The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

mother. brothers and sisters Larry had none of them. He never had had. for that niatter-at feast he couldn't remember when. Providence and big boat had Drousnt nim in company with other compatri- ots from the blessed town of Cork to inc more blessed town of Philadelphia. Providence and "The North American had kept body and soul together there some three or four years. but poth seemed, after having succeeded i@tnal efYort, to feel no further responsibility.
 larry said that he was nine years o,S hut he was so small that nobody in Kiilarney Court believed 1t, That was the way his body had fared. As for his soul though Larry sometimes swore by 1t. he had no idea what t was. Al least. not before the comlns of the Settlement Lady. She tauEnt him that if was the. thing that mad" you deal square. d..
 IT was on an autumn day that he first saw the Settlement Lady. There Ind been rough times in Killarney Court the night before. 1t had been Saints Dav and every man and every woman had done his and her duty if the way of drinking to the heaitn ot the blessed saint. And Court kiilar- ney usually so hospitabie to her way farinr sons, had kicked Larry out Shelter was not to. be had in, RrtdGet ! O'Neirs attic or in Mary Muiiiean cellar or even at the grand hotel kent hy Bridget O'Brieu. where hunks migh' be had for E cents the night.
 It wouldnt have been so bad. but the first frost was in the air. and. cold nightv .forre in the neighborhood or y<iIiarney Court had kept every pn- ltcenhan awake SO that all night long fhev walked their beats. On every donr-step which Larry tried bright A. -r-E A AS he was dozing into dreamland with his head arainst some tiEht-shut door n strona hand had shaken him and a rough ~aica had admonished him, Git home. little brat."
 So next Y,ornipe he shivered little and felt rather stiff as he stood in line waiting for hls pack of naners.
 Then. stoo. the raners didn't sell.
 .rre's yer nhrniu' paper--mornin' paneri.g he had shouted until he was / hoarse. "A1l about de coal str'kes' All about sfA coal strike, misterl Miners Kilt. Mines lsilt!" Rut only few sold
 Tnterrrnted sleep the niGht before and no breakfast that morning wilt danpen even the snirits of an Irish bov. unhurdenAd bv father or rnother brother or sister silver or gold He was etandinv in front of a bakers win dow-that Iodestone of the citv's hun grv-wben the College Settlement r0TnfnR him. The on1ing in his blue eyes. as they rested on the hot cinnamon huns. was not the desire of the moth for the star The College Settlement Ladv had seen that look often of late but not so often but that each time she saw 1t, it brought to her heart an agony of tenderness and svnnnathY. She touched Larry on the shoulder
 Would you like some buns?" she asked, with her own smile.
 ''You bet" answered Larry with a shrug.
 The College Settlement Ladv opened her purse and took out dime. To little face darkened-the thin figure with its mack of papers slung across It's back. stiffened
 q amt no bIoomin' begear" said Larry of Court Killarney. Y sells pa- pers fer my ~livin.''
 The College Settlement Lady wanted to clap her hands.
 "Of course you do." she said. beaui- ing on him. ''I'd like some buns nv self. Will YOU come in and have-have luncheon with ne?"
 'T'll not be cuttin' out that" replied Larry with smile which forgavs former insults. and they went in to- gether.
 The bakers wife waited on them She was stout little woman, whose face proclaimed cinnamon buns. gin- ger-bread and motherliness. By rights she ought to have had a cotta se in the country. with stiff red and yellow flow CTS ali about 1t. and rag carpets on the floors Even in the citv she wore a long white apron and kent Der knit ting on the counter During all the years she had spent in the little shou. she had never seen a young lady come int1 eat buns and drink cocoa with a cbn hut logical troubled her not, so she kindly overlooked the incident. thinking that the young ladv had a pretty face and a kind heart. And she gave Larry tw" buns more than were paid for. which shows that for all thev say about 1t. the citv street doesn't always make the milk of human kindness sour.
 Out on the sidewalk, now grown warm and sunny. the College Settle ment Lady asked Larry where he lived.
 "Killarney Court of Lombard. at yer service, mum!" was the gallant am swer.
 ''KiIiarney Court" repeated Marga- ret. But what house?"
 Faith" said Larry airilv. An it's about in spots I livcs!"
 About in spots?' queried Margaret. About in-what?"
 70. an it's MagRie OBrien's the one
  wheriver there's a spare spot. don't veg see? What house. mum? It's nearly any house in Killarney Court An if not house" continued Larry with the air of waiving a minor point, "the door eteDs be many. mumc'
 Margaret had read of such things but--she had been at the College Set clement House only a few weeks-she had pever stood face to face with homelessness before. Larry. having hreakfasted, spoke lightly enough Eut-'TTeaven forgive usi" cried Mar Garet with a shudder. What's your f,ame?"
 "Its siveral thet I've picked up q; wan time or the ither Miss. but Lar rvs all thet blongs ter me. I can't be a-tellin' yez who giv' me thet wan the blessed saints. I'll be a-thinkin'H
 Ana no mother. no father, no any bodv?" asked Margaret
 Not wan blitherin' sowl to be a- botherin' wid me Miss! It's no wan whut b1ongs teri" ,.--
 Larry spoke with the pride of tree and unencumbered American citizen.
 'sYou forlorn baby!" laughed Marga- ret But the spirit in her which al.