was pressing on his heart.
Have ~ ivsr murdered anybody and
hid him In the bogf" he asked.
"Desd. i hsin't, thin" replied Mick.
Have 70 liver stole money. or II,
vslusf
Deed I hsint done that, atheri"
Have 70 coveted your nsighbors
soodsf'
"'Dssd, I've ma nsds o. doin' that for
I've got more mysilf nor most o. them
hast"
Have - He'd sgin yer snsmisss"
"'Desd 'hsin't! I've . better way o.
ssttiin' them. jist ups vid my right fss
and knocks 'sm down widout the trouble
o lyin' again 'smi"
The priest rshuksd this spirit, and asked
II there wss sruess In his heart against
any fsllov-crssturs.
"Plinty o. 'sm, yer rivsrsnes."
go This hour and AZ their pardon" was
the good sdvics Of the old man.
Faith. the ons sgin whom ! sn svilsst
is far svsy-bsyont my power. yer river.
sncs."
And - he ssid this, the thought dsztsd
into his mind that u be could Just ret over
the See and give Teddy ass thrsshing he
would feel better. "I1l take yer sdvice,
hooly fsythsr, ssd hunt him on the other
sids o the So"
Asd st sses the sosdp shout Niet's low
spirits vss turned isto nsv chsnnsl. II
vss nov ssid thst be vss conscience
strsst shout the curses - had prayed
down upon Teddy Lo0nsy, sud vss going