Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-19
!" FROM MY BRIEF. I"
AS TOLD BY MAURICE RANKIN BARRIsTER.

am 10 be turned out OF the house the
first time / am known 70 have spoken TO
You. We all had q bad time Yesterday,
going over the whole matter. or course,
father was awfnll But his words only
promised beating with a stick and my
being tnrned out 10 make my own Nv
ing. did not mind that so much; out,
Paul! my darling, the priest-the
priestr just think, Paul, of having
ones soul cursed by God for dlSo0e-
dience il marry your!
Paul looked az her curionsly, restrain
/ ing, because Norah was suffering,
strong inclination whether it was wise
10 risk his LIES happiness in marriage
/ with this lovely fanatic, this tornado
of love and superstition. But he look
| her 10 his arms, thinking with the con-
/ fdence OF youth that his great love ana
/ force could, with her, defy the power OF
priest and Church and bring reason 10
mind that was as savage as Zulu 5 Ia
/ It's beliefs in the unseen. Ana yet, he
thought, what would masculine vanity
suffer ii women had not some or TINS
/ IrishwOman's power for idealizing ana
I forgiveness? Did any man want TO ap-
/ pear TO his wife rs he really was, with
/ All his faults? And this capacity Tor
/ mpaSsiOn, feeling, sympathy, thaI
could make NOrah give the clothes OH
/ her back 10 the poor, mad 10 not tahRhs
/ him more religion than ever he knew
before? II he could only keep her clear
Of the Driest-ah! God! how happy they
conld be!
Bnt as he drew her near to him her
/ thoughts changed, aud she only knew
I that she was In her lovers arms.
"Oh, bless the old apple tree for
growing so close 20 my window! u WeisA
I 10 bed at 0 O'Clock tonight; and how
! hSrd / slept when mother came into my
room after locking up. How father
would send me out Of that house flying
I m he saw me here with you after y
o'clock at night" Size was standing in
| the moonlight, her face filled with ma
/ tive gladnesS ip daring and adventure
I for loves sake; her hat in her hand, and
| her short, black hair blowing in the
I breeze. wild, untldy, Irish, delicious. As
they happily walked on together the in
/ ward curves of waist gave no support 10
\ the arm that was strong and did not re-
Qure support
II wish" she said, "yon'd put that
/ pipe. or whatever it is you have in that
| side pocket, over to your other side. 1t
hurts"
"Oh,P he said, removing the obtrusive
article from his pocket, that's my old
revolver 1 brought il out because the
/ blacksmith's dog up the road here tried
10 ear me the other night l am going
70 give him dose Of lead. "
put IL away. 1 don't like reviewers.
/ Hark, There is somebody coming, Come
+ this way; quick" She pushed him in
/ under tho shadow Of a great oak aud
/ behind its huge trunk, where they stood
and peered up the road. In the bright
/ moonlight they saw man some dis
tance Off coming toward them.
Heavens" she cried, "it's Terence
/ Naher. know his walk. Oh. my darl-
/ Ing we ore lost. lie will tell all, to force
me 20 the marriage; and here we are,
/ hemmed in. Oh, what shall we do?'
/ AN in a moment Paul glanced az the
unscalable wall OF the MashQCoteh eS-
/ tate thar rose beside them, then upward
I 90 see N there were any low bOughS on
I the tree, then at the em5ani;ment,
across the road, which was crowned
with q tbicE-set hedge. For Nora 20
run back down the road in the moon
blight would be madness. PauPS face
paled and Straisbtened, and that look
/ came into his face that no man would
/ like TO see twice. Not only the happi-
ness. bur more-the honor OF the wo-
man he loved was in peril. The thought
made tiger Of him.
stay here" he said, "behind this
I tree. On no account show yourself. l
will stop him. II we scuille, watch your
lchance TO hy down the road. Recol
/ lect! if get him down you are safe 10
Irun; for he will not get up" Paul
I tOue was sinister.
'But stay" she said, clinging to him.
/ There is DO other road for him nearer
than Yonge street"
Very well. The world is ball. He
Ican 20 round the other side"
mo, ne! Don't go. He is a giant.
He will Kill you"
Paul tore away the hands that were
I holding desperately to his coat front.
/ His deep voice Kissed through his
clinched teeth as he said hurred!y:
''He will never get past the place where
I ] viii meet him. Courage. Goodbye"
lie sprang away and ran along the
road 50 as 20 meet his rival as far away
as possible from Norah. The girl re-
maineG crOuching behind the tree
fixed, rikid, listening. She heard the
men meot. Then an alteration between
them. The voice of Paul rang ont
something about "Sueaking around her
house at this time OF night" Evidently
/ he was making his own jealousy his ex-
| cuse for stopping Terence. She heard:
/ Damn you, clear OFT, or TN kill you"
. Then blow was struck. Heavens, how
+ 10 sounded on the still night air. She
could not see them because OF tree
bougbs that intercepted her view, but
/ she knew that the men had clinched be-
cause OF the scutlling and cultural
sounds that came through clinched
teeth. Then came Silence-a dread sill
eucc. one OF those men was being
choked
/ Which OF the two?
As she glded though the shadows to-
ward tho place where the awful quiet
seemed worse than any sound, she had
I bit Ettle resemblance to her usual self.
I The girl with the soft eyes and rounded
curves was now Judith, Jael, with
limbs strained, yet supple, like tigreSS,
Aud IN her long hand was a woman'S
weapon "a long pair Of house scissors
gripDed so that she could stab with one
of the blades II Paul were being killed
/ that beast on top OF him would never
know what IL was that came through
his back and pierced mis- heart. She
was trying 20 keep out OF sight and
come upon them Ssealthily and rapidly,
when a pistol shot rang terror into her
heart. Terror; but not for herself,
Priests alone could do that. Terror for