The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-10-13

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and published by Special arrangement with
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CHAPTER Continued.
rTo' Che Tove o. shad, ma'am. don't
don't fret. Niver mind now. tel ye
If ye cry anither dthrop. I'll howl out a
high tenor mesilf to match ye. Sure
it'll be all right now. I'll promise ye. I'll
shtep out by an by till | do find the
crowd. an I'll make bit av spache
that'n silence thin, an they'll niver lay
hand on me. I'll promise ye that.
Come out now"
'Tell m ees-a no true Meester Pad.
Say you was just-a mague fun. An any
how b'liefees-a bedder you go way"
She sobbed again.
"Well, ] declare, ma'am, I'm that
ashamed av ye! Ye're frettin yersilf
about northin, an Socola an me like two
peas-a green wan an dthry wan in
wan pod. Come on out now. Sure the
crowd around the shteps are all half
ashlape, an they'll have no fun till We do
come an wake thin up wud a good
laugh. Come now. The royal consorrt
an all yer majesty's loyal subjects'll not
dare open parliament till the queen does
arrive"
With a comical bobbing courtesy he
made way for her to pass out. Shifting
and wiping her eyes, she escaped to her
own room for a moment. but it was.not
long before she joined the circle on tie
bapquette.
1t was a sultry summer afternoon, and
the scene about the doors was drowsy
enough indeed. The little father Di
Carlo nodded on his barrel. The baby,
a mosquito netting stretched over her
face, lay sleeping in her willow cradleat
his side. Several men lounged on the
benches talking lazily in Italian and
fighting the flies with their red cotton
kerchiefSS
Within the shop the boy Pasquale stood
languidly opening oysters for black
girl, who. leaning with half her tall
length spread over the counter, indo-
lently chewed a3Dud 'effgaHh as she wait
ed with bovine patience while her bucket
was slowly filing.
Half way down the block chattering
group of neighborhood children, among
whom was a generous sprinkling of Di
Carlos. were playing in the doubtful
shade of a tallow tree. Some sat with
their laps piled high with china blossoms.
which they strung on threads into fra
grant purple necklaces. A pair of girls
played ''jackstones" on the fronts of
their dress. skirts Tapped one over the
other on the ground. while others. arm
in arm, promenaded up and down, shad-
ing themselves. after the fashion of Paul
and Virginia, with tall green banana
leaves purloined from over a neighbor-
ing fence.
Somewhat apart from the other chill
dren and nearer the shop two taller
girls sat crocheting cotton lace. while
their toddling charges slept at their sides.
Pat. whose seat commanded view of
them, was not long in discovering that
the smaller of these two was Carlotta,
and while he passed idly from one sub
iect to another. challenging conversation
at r;ti.s: 0m with nl% a., .,,;y company,
be delighted to watch her as the oblique
rays of the sun revealed her each mo-
ment more clearly to him.
Five times thin two childer have
dropped their nadles to measure their
lace or fringe or whatever ye call it. he
said presently, laughing. Sure I'm
going to watch thin now. an the seventh
time they do measure ut I'll up an be
of. I've call to make spache to some
o. me constituents, an must hunt thin
up. do fale as lazy as the fly on the
banana here at me elbow. See him walk
like bug from wan black end to take
a sup at the ither-too lazy to raise his
wings an fly There they go again. the
childer. God bless thin, measurin agaial
Six times in 30 minutes. Sure they've
hardly time to put a tuck in ut betune
the two measures"
The signora laughed heartily: "Lis'n
ada Meester Padl Pood tug in a lace:
swea' you would-a mague Il dead dog
laugh"
Her laughter did Pat good Sure a
tuck or him are all wan to tailor in
leather" he replied. unconsciously COM
ing into the domain of Carlyle's thought.
But tell me, ma'am." he continued,
show do ye ladies him fringes anyway?
cudn't for the life av me him fringe
nor scallop it nayther."
She screamed with laughter now.
my Godg Hem a fringeI Nobody cana
hem fringe"
y
I'm not jolkin. Faith niver so much as
fringed q scaliop in me life. let alone a
him. Tell me. now. d'yez dthraw threads.
orr dthrop stitches, orr pucker it on the
bias? Och, there nowl Unjust gol The
two girls beyant are measurin their
scallops again. Well, so long. ma'aml
I'll be back in the autumn, PLACE God.
'whin the rayes begin to fall.
She was laughing so that she could not
speak when Pat rose to go.
Since ye do insist upon ut, +" he added
as he turned away. II blave I'll change
me summer plans an come back be sup
per time. Put an exthra sup av coffee
in the dthripper. PLACE. an dthrop the
name av Rooney promiscuously in the
pots"
ALA righdi Muz-a be shore. shore
come to supper. Prorlnus you some
theen good.
This was a thing Pat rarely did. and
she was delighted. Even had she not
known that he would coinein laden with
paper bags full of good things to add to
the supper table she would have been