The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-03-14

20 afther that big bully like me saint
ed namesake afther tn snakes in tn
ould country. An he wiped tn gut
ther clane wild him. An whin | was
| fur lawn me CORNER the la ad come up
to me an says. Say. mister. where1l
be indin' a place 20 slape th' nightT
over heyant he tn river there's lot
Of boxes. says L. 'Aw. tell wild boxes.
says he: its bed I'm wantin An
what'li til likes av We be dOin' wild a
bedr says 'Slapin'. nv course. says
he. I nivir slipt In II bed. but ! got
lots nv money now. an I'm wantin n
bed fr III night How ould are yeY
l asks Ten years. says he An
\ where have We been Twin? Nowhere.
says he. Who's yer payrintsr Amt
got any says he 'Who've ye been
Twin widT Nobody says he. 'Shure.
| ye're quare custhomer. says I. An
who owns yeT I own mesif.' says h1
"Thin come home along av me tn
night says |. An here he Is. An
now" Patrick concluded sadly. "he
must be goin'. fr there's no room f'r
him here"
"Think shame to yersilf, Pathrick
Finn" Norah cried hotly. Ito be think.
in av sendin poor. motherliss little
spalpane like him out into the cold
worruldr
While Patrick chuckled within him.
self over the success Of his diplomacy
Norah fell to her knees aud drew the
boy to her ample bosom. AT which
unaccustomed tenderness the frozen
springs of his childish heart were
melted and Bob burst into torrent
Of sobs
"Husha. husha. me de-arr." crooned
Norah. There's no made to I've cryin'
Shure. We aren't to be lift alone. nivir-
more. uivirmore"
Bob drew back from her embrace
and. stamping his feet. cried:
'I'll never cry again -not-another-
dam'-time!'
"whisht, ye little spalpane" Norah
laughed Don't We be swearin."
"Ain't he tn little divil." Patrick
slapped his thighs delightedly Bob.
shake hands wild Molly and Kathleen,
an make yersilf at home"
Bob obeyed
Some hours later Patrick, bearing a
candle and accompanied by Norah.
crept upstairs softly to the spare bed
room where Bob. face downward. re
posed in uneasy Sunderland in a
bed. Norah sank to her knees by the
bedside.
9Th poor. poor la.adw she murmUr-
ed. laying her hand gently on his
shoulder.
Bob groaned and in his sleep shraBk
from the touch The movement dis
placed the nlghtgown -Kathleen's--
and disclosed n black and blue shoul
der
"Th' little spalpane" Norah whis-
pered tenderly.
ITS not from fightin', ! warrint ye.'
Patrick whispered. IT'S on his back
Don't you hit me again. Jim Thomp-
son" Bob screamed in his dreams.
when I'm big I'll kick you"
"Th' little dlvilr Patrick whispered
compassionately.
Hes like Paddy 'ud "a been" sob.
bed Norah.
"Arrah. Norah. darllnt. yp do ne max.
in fool av yPrSilf over tn la-nd that
was nivir BORN" Paddy was the boy
for whom the Films hearts had al
ways longed, hut 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 In the AFRO
gance OF his boylsh egOtism. taking
his welcome for granted. while to the
Films. big hearted and instinctively
hospitable. Il never occurred TO wonder
at the boys presumption. The arrange
ment thus lacitly established proved O
happy one.
So It 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 Patrick's pro
lection. he was to reign supreme. And
when the days work was done to-
gether they returned home TO Irish
town.
A few days later their bonds were
finally riveted.
II was Saturday night. and the fami
ly of Finn was gathered In the
kitchen. which was also the livlnl
room. Over the table in the cornel
Bob counted the earnings OF the week
To this task the assistance OF Molly
and Kathleen was needed, since. alas
Bob's notions of arithmetica values
after the sum Of ten was reached were
hopelessly vague.
'Three dollars and fifty-three cents,
Kathleen announced proudly.
Hell be layin' aside bit av 1t,
dime or quarther mebby, fr th
sisters whin they come. won't ye
BobT' Norah suggested piously,
But Bob had planned other uses 70
his money He laid to one side tn
SO cents and gathered together the 81
which he carried over to Norah ant
dropped, jingling. into her capaciou
lap.
"An' what's this for2"