Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-26
Nora put her arms about her, a

Nora put her arms about her, .
warm. steady support.
la IA Beal tina. May morning!"
whispered the girl; Am 1 home again?
That's Lake Killarney-it's near sun
rising-is il good luck this MAY morn
ing2-is it blessings this year,
Spirit of Killarney to see you
oncei-'
a whirl Of wind struck the lake as
II had never been stricken before;
from its center rose a wave. steely in
the gray morning. white with foam as
the wind whirled it over the lake.
1T is good fortune!" whispered the
girl. ecstatically. for 1 see him
Spirit of Killarney. prince of la ma
Beal tina-nobIe Q'Donoghuei"
She sprang forward, her eyes Oh
the lake. Nora could hardly hold the
slight form palpitating with JOY while
the girls voice futtered on with her
happy imaginings. II see him. He
rides q mighty horse and the name
that blows in the wind is white-he Is
all g~littering in steel-his white plume
is waving. He is like the old iron men
in the hall of Drogheda-"
1T is O'Donoghue. prince o good
luck she's seein-and me- sobbed
Nora: I'm seem nothin' but gray
water and white foam-and no luck
at all
They are with him-the men and
the maidens-they are dressed in
green-pale as new willow boughs-
and some are in white-and they've
garlands then-they are coming to-
ward Glenaa-ODonoghue rides brave
" among them
And it's me-" sobbed Nora. that
see nothing but wateI and n~ew-leafine
trees. and blooming dogwood on the
mountain side, and shining again in
the lake"
BLESSINGS the year it is then"
whispered the girl, falling back into
Morals arms.
The wind lu1led. the little lake lay
quiet between the hills. just as the
sun ~dispelled every memory of dark
ness. the two girls looking out at the
doorway saw Mike. the night watch
man. coming with bIthe step toward
them.
The radiance of the morning sprang
into Ita's eyes. She forgot the weary
way she had travelled. She forgot
the clasp of the arms that had sup
ported her all the dark hours. She
only knew hat Mike lived and that
she had found him.
Nora looked steadily at him as he
came whistling to the shop. She noted
with unfinching eyes the wave of sur
prise that surged over him, the renew
al of old love that swept over him at
sight of Ita's rare beauty. and at her
bliss at seeing him.
Molly Maloney awoke with a start.
Who is il that is going for the loo
tor?" she cried.
Who's wanting a doctor them"
said Mike.
It's a priest they are wanting
then said Nora. Mister KiIhbrew.
isn't it a wedding ring you've got in
your pocket for somebody?"
Mike. stupefied with the stress OF
events and emotions. could but obey
Morals clear glance. and fumbling in
his pocket, laid 4 bright ring in Ita's
thin hand.
1T is me that viii &C for the IA
ther then; I. Mr.. k%illibrew." persist
ed Nora.
Nora" whispered Molly. as tbs
girl passed her: lit is the good heart
that is in you then. Nora"
1T was TO be-" whispered Nora:
she saw the O'Donoghue riding Cd
the lake this morning-and me. l saw
nothing at all, at all, but the same
little lake
You don't say then. Nora!-Same
as the old folks say he used ride on
Killarney lakes?-the Prince OF Good
Fortune. She saw the spirit?"
Eth, she saw lin" said Nora, hur-
rying of.
"Oh, it's the good heart that's in
her" murmured Mrs. MaIoney: and
this poor child she saw the old Ghost
o Killarney.-and Nora awake and
just seeing common things-I wisht
I'd a-had my eyes open; I'd not
a-missed seeing him-worst luck TO
me to be noddia,. And want l
just a-sayin' last evenin' that that
lake looked like Killarney. and yonder
hill Ike Glenaa. and yonder slope like
TrtomiPsf"