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TIM BRANIGAN’ S
51.1w COURTSHIP
' By B. W. Channlng'
Wmsmaam mammawran
RANNIGAN carried ice for the Syl-
van Spring Ice company. He was
fa goodly youn:b 0‘ fellow, standing
six feet one in his stockings, with
a. countenance deeply bronzed by
fweather, out of which his wide
blue eyes laughed unceasingly. His
flannel shirt, open a little at the
base of the strong. round throat, and
his broad felt hat, indented with a ver-
tical “Denver poke,” gave him a. cOW-
:bow effect. Hewasperfectly cognizant
of this, and traded on it with the maids
at the various houses on his beat. before
whom he swaggered not a little, drop-
ping hints of a western past, strewn
with Indian scalps.
“And was you ever there, now, Mr.
'Brannigan?” one of them once asked
111111, and he answered, ambiguously:
“Aw, an’ if I hadn’t a-been, how
would I get the wownd 'on me crown ?”
. “What wownd on your crown? Go
on!”
“I’ll show it ye if ye’ll step over
here.”
Branniga-n bent his burnished curls,
and pretty Norah stretched on tiptoe
to meet them. But just as the two
heads reached one level, the hero lifted
his own quickly and kissed the fresh-
colored face that looked so intently at
him. '
“Shure, the situation was that con—
vaynient, I cudden’t help it!” he urged,
fleeing to the door with a smart; cuff
‘ringing'in his ears.
But he was to learn that there was a
type of womanhood demanding more
'deferential approach.
The firsttime he saw Alma. was on a
hot afternoon in August, when she had
just come down from Nova'Scotia, and
was feeling the atmosphere of the South
end oppressive.
Her mother, who kept a boarding
'house, and had combined/with that re-
sponsibility the care of a shiftless sec-
ond husband and his two small boys,
had written to Halifax that Alma was
needed. Alma was a slender, dark-
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"I AM'Norr THAT KIND.” sun ALMA.
haired girl, with a delicate complexion,
and slim, ladylike hands.
Brannigan; swinging in with his huge
lice block, took a’swift, appreciative
look at her, dumped the ice in its re-
ceptacle, and stopped on the return
swing for conversation.
“ ’Tis a. warm day!”
“Dreadful!” said Alma, listlessly. ,
“I didn’t see you before?"
“No. I’ve just come.”
“Ye’ll not stay here! the old lady
can't kape no gyurl more than a week;
’tis a hole of a place!”
“I’m Mrs. Brown’s daughter, from
Halifax.”
Brannigan went away at- that. sud-
denly speechless
He saw -he1 nearly every day after,
buthe did not seem to make much head-
way. A packet- of chewing gum, which
had appeared to him a graceful atten-
tion suitable from any gentleman to
any lady. was received with disappointq
ing coldness.
“It’ s 1 cry kind of y ou,’ ” she said, “but
. I never use it. Mrs Dalby, whereIlived
in Halifax, thought it-~w:as common.”
One day about a month after her‘ar-
rival, he found Alma alone in the
hi 1 Chen—and marked with concern that
her eyes were red with crying. Now,
lirannigan had a man’s philosophy re-
garding tears.
“Aren’t ye well at all?” he asked,
coming up beside her.
“I'm all right!" said Alma, holding
her head down, and plunging her thin
little arms into a tub of soapSuds.
The next moment she was startled
and scandaliz-ed by the‘ clasp of an arm
about her waist, and the touch of :1
brown mustache on her cheek.
“Ah, cheer up!" whispered Branni—
gan, tenderly, “it don’t sthorm iver-y
day!”
He stepped back to avoid the expected
slap; but the girl made no sort of dem—
onstration. She simply stood there with
a white face and looked unutterable re-
proach.
Tactics of so novel a kind were dis-
composing. Brannigan s bronzed cheek
flamed, and the laugh died out. of his
_eyes.
“Say. I’m mighty sorry!” he mur-
mured; “I niver thought but ye’d like
it! The gyurls mostly does. an’ ’tis no
harm at all.”
“I’m not that»
‘sternly.
“I’m mighty sorry," he repeated, and
as Alma showed no signs of relentiug,
went dejectcdly to the door.
“ ’Twas sweet, what I got of it,” he
kind.” said Alma,
mused. “an’ ’tis bad luck I’ll get no
more. She’s not the kind, it’s true for .
her.” '
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, the tremor which shook him.
' Ye ve niver let me have one till now! (he
( start that is very vuluable.——Atchlson
The ac x’r few times that he carried ice Globe.
and started for the hospital.
"—01', v. ith eyes that. seemed to be closed.
he saw through his half-shut eyes. A
when. he did. on the fourth day. her
manner was excessively dignified. But
Brannigan was hard to snub. Instinct-
ively, he reconstructed his too florid
vocabulary, and altered some 'of his
ways. .
“She’s welth takin trouble for,"
said to himself.
His gentle persistence had its reward,
and after awhile they had become so
far friends that Brannigan hazarded a
new departure.
“Do you iver go out Sunday avenins?"
he inquired one fine Saturday:-
“Sunday afternoons I do,”
amended.
“ ’Tis great- out in the park.”
“I’ve heard it was nice.”
“I’d be proud if ye’d ride out there
with me tomorry?"
Alma’s delicate color deepened. She
gazed fixedly at the handle of the door.
“Let’s-say three o’clock.”
“I’m not through my work till four.
It was the same thing as an assent.
“I’ 11 call for y e at four!” He went oif
beaming, but her voice made him turn
back in sudden panic.
“Don’t call for 131e,” she said, in alow,
hesitating tone; “you—I’d rather you
wouldn’t. Maybe I’ll be at the corner
at four.” '
The ride. out on the open car was very l
pleasant. Alma enjoyed every bit of it, I
though she asked herself frequently
what was she about.
B1annig van was not introspective; be-
sides, he knew what 11?: was about per-
fectly. He paid Alma’s fares with an
authority she dared not gainsay, and
sat with his arm on the back ofThe'
scat behind her.
His heart swelled; he almos twished
some man would do something for
which he could knock him down. He
had the primitive instincts of the tribal
lover; he wanted to show his strength
to the woman he desired, and to have
her know that strength would alwbys
stand' between her and danger.
This feeling increased as time went
on, and he saw more and more clearly
that Alma. was unhappy at home. Her .
eyes were oft-en red. She complained of
headache, and on being pressed con-'
fessed that “the boys were tiresome.”
One afternoon a strange man came
with the ice. —'
“Tim Brannigan’s hurt,” he ex-
plained. It appeared that Brannigan
had been at a. fire, and rushing out of
the burning tenement with a forgotten
baby, had broken his leg. He was in the
city hospital.
The next day Alma dressed herself
wit-h care in the blue gown Brannigan
liked, and the Sunday hat withsits soarr
ing plumes and outspreading ribbons;
he
Alma .
,!
IV hen Brannigan saw Alma enter. the
ward his face was irradiated with joy
And yet, when she reached the bedside,
he was lying very still, with closed eyes
-. “A11, 2111’ is it you. 9” he asked, faintly,
feigning a languid awakening. “"I‘is
good of ye to come, but I’m that wake
I can scarcely take 1t1n'” .
“0, but you’ll soon be better,. 2.5er
Brannigan!” she said struggmlinrr 31’9”
to cry. fi
“Ah, an’ do ye think so?” heyiis'ked,
feebly.
Alma looked down at his splendid
porportions in perfect seriousness,
"Do you feel pain anywhere?” she
asked. fear ully.
“Ahful, "3t here!" said Brannigan,
laying a muscular hand upon the car-
diac region.
Not a muscle of her face changed, as
ripple of laughter passed over him, and
he bit his lips under the long, tawny
mustache. And while he laughed, he
could have fallen at her feet—she was
so adorably innocent!
Alma sawa .nd wholly misintel preted
“Are you cold?” she inquired, anx-
iously. She knew that it was a. bad
sign to feel cold in serious illness.
“Froze out!” said Brannigan, in a
choked voice, another and more violent
tremor conv ulsing him.
“Don’t they,, (rive yen anything for a
chill?”, she asked.
“They can’t give me nothin‘,” he
whispered, “ ’twouldn’t-dono good!”
Poor Alma began to cry. She did not
know people never died of a broken
leg; and with Brannigan’s young
strength and health it- was inexplicable.
But, certainly, he was near his end.
Reckless of observation, she'bent her
face to his and kissed him.
And then astrange thing happened,
for the helpless sufferer 1evived, re-
turned her farewell salute with inter-
est, and held the girl close in a clasp of
astonishing vigor.
“O, my! Mr. Brannigan, aren’t you
ashamed? And me thinking you that
ill!" gasped Alma. " .
“I niver told ye there was anything
“Tong wid me arms!” he cried. “An’
I was just sufferin’ for a kiss, dear!
repaid himself for the deprivation). Ah,
Alma, darlin', say ye’ll go to the priest
wid me when I’m out 0’ here! I’ve a
tidy bit. in the bank, an’ niver a soul
dependin‘ on me, an’ I’d make ye so
happy ye’d not know yerself—”
He became aware of the severely-dis-
approving regard of a. middle-aged|
nurse on the other side of the bed, and
let Alma go. Then he winked with glad
effrontery at the intruder. .
“’Tis all right!” 'he assured her;
“kissin’ ain’t agin the rules whin it’s a
man’s own gyurl he’s goin’ to marry——
isit, now? An’ ye’ re goin’ tomarry me
the minute I’m out, aren’tye, Alma, me
dear ?”
Alma was torn with a variety of emo-
tions; but she loved Branmigan.
“Yes.” she said—Boston Globe.
The Good-Nn-tured Business Mun.
Blessings on the head of the good-
natured business man. .He does more
good than a missionary. So many
business men are cross and unreasou-
able that. a good-natured one has a.
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Beautiful Natural Wonder Found in i
a.Missouri Cave.
I
It In of Great Size and Is Given a. High
Value—The Enterprising Owner of
It 1: Planning a. Number of
Great Things. '
A11 immense natural monument of
the magnificent marble known as
onyx is to be seen in the inner depths
of a cave situated on a lonely moun»
tain property recently purchased by
a wealthy westerner named R. D. Kela
- logg, of Des Moines, Ia. The cave that
ccntains this agate giant is located in
the mountains of Camden corunty, Mo. .,
and is known as Ha Ha Tonka, deriving
its name from a river which has its
source there and which was so named
by the Indians from its limpid loveli—
ness. which. they likened to laughing
water.
To get to the wonderful agate monu-
ment, which is as perfect as tho-ughI
chiseled by a sculptor and "- all worth
a trip across the continent to see,1t-1st
necessary to penetrate into a deep cave.
The easiest way to travel is to row
on the. surface of a subterranean river,
' which flows from somewhere in the: in‘
terior of the mountain, and which
leads into the heart of the cave whose
‘walls and roof, seen in the light. of the
torches of visitors, are a glittering mass
of mineral marvels. The discoverers
of this cave had rowed but a short dis—
fence on the subterranean river when
they were astonished and wonders
stricken to see the great onyx mone
ument rising before them. It was per-
feet in formation, .immense in size, and
Worth at the lowest valuation $100, 000.
So perfect was the format-ion of this
monument, says the Den oit Free Piess,
that it was at first hoped it would be
possible to transport it- by some means
to one of the museums of the country,
but it was found that its size precluded
the possiibility of such an undertaking.
For the present, therefore, it will be
allowed to remain in the cave for the
benefit of sight-seers who wish to gaze
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THE BIG ONYX S'.HAFT¢
(Said to Have Been Discovered) in a Mis-
souri Cave.)
on such a-wonderful monument before
it_is destroyed. So proud is the owner
of the property of his cave and monu-
ment that- he proposes to build a rail—
road 43 miles long in order to bring
the lonely spot on which the subter-
ranean river is to be found in- touch!
with the outer world.
The Osage tribe of Indians formerly
inhabited that portion of Missouri in
which Ha Ha. Tonka is situated and
gave it its name. The topography and
physical features of the country in the
vicinity of the spring are characterized
by scenery as grand and imposing as
can. be found anywhere. There are no
lofty mountains, n-o altitudinous peaks,
whose snow-capped summits repose in.
a climate of eternal frosts, butinstead
there are beautiful forests, open wood“
lands. impulsive mountain streams, ter-
raced hills, cavernous canyous, caves,
grottoes and parks, a natural bridge,
island, lake and subterranean river,
high frowning Silurian walls. rugged,
corrugated and sinuous. upon whose
grizzled countenances are chiseled an
age so remote that one gazes in. won~
de-r and awe upon them; beautiful val-
leys and cozy coves where forest birds
sing and wild flowers bloom in endless
profusion. 11- is a wonderful spot and
a worthy hiding place for the great
monument.
In the great cave explorations have
been made for nearly one and a half
As the boat glides along, new
miles.
wonders are continually unfolded.
Stalagrmites hang from the ceiling,
which "1 'itters like a star- lit sky Far
in the interior of this c.1v.e the sheam
drifts your boat to a shingly bank,and
standing upon this bank one can see
the wonderful stalagmite monumenstof
pure white onyx standing 35 feethigh
and 15 feet' 1n diameter
The onyx of which this monument is
formed is the finest to be found' 111 the .
world. As is generally'uknown, the ma-
terial is used for cameos.
brdught from India, and some of the
most beautiful from northern Africa.
It is not usual to find anywhere in the
world such great masses asis to be seen
at Ha Ha. Tonka.
In America such an immense’ section
of the stone was'never before discov-
ered. It is a pity that it cannot be pre-‘
served intact forever.
, Identified by Pigeons.
“One of the queerest ways in which
the identification of a dead man was
ever established,” said a prominent po-
lice official of Kansas City, the other
day, “was that of a man named Davis,
who was a carrier pigeon fancier. He
had gone out to fly his birds and fell ‘
dead of heart disease. Nobody knew
him and not a line was on his person
asito who he was. He had two birds with
'him. I tied a slip toone’s tail on which
I, wrote: ‘Come to the police station’
and turned it loose. In an hour after
Me son had appeared and identified hit
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It is mostly»
: monthly statement of the public debt
shows that at the close of business on
Feb. 28 the debt, less cash in the treas-
ury, Was'$1,157,904,391, an increase dur-
ing the month of $5,279,641. This in-
crease is 'acceunted for by a corre-
’ sponding decrease in the cash. The
cash in the treasury is recapitulated as
follows: Gold, $264,091,476; silver,.$507,-
531.887; paper, $50,936,486; bonds, depos-
its in national bank’ depositories, dis-
bursing oflicers’ balances, etc., $85,791,-
120}. total, $908, 350, 971, against ' which
there are demand liabilities outstand-
ing amounting. to $639,247,458, leaving a.
net cash balance of $269,106,513.
_ Big Postoflice Robbery.
CINCINNATI, March. 2.—The Coving-
stamps and money to the amount of
$20,000. The work was evidently done
by men who had secreted themselves
in the stamp department, as it was pos-
sible to do provided the watchman, who
is charged with looking after the car-
riers' door, neglected his duty. This
door is never closed. Thro’ugh it thieves
could enter and secrete themselves: be-
hind mail sacks and see the stamp
clerk put' away his stamps and cash
when he closed for the night. Postoffice
inspectors have taken the matter in
charge.
Accidental Shooting.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., March 2.—
While carelessly handling a revolver
last night John Pittinger shot and al-
most instantly killed Mrs. Sarah Shoe-
maker,,19 years old, a bride of six
months. Pittinger, who was sent to jail
to await the result of the coroner’s in-
quest, says that Mrs. Shoemaker had
He is only 18 years old and had called
to accompany the woman and her hus-
band to church.
Steel Company Advances Wages.
BALTIMORE, March 2.——The Mary-
land Steel company of Sparrows Point
has announced a 10 per cent increase in
the wages of all its employees, which re-
owing to business depression in 1893.
There are now about 1,700 men at work,
but this number, it is expected, will soon
be increased to 2,500.
National Baseball League.
NEW YORK, March 2.—-The .repre—
sentatives of the several baseball clubs
which make up the National league be—
gan the annual schedule méeting of the
League yesterday at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. _ They accomplished very little,
however, and after.five. hours’ delib-
eration adjourned until 11 o’clock to-
day.
Postnlasters Appointed.
WASHINGTON, March 2.——The fol-
lowing postmasters have been appoint-
ed: New York—«Point Wood, George D.
Gerard. PennsylvaniaL—Ellaf Ida B.
Mathers; Reading. éugust N. High. '
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