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

bell, bel siap pos, bsysut 81 the road
Nov, LADY Oh be ,bs lActius @ smsok
forget tie cllllu Add. % eIclGlmlns
the great. Ian herlug good ualnfed Inst
conductor ol FiAghash svtuae oar s'ei
ped T. The ffouud. scot forward, Gni tel
ieg cArli i8 each arm tenderly csrtleC
them 10 the Sidewalk, and dcpos,ted then
beside their mother
Dl she taGnk him. Nj sord o
thanks ga sbe utter. Is is doubtful IL
she thought Of doi1g such thing, SOME
persons might have felt the want Of polite
ness but Lot 90 thst conductor, for, With
There, get along With ye nov, 10 bis
motormaa he swuHg himself under the
ool st the rear Of the car aBd began hum
ming "Katuleen Msyournecn ss the car
sped along htongh the Geld towsrd jana
/ lea Bay.
/ His "bt ofs brogue his sc1oDs and
msuuer indicated very clearly tbst be bad
/ left lrelaod but short time ago, and yet
be appeared to be thoroughly familiar With
his duties as conductor. The reporter be
gao TO talk with the mass Of Irish good
nature, GatIiDg acquainted was easy
enough. few words abont the speed At
which the car wss running and the danger
il occssioned aud they were as well sc
Quai8ted as though they had been through
d campaign together
lt's hne biz OF level country ye have
here, but It hasn't the green the conduc
tor said
The green what green? he was ask
ed,
Why, msu, the green Of home, Ireland
the emerald fields that would rest yer
eyes # We we're blind. There's nothing
ike it IN this country, they say.
Have you been in this country loug2
Who, II Cant We see I'm Yankee?
with a chuckIe. But, faith, / guess it's
not hard to tell where came from. Comm
the middle Of August I'll be here seven
mouths, aud comm the first OF the year,
an the Job holds out. therell be more Of
me here than there is now.
More Of you; how can that be?
True for ye, but, big as | am, the big
p est half Of me is at home, and she F only
a wee bit OF woman at that But it's her
heart that tells; and it's as big as an OK
It's for her that | IN here, although, God
knows, it's little cared for me job at
home when | had It,
There, now, be aisy, lease, till | stop
he car. I'll have no one hurt if can
lelp it, He rang the bell, allowed the
asst passenger but the reporter to step of,
.ang to go ahead again, aod the converse
ion WAS continued
What part Of Ireland did you come
rom2 ,
Ballinsmuck an me name is Muryhy- ,
iichael Murphy, by the grace Of Father ,
iIIhooIy an the holy water. ,
Were you not doing well ot homer
Aye, 10 pounds, shillings, an pence
Then why did yon come here?
For the little womsn
But you left her behind you?
Aye, man, but how could ! help NJ .
was meselt that only knew ! was coming =.
hen | came. Ye see, it was this way. |
'as in the constsbulary, 40 with the evic /
ons an what not | was always getting =
1me poor devil in trouble, for they fight :.
n raise ructions, an, as | was the biggest q
ian on the force, Id to take every one 10 .
risOn. T.
1t was hard life, sn me that tender
esrted that | couldn't bear to be doing -
hat had to do. Bat said, AS long as !,
m in it l'm 10 1t, an it's the law that's sI
, blame, an not Michael Murphy. With !,
ceiling me heart with such thoughts as !,
lat | Pot along well enough until old man .,
oughrAn had the proGess against him.s
va sent to put him sn' his daughter
itty iu the road an be sn old comra1e
me father that fought with him 10 the ..
rlmes Twas the hardest Job | ever -,
ID. but, praise God, it was the best one,
%, 49,
When | went to put out the few traps 81
thugs that they bad, 40 trying not to o.,
re q rap, his bit OF a girl Kitty, threw .,
,rself before me sn told me for tho sake :.
me fathers memory God rest him to -
ave them alone. .,
WouId ye have me break me oath says
Your oath. says the. al me in your y.
,yt >.
Shute, you're bnt ssweet little crumh,
" /, that a fly could carry oil an be =
ad Of it, too. Aud With that, | picked -
r u AZ pat her outside the tbatch with
Z great eyes streaming tears, =,
Then 10 ioS the OLD man, who was moan
2 and weeping 10 the corner, | went 81.
ave me alone, says he T.ke the bits J..
tbIogs ut, aud when they r gone III
too; it, little trouble they II ever give
an ye the son Of the man saved from -.
e R3oslaus' DOW forty years gone Take n
em ell, it's we'll the old womsns gone,
her heat would be bt Ike; an me, with -
a 10 me shoulder that ! got for the
leeu at MaIskoll, too poor 10 pay tvinty 49,
O sbillirgs.
'Tsss Iltts trouble bad to get lAe 49,
ings oot save for NE heart that was 49,.
tuu NE soul, bui what conld | do2 The
ccess Va 90 them, aAi hsi to do
Every time / passed over the sr.l saw -
e Ia crytpg aud raising b BIZ swollen
re 10 ne, aud before sss through vas
e 70 put tbem al back aud throw Up
, Jab ."
A. weu, back ior the last lev bits. sO' ~
- ,uraiug u.e bead away, that would 'A'