The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-09-05

J. cut While gathered ur What wss lei
and placed them on the pile Of cid trap
l. ouuiie
b by the tine vas through, tue neigh
: bors had learned oi the eviction al begat
10 gather s. vas nsllins the rieke,y old
door inst wouldn't keep out Aest didn't
d set many blessings Tor ne dsys work, su
oply me s.zs aud reputation tr tx auug
i qualities saved me from beating
vent bsck TO report TO the setut an
me heSri smoie noe As was psssin the
barracks thought the mall sum they
we're eyictfd for, and said TO meseIf Mike,
it's dirty trick 70 did the day, to pul old
Loughrau aud Kitty ont 10 the world 80
nov that your duty done, yed better put
them under the thstch sgain al not have
yer fathers curse on ye. Az with that |
vent TO me room 81 got the price Of the
rent TO tske to the aRe9t
when | walked 10 he says: Well, Muir.
ply, did ye put them out? did that,
says |, and never did q worse Job 10 me
HE. Hows tbat2 says he. Never mind.
ssys !, and with that he laughed, aud says
IN a KNOWN way: kittys fine bit OF
girl, sweetheart, maybe? Not bit, says,
|, for the mem bets OF the constabulary
osn / marry, do ye mind, and Ia never
! thought Of Kitty for q sweetheart but !
did then and her big eyes, and rosy
cheeks, aud sweet voice came between me
and the agent, and / couldn't see him for
time, and before thought Of paying the
rent he spoke:
Well, says be, it'll be hard finding 40
other tenant for the old place, but | had
to make an example Of some one,
Maybe | could find We a tenant. says |, |
II ye'd tell me the rent ye want lhluking
quick.
Thers's little land and it is not worth
much, and tenants are scarce, so if ye can
get me Il year for it. 1t will do, says
he
1t might be long before ye get ten
sut, says l. True, says be. And If CAP
get We one at once would ~ do2 says l.
He thought for a minute, and then says
Yes, il it's . good tenant. Then says /:
We friend that wants me to get him a
place, and ii ye will rent it to me for him,
III take it at a aud hold it till be can
come.
VIII ye be snrety for the rent, says
he. Aye, says |, make it IN me name,
and before left had the old place rent {
ed and the papers signed and in me poe {
ket, and so be could not object paid him {
down the money had IN me pocket ber
fore | left
went back and found Kitty and the
old man sitting on their traps, and every /
one cursing me aud the sgent and the land J
lord that owl ed the place. 1t was some (
time befora | could make them understand q
that had rented the lace. and when '
drew the nails from be door aud asked
them to help me cary the things 10 again I
hey let out shout that the agent could v
hear, ana win the things 10 they went. b
When everything was in | went to Kit |
y, and says | | carried ye ont the first u
hing, and now I'll carry ye IN the last o
hing, that Scripture msy be fulfilled as n
Father Gilhooy used to say. She WAS for y
getting away from me, but the women Of
wouldn't let her, SO picked her up in me p
arms while they oil laughed and shouted, b
md as passed over the sill again with cI
Ter stopped me head to get in the door, 81
nd it was then | whispered, Can the fly /
ome back for the crumb again? II be y
Iout wat TIL the law sends him, ssys n
be- opening her great eyes, and as she tt
ooked at me knew I'd have TO get out Of tc
he onstsbulsry, the precious burden that ei
he wss 10
Oh, but there was t'me when the agent
earned that the old man snd bis dsugbl
Hr were back again, and as be was strong
nth the officers, | was put to do all that -
,as dirty 10 the county. After q while be
sd me transferred to L1ngiord so that ~
onldnt see KITTY, and we 70 hot in love
bat we were dying to zee one another ev
~ day. Hosever one day | got leave,
I'D had Kitty meet me in Dublin. and
lere we were married. Kitty went back
} Bslhuauuck without her husbands
anne, and to LonRiord to try and get
ee Of the service WheB Il e agent heard
was trying to get free be interferred, be -
ause had the lease OF the place, and be
1t sure of getting the rent. '''
got letter last winter from Con 90 -,
ysn, that's in New York, telling me oil v
bout tue slrlke on the car, 10 Brooklyn,
I'd says: Mike Murphy, now's yer -
lsnce. Go to America; ye can get work
once, aud then ye can send for kitty
ID the ola man. thought it over for
~, and then, says l, II they won I saoept ~
e resignation, III sccept 1t meCef, So =.
called mesei INTO executive session, pre-
uted the resignation, accepted it uuami vs.
ously, and that night. being irse man,
cut for Dublin. From there went TO w
Juihsmpion, shlpped ss stoker, and
sched New York while the strike vac W.
j. came over 10 Brooklyn, wss put on '''
car, sud there. th ok God, I've been /" =
sr si1ce, and sendins moaey to KITTY to "
~ The rent
Vac afraid ol the sttkersY Me. that p''
u ben e,lctlug al home Ridiculous,
a. aliyel
l. KITTY auxlous 10 come here1 '''
sars she is couatiug tue days. lbayes 49,.
lIr house sIoug the road, gilh q bit Of ,.a
oaud .rouad il, picked out for her aud q
e old msu, sud please God, In have o..