The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-06-21

we in it?"
Don't talk to me-" Darcie groaned,
turning his face away from the candle. |
Sure, twas yourself that was tall1in'.
What was 1 sayin'? Div'l word be
rather sulkily. He lay silent, watching
Darcie's face till he could bear its
changed expression no longer.
"Oh, bad luck to thin! What was
We doin', anyhow. that they fred We
out, an you no betther nor q sick
choild?"
shut upl" shouted Darcie. ct fired
myself out"
"Musha, ye needn't be so mad wild
me! There's not thing won't take
from ye, the way We are; so pile it on.
Eut what / want to know is-and I'm
bound to know it, for I've me plans to
lay-will she be comm wild us whin
we're ready to put out O. this?"
"She will not" said Darcie through
his set teeth.
II dunno what she's made Of. thin"
| said Mike Indignantly. He felt himself
belittled in the person of his partner
who had been foolish enough, surely.
and had risked enough for this particu-
lar girl to have met with all possible
success. Thin Ammerykin girls is
hard as nails; niver seen wan O. that
small-waisted breed that had as much
blood in her as we c'u'd squeeze out av
turnip. They sit readin' books and
huggin' the stove the whole Twin day.
There's no health nor naythur in thin.
G'way wild her; 1 wouldn't break me
pipe fer her! Let her shtay wild the
ould man that's dishgrace to the
mother that bore him. Do we mind how
she piped up the night lep' acrost the
road? 4 hard ye, Mike says she,
and thought by the sob O. laughter in
her voice, and the trimble o. tears, that
she had a woman's feelin's-"
Heaven save US, Mike, l wish you
could be quiet! I suppose you can't.
middle" Darcie wound the blanket
around his sound arm, and dragged it
over his head.
Mike looked at him ruefully, and
tried hard to talk, and for awhile he
succeeded; but he was broad awake
now, and the excess of his sympathy
was too great burden for silence to
bear. He was persuaded that Darcie
needed only another chance, and some
good advice how to use it, in order to
be happy.
II think the trouble was we talked
too much, Darcie," he resumed as gen.
tly as he could articulate. II think
hear we at it-talk an talk, and arg
and arg! Ye sat there in the house
and we had nothing else to do. I'd niver
give them the chanst to argy; they
can bate the divil at that. And what
had yez to talk about, that's barely
acquaint wild wan another's Christian
names? No; talkin' s not in it."
Darcie flung off the blanket from
his face, and turned his eyes beseech
ingly on Mike. Cant you leave off?'
he implored. His lips quivered, his fac
was deathly white in the yellow candle
light, and points of fine perspiratior
stood out upon his forehead. Mike fel
like swearing great oaths as he looked
at his Little Darcie," who was worth
in his opinion, all the girls that eve
twisted braid" But what he said was
'I'm fair ashamed av ye! Ye look
this minute, like a whipped bantam
that's crawled away undher the cur
ram bushes wild his head draggin' il
the sand. All. quit your nonsinse! 1
; little chip av a gurl We had niver seel
; this day six weeks! Hould up you
undher lip; we'll make it yet" h
Dragged, with cheerfulness that fel
3 onl Darcie's spirits as pelting sprinI
rain on that same whipped and dis
I oouraged fowl to which Mike had CON
pared him. 'We'll fech her out O. thi
n It's only purtendin' she was. Sur
o she's no such worlds wondher herse
that she can afford to be so ch'icy
e. Well fetch her out wild us, and there
g be weddin' in Spokane, and I'll fin
4 me ould brogans afther the Cargo. 1
ID 90 barefut, but I'll do it'll"