Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-07
'Cos,:'.1 1909 by Benz. B. Rampton0

f|ood mill. Two generations ago the tumblng
stream which fed the mill dried up; and the
conouerihS Ivy shackles the grea: helpless wheel.
and the impudent loosestrife unmolested and defiant
hsres and faunts itself from piteous crack and
cFevics. Stunned and disliked the ruin droops,
b'ur OF brown and gray among the leaves-a pathetic
Picture OF friendleSs old age.
Some give for this unfortunate decay.
aud come give another; but Sheelah Mcclure. the
fairy doctor. who is of course the authority
Ballindecg upon such matters declares that the in
luck which blighted the place commenced that
day. In the rebellion OF 1898. when brave oil Felix
Chartre was hanged to its roofbeam for high
However that may be- there is darker blight
than mere III luck lurking under it's thatch; the place
rs haunted. There be doubt OF that; any
bRrelssBed little gossoon in the barony will tell
yol Of many strange things and heard after
twilight In its vicinity and he will tell you TOO. that
tbs strangest OF these untoward experiences
that which Zen 10 Bothered Bill Donahue the tinker
VINO spent unwilling night within its crumblinS
walls How the tinker begued into such a
desperate situation is part of my story:
Que Sunday morning the village Ballinderg was
astounded by the news that Mrs. Cornelius Brady
lad lost tNo ut her fine black Spanish hens and also
and THE followed matter OF course-that Mrs.
Brady accused Bothered Bill Donahue the tinker of
having taken them.
Mary Mcclure. Mrs Bradys sisters child. saw
the tihke. only the day before chirruping through
tie hedge IT the TWO innocent creatures, and they
we're looking back him without a bnk of suspicion
IN their Wei the morning when Mrs.
3raiy went TO rccG the chickens there wasn't pin
,oathef "f the pOer Thugs to be found In twink.
ing tho Indignant parish took fire.
Now, notwithstanding this strong evid nee against
liui. Bill bed to 10 with the mysterious
disappearance OF thcTe hens than hsd-well
shan had Id Lord Killg bbin himself. But even
'hoL>E a. r"er fNy, by virtue OF his oath. he
Isey 'ffrioed re mo- encc 70 whomsoever would
listen, tn "'ie., % ,: inderS passed him codly by
~ith &C usiEk ,ooA tmna'ory ances
Que Oit"tu"Ln. atoHt weeI after the disappear.
"nce o! the hSns BIN os'.I"t through the gap in
!<cGi'n'' hedge Ssa,et himself deectedly i'm
'ae +ssp shAde. Nursing LIS h lad in his two hands
tae worried man oeGHb h>sv-i, debating whether 10
SLSu de tfs ki; and i"A't IN: County Tppcrary for
go; o. Hrl;tthei 20 wE!rl anG beat black and blue
aver and child in the village Of Balm
!o-g. Al luck would have H.. N the midst Of this
bitter qT9ndary Public Opinion personihed by Kate
Clancy and her first cousin, Honor;a DriscoH met
ttsef in the hghroad not three yards distant from
whore the tinker sat, and proceeded to settle his
reputation
"Arrah is that yerself Kate Clancy? Sure wasn't
I just on the road to yer house this minute |
wouldn't stop dhrink more than hree cups of Mag
Hcnnessys salybrated new Chinayse tay. though she
almost tore the shawl on moulding me back to take
The fourth cup. But tell we the truth. Kate
ami Mrs. Driscolls voice sank to a hoarse conhden.
tal whisper "betwxt YOU an me the sorra much
think Of that tay. II isrt to be com.
1ared with yer for streDth $3.50. she has to
iils 1t ten minutes be the clock it has no more
strenth than-Oh, did We hear? ! came near for
getting to tell we. Danny Gligan dhramed last night
Shat he one of Mrs. Brady's Hack Spanish hins
jctn' be Hagan's stile and it soldering
up a hole in the bottom Of a big iron kittle"
Mrs Clancys lips frightened
viii ye look at that proof" she groaned
isn't IT thrue sayin that murdher will out? Oh.
isn't he a Iapscallion of a villian!"
We'll. Kate" said Mrs. Driscol. ut is thrue the
wowuld must have tnkers, but aftder that raydoubt
able thrick. while Bill Donahue is mendin' my pots
and soldering my pans though may listen to the
gossip the william brings the house for sure we
must have news OF what's goin in the worruld),
It's unfrendly an rayprovin eye III be givn'
him the while and-God bless US an save u.s. dye
where the rogue is lying hiding an listening
beyant the hedge? Oh here he comes; run for yer
Ine,'
Even as Mrs Driscoll spoke the Sowing black
face of thr engSged tinker wps pushed through the
hedge ard the next moment his long lank body
vormed itself after. Meanwhile the startled women
ad bolted in opposite directions and were running
IKE frightened hares toward their homes
Bill sayagely shook his fist first at one woman
t5en at the other. bad manners to the both of
yer" he roared. 80 I'm to carry the gossip am l.
and it's the loikes Of you ASH condescud to listen
20 II? oh. no, niver fear but III carry the gossip
IN hang the saycrit maymorcs of yer two families
IN Of their dishgraceful pettigrees on livery bush
botNixt Killmurphy and Balplerg Out on yen sc
ona"steful spslpeens," lie waved his clenched fst
~ Tie empty landscape TO the divl with yen
40 tne divil with the whole parish for the matther
o. that I'm done with yer ALI he shouted
strange chance this sweeping dcnunciation
'Eot r''r immediate challenge. Out Of the drowsy
noe silence broke an answering shout or angry
6orl-o hat startled the tinker Owing a surprised
look .n ine direction whence Il came Bill saw ad
vanru" t7w9rd him down tho narrow by.lanc an
.at,-.u..t worthy Of his steel. Standing erect in
- d2rkcycsrt and furiously shaking his fist ~
I'll. 1me irascible little Michael Callahan who kept
:o rr'tafe still up in Chartres woods
NOV. tii had not the slightest Juarre With tho
q tn fHof
'-@rs~s' 49, sriavancs yoAtsyar AGAINST The tinker