Arizona republican., 1892-03-17

mine host told me the following romance of two of his practitioners:
 On the roadside, close to one of the entrances to Roche's hotel. there is small cottage which at that time was occupied by the Widow Began and her daughter Minnie. Minnie was the peas ant belle of the district She had SUI perb figure, wondrous wavy brown hair and as the song says. Irish skies were ip her eyes From beneath great curl ing dark lashes those blue-gray eyes of hers shot many glance of danger to the hearts of Glengarriffe's swains,
 Among the latter was Ned Lehane, the village carpenter and jaunting car owner He was manly fellow, but his courage was an unknown quantity when it came to making love to the fair Min nie-to whom he was passionately de- voted. Nor was our heroine unconscious of Neds affection. With true wom- anly instinct she divined his love for her and for some reason Minnie re- turned his affection in the same secret bashful manner
 : There came a suitor for Minnie's hand whose methods of lovemaking were most unromantic. He did not woo with noneyed words and phrases He knew that he was unacceptable to her. but he loved her with a grasping passionate love, and he determined that she should pe his wife He wooed her with gold in one hand and writ of eviction in the other He was the agent of the estate, and as Mrs. Regan owed two half gales lone years rent) and another would be due on the twenty-hfth of March. he said in cold, defiant manner that chilled poor Minnies heart.
 If you don't marry me, Minnie, I'll put ye out on Patrick's Day ''Shure, ye can't do that, Mir. Pratt, for the rint won't be due till the twenty fifth"
 Cant 1 thought have the writ in me pocket now. my colleen.
 And then he produced the document and continued;
 There it is, but if yell only say the word, Minnie. I'll burnit. Shure. y'r not sparkin with any man, an I'll give ye a fine dacent home Come now don't make me put ye out
 q cant marry ye, Mir. Pratt, so blaze don't come botherin me again l can't help it if ye put us out, and perhaps some of the neighbors' Il take care of us. y
 Very well. girl Very well "Tis 9 nice daughter you are to see your poor old mother thrown upon the charity of the neighbors
 How dare your cried Minnie. q can work for whatever little bite she ates."
 At this inncture the widow Joi them, and to her Pratt coldbloodedly explained his terms-Minnie or eviction.
 The poor woman's eyes filled with tears The terror of eviction bewiidered her, but the bargain was loathsome to her Irish mothers heart and she said
 Give us time, sir!-a couple O days an we'll see what we can do,
 Very well. ma'am! But reminder that if Minnie doesn't marry me on Pat rick's Day. out you go. l'll call again tomorrow"
 The two women went to their little home heartbroken. Minnie now loathed Tho man WHO CldliilcC iOi u NliC, put she read the tortured heart of her moth CT; she feared that eviction might mean death to her, and. crushing her own agony, she said:
 "Mother, 1 think tis Gods will I'll marry him.
 "Wlsha, God bless you, child Tis a auare way he has O makin love, but they say he's not so bad man as some of the agents. An shure you'll always have plnty an I'll die in the ould house."
 Poor Minnie was unprepared for this instant acceptance of her sacrifice. but she loved her mother devotedly and burying her grief she next day prom ised to become Mrs. Pratt
 The news flew through the village like a pestilence carrying with it death to the hopes of many an eligible young fel- low. But to Ned Lehane it acted like a sunstroke. The poor fellow was utterly rrostrated. and his mother declared to