The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-23
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tlon the fooilshne,s !, always 20 be four
ABoug The boys, AID !, ws, Moshe ia
who loved TO fetch cut Ills foolishnes
and Il ~as .ho who lAugt @ irsi and lsusl
cd loadsst si IL when IL WAS shown 10 be
csute-for 'fslr aud false" spplied I
Mol,hle II u ever spplled to q girl In thi
world. soc VAS a graad young woman,
ASSURE Jou. with few TO beat her 10 ID
bsroby, 90 far U doe 4 .ure and .oyel
locks wen,--and more TO beat her, elthe
Ia the blropy or cut of ~, 10 ~inninI
Ssys With the BOYS l. was they ~ho cal
ID her Molshie Bso 90 account Of tn
lively head Of light hair she had. ever!
balr Of II Ike a streak OF lint, BIT y
fslsenea ,s Thing Of the dew, u ntye
thriyes with any aud TO girl, mos
ptrlicuisrly |; carries | eurs. and SUR
iy 20 is did to Moshic when she prie,icst
is--ind, through IL, another devil, trick
upon Brian q ,llsgher.
Brian was surely An unfesmly enough
lover for Molsi 10 Ban for be WAS VIII
reckiess. harum'fcarum fellow, who
though he misht have lvld well and lived
deeently al heme, or gone ln for pr0fes-
sion, burst all bonds aud went to sea, and
stayed on II for years as n common rough
sailor. But for all his widness he bad The
saving ylrtses chat many wild ones hAy J
OF being Just and manly 81 heart and strong
and constant 10 his affections. Before he
went to see NJ all be courted Molshie-
though tbe WAS but clip o; a girl then
aud through all his wild life abrosd-st sea
or on snc - he dldn't forget her, and never
came home but be brought her rare and
splendid presents, wearables and welry,
that delighted the heart vf her.
Iadeed she felt a great pride In having
such daredevil fellow afraid OF her, wor-
shipipg her, and craving for her smit 'or
IL was the wonder Of the parish to see the
| very slave that such rude, Wild fellow
was TO this little fair.halred girl. Those
who wished him wel-and, iLdeed. Brian
had q warm place in the heart all, great
aud smaIl-wished that Mosie would mar
ry him and settle him down, and make Of
him strong stay -st.bome man. AT such
a notion, though, Mol,hie herself laughed
heartily, and when she took serious thought
OF marrying II wasn't Bnin, right enough
whom she chose, but his sensible brother,
Dan, who seemed TO have got all the wis.
dom that Brian lacked; who had been
good and respected young man alwsypI
had stayed at home, hired the farm, lived
well and warmly. and, naturally enough,
never looked with favor on the witiess
Brian. He couldn't forgive Brian for his
errant ways; he greeted him always with
hard words--to which little blame, indeed
be to him, since he was human, and bis '
Biiap, as was only natural,
| uppole, also heartily hated Dan In turn .
b Ian was absent on voyage TO Java t
when the intimacy between Molshie and 0
Dan struck up and so grew that few doubt
ID What the issue would be. Into Liver 4
pool Bii,n came 10 Octlbe and having 4
jined collier coming 'round to Sligo and o
,een put across Donegal Bay, in yswl to
rome, which he reached on Halloween,
earned to the bitterness Of his heart, how G
matters stood. Then vexed man he was &
md a wra,hiul one, II was little be said, II
or that wssn't Brisn's way, but he looked OF
esrfpl as The neighbors tell. He put 10 Il
O the fire a pile Of costly presents that he u
ad fetched for Mo SHE, and be swore be-
ween his teeth as he stamped them into B
he flames with bis foot.
And with you he said, 20 all thoughts rt
4 the treacherous Molsbie Ban. And as "
ONE was now bitter to him, he resolved W
hat he would, that evening, cross tn, Il
ay again and i)in his ship.
What think ye, though, but messeng- VI
r came to him to say that Molshie surely Bi
oped he would come to see her and have mi
"a with her that night. The message lei
hen he heard 1t nearly took the breath sa
-om Brian; but, like the drowning man MI
no will grasp at a straw, Brian resolved
lat he would &c, anyhow; and though ie'
was hard to restrain himself, ard every pc
mute was like month to him. he held
m,elf with what patience he could until tr'
'ening came, And when night fell it col
und Brian Gallagher coming up to Mol rel
ie's door. EN-
lie hsd his hand to the door to push 1t
zen when he was suddenly checked for mi
heard voice below that struck bin pe'
se the blow CT stick, IL WIS the voice Of oo'
9 brother Dan chatting aayly with Mol WI
lie. He paused for a m, ment, siwther- mol
z whether hs should 80 In or turn back kni
L, les. anyone should thitk II was c.
.roice made him turn, he resolved that sal
he waul 20, snyhop But II 'st puttios lnu
. hand TO his belt and drawing from II Ma
ssIloi's knife, he strobe back TO the eve
ookei tn ra that stood. and still stands Oh
the house that was then Molshies, and. tue
sing lis hand, struck the kLife sflll In fall
the tree trunk. ore
10 Goa's nsme, be said. rop
Then he turr,d sgsin, stroGe to the door oni
shei /. oper, and stepped body In. ara
Az glAtce ie saw hN his trotbef was i
surprIset ., he tad been, and that Mol. OF I
e sts eii y ing the awkward situation Ia
IIeh abe hld mtde, Is WAS 10 her sill va'
Is the hsd lnyl,ei BiIsa to come there b I'd
n time when ste kuew his successful wat
al sould b. fure TO meet him, for II MAJ
uld h.iler be. ~ mark The iiecs OF tha
20 meeting upon the man from whom aud
had Withdrawn her love, II indeed love 40
bad ever given him. And II the brolh. dou
qaarreled aoou, her II would b. some. 100
na nae for the girls Of the country TO gair
/ about. avs
My, silly aid that she wss this,
dolshie gave Brian welcome, smiling stai
a. she did 90, and invited ere
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