Show 1 1 I 1 to us alien la 11 the last field n ll or of 1 I 1 56 H CAM ABU I 1 triad bad fallen alle before the f t wiles y the rea reaping ping machine and arid con cour of ot 6 4 1 advance oily co at it a time when fresh hands frere I 1 Van panted ted ills approach was leisure I 1 hardly aria I 1 palos 0 his milliner manner as eab 17 dow cof of his conversation his attire as the ana picturesque diogenes going lit W aig h modern england could not have one on tithe of the quiet 11 semi lical 1 KU self poes possession sion typified in the I 1 baya cyclical v cyl ad face ace and ana b humorous u eyes that came 1 5 the lille and shone over ol 01 arthe the garden 1 doarn rt like a new sunburst the top of the mornin to ye sor and k yar thim civility as the file proverb bays says Is a cheap muty aty I 1 returned the salutation tation the I 1 I 1 bonal 00 pur purveyor thereof meanwhile adopt t ig an easy Y a and nd graceful attitude against I 1 privet hedge that separated us the ti ila tome wither for the hanest glory god and its me own hands that Is be ii to ocella PMT to be handlin fork or rake wid the flews hemant hero them maybe the easther Ms a atol job of that he be can give to a nan so loike lf I 1 he ile slanted his head over in the direction of a field where halt half a dozen rosy english issues were engaged in heaping the i 3 of a thick crop of 0 wheat the employment I 1 vas tras easy and congenial I 1 thought it coald fit at well with the disposition of the traveler the master came toward us at abst moment here is I 1 a man who wants work worl 11 ah ali god be good to yer honor hono r so I 1 do jowe its that has an ellgant lund t ban cst and honor ll give me a job of wor f his ilis honor wanted no more lands and ald go abruptly with certain pointed re auti concerning ing the mRs assurance urance of people who go idle at the end of harveil ban est Oh 0 ohapa and it is not an hour since i ton you wd you could not do without another I 1 am man to take jobs place give the poor mad something to do I 1 the poor man looked over the hedge 1 1 I quick to beize the opportunity misa miss maud fresh and dainty as one of her own ow n roses blushed and started under the frank adoration I 1 I 1 of those wicked hibernian eyes e ea god rod be good to ye miss but itis only raison that a young thing loike your kit should soft to a poor man as Is wanting so badly ah ali now your lonor ll give me the that hat the young lady was of 00 hi ilis honor gave in beaten by the touch of LIB his daughters little hand and the au dacita of the bronzed features before him its only a waste of money ho he said when the traveler after a liberal meal had wandered away to the harvest field in march search of the much desired w blell hell do nothing these wandering irishmen never do certainly this one did not kill himself if with overexertion ho ile performed his t task ask deliberately it if well there was a ten dency about him to sit down every few minutes it he had an audience close at hand land he betrayed a further tendency to discourse Aiso ourse on arious rations topics sure sire now be he said as I 1 stood by him among the corn what time tile therun sun was doing its level best to burn us all into rags improvident this spending of yer string chin the hot it its ire B e should hould beat be at this linit in the cool and in the bot hot bow how we do at Colo Co looney oncy and where is colodney Co looney sure yer honor knows that Co looney Is la in sligo lam I 1 am from front colodney Co looney 11 lou you seem to have wandered a long w nay ay from home ah ali thin but what good would I 1 do and me not havin seen the w t f iti the traveled men wen that makes fortins fortl ns 11 are you making your fortune ill assure ali Ah bure sure but im on the way to that cone 1 0 should see meat me at me own trade me hand hands 8 a bitout bit out at the harv harveston estl ln n did your jour honor bonori ner overhear bear tell of judy mccann McCan nr I 1 he dropped easily to a convenient seat amid the sheaves and prepared to tits coorsen boorse at his leisure I 1 moved away not wishing to give him an excuse for idleness looking around ten minutes afterward ard I 1 found that be LP had not riot yet risen he ile was probably meditating over the story of judy mccann the man from Co looney staid on ills sleeping chamber was in tho the hayloft he washed at the pump dispensing in some mysterious fashion with the aid of soap nr towel lie ile lounged easily eully about the stack yard ol 01 0 nights but always retired into the paddock to smoke his pipe a wise proceeding which In ingratiated gratia him with the master masur who had no mind to see bis his stacks burned down dov n the women liked him aa as they always do like anything handsome and impudent lie ile fetched and carried for them onedas one day I 1 found him laboring under a heavy wh w heel e 1 I barrow load of manure which he be was tak t a k ing from the fold to the flower garden ga aden be ile was actually sweating heavily and working hard bard without doubt what V bat does this meant I 1 inquired 1 I thought you considered this sort of thing improvident the man from Co looney regarded me with alth a humorous smile fits H Is eyes twinkled tw inkler aad d one of them closed itself for anshant an instant stant ah ali thin captain dear sure and what s can a poor boy loike do when the 1 sweetest 1 1 chest voice in all the w acca him t to 0 leo do a little at the garden gardening int and its lt herself that knows what wt a voice that Is captain I 1 allowed ill owed him into the garden and found that under I 1 miss liss mauds instruct instructions lo n S he M had cleared a corner comer previously div given ea over ta to W waste ti and weeds and was rapidly I 1 bringing it into something like res PC eta libity ty ue ile worked bard hard that day and find ned tried a 4 right to rest and be thankful at night ye we e captain he be remarked conn dent lally to me as i met him washing away the marks of 0 toil at the pump y ye e see im that soft hearted wid the ladies ciril nil a bit of me ine that doe stitt do me best to oblige thim when they come to me with their mur therin talk and ses sea Sf bael will ye do this and michael yedo ye do that ah aalta its that chatal al ways was a favorite wid the lad ladles lest thern he man from colodney Co looney was perhaps not far rout out in his assertion there seemed to be ue a mo movement rement in his favor among the fe blaim wea from the mistress to the milkmaid the ifie master looked upon it with true eng elig ah sh disgust 1 the mans impudently good toung looking and picturesque you rave about uin hila lazy fellows all his sort whoever saw him run or bis his I 1 h have said alsa maud he worked ked li te a VA horse a when I 1 brought him into the garden I 1 vent ventured pred to hint sotto voce that any thing ing M mile male ale would brighten up under the influence and so on foolish and it true the an u from colodney Co looney said the young lady 1 I tt 4 9 good worker if it you only manage him rig hLo one morning a hullabaloo arose in the vicinity of the stables the roaster master MISS laud and myself were close by inspecting the e young lady ladys ponies pott leav and we hurried 4 P A stable boy bad lost five live shillings front om lit his Z coat as the j if 1 I 1 was loudly lamenting tie tle fact tio men standing around looked auspicious theman from colodney co looney slept the stable the foreman distrustful of an anything y thing HI ber bercian nian gave voice to the public sentiment jim thick the irishman baa has taken it sir the mn man from colodney Co Colo oncy was close cloge by and heard it A flush of crimson shot straight to bis his bronze check cheek and he took a half step forward miss mauds clear voice stopped him what a shamel how dare you say such atilan a thins 1 I lie ile would no demote more take it thau I 1 would le irn the n arn from Co looney held his head bead high So somehow luchow we forgot his rags AS we locked at bilm god blem you miss said the man from Co looney thank you nevertheless the englishman looked askance at him the tile man from colodney Co looney went solitary for a few days the last day of harvest came we all went forth to see the last loads brought home miss maud mand drove the ponies afield two vicious little brutes that ought to have had it Ifer hercules cules to hold them she groveen drove en k before foia us with a confident air the master anxious shook his head bead lie ile did not like the ponies but he was as wax in his daughters hands the man infill from colodney Co looney was in his element t that hat day lie ile talked and laughed with the women his impudent good humor bubbling up like fine champagne he ile worked too with the best of them making light of toll at which he would usually have looked aside ill be going on my way tonight said he as I 1 stopped by him once that afternoon its for new adventures I 1 am BO so yell see me no more way may bo be ill go a it long ways off toward dusk the last load was filled and dispatched homeward amid cheers miss maud and her ponies headed the wagons around by the road the rest of us sought a short cut through the wood bo so as to reach home in time to welcome the little procession on its arrival going through the wood the man from colodney Co looney burst into song tender and irish the women hushed their clatter and listened the bundles of gleaning on their heads swaying har barmont moril bously with the tune A startling sound came upon us as we struck the lane the sound bound of horses feet dashing along the bard hard ground in uncontrollable troll able flight the lane ran down bill hill there terminating at the foot by an old lime quarry all a hundred feet deep we gazed up the hill bill to the turn the noise coming nearer and nearer the in man an from caloo ney had ceased cea sed his SOUK song and stood watching mauds poniese po said the master and clinched his teeth hard they came around the corner comer like a whirlwind galloping together like the demons they were their mistress holding to the phaeton but helpless I 1 thought of the lime quarry thirty yards away and turned sick the women screamed and fainted the men strad at the coming whirlwind and groaned what could stop them in so short a distance stand clearl the man from voice rang out sharp and strong he ile had gone a step or two to meet the ponies as he apjoke and stood there fair and square turning up his ragged shirt sleeves crash 1 the man from Co looney went down before that awful ruh bat but his hands grasped the bridles upland up and do down wn again the blood flowing from his face and again up and again down clown but still hanging on to the mad beasts until they paused trembling and wild on the very edge of the quarry my poor fell fellow owl the master bent over the roan man from Co looney as he lay on the bank panting and ghastly crushed to death he ile turned his face half around and smiled feebly young miss be he wants said a woman miss maud was at his side aide instantly she laid her band hand on the damp torch forehead ead and then with a womanly impulse bent forward and kissed him hirn I 1 think that ki kiss was bis his passport for the long journey he had bad spoken of for when the girl raised her face the man from Co looney was dead chicago post |