The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-31

men IOoSJ, 9d%cb down tue TOdp "lCu Il
sort Of increduous smirk His eyes
were focused upon the vivid shawl of
Mrs. McClatcbie as she picked her way
from foothod to foothold through the
mud.
To an impartial observer it would
have been obvious that the good lady
had dispensed uplifting news, for
Shan S smirk broadened gradually into
a grin which seemed TO endanger the
permaucnce OF his very ears.
avickii3 said clear voice. "Is Tim
McClatchic dead in the night that
come here to see you oglin his wild
dv?'
Shan wheeled.
girl had come up the yard behind
hlm-a girl with sen blue eyes, the
creamy complexion which is the birth
right Of the children OF the West, dark
rolling masses Of hair snooded back
from n clear white brow. and dlmples
which danced wickedly rs their owner
surveyed her parent.
''Tim's alive an still owin me four
nm sixpence, said Shan slowly, but
If iver | we come TO the brink OF for
givin' IL him ii 3 today. What news
viii you believe Judy,s after bring
''The bcst-if ! can explain the sly
look of you,' said his daughter Ihe
Guv mint 5 dropped the tax on whis-
- All leave that-Iesve it!'' he com
manded shortly. " 'Tis too free wild
v'r tongue ve are altogether r a col
lcen that IN proud TO be father of.
Straight from joyce Hannigan the good
woman came and perhaps that II give
yc a notion Of her errant y
The color rushed in a warm tide to
Nora Sullivan's face. Her eyes took
on stormy tints like the shadows which
the landward gusts set Hitting across
the Irish seas.
'"Hc's made YOU an offer for the dun
cow?' she haZardod, but with obvious
lack Of conviction in her tones.
Shan slapped his thick knee resound-
ingly.
". "but that s not the gist OF his ar
gumint 'Tis heifcr he 5 after an
YOU re the wan After two hours Ta-
sonin wild him and five noggins of
whisky Judy extracted from him his
offer that f + the sake of v'r looks he II
ask no more wild YOU than that silf
same COW and six pairs of sheets. Him
that ; the warmest and wealthlest be
twixt this and Moyle, VIII yc not
bless ivry Saint that lives in Glory
f'r VI lUck7
Nora faced her bcamiug parent
squarcly
"No!' she said, and this time with
absolute decision.
Shan 5 eyes roIlcd-his mouth gapcd
jhis breath came in gaspS.
WHAT" he beloved. and his voice
expressed the very acme of amazemcnt
What3'
Nora tossed hcr head
e's got COWS by the dozen. pigs
by the score, and colts TO fiji cavalry
barrack-that ] IT allow, she said.
- lie 5 got the face Of frog and-the
sowl of wan! He'll get no sheets wild
met
''Sheets,i' cried the cxaspcrated
Shenl - He 5 the right TO ask quitsand
cOuuteTpancs bc the score wild any girl
he ii choose 10 ting eyes upon. Sheets
says You! Ye marblod hearted child!
Tor two pins d let We forget the feel
OF them FIR q month an take y'r re
bellious body 10 sleep wild the pigs
- An if ye did they'd be handsomer
company than Joyce,' retortcd Miss
Nora. pertly. Z" But ye may cXpostu
late till y'r hoarse. Never viii | marry
but the wan man, m that S not Mister
ilaunigan,
- Do yc dare to tell ne that You We
the fame f'r that idle. dissolutc ONE
dhawn, Pat O 'Rorke. still in y'r mind
OF the chin t y iVlv girl lin the county
lis not an hour back Judy McClatchie
was tclliu NE
@ You can tell her this, then, inter
rupted his daughter. ''lf she 5 waitin
TO- buy new gowu-an' sadly she
needs wan-wid the fee she u Get FIR IN
Won an y'r chosen son-in-law She II be
cold IN her old age, she will SO. the
desolatin ould cat that she is
shan stamped his foot upon the earth
"le -ondscent. forltongucd sar-
pint - he cried Nivor-nivcr viii I
Jet ye live and marry Patrick O Rorkc
If We shed tears 10 mean ivrv tear
di 'mond. Mind that now,
Nora planted her palms upon her hips
and confronted her father squarelv
And ulver. nivcr will ] marry the
imitation OF n man that s dressed in
Joyce Hannigan S clothes. she de
clared "'Not If his pigs filled the
parish an his colts stretched io Ameri-
ky. Put that in yr pipe an smoke it.
father avick. So there nowl'
Flouncing him n sarcastic curiScy,
his daughter whipped round the corner
of the cOwhouse and left him foa ming
EXasperated though he was. n few
minutes reflection made plain To the
farmer that he was dealing with mat
terS outside his experience If IT. WAS
pig to hc riuged, q colt to bc tanned.
farm hand TO be admoDishod, ii was
dif'erent-he stood on tried ground. The
present case. he considered was one for
a woman 5 lighter touch. He caught
up his stick and FASTENED after Mrs
McClatchic
The good lady expressed some small
surprise as he overlook her on the very
threshold of her cottage bat scrutiny
of his iuDpmcd countcnancc enlightened
her She nodded sagcy
wild Miss Nora2' she said. drly.
Shan sat down heavily and entered
upon a long specification of his daugh-
ter's dcmcrits. awarding first prize TO
her sinful obStiGacy, and dIshonorablc
mention To her uniilial hardness OF
heart. For = minute or two Mrs Me
Claiche 5 only comment was another
nod As her guest showed signs OF un-
duly repeating himself. she interrupted
Come, now. she said. Lave the
child be Il momint lis advice y'r
necdin m I'm brimmed wild it, -
- VIII take "A Whip 10 her the nm