Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-09
IRISH MARY

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tar plunged her hot facs deep into the
water. swallowing 10 In gulps and only
rvplying when she had slaied her thirt
20 the full
Lave me alone It's got to last me
till I get hack"
"Backi whecr" Mn Glare askod.
but was ahasbei by the reply.
"Shure. an is u lave mo child for
good I'd he doiny'
Gertrude burst into tearS Her long
fainting nc had confused her. and shs
now approached her-elf bitterly.
"Ah. how could I let youi And you
whom I've often looked down ON! Why
didn't you leave mo instcadr'
"Ye'rc woman yersel'." Z" said Mary
gently. IAN could ~ BE- Afthsr lawn
q fcller woman now 20 the marry o.
thin black divils, As 20 the boy. acush.
Ia" her plain featurs working unre-
straincdly with the sorrow abe tried not
% express In words ''wasn't u betther
20 lave him awhile an he slaping like
an angel In mo ould cloak. that's for
Ahll the world the color o. the grouni
Sbure. I TUX him to the font mcself
afore liver we left Calcutta NJ is more
than liver ye've been afther doin Tor
yours I'll be bound. the purity wee
crayihur' No I'd the clane right 30 any
to our blessed Lori. It's 70 he belongs
o. now. - take care Of him till I'm
romin hack. for It's mc-elf IL takin care
of q poor unt-lavin sowl for ". said.
an where would that b. II ] didn'ti"
"But Mary. Mary dear" cried Mrs
Glare. weeping more freely for the girls
simplicity and cunhdcnce. don't 80
now II will H. only throwing away
your own life. and II they have disoov.
cred him-oh. please God, they have
not'--it will b. too late. too late 90 save
Don't. Mary The Sixth will b. here
few hours hcncc. and then we will 80
back together under good guard and
search for him. and be shall never want
for anything again II l can help Il. or
you either. Only stayi'
But Mary shook her rough head dog
e~ily.
II could thrust him above 90 help me
when was thryin 10 help him. ;" che
said. but ~ twas carin for mc-clf ]
was-an shurc anyhow IL IL could sit
herr an mo purity. bright eyed hoy,
Jim's one bairn. tugging at me heart
strings a. the whiles''
And vet u wa with . stern. bcauti.
ful patience that she delayed another
10 minutes 90 feed Mrs Clare's tiny In.
FAINT. which hal wakcnei. crying with
hunger which was no longer war,icd oif
by rapid movement. and which its pcnr
young mother had no power % relieve
Then. her work % charity completed.
the priya,e's wife gave the babc back 10
it, mother. and cautioning the latter 10
keep we'll within shelter till she saw
relief at hand and undAunted by the
growing heat ~ the sun. her terrible
fatigue and bleeding feet. untruubl~d
even by the almost CERTAIN prospect 81
discovery. .he sallicd forth on the return
-,arch for her child
Lift alone. the hours passed wcarily
with the officers wife She was worn
out with fatigue and agitation She
was fain, with hunger. and do what shc
would her child walled and frcttcd
Tho hour wore on The sun rue
higher and higher ill the low entrance
o. the ruin glow.d like = yellow mouth
~ n furnace The child. tired with cry.
Ing. fell asleep again. and she herself
was resting In q sort ~ half slumter ~
exhaustion when n noise from without
startled her into q sitting Position. her
heart sick with terror. There was q
tramp ~ h'-ss~' fe,t and the regular
tramp ~ ma.iy men coming up the roah
Wa IL the sixth. OF was IL the party
Of mutinecrs which had separated frum
their fellows,
II IL were the former. and she ~.
mainod Ia her hiding place. they might
pas on and leave her 90 perish ~ hun
gcr aud weakness II the latter. and
she were ,o show herself. God only
could forrsce her fate In is full horrur.
And the tramp tramp. came nearer and
nearer. She could hear the murmur ~
voices and catch now AMI then the g'cam
os arms among the troes which hid tho
ruin
Tho suspense became intolerable
f.aying her child gently In dark cor.
ncr. shc crawlod Ia the entrance and
looked out A body u troops were
passing. had almost passed She could
see the scarlet uniforms of the Sixth
and the Scotch CAPS and gray jackets of
Captain Donaldson. men She could
almost hear the words of the soldiers
n at quick march and I'm double hle
they passed along. their sternly yenge'
full faccs telling u the hard work they
hal bcon doing. the work they were
about To do and yet, when she tried to
call TO them. her tongue Glove 10 her
mouth. a mist rose before her eyes, and
with faint cry she sank. face foremost,
on the ground
When she recovered. she was In her
husbands arms. and his grateful tears
were ON her face Little did that young
officer. who had heard of the attack on
Futterhabad and the wholesale mas.
sacre, expect to see his wife alive and
safe The Sixth had indeed met and do
feated the party Of which they were In
search with more ease than they had
expected and were In consequence re
turning rather earlier when met en-
route by the body Of mutineer dis.
patched for that purpose, who. by first
harassine and then leading them In
pursuit, had. without the loss OF more
than two or three men. contrived tn do
lay them two good hours ON their way
But what of Nary
No one can tell what she endured In
her return search for her child. IL was
then In the last week Of May. and the