Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-28

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mother strongly dssented, and she
warningly shook her head at him
across the room, till her cap was dis
lodged and hung down her back by the
strings.
There were, however, many other
claims which he neither could nor
would evade as he did this one. The
settlement of long standing account
at the store made large hole in his
resources. Moreover, it was impossi-
BILE to forego the qualifications Of af-
fording his sisters some finery and the
children a sugary treat.
So among them all, his pouch was
alarmingly depleted ere the end of his
afternoon at home. When the escort
| ing detachment of his brethren had
quilted him, to buy sugar-sticks, he
sat down on a boulder and took stock
of his finances. He found that he now
owned exactly two pounds and ten
| shillings. a reassuring result, for al
though larger funds would have been
very handy, two pounds would suffice
for his grand scheme, and the ten shill-
ings would give granny" her choice OF
fine present.
He was going a long step round to-
call on granny, his fathers fathers
widow. Old Mrs. Riall, while mot any
| great age at ALL" had been terrible
stiffened up in her joints with the
rheumatics," which crippled her so Sc
riously that she had resigned the keep
| ing of her little stone box of a farm
house to her eldest son and his wife,
shrinking herself into a quiet fireside
corner. and a position of no import
ance.
Nevertheless, Jimmy set much store
by her, and was looking forward to
his visit all the more because he knew
that she had not yet heard of his sue
cess, so that he would himself bring
| the good tidings. She would be real
set up" he thought, as he tramped over
wide bog-land, rehearsng the inter-
view, to his own disappointment.
For Mrs. Joe Riall, whom he met at
| the uOOI, ItpOl lSu ANY Va NV
mother in laws health and spirits
| Not like herself at all she is this week
or ten days | tack. l didn't see her so
moped like since the time poor Dinny
died last spring" Poor Dinny" was an
elder brother of Jack Lawlor, and old
Mrs. Rialrs favorite among her daugh-
| ter's sons.
"Frettin' she is continual, though the
dear knows dunno what call she has
to be, and she wild naught to do, only
sit wild her hands before her, contint,"
declared Mrs. Joe, who was well-mean-
| ing and unimaginative. But dwind-
| led away she is till the face of her
| isn't the size of a tayspoon, whatever
ails her"
Jimmy soon learned the cause of her
grief Upon his entering the little
room, where she sat forlornly in a big
| chair, she broke into lamentations,
| moved by his having grown the living
image of his cousin, poor Dinny, deal
liker him than Dinny's own brother
Jack.
But ah, child DEAR" she continued,
holding him by the sleeve Of his home
spun coat, twas niver in such decint
clothes l seen poor Dinny. Scandalous
| ould rags he did mostly have on him,
and sure at the very time he was took
! ne'er a respectable stitch he owned"
"A pity it was, to be sure" Jimmy
| said, at a loss for any consoling re-
mark, but no faut of yours, granny"
Deed was it not" she said, des-
pondently. What fau't would it be of
mine, and l that can do sorra the
hands turn these times for him or
anybody else? But the lad belize
doesn't know it. For this many n
night he does be comm to me in me
dreams, wild tn ould clothes hangin' on
and off him, and he lookin' at me that
| sorrowful. Troth now, the holes in his
brogues is a show. 'Tis my belief he
has the notion in his mind that l might
/ contrive to be gettin' a new suit for
him again Micha2lmas. But, och Jim
my lad, | could as aisy be fetchin' him
King SolomOn's jewels. There's naught
| | can do for him. How would |, and
me wild ne'er a penny To me name?
Look at the mislucky fingers of me, like
bits of twisted sticks. I'm not able so
much as to knit him a pair Of socks,
supposin' could come by the yarn"
BE sure, granny darlint" what the
better would Dinny be for them" said
| Jimmy, that you need be distressin
| yourself about the matter? Wild the
help of God, he wants for nothin'|
where he is now
| His grandmother raised her head and
| turned upon Jimmy a cOuntenance in
which to real grief was added a touch
of startled dismay.
rs it what better he'd be?" she said.
| Whether now, is it a born haythcn
yourself is. Jimmy Rial. to be akin
| what better, supposin' his brother Jack
was wearin' good new suit of clothes
for him, say at mass on Michaelmas
day. the way poor Dinny'd got the ben
eft of them, wherever he is?"
Jimmy made no answer. At the mo-
ment of his question he had forgotten
| ;hat belief about these material wants
of the departed and the means of sup
plying them, which was still common
among his elders, a survival from very
ancient times and intercourse with
| far off eastern lands.
He knew of the theory that the use
of a dead PERSONS garments could be
conveyed to their former owner If they
| were worn in public 10y some one near
| Iy akin, and he knew that il was the
custom so To wear them: but he had
long since appended this to length
ening list of things that seemed to b"
| Just 'quarc ould notions"
Nevertheless. as he perceived in
stinctively that to argue against his
grandmothcr's views would only shock
and puzzle her, it was wiser T." keep
| silence while she continued her la