The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-12-13

oilh q the shore we're 30 armed men, LED
by sstoti, squAl husehbsckad lHl iel
iow Each oi the 31 men wofe the rft
uutiorm Of Easlaud Their guide Wai
dressed 10 bis oidtuAfy hshermsus cloth
es
Jist torn the corner elid 70 the r5lgLt,
be stepped to whisper TO be oliocr 10
command Tlin ye sill zee the mouth ui
tbe cave. Rna roisht 10, an tsi0ty feet
sbead ye will come 10 a door. Batter II
10. aud ye have the chicken aud the
eggs.
He then climbed up the steep face Of
the clln With the agility OF = monkey.
Tie soldiers crer, on. formed IN trout
Of the cave. rushed down the passage,
burst open the door at its end aud captuu
cd lG uususp, ctlpg isherue who we're iu
tue act Of drilling by the din light OF sev
/ ersl lgsh lamps that disclosed many
stands of arms lying atonud
short, desperate struggle aud the l6
meu, With hand cuiIs 90 their vrists, were
marched ont 10 the coast guard boats
Tia bad crept up unseen on the other
side Of tue headIaud The arms iouud IN
the cave were ri Cd in with the prltonets,
Major Singleton was angry, and when
Major Sing gletou was angry those about
him generally knew 1t.
MIcky Hopkins stood erouching like II
whipped cur IN the corner, " bile the mai
jor strobe up aud down the room relieving
his feelings.
So. Hopkins, sol exclaimed the major
you promised me to have o Roufke in the |
cave hen We surprised 1t, aud the bird |
had flown - the game rootter Of the barn
yard Now, look here, and the major
pointed his long bcny forefDger menselng
ly at the badly scared MIcky until you
fud out where O'Rourke Is hid not one
penny do you get nor ticket to Canada
for your family eitber
Oh, murther! cried the uckless Micky.
Oh. mpJor darlin, I'll do me Iiyin best,
but It's hard Job Yer settin me,
The Widow O'ROurke YVES sitting in
front cf her cabin, The declining sun
cast its gentle rays upon the old, weather
beaten, tlmewotn face, with its quaint
crown of snowy hair, the sunshine bar
Dinger Of the eternal radiance that ere
ong should shl e forever On the time
)ent figure when It should be rrjuvenated
beyond those clouds that now appear like
golden headlan15 where the sun went t
lowu. C
Tie Widow 0 Routke was nearing the A
reescore years and ten ana she might I
veil have said Few and evil have my days /
,een since the hungry waves had sucked n
Town her husband aud two brave sons ofi II
he treacherous coast near Loop head e.
lany dreor days egone. He, Jimmy, the k
bid OF her latter years, was all that was
1T to her now, and Jimmy, tall power II
I'll, fearless onng fellow of five and TWEEN |
7, With au eye like an eagle, frame like L
colossus aud face like an Al ollo, was
toH Of whom any mother might be ly
roud. N
The widow was gazing drestnily upon
Ie placid ocean, shining now like beaten nj
al Ia.
we'd ones were sleeping their last long th
eep, Her knitting had fallen Into her de
p; her hands hung idly by her side; her
yes bad that faraway look Of those whose ss
entail vision coDlures up the forms Of
ose long loved and lost
Good eyenIn, Widow O'Rourkel said 50
y, harsh voice betide ,r and raising wi
eyes che beheld the repulsive and cum
lg face and the crooked figure OF Micky Bl
opkius.
Vera Widow ORourke, but the tonnes set
e awful, astruhl lie continued, seating
mstlf on the stump Of a decsying mast bo
Ished up by the sea, To think of thin me
braVs byes being marched off to Jail to cal
hanged for trss0n at the next sssisesl int
,rd, Iord but the man that gave them tht
ay should have Loes bored through bis prt
8 an be hung be them till he was dead
True forge, Mlcky Hopkins, said the
dow. Shure the noight OF the arrests
jim bad suspIclons Of ye an said be
ought yOn were too anXcbus entoirely TO fIt
bin TO the cave thin, 90 be said this tue
rnln that be was more hIed than iver hrs
" that ye told toe sogers, for We took snu
e not to be in the cave yerself when wit
y kun. But | sez to him tnat ye was
,oys talkin about Oirlan1 bein free on red
tamed true man, al thin ye bad
,wn him slnce lie was gossoon sn that dor
knew bis father before him, God rest bed
soul an would do him an bis no harm. !
rue fer ye, widow, said Hopkins, me on
le's sgln me, know, and Moike Shee. \
J. the blauguard, told me TO me colt
that me father was an English coachr 1
D Of Lord Clares an wint back on M az
her after eiyln her child for her era. y
before she hsd husband for her bed l'al
spalTeeD, ,Sheehsnl A, the lsstb fair 'uf'
illtush bet him on the head wild 70
{ for bis smart ssyin, 40 he niyer knew =
= struck him sither. am
'eIl, well, hicky, said the.old woman, (
not 10 blame for yer name nor for The yon.
Of yer parents, bat always took We sles
'e partial to me an ue bye, sn ye wudi Z
do ns hurt. Sud ye? r.
.iios Q koUrke, said the spy, rising anil
self ts erect a. bis round shoulders Al
% allow, may | never recave the mer o,u,
4 Coz H. Ia zee wan cf the hairs Of 80
er Of yer beads injured. Ia give no y
tie bIcoi for Sc and yer ioipe bye uid ,,.,
that | vDd! Aud Nicky putagruy ,nr.
scfOfs hIs face and vhiupetei -,