Show hiis tha tiis girl M aill ITY BY HAIMA EMMA ELLEN bellr NL GLOSSO copyright copy rj h t 1902 by dally story pub co on oue ev p pleasant I 1 summer evening throe three irish american policemen men stood talking atthe at the union station n in Clil cab gc w ere all fine types of their kind dennis odowd wasa nasa strapping fel low egx oct two with it a broad red facca f aco and nd a ff rotundity cf f person which helped to emphasize his importance nc 0 not that it needed emphasis dennis av was asa a brawe brave and a good friend i but ho he was vas given to bragging and had ha d tin an overbearing mannor manner to which his position lent undue foice kis HIS abbl bbl cm friend waa mike shannon shannona Sh annons choso whoso bristling red mustache and burly rz finite tire belled belied his despos disposition ii and hafid general z good comradeship the youngest yo u aest of the three castim wag tim murphy his lace face was as round and ruddy as a missouri pippin a and n d his merry lilue blue eye was cofrank so trank frank and honest that ho hid won every heart on iii hi beat in six months time tim was the handsomest landsom est as well as the young youngest eit man in the squad ad and dennis Deif fils though really fond of him was inclined to be somewhat jealous of his popularity dy by and by the talk drifted to the old country and though all were loyal americans they were soon betraying the hold hald which the dear old motet in country still held in their generous gen berou 1 1 hearts the irish gerris gerls are the prettiest sweetest and rost most bo be of 0 their se exclaimed dennis flenni in a sudden burst of enthusiasm and if I 1 ever marr marry siwill twill be a darlin adarlina colleen from the old dou country with the freshness of the brogus brogue still on lifer her charmin charm jn tongue perhaps shell not have ye then 11 remarked tim hlll silly asbur eb cys and I 1 know the very anayo one YO arc s sperL kin oi of me mc cou cousin alln katie ore hi Killar killarney Kil larncy ricy she he was the prettiest iest bit of a colleen cheff I 1 belt lei t the sod that ever blossomed blossom c d in hi ireland ashes been beeh longin this mony danfor day for a sight cf atherley Ameri ATherl kyl ky and why dozat don t she couie come over then thena questioned dennis ivl with th interest 1 es t 11 its the old folks chati s adept her s said ild mike with a sigh barid k aad now nov they are both laid away reaven heaven rest em shell be camin over one oi of these days and breckin eakin br breal all yere hearts it if t the h aright right s mortill sor 0 arti tIll 11 be DO lovin her at once said dennis bonnis clr pirty ty did ye say asa As A 3 pi pitcher answered mike enthusiastically abal that kind to the old folks its glad id beto be dp to see her married to a nice man of tale irish s tock stock ye coulden couldn i ask for a better bottei cried chiei dennis grandly A I 1 now dennes protested protect ed tim donal don yothin kye area are a little forward when katie comes perhaps shell want her say its now and then that a woman does shell not object tome e exclaimed c dennis proudly if chels young and pretty and kind asye as ye say mike blike ill marry her at af once and give gio her a home just tha dennis betinis was summoned sum monog away j and im laughed heartily abw would I 1 do tor for a husband asked tim trying to suppress his merriment do passin well all and id not net object to ye only its as dennis says y yere ere chances good with biti a fine man like aih c him tim S said aid nothing more moie but lie he smiled t thoughtfully hought fully at his own awil hand conle tace face a few minutes mil lutes afterward when lie ha passed a mir mirrored bored window Deil dennis nis is a good fellow is IF dennis but lies hes gotting getting bearably unbearably on conca ted a in ia dis cU arvin sarvin a n fine wilen when i the V 01 III F rake 1 hand I 1 i not this lle p ilko a lits homa and asked during the y r j all ye I 1 id d of her mike ovenin evening if ho might see the faco i aco ol of dennis bride scein its sah al settled ho stood fort for sum some I 1 e moments with the poor little picture of a really handsome some irish girl in his hand ashes all ye said of her mike and more lie he icmaT remarked hod thoughtfully and dennis is a vevy lucky man dye have any idea shell be coming cornin to 2 nay tim and I 1 dont shell be comin in them the spring im chinkin th inkin ashes a smart little girl and I 1 intend helpin h her er wid passage mo money ney she writes me md that shell soon pay it back right n mikea tight right if tb ye do be fifty dollars now ill lend ond yo a the same its between us now new whimpered kwap ered tim anxiously its a good poy boy ye are and ill tako tak 0 th the c 1 aloney or e if 1 f yo yc are su sure re yell n not ot be 10 noe clin of the sanie same dennis will vill pay ye back tim when whan hes married sure den dennis nis will no doubt ho he will vill when ahon hes mArrI married cd V ai tini tim W with ih an aji emp emphasis hasi which wai ch mike failed 1 e to knote note when tim finally went away lie he was humming a camellow me I 1 low irl irish h air and lie c carried ailed riled in n u anu snug corner of odais is mem mam kiy arya a name and an address and saat so it came about attivo th that two lotters letters for the girl in killarney found their way into into the same packet the first bore the passage money together altha with a wonderful letter from mike in which he hinged of his fine arle friend d the policeman walo might lovo love and marry heinie hen if she wa a deserving and in the ne next at line told of the generosity of his j dear friend tim to whom sire sare must be grateful foro forever er phe second letter was u wall written little note introducing the writer anti and begging 1 for just 0 one no 11 line y e from tho the dear emerald egeva ld ise fo for asp as apogi p ool irish boy with this tast est was vas a ottic of the handsomest man maii innocent country dred bred evet looked drass bil in ina a aho vho 0 o brave buttons set or off a figure enough to be bc that of an edmiral nd miral ahito a pair 01 c the st irish eyes eye looked cut straight out 1 aid captivated ratios kada L q simple heard in that hist hi st short delightful 0 fitful bewildering minute nute six weeks afterward a goodly number of policemen were assembled at the union station whon when a certain L train eftim took P a step forward camp came in it had been noised about that ablat 11 dennis ennis was bomin coming 9 I 1 and that she would certainly makes make the prettiest bride in the cily cai y dennis and mike were both there vi standing together whilo while tim with his jolliest jol liest laugh and napp lest story was holding the others not far from the entrance ent ranco when there came through the gateway a slender graceful little 0 figure in a quaint outlandish petticoat with an anxious timidity in her harriod glance and a tired childish droop to the prettiest most appe appealing face tim had ever seen 11 miko was vas uncertain for a momen moment she much and while e he hesitated she saw tim her ideal her liero heio the samo same dear f taco aco which lay secreted in her bodice the journey had been long and not a familiar faed face had haa she seen ifer her heart was hungry hunt ty for forthe the friendly fendly fr light in a findly irish asye r ye tim tool took a 1 step forward feriv ard and a nd she ho put out her hands and began to sob that was enough ono ii for tims sott t heart ff dihe lo toik her in his armstad arms and dad kissed the quivering child ish lips this is my wife 1 ho said simply turning towa towards ads the amazed company mike ghavont you a welcome co me dorher tor fox her ther too |