The Irish standard., 1895-07-13

I ton, and Oh the present occasion was /
full OF 8 restjve deter NINA ion to put an;
end to the annoyance. q !. N s58 8s gs$5ss
low said the prospector, tell me
once mora Susan, how you came to-
/ take the child from It's nurse 5S
..Oh dearl''' Miss Green whinpe 81
IN sure I've, told you all I know one
hundred times at least. Well, it you
must hayesit over again. this is how s.
!was::n q, n sss Ss 9s,l 4s5 & ss.s g,5s ID
'.Yes, 60, on, Susan" .5.,8 u
e & II met Alma Miggs out for . walk h,
with the boy Ii the North woods. 4
tsusan,,' she says, Willie wants to go
round to the cave. I'm lame, says she,
and can't take him. Says /: Lat the
little precious come with me. Says
she: i will SO wewent. Willie ran
shouting and laughing. I saw hira
turn the corner Of the road and never
set eyes on him again. He was gone
Just as though he'd vanished. I'll W.
did you hear no cvY?" Is
a'I never heard nothing"
s'Think moment, girl" the pynspee.
tor said, stetnly. "Was there TO
cracking Of the bushes; no sound oe
Wild ANIMALS OF Oh 1naHI b.. & NJ }-.-<fsifs 81
tsNary q sound" ~
''And you searched everywhsre?" v
''Wish may die II I didn't, Mr.. Wild
ers. I ran up and DOWN screaming
willie, for: hedrs and hours. I'M sure;
/ tore my dreA ell to, shredss an as Tor
nv shoes, they was that sbdaeh you
wouldn't have picked 'em up il you'd
seen them a-lying In the street" Il
We will leave poor Susan to the tens
der marcies Of tho pvospecbor's tross-'E,
questions and take a peep at the Whit-i
ford house andits inmates. s,s5 ia
Wilders' loss had created q, stirring;
sympathy in the neighborhood, and
no ones kindly emotions were more +:
aroused than Mrs. Whitford's. Like
many others, too, this good lady had
suggestions to make, which, to her in.
tense disgust, nobody would pay seri-t
Z Gus attention to. To her the solution.
lay in nutshell, At Marquette YVES
a wise woman, an old crone, who told
fortunes and revealed the past and tu~'
ture, an exceedingly sagacious person,
who did roaring business in the.
diyination way. @
TO this ancient Sybil the worthy
dame resolved to 70 on her own &C.
count and probe the mystery OF the
lost boy to It's bottom, SO accordingly
she has impressed the ccrpornl's tserv~s
ices, and the twain have started for
Marquette, leaving the house in charge
Of Jacob Gregson and Mr.. Dodd, who
) do not seem TO be having TOO pleasant
q time of 1t.
kr>% ~. 49,
a season, they are sitting shivering
over the big stove, cursing with much
heartineas the intense cold and wishr
ing themselves Thousand miles from
the deso1ate country.
THAT gold mine didn't pan out aA
you expected = Mr.. Gregson cheerfnlly
observed. g1. 81. ..+
'.Ne," snarled Dodd, 'they knew tes.
much to bite" 5.g sa
Been there too often, eh?"
'tGuess 80" @ 2ss. M
well, what's the next mosc?"
y s.skip.o e. IA,
~ would II were you. L heard yes..,
terday Of q fellow who salted q mine
here once, an they caught him an sat
= him down on red hot stove, an heldl
him there Till he confessed, an then.
took him out an hanged him" Y
+ 'sughl The sava ges., Say, Jake, TIM:
off as soon AS it is dark
/ '.Sorry to lose you, Tony, but the
best Of friends must part \. e ID 3
Y It's bad time to be 9hard up. Isn't
I it7" se- sff.- y, ISL +t NIB n
1T i, !" aregson replied, irapervsous
to the hint. 4S; i 4
"Youll LET me have hundred dol,
lars7'' ,s. ss.s is .ssfs II II 5
1Can't possibly ssssss@.
~ Must. Nobones about it'll say You \
must. 9" IN ss.. Il Il ssSa'S,
~ thirty would: 90, Tony, 4 coal4
manage Il. III HI. .,5s. B B ( Il 81; I'll.
twill have 70 do, i suppose, 4 Dodd
I said, without much expression ~ grAtt
stude Ia his tones Z +. Sj sS1s
4 8si Well. then, m go to my room ar
get It for you; an while Tm.gone. just
d mix us a couple on stih glasses Of hptt
\ grog, an Let us try 10 thaw Ourselves
out NY bones ache with the cold. u #.
AS he turned his back Dodds eyes
4 cleaned with satisfaction. "
The big whisky bottle was on the
I table In q minute thanked by glasses
and ssngar bowl VI, III III X fgai iSsa
Mr.. Dodd vas very, careful lin hia
4 preparat ions, 4, 9aEs5 n ~ 4, .s.S /
4 First he mifed the sugar and SPIRITS,
then poured On the boiling wafer And I
added bltters then, doubly anxious t<fy
crafty Mr. GTegson's Easte, he took N
4 small phial from his pocket and poureds
4 ~ DROPS of u dark siraplike fluid into
that nentIeman'S 0Ia8s ,reuarkinH TO \