The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-13

| y DonOghue had no need OF shutting Oul
so harmless a thing as the Killarney
night air, gaZed for a moment in rapl
transport upon the figure of the old man
sleeping there as peacefully as a babe
and with a whispered. heartfelt "Cead
mile fate, GA thousand times wei
comeHD would toss a sprig of hazel upon
his form or couch and pass into the
darkness beyond
Nine times was the cabin thus en-
circled; and nine times did each of the
lowly throng give welcome and toss sprig
of hazel upon the reCum bent figure. when
with fervent thanks TO Widow Neny for
the great opportunity of casting mortal
/ eyes upon the blessed arraght, they
| sought their humble mountain homes 10
| dream innocent dreams of the pishOgues
| and charms innumera BILE; few only Of
the boldest remaining with Widow Neny
in the near hedge TO await the develop
ments Of the morn.
Exhausted with watching they fell
/ asleep, but were suddenly awakened by
the excited Tim Kiusella, who, nudging
the hedge sleepers about him, CALCULATED
/ under his breath
BY the five grasses. there it is thin"
The ODonoghue was standing in the
| cabin doorway yawning, stretching him
J self and shaking the hazel leaves and
twigs from his fine white hair and gar
meuUs.
Bless the old cabin and all Killarney -
| heartily exclaimed the figure in the cabin
! doorway.
The same to you again, siventy times
/ sivenr' was the whispered rejoinder from
/ all the party III the hedge
II haven't had such sleep in forty
/ years ~ continued the O'DonOghue drink
ing in the morning air radiantly.
Poor craythur!" said Mrs. DAILY com
miseratingly to her companions in the
! hedge. I'm go bail that slapin' under
wather's sOrra rest!'
And what pleasant dreams" con-
| tinued the arraght ioyously. Il saw the
| faces of scores of the old Killarney folk
| pass by this very door, every one with a
! kindly look of welcome and a word of
| blessiDg!'
! Whist" whispered Larry Toler in
| alarm, 'or he'll be afther spyin us in tn
i hedge, an TN charm ii fly away wild it, 50
! "Ah, go an thin, Larry" retorted
| Mother Hennessv wisely, cant he see all
| Ger County Kerry widOut half an eye in
| his head Sure an he knows livery wan
! that tossed coll or said blessing tn night -
| And who will dare to assert that there
! are no fairies in dear old Ireland after
/ this2' cried the old man triumphantly, as
he gathered huge pile of the hazel buds
and twigs in his arms
STEAMERS that wud" "True for YOU,
| O'Donoghuew and bliss him for thin
| same words ~ were instant and almost
unguarded rejoinders from the sympa-
thetic souls in the hedge.
| Here the O'DOnoghue tossed his arm
| load to the Widow Neny's already grumb-
| ling pigs which thankfully began MUNICH
! ing them, while he pushed his hands deep
into his pockets.
And now for the Widow Neny!"
That parsonage gave a little suppressed
Shrek as her name was mentioned, but
was so vigorously repressed by her
| friends in the hedge that no Outcry fol
! lowed.
Now for the Widow Neny!'' repeated
| the old man heartily. Il almost ought TO
take her away with me for all her kind
| ness!n
| The hedge was visibly agitated
But no, she probably would not like to
| go so far on short notice; and the climate
| might not agree with her either
| "Howly mother o. Moses But YOU
wor nigh a goner that time Nlish-
tress Neny" gasped Tim Kinsella COM
| forJingly.
! if did not remember her handsomely"
/ Here the old man began counting some
/ coin and the agitation in the hedge in
| creased.
| This yellow one, " and a sovereign gilt
| tered in the morning sunlight, shall be
! for the Widow Neny herself. This half
| sovereign shall be for Widow Neny' pigs
! And these" as twenty white pieces
clinked unsteady from one of the old
! fairy's hands to another, shall be for the
! Widow Neny's friends-the good people
! of the night"
With this the O'Donoghue stepped into
the cabin, laid the coin upon the old deal
table and with parting look of pleasure
turned with a strong. firm stride around
the ledge of rock which hid the hut from
the highway.
No sooner had ne disappeared than the
half score of watchers in the hedge sprang
toward the cabin. Before entering its
door they stopped as if by common i'm
pulse. They turned, clambered upon the
ledge and burst forth in shrill chorus OF
| thanks and blessings The O'Donoghue
now well upon his way up the little bo-
reen. halted, smiled and waved his hand
in kindly recognition and farewell.
Back in the cabin the excited watchers
found the glittering pile of coin precisely
as an aged fairy had counted u AS the
widow Neny was more than deserving OF
all her good fortune, it was settled that
she should keep even more than the
O'Donoghue had PANIED. The remainder
as it could not be easily distributed to all
who had come to the hut the previous
night, these tender hearted folk quickly
uttlutu SuOulu Ut given, DIS IL was IdlfN
money to the most deserving and unfortu.
nate in all the pleasant homes of the valley
! roundabout.
And who was that one2 Why, to be
sure, Maureen avick, who lived in the hut
against the edge of the Upper Lake
whose mother and father were taken by
the fever years before; whose old grand
mother had been put under the sod that
day week; and who, mite that she was
had kept the thatch above the hut and
the wolf of an agent from out the door
until now, by selling crosses in Killarney
| village below. And who was il
besides the little Maureen who had
been warned but yesterday out of her
now voiceless home, which she had
brayely barricaded with rocks and turf
And who but she was determined that as
long as strength aud boiling water should
last, the agent and bailiffs should not set
foot beneath the thatch where her dear
ones had died, and where her own poor
life had opened upon the toll and sorrow
which knit the heart so desperately to its
humble own
Rejoicing, they called "Maureen ~
"MaUreen" and "Maureeu darlint and
dear" for she had been with them, silent
big-eyed, wondering and almost unheeded
all the long eventful night.
They scurrie1 about the cabin. hunted
in the hedge. scrambled upon the ledge OF
rocks and called Shrilly back toward the