The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-21

ye an Tn colull pinen ye, SO TWILL Go0u
night T. ye, an bad scran & ye fur
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Jack Brown followed Mrs, Finn out upon
the sidewalk, He admired tho spirit Of self
sacrifice which animated her and he decided
to see what she would do with the money.
Mrs. Finn stopped in front of.a toy store.
She looked in the window and saw many me-
chanieal novelties the possession Of which
would have made her boys heart leap with
Joy. She knew, however, that the money
which she held tightly claspsd in her left
hand would not buy even one Of these fas
cinating articles She went into the store
Mr., Brown came up and went in, too. He
heard Mrs. Finn say; sHave ye any sledsf'
"Yes, madam, plenty of them.n
"Show me- a weeny wan fun fifty cints."
~ haven't real serviceable new sled for
fifty cents, ma'am, but here is a second hand
one with whole rounds which can warrant
to poke anything on the hilln
Mrs Finn hesitated moment She
wanted to buy so many things that lay
around in profusion, that the sled, evenif it
was of surprising swiftness, did not satisfy
her. There were so many colored candies in
the jars, such quantities of golden oranges,
such large and fragrant punches Of red ba-
nanas, that she hesitated q long while before
paying over the fifty cents for the sled. AT
last the bargain was consummated, and Mrs
Finn left the store dragging the sled behind
her over the cracking snow. Following her
at distance came Jack Brown Mrs Finn
passed the lme-kiln where Tim Grogan was
shoveling Goals upon the fire. She wished
that some of the Goals were in her cellar.
Brown followed her as closely as he could
without mourning the danger Of detection,
and saw her enter the door of the shanty.
Brown stood looking at the shanty minute,
admiring the beauty of the icicle mellowed
[ by the moonlight Then he turned and
walked rapidly back to the village.
Z Mrs Finn found her husband seated in q
rocking chair before the fire and groaning
with pain. He had fallen upon the road
when coming home and seemed to be injured
internally. Mr.. Finn was out of breath and
also out of patience. He was bruised, too.
Mrs, Finn produced the little black bottle
from the closet, which was kept there for
purely medicinal purposes As this was q
medicinal occasion, a little whisky from the
bottle was poured into the teapot Then the
kettle, which was breathing out white vapor
into the room, was lifted from the stove, and
just enough water added to the whisky to
preserve its integrity and to take the chill
off. Lifting the cup from the table, Mrs.
Finn approached her husband, who was rock
ing back and forth in evident great pain.
Holding the cup under his nose SO that the
grateful aroma arose and penetrated to the
inmost fibers Of his being, Mrs Finn said:
taste this, that's a dear. Ye needn't make
yer mug at it, for it's the rale ould stuff.
Twas taken from Mike Reagan's own bottle
round tn corner. Sure there's more bades
on it than ye could count wild telescope
'sAye, but I'm hurted inside, Biddy,"
groaned Mr., Finn.
4 "Ah, ye may well be hurted afther yer fall.
But II yell stiffen up in yer chair bit an
let drap o. this medicine run down yer
t'roat, yen be cured before another grippe
gets ye."
1t may have been the coaxing manner OF
Mrs. Finn, and it may have been the smell of
the whisky that reused her husband. AT any
rate the medicine disappeared. 1t had an
immediate and magical effect. 1t brought u
flush to Mr.. Finn's cheek, it loosened his
tongue, 1t cured his internal injury and COM
forted his wounded spirit. There was no inn
mediate necessity on the part Of Mrs Finn
for taking the medicine, but there was
malaria in the air Of Cooney Island, and so
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preventive. The two elder Firms then re-
tired for the night.
On his return to the village Jack Brown
went 10 the pawnbroker's and redeemed the
shawl. He visited candy store and pur-
chased five big oranges, seven bananas, two
quarts of peanuts, one pound OF canrly, some
tobacco for Mrs. Finns husband, and d new
brierwood pipe with brass cover. He also
went to millinery store and bought gor-
geous new bonnet for Mrs. Finn with flower
I garden upon it. These articles were placed
in big bundle and carried by Brown to th'
Finn slanty The bundle was placed undel
the big icicle on the back stoop. Brown re
tired to a little distance and began throwing
snowballs at the ice spear. 1t stood th,
SHOCK Oh 6bFtrdl DdLlst Duv ~ lhsV oho ohn
2 was packed harder than the rest struck tn
icicle, and the stalactite fell upon the stoop
= breaking into thousand different pieces
I "Fwhat's that, Biddyp asked Mike Finn
! as he started up from his bed in alarm.
'It's only the icicle fallin', agra. Shur
q TIL winds blowin like a harrycane"
! Mr.. Finn crawled out Of bed, clothed as b
9 was in very light attire, and, opening th
. door on a crack, looked out upon the stooI
9 He uttered an exclamation Of surprise, the
J, dragged the bundle into the house. Hesprea
y the narvels out upon the kitchen floor Hi
q wife looked over the footboard Of the bed i
% astonishment. Said she, II wondher VIII
Z sent all thin illigant thingsg
70 "If ye are the sinsible woman l take ye
= be,n said Mr.. Finn, as he ished out the ne
= pipe and tobacco, s'ye won't bother yer hea
le about where the bundle canc from. Shul
. God is good to TIL poor.n
In the morning when the light began to !
g lumine Cooney Island, Mickey got out Of be
Is and crept with palpitating heart to the doc
"a At the sight Of the sled and the knick knacl
= he grinned, and his mouth opened from ear
= ear. He tried vainly to cram all the orang'
a and peanuts into his pockets at one time, bl