Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-15
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wheat had fallen before the irrepresslble
advance Of the reaping machine, and con-
aequently 0f time when fresh hands were
hardly wanted. His approach vas iels-
urely and philosophical, his manner as
easy az the flow of his conversation, his
attire light and picturesque. Dlogenes
going through modern England could not
nave maintained one tithe OF the quiet
semi-cynical aof-possessl0n typlhed III TIE
bronzsd face aud numerous eyes that G .1ae
down the lane and shone over the garden
eodgc like new sunburst.
THE top Of the mofnin' to ye scr, and
many AZ them
Ciyility, as the pToverb says, is a cheap
commodity. | returned the salD;ation, the
original purVeyor thereof meanwhile
adopting an easy and graceful attitude
azsiust the IriVet hedge that separated
u
:" Tis fJina wither for the harvest glory
Ie t cod, and it 3 me own hands that IL
oaeasr to be handIin fork or rake wlta the
e5lteaga by at there. May be tie master
las Job Or worruk .hat he can give to a
man /. k meself
He santed his head over in the direction
of d frld WHERE aif dozen rosg English
Iasse8 were engaged IN heaplng the rak-
l1gs Of timex crop Of wheat. ! ne employ
ment was easy and congenial; | thought
it would fit we'll the disposition of the
traveller The master came toward us at
That momeat.
''Here Is q mar who wants work.
"A, God be good to yer honor, so do
indada. It's mesilf that has an iIIIgant
hand at harvest worTuk. And yer honor II
give me 4 JOB Of worrukf'
lis Honor wanted no more hands, and
said 50 abruptly, with Ct rtaln pointed re
marks concerning the us 'Ural c. or Peep =
who III at the end Of harvest.
so! papal and it is not an hour since
u I'D y,u Gou do with another man o
t.ke job, place. Give tae poor man come
thn4, 10 %.
The poor man ooked yer h b. dge,
quick TO sc Il the opp rfunlty. Miss Maud
fresh and dainty as one o. her own roses
bfushed and started under the rank a ,oi "a
ton of those wicked Hib9rn an eles.
God be good 10 you miss, out It's only
raison that swate young thing loike yer
self should spake poft to ii poor man as Is
wanting worruk so badly. All! new, your
honor II give me the worn k that the
young Il dy was spakin Of.
Ills honor gave III, beaten by the touch
Of MS daughters little hand and The
audacity Of the bronzed features before
aim.
is only waste of money he said,
when the traveller after a liberal meal
had war dered away to the harvest field In
search of the m st desired wor1uk. Hell
do nothing These wandering lrlshmen
never do. E"
Certainly this one did not kill himself
with over-exertion. He performed his
task deliberately, if we'll There was Il
tendency about him to sit down every few
minutes If he had an audience close at
hand he betrayed a further tendency to
discourse on various topics.
Sure, now" he said, as stood by
him among the corn, what time the s>,n
was doing its level best to burn Is all IN
to rags, : It's moignty imprc9ldent this
spending Of your siren tn in the hot sun
loight. It's aslape he should be at this
mint WorTuk in the cool and Shape In
the hot-that S how we do In Colooney. -"
And where is Colooney?"
Sure, your honor knows that C0looney
is in Sligo. | am trcm Colooney me-
silf
You seem to have wandered along way
from home.
''Ah, thin, but what good wou | do
and me not havin' seeL the wurruld Z
It's the travelled men that makes for
tins.
And you are making your fortun9?"
'Ah. sure, bu. I'm on the way to that
same. 1e should see me at my own
trade Me hands bit out at the harvest
IN Did your honor liver hear tell CT Judy
McCann?"
He dr., pped easily to convenient seat
amid the sheaves and prepared 10 us
eoorse" at his Ieizure | moved away, not
wishing to give him an excuse for idle
ness Looking around ten minutes at er.
wards found that he had not risen. He
was probably meditating over the stoFy OF
Judy MeC mn
The man from Colooney stayed on. His
sleeping chamber was IN the nay loft; he
washed al the pump, dispensing IN some
mysterious manner with the AID OF soap
and towel. He lounged easily about
the stack yards o night, but always re-
tired into the paddock to smoke his pipe
"a wise Irocct ding, which ingTatiateo
him with the master, WHO had DO mind tc
see his stacks burnt down. The women
liked him, as they always do like anything
handsome and impudent He fetchec
and c rried water for them. One day founs
him laboring under a heavy wheelbarroV
load of manure, which he was taking iron
the fold to the flower garden. He was &c
tually sweating heavily and was working
hard without doubt.
What los this meat p inquired. =
thought you considered this sort of thin
improvioent 7"
The man from Colooney regarded Al
with humorous smile. His eyes twinkle
and one Of them closed itself for an /.
slant.
An thin, captain, dear, sure and wha
can poor boy loike mesilf when th
sweetest voice in all the wurruld axes hir
to do a little gardenil? And it's yourse
that knows what swate voice that i
captain.
| followed him into the garden an
found that under Miss Maud's instruction
he had cleared corner previously give
over to waste and weeds and was rapid
bringing ii In to something like respects
bility. He worked hard that day an
earned right to rest and be thankful s
night.
.'Ye see, captain" he remarked con
Gdentially to me, as ! met him wasnln
away the marks of toll at the pump, y
see, I'm that soft-hearted wild the ladies
Divil bit of me that doesn't do me be,
to oblige thin when they come to me wit
their murtherin' illigant talk and SCI
Michael. will We dc thls2 and Michae
will you do tha;?' All, it mesilf that al
ways was favorite wild the ladies"
The man from Colooney was perhaps NJ