The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1900, Page 8

HE SUNDAY CALL. what for wud they be givin’ five shillin’s to the likes o’ By Pa[r"cia Di[[on' ol me?” y looked at him with an impatient little frown. To- mght of all nights in the year she wished him to be (All Rights Reserved.) hopeful and light-hearted. dn’t renc than to be after what I've gc < 5 ., a matter of universal gossip that there were pressing Eily turned deadly pale and, leaning both elbows on ‘Have a draw o' your pipe, Dad, whilst I'm toastin’ reasons why this marriage should be brought about the table, cried out eagerly, “Don’t be kapin a body on the herrin's,” she said. “It's warn out ye are this very without loss of time. the rack, Larry avic! . . . For God's sake, say minyit . s 2 A “Anyways Larry is comin’ this evenin’ an’ ye wudn't ‘quick what’s the matther?’ 4 She lit the pipe and placed it between his lips. Then, sure. be makin’ onpllsant remarks to him about his sis- “The matther is just this, E)l\ jewel: I've come this stooping down, she proceeded to unlace the heayy ter” she said in a uhltper, and with her head still night to give ye back your promise. . . 'Tis the brogues in which he had tramped many a weary mile turned away. future husband of crooked Nancie Shehan that's dis- that day, and bade him stick out his stockin’ feet an’ “Troth! ’tis yourself knows \\e]l as I wudn't be hurt- coursin’ wid vez now. 2 give thim a toast at the fire. e ot ., in" anybody's eelin’s, let alone those o' the lad as is = Shan looked his guest full in the face. A fire of hon- Presently Shan g{ancvcd at the table. “Is it expectin’ yanein' to marry me daughter,” Shan said reproach- est indignation was burning in hi eyes when he said: ing face and company ye are, Eily?” he asked % fully. “’Twas o'ny afeard I was, as ye might be havin’ “Be the God above us, Larry Sullivan! ye're the bold 35 "0 or '} deed, thin it is,” she answered, with a return of the isappointment along o’ th'ould people. Sure if it's man to tell me to me face as you've been playin’ wid o0 plorin roguish, dimpling smile. “There's a young man a com- yiliin' they are to let %.arr) wed yez, it's meselfll play me daughter’s feelin's! . ."I'm none so ould an’ ’ in, an’ he has somiethin’ mighty partickler that he ", the weddin’ jigs wid a heart an’ a hali.” wake, mind ye, but I could send ye into eternity if I = R z > “But sure they're not willin’, Dad! was druv to it!” ¢ That's what I wanted to spake to yez Eily sat quite upright, with her lips pressed tight to- he s h wh it on you r bad day for y¢ thinkin' too har widin me’s b vid the cr about. , . . Larry do be thinkin’ of gether.. Not for worlds would she have given vent to “God me poc . lavin’ their ugly ould farm on the grief that was rending her in the parsence of her Stasted Bhan both -sheir _hands; he's got a trifie o' false lover. “Tho' it o ninlk p now as actin’! R c “God bless you, Mr. Chr"mr. for thim kind wor said L a rough hand across his . Then his d su on which he had been s about to hurl it at an than one duty af with pas: i be that <«nundrn Brady! broken in his ugly carcass whin I've finis duty be him!” Hitherto Eily had remained motionless, form stiff with repressed emotion. tered a cry of alarm and looked up implor Larry’s fac “Whisht! Yfi' God’s sake whis moaned— e, n freez es the wery marrow ~ to hear ye talk like that! W good wu to be destroyin’ wan anothe “Isn't it the wan thing I’ Me life’s ruinated be the bl nght to be payin’ him out.” “Musha poor lad! Sure the God abov- he isn’t dhramin’ of wickedness at all, at soothingly. To make assuran doubly There won't be a b hed d got to look forra -hearted villai peasant traced a large cross on the air r of revenge were hovering about poor Lar no longer felt herself that terrible being, v now Larry's fel scorned.” She w Cantmqed on Page CROONING OVER HER Tow » be tellin’ yez a bit o’ me knows what afly young man can ' to say to me,” said Shan. "'Is it wantin’ to ax to give me daughter, the gom- I'm a goin’ “He's not wan to be makin’ up to a girl for the sake o' the money,” said E proudly. “He'd sooner be ¢ , marryin’ out a rag to me back, or a shoe to me money saved up, and”.Mr. Macclure’s ready and fut n’ the best match in all the Barony.” Wwillin' to take him back as coachman. ~An’ he's s -xclaimed Shan in mock alarm.” “If to have a boat on the lake, as he can be hirin’ out to tess the omadhawn do be, ,we must the quality whin they come here for the fishin,’ and wid t as iver we can.” wan thing an’ another, there'll be lashuns an’ lavin’s o' B nd the old man’s chair and pre- money, an’ th'ould Dad can quit frettin’ over the rint, tended to box his ears an’ we'll be as happy as the fish in the say, or the birds *‘Faix! s yourself ‘can talk the . fine (oo]mhneaq in the trees, livin’ us three together m this cottage, as Dad! An’ to punish ye, I won't be tellin’ ye the lad’s is big enough to hold twiste as many. at al 1 e screwed her lips up as tightly Shan passed his hand over the smooth black head that wain closed for ever and busied had found its way to his knee and asked with tender f about the hearth in preparation for the supper. = cagerness: “Is it willin’ th’ pair o’ yez wud be to stay leaning back comfortably in his chair, watching Wwid th’ ould Dad? Arrah! but that's grand news, any- her pretty face with twinkling eyes: “’Tis a mighty on- Wways. Sure the fear o’ losin’ me birdie has been clutch- t o’ him as skipped bel e fiddle, whativer ye do!” healthy t} nan to have somethin’ on her in’ at me heartstrings this many an’ many a day, The g _down in a mind a n ttin’ of it out,” he soliloquized to holy saints be praised for puttin’ tlu thought of re- g the crather i the fire. “I've he ml tell of wan such as was taken wid l"d‘"”" wid me into both your hearts!” fits an’ died before the mornin’.” “It was of “The States’ an’ no less, that Larry was first Fily could hold out no longer: her lover’s name was thinkin',” said Eily. “But I ups and tells him as I can't g the closed lips apart. “What wud you be think- be lavin’ th’ ould Dad for the best husband as iver nd with one arm still unged the e r which he spread 10w of Larry Sullivan for a son-in-law?” she queried sthepped in shoe leather. Thin he sed as how he'd be e w “A bad week cxultingly. quite willin. to live here wid us, an’ be a son to yez. the rint overdue, bad cess ~ Larry Sullivan, the son of a well-to-do farmer, was a Wid the help o’ God an’ his holy Mother, it's grand much better match than Shan could have expected for times intirely we'll be havin’, us three together.” at her childish his daughter, and Eily felt like the beggar-maiden when ‘“Begorrah! 'Twill be a little heaven on earth!” ex- e ehiete thil % a stooped to her from his throne. claimed Shan, who was catching fire at the flame of n? Is it Larry you're wantin’ for a Eily's enthusiasm. sh thin, wud nobody else serve your turn They were still discussing the good times in store for e iy il ¥ e e e s 11" asked Shan, who knew the world too well them when the latch was raised, and a tall, broad-shoul- Tising on tip-toe, let them (that is. the little world of Kerry, which has its own dered youth stooped under the lintel and entered the £ social laws) to be able to share in his daughter’s delight. Kitchen, with the customary greeting, “God save all “There’s nary a bhoy in the Barony, savin’ himself, here.” 25 I'd be after touchin’ wid a ten fut pole,” Eily declared Eily sprang to her feet, but instead of advancing to h fine disdai z greet the new-comer she retreated behind her father’s sha thin! what will th'ould father be sayif’? Shan chair. There's an instinct of modesty or coquetry (call asked doubtfully. it whichever you like) in Irish girls that tends to make To ked teapot that figured as ey shelf. Dad. but thin agin it might remarked with cheerful e strealing home on - S Sntherin’ T4 Hi it on'sewe'd arry won't heed.” them coy and reserved in their manner toward a favored S Y. s P beilony wed got “Tis Nancie Shehan, a girl wid forty pouns to her lover. ndlord fortin’, they do be wantin’ Larry to coort.” “Sit ye down, Larry, sit ye down. Sure ’tis kindly y s ye won't be havin’ ly asked with a 1 him!) been tel I the country s dance guuvla\ it afore ve're “Forty pouns! the saints be above us! ’Tis nayther welcome ye are,” said Shan, piling up 2 plate and push- igh, “Hasn't forty pouns nor yit forty shillin’s as they'll be gettin’ ing it toward the young man. Larry seated himself at the “quality’ as there's wid a daughter-in-law.” the table, but instead of doing honor to Shan’s hospi- to aquil ye! An’sure Shan shook his head sadly, and lowered his voice tality he heaved a deep sigh and fixed his eyes on his " they've sint him up as if about to venture on a delicate subject: “Sure, the .sweetheart’s pretty face. ev're - X v for thim.” saison’s been a bad one, alannah, . an’ money’'s “There’s somethin’ on your mind, Larry me bhoy,” <ha thin t the {amfl\ that rints the big house none too plentiful wid the ould people . . . an’ 'tis said Shan, after an uncomfortable pause, “out wid it he other side o' the Bay?” forty pouns they'll have to be handin’ over to the widdy ~ “I'm the most misfort'nit devil on God's earth this <o, Mebbe 'tis another five shillin’s ye'll be get- Brady’s son afore the villain 'll consint to marry their night.,” Larry burst forth. “An’ ’tis not carin’ a thra-, e Lizzie.” neen for me own pain I'd be, Mr. Connor, sorr, if Eily, O head despondently: “Arrzh now! FEily grew crimson and turned her head aside. It was Gaod mitv tha crather! hadn't to share & wid me.”