Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-13

she found also empty.
What Tricks wor them two up TO
atall. at ALP" she asked herself. sure
now they w'udn't be afther stheelln'
az wild thimselves widout herr She
ran down 10 the landing place, but the
hat had disappeared. Trims van o
Rittv's thricks." she told herself, but
without any great anxiety. for well she
knew that the instant minyit Dan ud
see thin comm widOut his Coma, II S
himself 'ud be over to fetch her, afore
a body could sneeze."
So she sat down TO wait patiently Tor
her lover.
Presently she saw a boat putting on
from the mainland There was man
i'm it, but he appeared broader and
clUmsier than Dan. IL was her father
and alone The cold chill Of a gather
ing alarm was creeping over her.
Father, father she cried out when
he came within earshOt. What. S
wrong wild Dan? What for did the pair
av yez leave me behind?'
Mike looked black: he was screwinS
his courage 10 an unpleasant task.
Father, won't yez answer me-
"Tubbesure viii. child, he replied,
as the boat grated on the single. But
We must promise TO be quiet, an not let
Tin any Quare screeches out av your
self. What's done can't be uCdOne. an
If YOU make a whi,laballOO. twill Ony
frighten the S-ygulls. sOrra haporth
else
Oona's heart went thump, Jhump in
her breast as she turned her eyes on
her fathers face and nodded promise
OF quieude The big lump in her throat
kept her from saying another word.
he plunged forthwith into his eX-
plaLa-i01. 20 which she listened with
her head bent down upon her knees.
"Beg0rrah, its the elegant husband
I'll be afJher fndin' for yez soon, he
said. when he had finished it. It's
yerselfs the ra,e siIsible girl, an whin
we've been married a twelve month vel
De after understaudin' how little differ
there is beJWiXt wan man an another.
I was married twisJe myself. an l know
an about it, kitty's mother had ton
que as sharp as razor, The lang
wilge she let out av her whiniver things
WCr bit OnchauSy w'ud ha' made a
COW stan on its hin legs. so it w'ud!
but l uiver come nigh her equal with
the butther. Your own poor mother
was as mild as new milk; che w'udn't
ha' hurt The f5eliu's ay a flea, but no
good at all wild the work, an so aisy
frightened, It's in floods Of tears the
cra-her nd be if you so much as lifted
your little finger 10 her, An that's the
way of the wurrld ashore; if there's
not wan thing to thrOuble over there's
sure 20 be another.
After pho,osophizing in this way
Mike trudged off to dig up his potatoes,
thinking il best to leave his daughter
% herself until che had time 10 come
round a bit.
Some hours later, warned by his keen
SET appetite that the dinner hour was at
hand. he went back to the house, which
he found deserted, and the fire black
out
"Oona." he bawled at the top Of his
voice. "Oola, We huSsy. come in out az
that wild yez an put down the pitaty
pot, Troth. it's famiShed l am this
minyit. an niver a sign av dinner!
What de We name by starvaudin shout
an LAWN yer ould father widout his
f0od?'
He screamed himself hoarse. and was
after ALL obliged to satisfy his hunger
with a plate of cod scraps, which he
found in the larder. He would not
touch the food laid in for the wedding
repasJ. because he hoped 10 persuade
the innkeeper's wife 10 take it off his
hands.
The nasty, sulky. little baste,' he
mu,tered angrily, an me as was thi1k-
in that she TUX it so we'll. Howane'er
III say nough till supper time, an
then. begOrrah, If I don't find a hot
griddle cake or s0methin' tasty TO mex
up for the bad dinner. it's meselfI give
her a lick wild the wrong side o me
tongue as she won't be after forgettin
in a hurry
Supper time came round and Oons
was nowhere 10 be sen. Mike wa:
growing seriously alarmed.
"Mebbe it's hidin' away to fright m'
the crather is he thought. IN jis
row over TO Tim Flannlgan's an ash
himself an his son TO come help mi
find her. It's lonesome work to e
pokiu' about in the dark, an not know
i'm what Quare mOnsthers wan Nigh
chanst TO come on
Tim Flannigan's ould jints were 81
stiff he couldn't stir fut, but the sol
was glad of an opportunity TO give
Mike bit of his mind Every soul il
the parish knew by this time the tricl
that had been played of on Dan
More be token. that himself was be
want at the shebeen, tellin' his JhrOu
bles to all as cared to listhen.
Where. now, w'ud you cOnsave 'uC
be the best place 10 look for the cir
sha?" asked Mike of his companion.
Near the treasure stone" replied
young Tim. out OF sheer devffment, be
cause he knew that Mike would b
afraid TO venture there.
flush, man alive, unless the COLLIER
TUX lave of her sinses she w'udnt b
venturin' TO SIGH a spot. an the nigh
comm down on us like black curten.
An who's to say as the crathe
hasn't TUX lave of her sinses, an SINAI
/ blame TO her afther the way she ha
/ been abused retOrted Tim Mike fel
! too anxious to even resent the youn
! mans impertinence.
Look, There she is beyant, 3ittir
/ fornint yander big stone" Tim eN
claimed as they came within sight {
the rock.
In a couple of minutes the two me
were scrambling over the rocks to tn
SPOT where the white form could
family discerncd.
Goodness. child, what fright We d
be afther givin us" Mike called OF
angrily. Cit up out av that wild We
an don't be goin' on like a dimlnti
] I,1v- q"