The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

full old man heaved great sigh ana said: Its all over with poor Judy. Not so" replied Sir Condy. T was never fonder of Judy than at the pres | ent speaking, and III prove 1t to you,s and he took from Thady's hand a half | penny In change which he just got along with his tobacco. Now" said | Sir Condy, its tossup with me which I shall marry this minute. her or MT. | Maneygawl of Mount Juliet Towns daughter--so it is.
 "Pooh., Poohr' says Thady. Your | honor is making a joke of It. There Is | no comparison between poor Judy and | Miss Isabella, who has a great fortune, | they say" |. I'm not the man to mind fortune. | nor ever was," said Sir sCondy proudly. 1 whatever her friends may say and 1 to make short of it, I'm come to q de- | termination on the spot. and by this book" says he, snatching up Thady' s ballad book, which lay on the window | seat, mistaking it for Bible and by this book and by all the books which were ever opened and shut, 1t come | to a toss-up with me this minute. and | I'll stand or fall by the toss. Hand me over the pen and ink horn."
 Then he mikes cross on the smooth side of the half-penny Judy McQuirk, her mark" says he His hand was a lit- tie unsteadied by the whisky punch, but he made the mark all right. Then I Sir Condy threw the halfpenny into the air. When 1t fell to the floor Thady stopped to look at It as 1t lay. "Ah. ' sighed he, "Judy's out of luck" and strove to laugh, though his heart was heavy thinking of poor Judy and all that had been going on between her and Sir Condy.
 The next week Sir Condy ran off with Miss Ihabella to Scotland anc married her. and Thady met the couple when they came back and wished them joy, like the faithful retainer he was
 Am I to walk through all this crowd, my dearest lover? said the new Lady Rackrent when she saw the great thYong of tenants and servants assembled to greet her.
 My dear said Sir Condy, there is nothing for 1t but to walk. or let me carry you see, the back road is toe narrow for the carriage and the great piers have tumbled down across the front approach; so there's no driving the right way by reason of the ruins.
 Plato. thou reasonest we'll" said m, lady, and later, when her foot stumbl. ed on a bit of broken cart wheel, she cried out: Angels and ministers oi of grace, defend us!'
 Well" thought Thady who over heard her. she's mad woman fol certain, and it would have been better after all, for my poor master to have married Judy McQuirk, who at leas has her senses about her
 In spite of the way in which Sil Condy had spent money. the castle anc the park were in a sadly dilapidateC state: but now everything was put 1T the finest order and the family began to live as If there was no limit to thei income Most people thought 1t wa: Lady Isabella's fortune they were spending; but it was not, for her fath CT was so incensed wl,.. her for run ming away that not a farthing would he give her; and the few thousand sh' had of her own from her grandmothe only served them to begin on.
 Where Jason Quirk found the none! or the credit for his master to go oI with at such a rate was a mystery, Du he 0'd 1t. Sir Condy and his lady har the finest chariot. and coach. ant horses, and liveries. and cut the great est dash in the country. And my lad! had the finest clothes. and seldom wor the same thing twice without It's beinl made over.
 As for Judy McQuirk she took tn matter in a sensible manner. and in m way broke her heart over what coul' not le helped. but promptly marie the man who used to be Sir Kit huntsman. Sir Condy rode no more b. Judys door, and after e couple of year