The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-17

sure. it's against the rules" said
one Of them. ITO wear the blessed flow
er, but you'd coax the birds off the
bushes, Nelly O'Dowd, with them
cherry lips and sky blue eyes Of yours -
mo matter, replied the laughing
maiden roguishly Sure, you'll be
drawing your shamrock when you get
of duty. and how could you do that,
shamrock to drownr'
The men laughed heartily at this
conundrum. Nelly O'Dowd was astute
enough to seize the advantage their good
humor afforded her
Cant 20 in to see the chief, " she
said in her most seductive tones, Just
for a moment onlyi Who knows but l
might get half crown from him for one
Of my punches Of shamrocksV'
mo, you can't-uot this way" re-
piled one of the giants, but whisper"
and he stopped down and lowered his
voice-"the side door around the corner
is only on the latch. Slip in there, and
you II catch him in his private office.
Nobody will get any blame for that, for
we can pretend we never saw you. "
A0Du're n Jewel, sorra n thing
lessr exclaimed the girl warmly as she
skipped away. won't pray that you
may soon have the three V's9" Bands
Of gold lace on the arm, denoting the
rank Of sergeant
She waved a kiss and smiled a witch
spell at the good natured giants as she
disappeared, and they laughed lazily
and looked after her longingly.
nelly is a brick" said one. "She's
gone in to try to coax the chief about
that boy Of hers. "
"And / wouldn't wonder If she sue.
ceeded, " responded the other. "She's
the biggest deluctherer l ever came
across Ould Nick himself couldn't re.
fuse her anything"
~ think she has the four leaved sham.
rock. But Talbot is with the chief now.
and that's one chance against her. "
The girl meanwhile had entered the
hall leading TO the Office of the chief Of
police. She knocked, but received no
answer. for Just then all the regimental
bands were crashing out "God Save the
Queen" and the roar Of the martial
music drowned all other sounds,
They'll follow this up with 'Patrick's
Day. " said Nelly to herself, land
play other things besides, now that the
lord lieutenant is coming out. I'll make
bould aud turn the handle. "
Suiting the action to the word, she
pushed the door open and went in. The
music completely covered the movement.
A tall screen cut the room, large
one, in two There was no one in the
portion in which the girl found herself,
but she heard voices on the other side.
An armchair aud an Office table Uttered
with papers were the sole furniture
and a couple Of large maps the sole deo-
orations. On tray beside the inkstand
lay what appeared to be an ordinary
egg. 1t made the girl smile, Such an
object In the office Of the chief of police
seemed to her very ridiculous But the
smile soon became lost in the look Of
eager interest which flashed into her
face with the first words she caught
from inside.
1T must be done, Talbot. Well new
er get juries TO convict unless we can
show them these men are the desperate
villains we say "
Talbot exclaimed the girl under
her breath. That's the spy they say is
swearing in men himself to get the
blood money"
"Well, IL you say it must, chief, must
It is, l suppose But how do you propose
TO do itY"
"You must get some fellow Of nerve,
like yourself You must not risk your
own life in the matter, for you re too
valuable just now. When the lord lieu
tenant is going to the theater, he must
be at hand with bomb. College green
will be the best place, l think. IT'S
widest there. 4"
"A bombl That wouldn't be easy to
handle I'm afraid-too bulky, | mean. !"
leave that 20 me. I've little thing
on the table inside, new affair called
nitrog lycerin. a harmlsss looking little
thing. You wouldn't know II from an
egg, but 'twould blow mp this house, for
all that, If you threw 1t on the floor, "
Nelly's eyes dilated, and her breath
seemed for moment lost but only for
a moment. Ere the look OF horror had
faded from her face she had seized the
internal object. exchanged II for one OF
a couple Of eggs in her basket, which
she had bought for her midday meal,
and covered il up with the other in
tufts OF shamrock.
"But II any mishap occurs the lord
lieutenant might be hurt. "
mo; we'll take care Of that. He will
be informed before he starts that there
Is plot. You sec. he's so soft hearted
he'll never believe these Fenian fellows
are so bad as we want him to believe. "
Eyes, know. But what thenG When
he hears this. no won't go. and where's
the fun then'''
"You must take his place. You're
Just his height and build. and all you
want 10 the long whiskerL Gel. . pair