The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28

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terrnInSsd 70 . 1 sSSs an sa% sily % n r. tS,sa man. '.'a I os-
And he sH %s..hs w !. out ts q Ii. sims sIns.. I'm IN . f SsTr1;
becase yer homer don't come down"
this. Which Of all the gentlemen IN the house
has got the largest foot ~
altogether surprised BIZ my question.
YES. the largest foot and then proceeded
TO- to-. s1 RRs mt to ,l him snS , %pi.fC ~ nso0i H. t SO6, Up
looking At which he .gazed with wonder at the
nails; and then, ne glanced At my feet, measur-
ing them with his eye, and after this he pro-
Yer homer couidn't wear = morsei Of leather
TTasre nissrgss . foot like that yet among the
but are there no strangers staying hetsf"
There three or four on EN- GOMEZ Ia to dipner;
but theyI be wanting their owl boots I'm think
s t@si S a. a,t ts'Fi hut yYTG S4S N ips. scu pgElp and hi r.:
again looked st the enormou extent which lay
s sSs~ssU the sh heel he and III, ip1 I. t9r +, q ~ The bs shSSO'iaf
Slyer zee such q foot as that in, the whole
looked down lnvoluntarily At his feet; or rather
And then : sudden hope died my heart. On
that foot there glittered q shoe-not indeed such
sloriously. At Bsllysisss while they were. 80
sorely needed at Castle Conor; but one which l
my present frame Of mind. with contentment..
Let me look at that one OF your own said
for o .n s. mean; ss tapp ,5au y were a mercy sc = suS,eeI
me. My own foot was Immediately in It, and I
AND now the othsr. said |. not smiling. for a
smile would have put him, on his guard. but
ence should not desert him at this perilous mo-
ment. And then | stretched out my hand.
said he. ri haven't the ghost Of another shoeto
my feet" But only looked more sternly than
before, and still held out my hand. Custom pre-
vailed. Larry stOODp1 down slowly. Look ing nj
me the while, and pulling OFT the other slipper
banded and q T. e to m me fo wii | t mHeh hesitation ,sst !, IN. AiH' .r ai
worn. and irredeemably down at h%eel;-that 1t
was in fact no counterpart at ell to that other
nevertheless ! put my foot into It, and felt that
a descent to the drawingroom was now possible.
poor man - said Larry, almost crying. The
mnsther's mad this minute because the
to that And a. he spoke a tremendous peal
rang out from some bell down stairs that had
Larry. said I"and I endeasoSre d"t to assume
= Look OF very grave impcrtance as spoke-"I
peal rang out, loud and repeated.
shall Be well rewsrdled. Look here; look at
these boots" and held up the shooting shoes
thirty shilllngs-thirty shillings!. and I will
give them to you for the loan Of this pair of
They'd be no use at all to me, yer homer; not
You could do with them, very well for to-
are ten shillings besides" and ] held out half a
sovereign; which the poor fellow took.
walked out Of the room. With one foot I was
sufficiently, pleased. AS regarded that, felt
other was not so satisfactory. Whenever I at
tempted to ny + from the ground the horrid
toe. As for dancing, that would be out OF the
heard %SSG ~ % ssins Down i%qr .lsii. sang W GSs Wifi sIIiyi s sss ss
ALL, Tare and 'onnds; there, he's at 1t aein, as
mad as 20 6lsze a, This an, last sbi s1cIamatiGn had ref e.
work o: the masters hand,
confess ] was not quite comfortable as I
walked down stairs. In the first place. | was
nearly half an hour late, and ! knew from the
yigor OF the peals that had sounded hat my
strong remarks. And then my left shoe went
flop. flop on every alternate step OF the stairs; by
toe could I induce it to remain permanently
fixed upon my foot. But over and above. and
upon my mind that l should become q subject
OF merriment to the girls as soon as l entered
has distress dqSm; In and T ppSbab H1s at III. m ,he sSa se ps
expecting 70 hear me chatter through the stone
hall with those odious metal boots;
However. I hurried down and entered the
drawing-room. determined to keep my position
near the door. 80 that might have as little as
BIes In going out. But lad other dimcaitYies in
store for me, had not as yet been INTRODUCED
W ElIs. ,ohOt " W IlisN ~ SOuOT, tht |
squire's unmarried sister.
co rTjpona m .sSa y Nor 6 ! cthS%s b. yoSn r =. e. n: aver
the house. Jack. / wish yoS would and
out what has come TO that fellow Larry"
angry. or il might be too inpatient to go through
the ceremony Of introducing me TO anybody.
sharply. but / stood at the back rIO Of an ar ms
i 30 th TIz no S1S SSYl To sss ny Se ffss; spt t last i Ii 4,
my heels. and MsdftShe then walked back again i"0T Il was as
clear that she was in the secret.
There Were eight or ten people In the room,
,"Msmms," said Miss o'Conor. let me intro
1t luckily happened that Mrs. o'Conor was
on the same side Of the frs as myself. and
middle OF the circle. Mrs. O'Conor was a
t,sats M u the s;o sRPfs5 st. Il ono mot might q. %9 jaas ,IfP PSn
hrst appearance; yeTy good natnred; ... -.
po aHha @ 70 . A Ssas I'll III S5ssste;I s srtml ksss.
Ing lady, who ocGupied a corner OF a sofa, on the
room and make acquaintance with her. But
under the, existing circumstances how was i TO
mined therefore to stand my ground. and
merely bowed across the room at Miss O'Conor.
serted me during the whole OF my inter
course with the family. But for her. who knows
who might have been sitting opposite TO me as
as | now writer
Upon my word. Mr.. Green. the ladies' will
expect much from an Adonis who takes so long
over his toilet said Tom O'Conor In that cruel
tone of banter which he knew so we'll now TO use.
,u m1o u forget s%g nsi fa IN b that cI msn In L0 On1S cant
wild said Jack.
Mr.. Green knows that we expect a great deal
from him this evening. | hope you polk well,
Mr.. Green" said Kate.
1 muttered something about never dancing,
but knew that tina! which | said wssinardible;
Iizzy; at least not much" The impudence of
child was, | think. unparalleled BY any that
] have ever witnessed.
But In the name Of all that's holy. why don't
We have dinnerf" Aud Mr.. O'Conor thun-
dered at the door. LARRY, Larry, Larry!' he
Yes yer honor, itll be all right in two sec
answered Larry, from some bOttomless
abyss. "Tare an ages; whstm do at ALL" I
heard him continuing. ms he made his way into
the hall. oh. what a clatter he made upon the
pavement. for IL was all stOnel And how the
drops OF Precipitation stood upon my brow as I
listened 10 himl
And then there was a pause, for the man had
gone into the dining room, l could see now
hat Mr.. O'COnOr was becoming very angry, and
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