Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13

was straw Uttered over the floor Of thu
cart. As the girl moved away hel
skirts swept with them some Of the
straw. Owney saw lying beneath it q
heavy mallet. He looked at the girl
Their eyes met. The face of the girl
went as gray as the face of dead wo
man.
God speed yew said the smith from
the doorway of the shed. The long
sharp stick In the girls hand slashed
down upon the back Of the horse. He
bounded forward with a leap that
nearly upset the cart. Away they went
down the road and out of sight around
the corner. The March wind itself
might scarcely overtake them.
Faith. the pooka isn't in 1t with that
colt" said the smith to his son.
Nor the queen Of fairies with that
woman" said the son.
The father put his pipe in his mouth
and walked into the matched house be-
side the forge. His wife was in the
| kitchen spinning flax.
AT last our Owney has set his eyes
upon a girl to his fancy" said the
smith. with a laugh.
His wife stopped spinning. She let
her hands fall down by her sides.
''I'roth. an didn't believe there was
mother In the world with a colleen
that would please him." she said.
About an hour after this two OF the
kings officers came riding down the
road from the mountains They drew
rAin a tho 1.>l
smith.
Did ye happen to see cart go by
this way" they demanded.
Owen Joyce walked out Of the dark
Of the shed and stood by his fathers
side and listened.
THAT | did," said the smith, ian
shod mettlesome colt under that same
cart"
The wind. blowing from faraway,
brought with it faint sounds.
"Whisht" cried Owncy, putting up
his hand. whats THAR"
The officers and the smith turned
their heads in the direction Of the
wind.
The sounds came nearer.
Stand your cattle back out Of harms
way. sir" said Owen Joyce. Its
nnna way horse with tangle of harness
about him."
He ran down the road and past the
corner. The white line Of the bog track
was out before him. Coming along it
was the colt his father had shod. The
shafts Of the cart were humping over
the ground upon each side of the beast
With every bump the colt shivered in
alright. Owen Joyce stood close by a
lone thorn on the roadside. He waited
until the colt was trotting by. He
stepped out and seized the bride. He
tied the colt to the skeough and undid
the chains that held the shafts. As
he did this he noticed one or two cir.
cular dints upon the wood just where
it had snapped.
Thanks be to God" said Owen
Joyce out loud. He raised a few spin.
tiers under the dints and hlotted them
out He united the colt and led him
to the officers.
"'Tis in bog hole re may go look
for your man, I'm thinkin." he said.
him. good sirsY' asked the smith.
''1e killed a neighbor In quarrel at
the fair of Caltra." answered the 9th.
Ger. HE got away to his siste-. and
she hid him for days She got away
with him this morning."
1.-THE man let out they were bounh
for Dublin" said Owney. ''but she IL.
MED It. They got shoe on the colt
here. Father wapted them to see to
their shafts. but she said they hadn't
time. She said they were goin to their
grandfather's funeral The shafts are
lyin below on the road"
''She'd lose her soul with lie to
save her brother" said one OF the 9th.
GERS.
"'Tisn't often ye'd meet with a sis.
ter like that" said Owen Joyce. He
made no mention OF the heavy mailet. |
He said nothing about the d,nts tie had
seen upon the broken shafts tie walk. |
ed by the officers to the place where |
they lay. The officers examined them
They said it was clear they had snap,
ped away from the cart. Owen walked
after the officers as they went slowly
pver the bog. keeping sharp eyes TO the
right and the left. They came to a mol
low fringed with rush ana reed. Slime
and black mud was within this Dor
der.
See" said one of the officers to the
other. Here Is where the brute backed
in. Look how the place Is trampied!
Take care aud don't go too CLOSE man.