The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18

comcth like a thief in the night -
Only, your reverence, it hasn't sometimes the
to wait till night. In my 1t II he comm
like thief at hafpast six in the evenn, Thurs
day cvenin."
oh tut TUT" says Father La'rcncc says he and
blatheration he ye! Don't" says he, let me
hear any such nonsensc;l talk out OF your
head
oh, all right, Father Larence" says Phil. Il
than half expected to hear this from We.
don't blame ye" says he, ''at all But by Thursday
night ven he sorry for your words.
Philip MacAntier, SAYS the priest, Its ashamed
of yourself We ought be for ndugn in such blather
for both sinful and shameful it is. Shake yourself
up, and pull yourself together be a man, and don't
feel fool: and go out and shear your that's
Shaln' and droppin' the hill, while you're lyin
i'll bed in the middle of Gods broad daylight. and in
the glow of health and strength the good God has
fit to bless We with, dreaming oul' wornen's
dreams. Shame We. | say. Phil Feargall" says
the priest and he shakin with the anger. Shame
We, say, and get up and go out with ye to your
Shearingl"
Father Larence Giloagly." says Phil in his very
calmest voice. l sent for We help with my duty
to God. Are We goin to do it,
And there was nothin' for poor Father La'rence
then but for to put his stole and sit down 10y the
mans bedside, and give him all the religious help
that it both his duty and his pleasure to give
every man.
And he shook his head hard he vent out of the
house.
And poor Una she gathered in the cryn
her two ewes out
Phil. poor man. touched for her. and he tried
to comfort her and he said: It's Gods will Una,
and you should try to take it as | do
The word that Phil Fearga was down and was gon
10 die, went like wild-tre and the neighhors
dropping in to find out what wrong with
him what the matter at all, at all.
And when they heard from his lips the
ordinary story they got as indignant. everyone of
them, Father Larcncc had done tforc them: and
they told Phil it a hearty shame for him, and
that he should get up out of that. and 90 and shear
corn and shake the notions off him. And they
and all told him that they wished they
of seeing Friday. and thousand Fridays afther
what he was; for they told him hed only live now
but live for nigh hall century come
Phil Fcarga made hard thry to listen to all this
in patience. He at first thried argue the question
with them. Then. seein' this useless.
he held his tongue and let them talk. But scein'
that as little good the other plan he began
At last to lose patience: till when. Wednesday
night. with the house purity full of the ncighhors-
for durin days and two nights it ernptied-
Pathrick Eohunnan of the Long Acre. thnkin'
snothe and comfort him by tclin' him there wasn't
any danger of his dvn' than of his C'ig Path
~ir''9 CROWN wings and fyin' up {" Heaven on
'';n and the gatheriu' in the hou-r al inip-,i-'
Big pathrIc.s words and backin' him PHIL a.
last lost the end OF his patience and. poor man. 1t
took six Sthrong to hold him; for he tossed and
get up with the ewes of him flashing FIRE
and to get out of bed and bait Big Pahrick
And when they held him down in spite OF himself
he ordered Big Pathrick for TO go home and mind
his business. and to neither come back there
wake nor funeral And SAYS he flashing his eyes
round the house. the next iudivI iua of vose that
comes in here to persuade that I'm goiu' live
I'll get UP and l don't if he's a. hig a noun
Tain II thrash him within inch of his life. and
when he's gon' of the doorc he'll hardly know
whether its his head his feets first There's for
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