Sunday Washington globe., 1902-01-19

Dig Key your hOnor, and when ] see the
peelers' caps in the bnreeu, I gave it a
twist in the lock. The hoult shot to- and,
faith, il never shot back since.
Down the boreen / goes, and Hartopp's S
agent says, We're comm 10 take posses
sion of the cottage, Judy So took The
key and shook il under the nose of him.
Yen never cross the threshold o. my sou IS
house, says / for I've got The key o the
door. And he didn't Sure they had to set
FIRE TO the thatch and break in the walls
with crows and picks But went up to
the top of the knock and sat laughing at
/ them.
They tell me that ould Hartopp gave the
ground to Tim Casey, the gOmbeenman
| But sure there's no right or justice in that
your honor, for the land belongs to the
gorsoon, and the gorsoon has the nor ey in
his pocket to pay for it. So wanst in
while 60 and light a FIRE on the hearth
stone to warm the house again Daniel Jere
miah Mullally--"
Daniel Jeremiah--what2'i exclaimed
Caffyn, r. NJ. sitting up in his chair at the
second repetition Of that name.
Daniel jeremiah Mullally. your honor:
my own dacint boy, that only took the cash
that was his by right, and went away from
his poor ould mother Judy"
Like the dirty scoundrel that he was"-
and the hands Of Caifyn, K. NJ, came down
with a furious bang Daniel Jeremiah
Mullally indeed l thought there was
something familiar in the internal rufian's
name"
The court woke up. It usually fell asleep
when Judy German was well started ia her
story but on this occasion it woke up with
a vengeance. o'Carney turned round on
his chair confident that the r. NJ had been
driven suddenly crazy. Hartopp put down
the IRISH Times The bands Of the police
few to their side arms
Daniel Jeremiah Mullallyi" roared Caf-
fyn. What dye tell me Daniel jeremiah
Mullally did?"
'"Did your honor Sure he only took
the few pounds that were bis by rights,
and"
And left his mother to be thrown out of
house and home. Aud went and enlisted
at Templemore, when the money was spent
in drink. And was my servant from the
day that his time expired to the day that
kicked him out for stealing. And started
sailors den in Calcutta--the lowest, vilest
hole that ever man was knitted in And
sent for when the black death was on
him, and he dared trust neither man nor
woman under his roof. Aud told me all
that this poor creature at the bar has told
aud plenty more Those are a few of the
things that Daniel jeremiah Mutually did,
before / brought him priest that day and
held the door shut against a bowling mob
while he made his peace with God
Judy GOrmans brows were knitted. She
was trying hard to understand what he
meant, this big, red-faced man with the
clustering voice. At last she smiled
Pm thinkin' ye know the gOrsoon, your
honor, she said. 'Musha, how is he. anv.
how, and when will he be after comm
home?
Caffyn, R. NJ, put his hand over his eyes
for minute
Then he said, speaking very slowly:
Your son IS better than he ever was in all
his life. If you come up to Mr. O'Caruey's |
this afternoon 1 shall give it to you"
Judy German faced ronnd to all those
who sat on the benches, and not one in the
crowd could look her straight in the face any
more than they could in the face of Father !
Phelan when he preached Of Sunday /
morning. And every one knew that Father |
Phelah was a saint
Glory be to God; didn't tell ye all" she
cried Didn't say to ye that the gorsoon
would remember his ould mother Where
are the ones now that wouldn't listen2 He
sent message to his mother, dye hear? /
And next summer maybe, he'll be coming
home to his own house on the knock be- |
yant. An ye'li all cry, Cod save ye, Daniel I
JEREMIAH" an Welcome back, avickp But |
I'm the only one can let him into the house
for tbs me that has the key O. the door"
And she lifted the great doorkey heaven
ward as a token to ALL
caifyn, R. NJ, rose from his chair 'I'm
going into the eonsultDg-room, gentlemen"
he said. will you do me the favor of /
joining me there1"
O'Carney paused for moment to remand |
the prisoner in the case of the crown versus |
Mullally. When he reioined his brother \
magistrates in the little bare room behind I
the courthouse, Caffyn was speaking ex-
citedly.
The beggars were hammering at the |
door, but ] kept my back against it, Al last /
the priest made me a sign, and tiptoed |
over to the bed. Bend down, Captain
Caffyn, said the priest; This poor, repentant |
sinner has something to tell YOU So down
l bent and Mutually began whispering in
my ear There's $50 British sOvereigns in
the feathers of the pillow, he said. There's
100 rupees in the lining of the mattress.
Give the rupees in charity, but send the
sovereigns back TO my mother in Ireland
that told you about. Her name is
But before he could get out her name there
was rush of blood to his lips and he died.
When went out to look there wasn't a
soul about the place, except one old China
man that had his tongue cut out. We sent
the Chinaman for a conveyance, aud / car
ried the dead body Of Daniel Jeremiah Mul-
lally, together with his mattress and pillow,
to my own house. The body had decent
burial the poor of Calcutta got the 100
rupees, and the $50 sovereigns are now de-
posted in the Bank Of KiImore. That was
the first and the last time that Daniel Jere-
miah MuIlally had ever spoken truth since
he had learned how to lie. "
so poor old Judy is an heiress," re-
marked O'Carney Upon my soul, m
glad"
Clad" exclaimed Caffyn, And yet you
wanted US to send her to jail this morn
ing, without even hearing her evidenced
Nothing Of the kind" Indignantly re-
piled the other Judy German has been
before me twenty times, and she has never