The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-09-29

turning 1anguidIy TO the Trishman with
that apathetic manner beneath which
anything may Turk.
Sure an do jist happen ACCIDENTALLY
to know that that young man is liurI''
The object of his accusation quietly lit
cigarette.
How ees-a you knowce? Socola selve
ees-a tell everybody neva ees-a Iowa tall.
Wath-a you knowce?''
And now another spoke-a cousin of
Tramonetti.
yune tier she ees-a try for 'eem ALA
same"
/. Grunts of assent in several directions
testified that the story was familiar.
''An he's another liur, an I'd tell ut to
is gums, the toothless ould macaroni
sucker! Sure an I've had me two GERS
pricked for this same lie this twelve
month, an bedad I've laid low an KEEP
shtill for ut! An did e say she thried to
catch i'm, the contimptible little river
shrimp-he that had is two eyes set out
like yung telescopes afther 'er?''
go God sague, don'-a mague-a no
troub'! Brief Socola ees-a just talk fo'
p1ayr' suggested another.
''Thin Pm playin when tell We that
he thried wud all the Eloquent perrsua-
sion av his money bags to buy 'erl-of-
fered the ou1d man thousand dollars
down for 'er, an pitched 'imself in at
the end O. the thrade, like punkin col
ored chrome for 1agniappe, but the girl
sure do raise me hat Thin do spake
FER name"-every hat followed as he
lifted his own-''but the girl wudn't
look ut 'um! An the night he married
FER pug nosed cousin sure he KEN in the
kerridge wud all is crowd for 'erself, an
she shkipped out the window an hid.
So whin he cudn't get CORN e took
shucks, as mony O. yell do afther i'm!
Now putt that in yer pipe an shmoke ut!T
He turned now again to Tramoneth.
"An this yung gas chandelier heer,
who sez e seen 'er wink at i'm, is dirty
black
'Ah-h-h-hI Ged outI M just-a mague
a lila fun" drawled the boy.
can We take ut back, wul ye?"
The men were all laughing now at the
new version of the Socola marriage.
$50 the OF man got fooled, eh?'' said
one.
''But say, dye take ut back?'' per-
sisted Pat.
'Ain't I sayce was-a plan? Fo' God
sague, how much-a mo- you wan'?' And
he rose to go.
The storm was past, and by twos and
threes the men dispersed, laughing and
talking as they went.
AS Pat moved away an old man, who
had sat apart in the shadow, stood up,
and the light from the gas at the corner
fell upon visage sinister, one eyed and
lowering.
Pat instantly recognized it as the face
of man who had been present at the
Di Carlos on the night of the Socola we'd
ding. Indeed it was he who had been
sent to Pat as interpreter on this occa-
sion of the Malta anathema. Pat thought
of this, but he did not care.
AS he turned his back another man
arose out of the shadow at the other end
of the shed. He, too, had been guest at
the wedding.
The two Sicilians, who were now left
alone, regarded each other in silence for
a moment, when the last to rise made
the sign of the Malta. The answering
motion was given, and the two, still
silent, sat down together again in the
SQdQOWs
They were bound by oath to report
this disclosure to Socola, ard they knew
what the inevitable result would be.
The Irishman's words would prove his
death sentence.
Under the VOW of perfect obedience
either or both of them might become the
executors of an old mans personal venge-
ance.
It was an ugly business, and neither of
the men welcomed it. Both knew Pats
cordial relations with many of their
countrymen, among whom indeed he
had not a single enemy. Even the old
man Socola liked him. But they under
stood too we'll the imperious pride of the
vindictive old Sicilian to hope that a per-
sonal friendship or even a tie of blood
would protect any man who dared be-
fray his dignity. Certainly the casual
feeling of negative good if1s sol :ilae
felt toward Pat wouId. zs"at be matzsoF
beneath theh breathe an Alien tlaC ks.-
he should learn that ts.iis nl,.ct;o =
given his secret to the coEHsI6H lsssSlSois
his countrymen. The indomi tab le fE
which had led him to marry IN ztelsF, IN
attractive woman the first time he met
her rather than brook the odium Of a dis
closure Of his rejection would pot spare
him who, although forewarned, had
dared divulge it.
It was some moments before either oil
the men spoke, and then one said In ItaA
ian:
tcoNTNUED-l