The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

"Blatherskite!" snapped the mater
ialist, with a curl of his lip and a
shrug of his shoulders. ,.:.:.
'Tisn't any blatherskite,,' said the
humorist, turning on his fellow.
Didn't I see it with me own eyes?-
an you did too
"Blatherskite!" repeated the mater
ialist with deeper scorn.
'FWisha, but you're contrairy!" said
the humorist. Then turning to me,
"He'll believe nothing, he'll not"
He scraped the moss from flag on
the battle ground to point out the dark
spots that were, he asserted, the
blood-stains; and beggarman, who
came up while we stood there,
vouched for the truth of this. The ma
terialist, disgustedly turning his back
upon us all, said, "That's all dom non
sense"
There ye are" said the humorist
resignedly; "sure, tould you he'd be-
lieve nothing"
The men who looked their last upon
the world on that bright, harvest
morning from the boreen in Carrick-
shock, looked far over pleasant coun-
try, for Carrickshock is on the slope
of the hill, and away below is vast
plain, and beyond the plain little hills
rise to the horizon, all the area within
being thickly dotted with farmhouses.
The roofs, and the smoke, of some vii
lagos, too, being within the range Of
vision.
THAT'S all now," said the material
list interrupting me, as, looking afar
off, meditated, That's all you've to
see."
''Wisha," said his companion eympa-
thetically, hasn't he seen plenty?"
''What?" said the materialist, scowl-
ing severely on him, "just bare bit
Of bosheen. What's in that?"
said: II am pleased to have seen
It,"
"Troth, you're aisy plaised," said
the materialist-"A small bosheen
with two stone bitches on both sides
of it," And then ne shook his head
sadly for me.
smiled at the materialist's concern
for my supposed disappointment, and
the numor1st laughed. AS both OF
them had been very kind and had
walked good distance with me and
given me a great deal Of information,
handed the materialist a shilling,
telling him to get tobacco for the two
| of them with it. The humorist, turn
ing, looked at me lazily from under his
| long lashes, and added, insinuatingly,
An what about victim our Threats p
| l, thereupon, launched out into & lee
ture upon drink being Ireland's ruin.
and l quoted for him what consid'
cred some startling facts and figures,
and wound up by saying that I would
a thousand times rather sling my
money from me than give it to any
one for drink.
When l finished, I f1attered myself
that I had done good afternoon
work by that lecture alone, and it's eff
feet upon this fellow. There was a
moments silence while I studied its
effect on my victim, and while he
!
was completely through. Then diving
F.; his hands deeper into his pockets he
said:
"Wisha, an you're the quarest lad
ever came into this bosheen-who'd
give money for tobacky, an wouldn't
give a ha'penny for dhrink to raise
a mans heart!"
AS l would mount my bicycle to ride
away after thanking my companions
and bidding them good day, the ma
terialist, who had been silent, again
expressed his sympathy. "Wisha, an
twas little you had to see In bit OF
a bosheen! An maybe come far tc
see, too?"
said: II came nearly 5000 miles
to see it-and would gladly do &C
again.
! "Bould fella," said the humorist
But the materialist, as l looked
back, was gravely shaking his head.