Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15

The master looked up with true English
disgust.
Because the mans impudently good
looking and picturesque you rave about
him. Lszy fellows, all his sort. VINO
ever saw him run or get out of his ~
sht fiji p"
4 nave said Miss Maud. HE work
ed like horse when / brought him into
the garden"
| ventured to him, soto voce, that any
thing would brighten up under the in
fuence, and so on.
That's foolish and it isn't true. The
! n an from CoIooney, said the young lady.
sis good worker if you only manage
him rig t"
One morning hullabaloo arose in the
vicinity of the stables. The master.
Miss Maud and myself were close by in
specting the young lady's ponies, and we
hurried up. A stable boy had lost five
snilIirgs from his coat as it hung in the
stables, and was loudly lanenting the
fact The men standing around looked
suspicious. Ire man from CoIooney slept
next to the stable. The foreman, distrust-
ful Of anything Hibernian, gave voice to
the public sentiment:
"Jim thinks the Irishman has taken it,
sir"
The man from Colooney was close by
and heard it. \ 1usn Of crimson shot
straight TO his brocze cheek, and he TOOK
halfstep forward. Miss "aud's clear
voice stopped him.
What 8kam7! How dare you say ucb
a thing! He would no more take It TRAN [
should -
Tho ,ooo Frono r,ioo.n-, LocII - md
high. Somehow We forgot his rags 40 ~e
looked at him.
God ble-s you, miss, : said the man
from Colooney Thank yen. -
Nevertheless the EngIishman locked
went solitary for few days.
TIE last day Of harvest came. We ali
went forth to see the last loads brought
home. Miss Mud drove the ponies ad7ld,
two VICIOUS little brutes, that ought 10
have had a Hercules to hold them She
drove on before u with d Confident air.
The master, anxious, shook his head. He
| did not like the ponies, but he was as Tax
in his daughter hands.
The nan from Coooney was in his Gle
ment that day. Ho talked and laughed
with the womCn, MS i'm pudent good humor
bubblirg up ike fine champagne. He
worked, too, with the best of them, max
ing light of toll at which he usually would
have looked aside.
'I'Il be going on my way to night, y
said lie, as | stopped by him once that
afternoon. cts pinin for new advent
urea | am, so yen see me nc more. May
be III go long way off "
| Toward dusk the last road was filed and
dispatched hOmeWard amid cheers. Miss
| Maud and her ponies headed the wagons
round the road; the rest Of us sought a
short cut through the woods, SO as to
reach home In time to welcome the little
procession Oh It's arrival Going through
| taG wood, the man from Colony burst in
to song-tender and Irish. The women
hushed their chatter and listened the
bundles Of cleaning on their heads sway
ing tremendously with the tune.
A startling sounl came upon Us as we
sr the ane the sound Of horses feet
flashing IA oag the L srd ground IN uncon-
tro liable flight. The l4ne ran down hill
| there, terminating at the foot by an Old
lime quarry hu 4dred feet deep. We
gaz d up the hill 10 the turn, the Nose
coming ca er and nearer. The mau from
| ColoCney had ceased his song and stood
watching
Maud ponies" said the master, and
| clinched MS teeth hard.
| They came round the corner like a
whrlwind, gailoping together like the de
mons they were, tnelr mistress holding to
the phaeton, luS he pless. thought of
the lime quarry, thirty yards away, and
turned SICK. lie women screamed and
| tainted; the men stared at the coming
whirlwlnd and groaned. What cou d
stop them In SO short distance?
Stand cEea,!" The man from Coloo-
ney's voice rang out sharp and strong.
He had gone step Or two to meet the
ponies as lie spoke, and stood there fair
and lare turning up his ragged shirt
sleeves.
Crasu! The man from Color went
| went down before the awful rush, out his
hands grasped the brides. Upand down
| again, the blood flowing from his face,
but still hanging on the mad beasts until
they paused, trembling and wild On the
very edge of the quarry.
my poor fellow !" the master bent ovar
| the man from Coooney as he lay on the
bank, painting and ghastlv, crushed to
death. He turned MS face half round and
smiled feebly
IT'S young miss he wants, said a
woman.
Miss Maud was at his side instantly, She
| laid her had on his damp forehead ana
then, with womanly impulse. bent for
ward and kissed him. | think that kiss
was his passport for the long journey he
! Lad spoken Of, for when the cir
raised her face the man from Colooney va