Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-19

baccO-chewing Young persons WV
gather together 20 lounge az the street
corners on Sunday afternoons, ana VINO
are perhsDs endowed with the FACULTY
OF being able 20 admire each other' MS
father. Daniel Leary, was hard faced
lopr-lipped member OF some religious
sect forget which, but no matter.
How. as an IriShman, he happened 20 oe
this. / don't know; but his three pas
sions wore sanctity, the wrongs OF Ire
land and horse trading. These three
MINGLED wonderfully. Micky was not
fuIv develoued when last heard from,
bDt il il said that wherever there was
platform speech on ireland" ne AT
tended.
Hewassp energetic member or young
men's society that had a band, Ostenslbly
for the purpose OF producing muSlc-a
society which wasted fortunes in green
silk surreptitous whisky, and chewing
tobacc5. and also much time In secret
NIGHT meetings and public professions
dimIv connected with the cause or Ire
land. For Micky 90 cOnSpire, walk 10
the dark, 20 become secret, Omnipotent,
md. 70 necessary deadly power, seemed
more desirable climax for lie than any
other, and he was iu tho habit OF loiow-
Ing people 40 night I'm the hope OF being
abIe 10 secretly terroriZe them after
ward. He had been a promising Oud IN
his fathers sect until he went TO gain
ering where the preacher, after Boou
deal Of exercise, called upon those 40
were ready 20 "Staud up for rel ION 10
40 so. He saw his father, who had that
day cheated a man ont OF $50 ana SET
Of harness, stand up among the nrst ana
pass over 10 where "the saved. were
gathered apart by the preacher
More stormng OF the guilty heart Iol-
lowed. and then those VINO had &c nrst
kept their seats passed over TO the
faithful. where M.cky could see several
people about whom ho knew more than
they thought. lie now sat alone. For
an hour the sreacher prayed az him
sang. st0rmed, fairly raved over the OBJ
stinacv OF sin. Then MicSy went over
and "stood up" also. There was much
rejoicing at his 'change of heart and
the permanent change In Mlcky was
that he never drew an honest breath
again. After that, fear, Selt-intereSL
and intimidation alone produced truth
from and retained fidelity in mankind.
His half sister, N0rah Carney, was
very different. She had been born in
ireland and brought over as an infant
10 this country, where her mother after
John Caruey's death, married Daniel
Learv. She had remained a Roman
Catholic aud NOrah was brought up IN
that faith. There was strange reilg-
ious mixture in that house, the nus
band, sometimes, with his friends 10 the
front rooms. praying for the conversion
OF an DeOple 10 their particular Sect
while the priest coming ia at the OacN
door made everything all right for the
wife and Norah In the kitchen. botu
husband and wife felt that the other OF
them was going, finally, 10 warm place
beliefs which, after hot religions
discussion, moved toward appreciation
OF the general fitness Of things. Moran
came from the par, OF Ireland where,
long ago, the Sp1niaTdS settled. and,
while in every instinct irish, She had
that dark, soft, warm beauty, suggest
ing Madrid, or something Moorish,
Oriental.
Late one night she was walking along
near the Deer Park estate, and that al
WAYS charming old story was being told
again, perhaps for the tenth time that
month. by Paul BeamiSh. He was q
fine tall Young Canadian, under whose
massive shoulders and arms a pioT
would almost break when 10 veered on
strikinr d snag, and he had q long
strairht-lined face, that grew pale in
stead OF red under sudden excess OF eX-
cltement, aud kindly, kiudiiug gray
eve. that could be as dangerous IN eye
rs / ever saw.
II don't know about you, after all
Norah! I'm certain you have been e
firt"
"Ah. YES! Why not? Who had bet
ter right until yOn came along? And
now j seem 70 have more than / can do
10 make me love you enough. And you
know" she said, drawing herself closer,
II want you TO love me tiil-oh, just till
YOU won't know yourself.
"Weu, keep on about in this shape
and I wouldn't wonder II you'd have
luck. But what about thel confessions
YOU have 70 make"
"Oh. think / have been pretty bad.
As girls seem 10 60. Why were not
other girls made as bad rs ] was? They
are ali as good as pie. Oh course ] like
them. but feel as III can't be bothered
with them. or course / don't do SO now
but. tell me, wasn't 10 very bad 10 ike
10 have half e dozen men In love with
me?'
''What, al, at oace?'
eyes, an at once. 1 neser seemed 10
really live unless some one was maklns
love 10 me. liked the sound OF their
voices. though / would not give a great
big two dollars for any of them until
the night Won came along, aud as soon
as saw YOU / was afraid. IL was mean
of Won not 90 give me chance 10 tor
ment you for q while. just an intro
duction and a walk 10 the other side OF
the veranda. and there yOu-kiSsed me-
That was h0rrid OF yoC.'
"Rut nothing new 20 yOn, apparent
W. ne said, with a lovers mingled Jeal-
ousy aud delight.
1T was. How dsre you say so. No
man ever kissed me except one-uo,
two-well. 1 won't lie, three. But then
never kissed anybody but yOu-neycT
And the first TWO I only let try inst %
see how IL went; aud the third was Ter
eDce Maher, and be kissed me before
mother and father. The coward. He
dare not try it outside, where you did.
Ia tear him 20 pieces.
.,Yes: Fll owe him one for that" said
paul, gritting his powerful teeth, land,
mark YOU, when the. chance. comes he'll
GET it. by the way. What Is the prizes,
irving TO do for him now?'
sOh, both be and mother, and even
father. are determined that I shal!
marry him. His father is so rich, and
Father Bnrns thinks the money ought
20 be kept in the Church. lie Is afraid
Terence will marry a Protestant. Oh
oo,-se ,,,otber dareD't say q word. But