Evening star., 1915-01-24

Park, says Terry without battin eye. Maybe ye
mind the spot, Ma am.
as it mind it?' says Una. "If you handed me the
Book this minute, I'd swear it only yesterday was
cuttin' there Yet that must be all of two
years and ten ago. Mind it? Eddie Qunn's Fairy
Park! 'Tis it, sure enough I'm standn' Don't |
Glendrisog away below there and hear the burn
fowin' through the hazel scrug and the blackbird
calm from the thorn bush at the fields foot? And
the Fairy Fort with the bees hummn in it, just behind
me! And the larks Andy Meehan's corn, there
beyont the mearin I'm in it! If you'd thry to hide
from me the spot where these sods dug could've
told ye they were from Eddlies' Fairy Park! Och
Mary Mary ehroidhel get up here, get up here till
We find for YOURSELF Och Och! Och! Now I'll
die happy"
take your time Mrs. Carrigan!' says Terry, all
breathess take your me Thanks be to the Lord who
has put blss'd iday into skull. Now that you're
standin on Ireland's holy ground, ye fulfil your
Don't you think that before We leave ould Ireland
again you'd better aise the hearts of Mary Lonergan
and Martin ODornan, by putin your blessin and
Gods upon their marryin'?'
There wasn't soul in the hall that you couldn't
knock down with straw they were so thunderstruck
all of heap. It's dunfounded for the minute were
Mary and Martin. And, only two men grabbed her.
Una herself would have fallen with astoundment
Father McGinn, who'd strolled in that instant,
seemed the only man. with Terry, who'd kept his cool
sinses. Mrs. Carrigan," says he, IF you were as
scrupous the angels, your scruples would now have
to fly away. Give the ctder your bessn' Irelands
ground and Martin only puts off his journey for two
days, I'll add my blessin to it too"
"And may God bliss them And bliss Terry OHara
too" says Mrs Bridget O'Grady, gittin' back her
speech
And Mrs Carrigan in a tremblin kind of whisper
forfeard to maybe waken herself from dream-caled
her Mary and Martin, who were both of them dazed
that twas their friends had to shove them their
places and hold them side by sde while Una in voice
that was shakin' with both fear and joy said the
words that them free belong each other forever
,TWAS in the Parish Hall likewise the weddin' dance
was held And though the bride and groom
the purtest pair Greenwich street had in
years. wasn't they but old Una Carrgan and Terry
O'Hara, who were the hairoes O the night Though
Terry Q'll say it for him) took it mighty modest
And after Terry'd danced, joked, and courted half
the good-ookin girls in the gathern, Danny o OGrady,
gettin him in quiet corner, complained:
Terry, hope ye haven't put me into mortal sin;
but me conscience bit onasy the desaivn
myself and me little pony has helped in
Danny, says Terry, slappin' him on the shoulder
hearty slap that the bssedest bit of desait we've
ever done in your life. For it Saint Peter has wiped
clean for you purity full slate.
q don't care says Danny doggedly. "If you
again want Danny O'Grady to work such trick
helpless oul woman he'll go to Irelan all the way afore
he'll cart barrel O green lies to ye from Fatbush But
will We tell me, Terry, why did you do such thing for
Mary, anyhow
"Whisht, Danny Whisht, Danny" says Terry. "Re-
member you're sworn to secrecy Danny O'Grady,'
says Terry layin' hand his shoulder, but down.
castin his eyes the tme "ten thousand times
much I'd do for her. Tis many's the girl I've ever
courted, but Mary was the only one l ever loved