Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-12-14
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IN, what did me little bantam aa hns
&c afther that big bully ike me saint
| ii nanesake afther III snakes in RI,
ould country. An he wiped tn g..t.
| ther eIane wild him. An Whin I vas
| fur LAWN me CORNER the la -ad come nm
| 20 me an says, Say, mister, wherein
| i be findin' place to Shape tn night9,
Over beyant be tn river there's q 1of
! OF boxes, says I. AW. tell Wfd boxas.
| saws he. its q bed I'm wanfin'.' An,
what'H tn likes ay re be dom wild
| Ded?s says 7. sSlapin', ay course saws
he. I nIvir slipt In bed, bur I rot
lots av money. now, an I'm Wantin, q
bed f'r tn night. How Guild are yep
| asks. Ten years, says he. An,
| where have ye been Twin? Nowhere,
/ says he. Who's ger payrints? Amt
| got any says he. .Who,ve ye been
| Iivfn' WIDE Nobody. says he. tshure
.ye're quare custhomer,' says I. An
| who owns yer I own mesilf, says he.
! Thin come home along ay me tn
night says 7, An here he is. An,
| now Patrick concluded sadly. he
| must be goin, f'r there's no room f,r
him here
Think shame to yersilf, Pathrick
Finn Norah cried hotIy, ITO be think
IL Az sendin' poor, motherliss little
spalpane like him out into the cod
worruldr'
While Patrick chuckled within him
self over the success OF his diplomacy
Norah fell to her knees and drew the
boy to her ample bosom, at which
! unaccustomed tenderness the frozen
springs oil his childish heart were
melted and Bob burst into torrent
OF sobs
"Husha, husha, me de-arr," crooned
Norah There's no made to be cryin,
shure, We aren't to be lift alone, niyir-
more, nivirmore.'
Bob drew back from her embrace
and. stamping his feet, cried:
Eli never cry again-not-another-
dam '-timew
''Whisht, ye little spalpane.n' Norah
laughed. Don't ye be swearin'.''
.tAin't he tn little divilr' Patrick
slapped his thighs delightedly. Bob,
shake hands wild Molly and Kathleen,
an make yersiIf at home
Bob obeyed.
Some hours later Patrick, bearing q
candle and accompanied by Norah,
erept upstairs softly to the spare bed
room where Bob, face downward, re
posed in uneasy slumber-and In q
bed. Norah sank to her knees by the
bedside
9Th poor, poor la-ad!" she murmur-
ed, laying her hand gently on his
shoulder.
Bob groaned and In his sleep shrank
from the touch. The movement dis
placed the nightgoWn-Ka thleen's-
and disclosed black and blue shoul-
der.
9TH little spalpane.' Moran whts-
pered tenderly.
It's not from dghtln', warrint ye,"
Patrick whispered TITS on his back
Don't you hit me again, Jim Thomp-
son" Bob screamed In his dreams.
'tWhen I'm big I'll kick you
9Th little diyllp' Patrick whispered
compassionateIy
Hes like Paddy nd - BEEN" SOB
bed Norah.
"Arrah, Rorah, darlint, ye 90 be maj
IN fool " yersilf over tn la-ad that
was niYir BORN" Paddy was the hoy
Tor whom the Films hearts had al
ways longed, but who never came
With deep satisfaction OF soul Bob
opened his eyes on new day.
I'll stay here, he said aloud
and stay he did. Bob, III the AFRO
gance Of his boyish egotism, taking
his welcome for granted, while 20 the
films, big hearted and tnstinet1yely
hospitable, 1t never occurred to wonder
AZ the boys presumption. The arrange
ment thus tacitly established proved
happy one.
So Il was that when Policeman
Finn set out that noon TO his duties
Bob accompanied him, TO revisit yes
terday's battlefield where henceforth,
BY right Of conquest and patriek's pro-
lection, ne was to reign supreme. And
when the days work was done to-
gether they returned home to Irish
town
4 few days later their bonds were
finally riveted.
Tt was Saturday night and the fami-
ly or Finn was gathered in the
kitchen, which was also the living
room. Over the table in the corner
Bob counted the earnings OF the week.
To this task the assistance or Molly
and Kathleen was needed, since, alas,
Bob's notions OF arithmetieal values
after the sum OF ten was reached were
hopelessly vague.
Three dollars and fifty three cents
Kathleen announced proudly.
Hell be 1ayin aside BIT ay it. 4
dime Or q quarther mebby, RI til.
sisters Whin they come, went We,
Bob" Norah suggested pioylsIy
But Bob had planned other uaes for
his money. He laid to one side the