Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-14


love-"
1t is impossible to express the dis
dain with which Joanna used the
little noun, which has wrought such
great havoc and turned to such great
ISSUES in this world Of ours. She
hammered out the word every time
she spoke it as IL she was SCATTERING
the thing itself to atoms. She had
drawn herself up till she looked like |
u fierce, handsome young Amazon,
her cheeks flushed, her eyes spark
ling, her fingers pointing her con-
tempt.
Rosa looked as IL she could scarce
~ endure these unnatural opinions
in Joanna. Perhaps the girl saw she
was shocked. At all events her atti-
tude suddenly relaxed, her face and
voice suddenly softened.
Deed" she sail, and you could |
HARDLY recognize her for the same |
girl. "'tis not that I'd be saying love
wasn't good for married people.
Who'd know what 1t Is between hus.
band and wife better than me, James
O'Connelfs own sister? But tits
married love, love that comes with
the priests blessing, and none Of
that sort of miaulin an stravagin.
Look here ladies'" she said with an
other sudden change Of tone, ''ye
were talking about the evicted ten.
ants.
well, II ye'd like to know one
that has been through with it, Ill
take We any Sunday to see my own
brother that old Poltimore evicted.
He's under Major Hannay now, glory
be to Ged but tits long he and the
wife and the little ones were In
cabin with the wet coming through
the thatch, and only the black shad-
Ow Of Barlass Hill for shelter against
the north wind"
Wen 60 gladly" said Rosa for
both Of us, 'and next Sunday after
mass, II that will suit you, Miss
O'Connell."
Joanna joined us at the hotel ON
Sunday about / o'clock. We had
rickety hotel-car, and u ragged driver
in high spirits, who kept necessarily
urging the little lean mare. We flew
down.hill and uphill at breakneck
pace, but the urchin who was driving
never relaxed his long whistle, which
seemed perfectly maddening to the
horse. However, as he left our en-.
treaties unheeded, we soon got used
to our fight through the air. As We
passed we scattered stones and fints
; freely from the road, set the hens
screaming wildly, and made an oc.
casional old woman ut cottage door
lift up her hands In amazement.
Agleesli, when we reached II, was q
poor little place enough, but an oasis
Of cultivation after Derry Moor.
There We had seen the wide, Doggy
country, traversed by streams Of
water stained red with the iron wash.
ings, patches OF partially reclaimed
land were fast returning to bog-land;
; and We saw tho remains Of roofiess
, cabins standing up here and there
black and smokc.dricd. Joanna was
, an entertaining companion.
She knew every man, woman and
: child along the road, and could tack
. q history to each. She pointed us
, out this and that evictcd farm, and
far away under Barlass Mountain,
made us see, through our spy.glass,
us she called II, the huts Of evicted
: tenants, hive-shaped, like the hut Of
! New Zealand aborigine.
. But, JOANNA" one OF us said
she had prayed early In the day that
we should call her Joanna-''how Is
, 1t that II your brother couldn't pay
rent to Col. Poltimorc he Is able to
. pay for the land OF this Major Han
nay, wro you say Is OF the old stock,
I and kind landlord?"
, For once Joanna's loquacity seemed
0 frozen. She answered sententiously
: and with vague flush. It was an
!. answer that told nothing, and We felt
: that somehow we had presumed.
There was an awkward silence for
quite five minutes.
: Agleesh was M ordered little place,
0 with tiny patches OF fields, cropped;
Y and In q way to prosper. The house
: was long and low, house OF three
: or four rooms, perhaps. The dung.
4 hill was out OF sight ut the back, and
0 the place, though bare, as II they
r were newcomers, had tidy look.
Q As the cur drew up ut the house
door, u pale, pretty young woman
Q ran out. She had baby In her
: arms, and boy or two hid his shy
eyes in her skirt.
Following came her husband, a tall
: young man, happy.looking, but with
J, u certain pallor and thinness as from
G late privation. We were welcomed
Q with genuine courtesy and hospital
ity; but Joanna seemed to disappear
i in her sister.in-law' embraces, and
y the kisses Of "young Jennie" This
q scion OF the house seemed to DO o
q source OF mingled pride and embar-
l rassment to Joanna.
). Quit hiding your face, you rogue"
l. she said, trying to disentangle the
fat arms about her neck. "What'll
the ladies think OF you ut all ut all,
II for an unmannerly rogue?"
S 1t was new light on Joanna. We
t felt little out Of it amid the enthu-
;. siastic affection Of which she was the
u centre. We fingered, therefore, In
1.-THE room" to which Mrs. O'Connell
t presently conducted us to lay aside
Q our wraps. A charming room 1t was,
d with the tiny window framing purple
II Barlass, the gay patchwork quilt on
% the bed, the altar with it's statue and
@ lamp, and the perfect purity we had
J, scarcely looked for. We concluded
d that we should have to remake our