The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-01
OnSt Patrick $
Night
By EUNIcE BLAKE

handing q maid who answered his
whistle two letters. ANY such person
hereY'
That's myself" said the girl. TAX
ing the mail. The postman went on.
and she returned to the kitchen. One |
of the missives bore a black border |
and foreign stamp. She tore of the |
envelope and read the contents. frOm |
her sister in Ireland:
Dear Moral have to tell you some bad |;
news Our uncle Patrick, who has been !
! in the grocery business in Dublin. is dead !
/. But there's some good news too. tie
| made lot Of money and. not having any |
wife or children he has left it all to you
and me- We will have about $1,000 apiece
Your loving sister. BRIDGET
The bad part of the news had little
| effect on Nora. for she had never seen
her uncle. and the legacy of $4,000
| was matter of great delight She
was so interested in the latter that
she forgot for some time to open her
other letter: then she turned her at
tention to the other letter. 1t was from
Patrick Doolan, asking her 70 go with
him to the ball to be given on the
night of St Patrick's day. and he
hoped that she would give him an an
swer to question that he would ask
| her
She knew very we'll what that ques
ton would he. but was in doubt as to
her answer She held in her hand the
| letter advising her of her legacy and
| her iayerS note. turning from one to
q <>l..rH
| MS Il money maker. owning a num-
| iti- - teams With which he did haul
ins Nsras poverty had constrained
her II consider his proposition of mar
iia remembering that he would be
AL - keep the wolf from his and her
,uaI Ent inclinationS rather led her
70 tavor Young Michael O'Connor.
who was bright and active. but had
not the faculty of holding on to what
he made She knew that both Pat and
Mike would be at the ball on st. Pat
rick's evening. and she laid a plan to
assist her in the matter between them.
During the afternoon she went to see
her friend. Kathleen Clancy, and said
to her:
"Kath. I'm going to sa.: something
tonight to Pat Doolan that may make
him get sweet on you.
what are you going to tell him."
THAT your uncle in Ireland is dead
and has left you $4,000"
But l haven't any uncle in Ireland"
Never mind that. Likely Pat won't
mention the matter to you. If he does
don't tell him the truth till tomorrow.
and I'll give you something pretty
Nora went to the bali with Fat and
on The way told him that she knew a
girl who that morning had received a
legacy OF t2.ooo by the death Of an I'M
Gle in Ireland Pat asked who was
the girl. and Nora gave him to under
stand that she was Kathleen Clancy.
During the evening Fat did not re
fer to the answer t. his proposition
t Kathleen. not being u very pretty girl,
was something of wall flower.
I'm sorry for the poor girl said
Pat "sittin' around with no one to ask
her to dance. I'm minded to go and
ask her myself"
That's right said Nora. Shell ap
preciate the attention.
Il, Pat asked Kathleen to dance and
-. having danced with her once. he con
Guided to ask her again Meanwhile
Mike O'Connor danced with Miss
ORourke. He asked her to dance Will
him again but she declined. To do 81
would not have accorded with her plan
When Pat and Nora were going HON,
!, from the ball. instead of pressing he
y for an answer to his proposal. he sait
to her:
. Mora, don't like your dancing will
!. that miserable fellow, O'Connor'
/ Il only danced with him once
70 That's enough. You shouldn't hav
8 danced with him at all
le I'm sorry said Nora. with appaI
8 ent penitence.
When Pat left her at the door sh
said to him:
Il suppose you don't want the al
swer you said you ware lookin' for"
is "Not tonight. I'm thinkin' abou
al your dancing with that spalpeen O'CoI
ly nor. Maybe I'll get over it in time"
Of THAT won't do you any good, for
ir. won't get over what you've done th
at night. It's not Kathleen. whose uncl
ul in Ireland has died and left her $1,000
so but my own uncle has left that none
x. to me. l told you it was Kathleen
IS see II you could be switched off by
ms bait Of legacy. and I've found ths
en- you don't value me so much as tt
he fortune. Good night and goodby.'
OF "Nora'-he began in a supplcatir
an tone. but he got no further. for St
be shut the door in his face.
When Nora and Kathleen met aga
Nora learned that Pat had not me
toned the legacy, but he had ask,
Kathleen to go to a ball with him
come OF week later.> Then Nora to
her friend that inasmuch as she hs
- helped her to find out that the man 81
w had thought Of marrying could be
easily turned away from her she Won
" keep her promise to give her somethil