The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21


CINE. shrieked. and the last glimpse 1,
had OF Micky. as the train moved away,
showed him tight in the porter's arms
with his hands raised and clencfled.
'fHe dtviF-ye divil,H ne cried: 'tah; ye
divil s&Y 4" His voice died out
{ behind Rite5us sound OF wailing
there came a wild rush Of streaming
/ faces along the platform, a quick hud-
ding OF excited figures by the signal
box, skirts cheers. a mad waving OF.
hats-then sudden hush and the peace
of the Fbrooding f1elds ~
For q while / sat hIrnoring thought
/ then settled back in my corner. brought
out a book and across 1t fell 10 oh
serve my companions. The two sat
silent and passive. They were dressed
corduroy trousers.4s fieavy boots and
peaked caps, cotton scarves. leather
belts; on him called Ned a pair OF knee
straps, on him called PM a pair Of but
toned leggings- The clothes Of both
were faded and worn, odorous also of
stale peat smoke; but whilst Ned's
were patched and Tnudstained, Pills
We're sound and clean, nor had they al
together that quaint rusticity of cut and
man ufacture which stamped his COM
panion as with the very name of clod-
hopper. In other ways also one dif-
fered from the other, even in details OF
aspect. NeG's hands We're rough and
clumsy, his skin hard and sun-scorched.
limbs ungainly. face las had seen, and
saw ever now, in party heavy and boor-
isf; no light in his eyes. no animation
IN voice or feature; just a yokel, was
Ned who had not slept and whose mind
was troubled. With Phil however
things were different. His. hands and
and corner, OF your poacher and ne'er-
do we'll; his limbs were supple, face
lean and knowing eyes keen and, wary
every inch of him alive with the sub.
tlety Of a fox. Ned was. tool Phil
seemed an Instrument Ned's business
was with spade and -dinEferk, Philss
with snare and net. Had met Ned in
9, lane = Should have looked across the.
! hedse; meeting Phil. should have
gripped my stick That there was good
IN Ned Brady l felt sure; that there
was bad IN Phil Cara / knew instinct
ively--jcst, maybe, as old Micky knew
It and would have pfucked the lamb
from the wpf.
And TO me, as 10 Mieky. something
whispered that diviirnert was afoot.
The pair looked guilty. Their ways bred
SusP' cion- And just at that They stirred
IN II cir corners and fell to revealing
Themselves. Tt was Ned who stirred
soonest. Leaning fJrwards elbows on
knees and hands clasped, he spoke soft
".
Phil. 4 say Phil "NE Tsgt1gys
Cara opened his eyes, moved a little:
L : =
anu glanced swiftly toward me.
Ye heard what he said?l Ye seen the
way ne was in Pr HE
Who? = Ould lNiclxy?'' ii ~ Z e
Ned nodded response. b., =,
"'ro be sure I heard It. The ouId
fool"
9fte-lIe was powerful put out = Ne4l,s
voice was tearful.- his lips >quixered
Think, OF him saS1n', What he did.
Tfiink-think Of them sittfn' up for me
= ar .rrsf
"Ach, quit your nonsense" said Cara,
harshly and c0nteThptuously. "Arrah,
what about. then1f"
Bat--but4-Ah, dunno" Ned buried
face IN, haads and sat silently for a
minute, then. booked suddenly. III go
back he said ,t;I'n 70 back
WiH We. then72 Phil Ieants nearer,
his voice grew harsher- Where to ~
he asked -----s
III go home answered Ned. 'rH
sci 7 20. ga; yzslsS covered his face.
other minute aa'ZsFF a Ia gone with
him.
Would ye theng Another minute
an you'd'--
PIN glanced ets.neE. esssht my eye,
scowled, leant forward and behind his
hand whispered s9nsething in Ned's
ear and with the words. whatever they
We're, Ned's face whitehead he sat up
right and stared wide. - I,
'YeS-ye think that said Ned in "a
drawing whisper MY. God-my- Cod"
A minute he sat silent his back limp,
hands sprawling on his knees; then
stopped once more put a hand on Ph,f s
arm and whispered something that /
could not hear.
Phil Cara. turned his face and fixed
me steadily with his beads of eyes
You're afgood hand at watching"
he said $50
= had nothing to answer.
YOU'D know Tneragain,- Of opir-
ion, If We saw me SIX lit en3ss bush. sup
pose for a change We hf1fe your ugly
face behind your book an keep your
eyes from your betterzs