Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-06-17


It Will likely last all the way. We can't
wait"
The man got up into the cart As tho
girl did the same thing Owney stepped
out and assisted her
"Ye're no more nor a tweivemonth
married. be said to the girl.
"Oh, no." answered the girl. I'm
not married at ALL"
Such a look came into the eyes Of the
young man that 1t was as IL the stars
were shining in them. :.
Yell be passin this way goin
homer he said. The girl was sitting
on the crossboard. SIZE knitted her
brows at the young man. He stood by
the wheel Of the cart. He had put his
hand on her arm.
1--WE may 90 home by another road"
she said. She drew herself away. There
was straw Uttered over the floor of the
cart. As the girl moved away her
skirts swept with them some of the
straw. Owney saw lying beneath It a
heavy maliet. 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 yer 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
womanr' 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 nax.
AT last our Owney has set his eyes
upon a girl to his fancy" said the
smith. with 4 laugh.
His wife stopped spinning. She lei
her hands fall down by her sides.
'Troth, an l didn't believe there was
q mother In the world with a colleen
that would plense him." she said.
About an hour after this two Of the
kings officers came riding down the
road from the mountains. They drew
rein at the forge. They called out the
smith.
"Did ye happen to see cart 60 by
this way" they demanded.
Owen Joyce walked out of the dark
Of the shed and stood by his fathers
side and listened.
THAT I did," said the smith. IAN
shod a mettlesome colt under that same
cart"
The wind, blowing from farnway
brought with It faint sounds.
"Whisht" cried owney, putting up
his hand. whats thatT'
The officers and the smith turned
their heads In the direction of the
wind.
The sounds came nearer.
"Stand your cattle back out of HARM
way, SIR" said Owen Joyce. ITS a
runaway horse with tangie 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 |,
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, lie
tied the colt to the skeough and undid
the chains that held the shafts. As
he did this ne noticed one or two cir
cular dnts upon the wood just where
II had snapped.
Thanks be to Godw said Owen
Joyce out loud. He raised a few splin-
ters under the dInts and blotted them
out. He united the colt and led him
to the officers.
"'Tls In bog hole ye may go look
for your man. I'm thlnkin," he said.
what may ye have wanted with
him. good sirs?" asked the smith.
'He killed neighbor In a quarrel al
the fair Of Caltra," answered the Off
| Ger. lie got hWhy to HIS sistef' anu
she hid him for days. She got away
with him this morning."
1.-The man let out they were bound
for Dublin" said Owney, but she de
MED IT, They got a shoe on. the coli
here. Father wanted them to see tt
their shafts. but she said they hadn't
time. She said they were goin to theil
Krandfather's funeral. The shafts are
iyin below on the road"
"She'd lose her soul with lie tc
save her brother" said one of the Off
GERS.
"'Tlsn't often ye'd meet with a sis
ter like that" said Owen Joyce. He
made no mention of the heavy mallet
He said nothing about the dlnts he had
seen upon the broken shafts. He 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
over the bog. keeping sharp eyes to tht
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