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Mister O’Mara From Meath
‘By Siumn MacMmui.)
(Author of "A I*a/1 of thf <> PrM*.
"Ballard# of h Country Hoy.'' “Th*
leadin' Hoad to Donegal," "Donegal
Fairy Htorlea,' etr >
Thoma* l»iu and f had splendid
shooting. and an altogether delightful
time, that week Toma# won a rrapable
game keeper, he was .1 f, ( p|ta| shot and
a charmlnb companion ' harming if vow
'humored hi# little whimslm title* and
gava hm hit own way,
But It l# difficult for me, to any, even
now which Toma* l»hu war born to U
n Muty idler or a *ji‘<ri*inmi. lie In
titrlvlily hit hi* mark in both
If |*»Mrher* l*ijt in particular the
Rcu Poacher ha a been In hang of
Tottia#’ life, tl»«*y at lenat gave hint In*
< xhuuMtlhle mntler for fr< t»h and rnry,
and oftlmr* startling yarn*.
And Toma* Neem* to have l><-gotten
foi the fieri Poacher that, tionuig*/
which g 1 tilua alone command*. Th*
ft rat year In which the unlucky red
head of thtft arrant rascal dawned
upon Toma*' world, ha tricked Toma*
into helping him (sh« n*d acoundral)
poa<h the land which Toma* wtti em
ployed to gamekeep and Mr. Met‘ran,
of Kdfaat (very naturally), dismiss' 1
Toma* with twenty-four hours' nolle*.
The following year the fieri Poarm-r
(to Toma*' genuine delight) poached
the land again, with the ahla help of
Totina' aucceeaor, and of the 1/ondnn
gentlemen who had tha •hooting
ranted.
Tomas waa reinstated In office.
N'o one would rent the shooting from
MH'rin, after those two seasons of
ill-lack Mr. Mcf'ran. on th« second
year, determined to take a few week*'
Jcgve of hi* la fast factory, and comm
dawn and shoot Mecnavalla < v,lih
Tomas' aid) hlmaelf. Tin aequo) waa
not pieaiMnt for poor Mr. MrCran. for,
whilst h« lay In durance vile in *
Donegal polio* ha rack, with the awful
charge of poaching hIN own I nd over
hie head, the Had pom her. who had
cooly naiwed poached the land with
Tomas aid onoe more.
’Toma* Dhu *bl I, "that w.« the
l«at you ever heard of the Hod Pouch*
•r?"
We were lolling and smoking on op
posite rytrners of the hearth nr* In
Tomas tilth hut after a long and fatigu
ing. but good remarkably good day's
sport and likewise after a long and good
remarkably gtx»d supper.
Toma*, by way of reply, simply guv*
utterance to that peculiar grunt an In
dolent man usee to convey, "I have
heard you." And out of Tomas' trnpaa
give features I could not read anything
satisfactory, either H*» I repeated my
remark In different shape.
"I esid, Tomas, did you ever hear any
thing of the Il»-d Poacher after* r *
Tomas slowly lowered his gas**
(which had be«n following ths smoke
Wtemas) and halted his eyes upon me.
"When did you say It?"
Tomas was In one of Ida captious
moods But I rather liked that for the
Compliance he thereby e*«ct«*d from
you wu* generally forehand payment for
"Well. I meant that.*'
"Oh. 1 log your pnrdon. I thought
y r w'e pat off.Tin' me a hit of news,
telling me that I never did lost <*f the
Ural pf idler Ift liei It s a good plan
young fells. If >«• give news, give news.
If ye ms queskliis as qur#hlns "
•*| daresay you're right. Well, now
I'm askin' o' ye n qu.-stlon Did y
ever aft her h*ar tell of the lied Pouch
cr?"
"Well, I should think ao!"
"Oh!”
Tomas Dhu lay back ones more and 1
contemplated the curling puffs which
h« now sent up thickly from his age
brown dud wen
I lay back and puffed u# quickly and
contemplated, too
dttddcnly. out of the smoky silence.
Tomas, whan the spirit moved him.
•poke
"To my bltthar sorra I heerd of the
Red Poacher again The curse of the
Cremind t»e on him an* the cause |\
th# en»w*
"After Mtstb#r MtVran himself Imd
been tskln' In an' so cru’lly misused,
there was h great cry out entirely, *ll
over the ffmnthr? The Jlnt letnen
sportsmen there was t»u houldln’ or
tyln* of. to learn that su« h a vsga
hone mm* allow i d st Is* go, I itigldn in
Ida aleere at tiietn. st the poll*. and St
ths i»« '
all ever the three kingdoms took It U|»
an' made the divtV* own thlrsw about It
—run over again the oul* story of
t lyalai In# \ the square place snvl e
- gn* that nobody should be astonished at
anything wrould happen In It To b*
I sate there was many • an 111-minded
vagaVoue tn all p«»t* of the counthry
that laughed heatty at the tartlble thing
•n‘ the dhrolleet lad th*y'd ever heard
tell of, |evrut the llrd poacher was, by
a long chalk
"But an>how, th# noise was made ov
er th# oounthry about It didn't help
Miether McPnm wan tmb bit out)
wtyd tt dlndered him »*••! Wt*atpoinlv«*i
»©hence there w«# of hie gefttn* the
•hoot In' of MeenavuHa let to a-uc.e
•pilin' rh*p or other afore, there a s
ikoirs take the chance at all now Ho
nlit year P went vacant, an* nt*t year
again, an* the year aft her that leery
Walt of the yewre Mist her Met'ran ad
v«til*«d the sh«H»tln‘ lit the jmpets on
the Vtme chance rtf Patch In’ erttoe poor
dpII that dldn t know tte hlathery llut.
Carter' there warn t a halfwitted )ach
dsw at w een the four saye of Iceland or
,q h'nglan amt Honilan' for that pari—
that dldn t know ■«* much sh»ul ||»-«na
valla an the Ited Poacher as Misti er
Ml Yon him self bo the dlr*#n# .»■*
much »• a tent S ink *•>» r,
ptyln trt wan rtf tha advartlsementa
Then Jdt#ther Met Van put the o*nsam
up fat sale. gn‘ put It In the pefers Hut
the dP II raws We the man there Waa.
even then, to t ome fort Id an offer hint
as much • • tvippen. e ha pen e In bad
ha penny for It Ah' exen when an the
fourth year a company of half t dosen
pound ICnglleh bucks. Jusl frosh out of
coliegt luk etween them. .% Whole
(thrift of ehoottn • In varrwe parts of the
county lVwtegai, Intendtn Mh to have
the apart of eboottn' the game an the
profit iteeides of eellln them to
l.ou don game-marchaute, an ltd th* i
thrae vhootjn s that surrounded Mean*
vslia. the gerre wan of them weald i*h«*
HssnstalU for hog or money ll wee i
unlucky, they eey*d» they d hate neth ■
Ing wbatsuinivcr lo do with I* on no
| account.
"But behold, ye. Miithr* Mc»!ran, to
j hi# ejt« c*dln. great Joy. nr you u\ ay
j sell suppoee, got Mecnavalla let this
v*ar On wan of bis trips to Glasgow*,
i which h< used to tak* th»* first nigbl
f Ivety month, he fell Jn an made »«•-
i cuainlarn *- with a County Meath «-gg
! merchant, Im* name of Mlether o'Mara,
Ihii findin out In *i»e nnu a* of tj»eir dls-
I morse that Mist her O’Mara had been
intendin' to hire a small shoot In' for
himself |»* way of diversion on holi
d; Mist her M< v (‘a»n totil' him ha
was delighted to know 11, ho had th«
very thing 10 stilt him, aft’ as Mr.
O'Mara. waa a dalcent, friendly man. he'd
let him have his place, be rwmu
valla In the County Donegal, on very
tnodhoratM farms Indeed. He sung It*
praise to tit* skies but <ll vll a whisper
Of th*- lied poacher. An' nn good luck
would have it the prtdr C*>unty Malth egg
marchant didn't know ;i thing at all
till ta*.ln taoln tuoln shrdbjshrdluhrtld
about the red rascal. Mist her Mr Cam
(who agreed with his friends In con
sldherlu' himself a purty ellver cut#
business man) didn't lalve Mi#th» r
O’Mar* Mil he persuaded him Intll hirin’
Me*rmviilla for tha salson an’ at a long
er price, too, nor ever It had been let.
for In Ms best days, nfore the bad
mini* go! out on If.
Did you cvrr hour iiuvthint; of tlio red pouches after.”
Mtathor M<Vnrn. u» , n ,«y w .!|
w** party plained with him*. If
o\*r how hr had h<*»kf«l »ha p<w>, «tIVII
O Mara. who mightn't know a gromi.
if hr »aw one from ,« grw-raffo
M* an Muter Moi'mti hadn't Iwcn cm
the beat of term* for Ipp an' lon*, hut
oh »".■« a* hr left thr atuxHllt' till O' M »rn
h*- writ me m letter want In* to know If
1 woul.lnt tak« aver tin- gum< kccptn’
«»f M« vnavaUa waniM more ll«- done me
wrong, hr t'«mfe»t.rd for *tne*. the Red
Foot her hint been too able for ‘hltnHf,
tw«» email wopder hr wita ttw» tbit for
mr. Mr pitched upon me now. ir bein'
t hr man who whn ablrrt to ntwt an
match thr raocal If hr dar'd make at
temp r «x, thr Inn tgain ft. mn«t
tmdrrrfan If thr rrd Mia hadn't
thrmthlrd MramoaUa or It* neighbor
hood for three >r«r« or mv hr w on't
hllr rlarwhrrr thr Horra a a*l*<*n wont
h> that th<*»> dtdn t come »omr n w
or a hunch of atotlen. from »nmc
unlucky corner or other, ulwnl him An
Me*oav«lU. he*lda* not let an' an
not wrll watched. wan jvmh h**t an’
double (XHH'hnt every year of (hem he
r*»mr poocher or othrr, an* It mt«ht
m wrll m not have hern hv the lad him
•elf Anyhow Mlathei Mct'ran *«yrd we
•nr *rln‘ to put our bent foot fnrrte-d thin
ralron an' win U»ck fnr Mr<ltnui|U it*
name an' fame, an’ make It of awir
vatey to Ita owner he’d come hlnorlf.
he'd rayed to Indenttfy Mt»l|ivt O Mara.
►* there onildn't ho no tulatakw. an' to
gtva mr dlrmcttona an' adj i« e an* to
keep a parth kler watch u|*m Mceu.*\alla
I wa»n t on no account to breath a
a > liable nlKiut Hed |Hw*eher •*r poach in’
to O Mara latttt w. d frighten tie life
out of thr p«*or dlvtl. an* have M> hrol*
taklu pear cuts for thr t\»un*y Maltb
i an* hit little ruga atore again.
"Mlfthn M'Vrati made offer *f very
fine urtia entirely to me a* I threw up
A job I had. w orbin' a Unm an* c.»rt for
l»wen Metlry, of an' I'omt an took
charae of %t<-<na\alia
"ihat w.« nearM In lulv fW» the
twrl th of A f »* «o the hour Mlrthrr
Mvt'rwn an* M let her O Mata with him
both of them havin' Joined at
toe Hthrwlautr Junction w u dhrl' eo up
t«U thr d«*u» on I'nddi H»*yt • oar *
tilentiea an I give them cwnd mile falbe
taitb M lather M**Orwn it«ppiil all that
day an' overnight, an we walked t* M ira
ratin' a part of the nhtMtin an' from thr
top of 11. iUrue, hr didn t know uiuca
about grou*. or game-fowls, but ha
wouldn't be tired boastin' about Mu
da Ith fin' destruction he often wrougn
among cr»iwx' an* pigeon*. I promised
If he could only manage to look level
along the barrel of a gun. I'd mighty
soon Initiate him Intll the rayetberle* of
grouse-kHHn, an’ he’d thlnkcrow* an'
plg**ons purtlklerly »llly child's play af
ther ‘Red Poa*rher' nlver crosnud wan
of our lips while we wor In hi* bearin’
Hut Mr Mcf’ran afore he left went In*
ttl the poll* barrack.* In Adhura, an' red
th«m a lecturing about the red fells, an'
let them know he'd houid them respon
sible if they let that highway robber an’
c utthroat < ome slouchln' around his lari'
Wiisn't more The sergeant of polls
promis'd that a bee wouldn't, buzz In
all Meena valla that salson that, there
wouldn't Im- a poitstnan at Ms lug rnakin'
a note of It. Mist her Mcf'ran laid on m»
as many directions a* would make a dlx
onary an' then he went off contented.
" Twu plot tin* In me own mind how
I'd keep Mist her O’Mara from bearin’
tell of the Bed l'OH*her, an' a purity,
thklesom* parable If was. b*-ka»e I very
man an' his mother standin' within
fwlrity mile* of ground isid M* enavalla
an’ the Red Poacher coupled together
on the tip of thHr tongue. But I might
well ‘a* saved me«<df the through,, for
b«*houid yet the very second momln* ho
was there young jvdward Hughan's son
ltmm> who had been at the office look'
jin ftc an Am. Mky letther from FYando
hi,. 4 the hoy. an- prosper film I
brought hack a lettlier ttddrcMsed to
; Mtather O.Mam of M tlth, now ahootln*
•I M.*enovuiU» \n‘ when hr opened It
I seen that he read It no Irs.s nor four
; lint"* over, an* after that fourth rradio'
• all* upon me. an’ *aya lie, Van yo
read” i can,’ aavt 1. ’lf It’s prent or nice
writ In 'l' •* nicer writln nwr It t* nad
’hi *ay* hr. *ao far aa I can uudlter
rtutul It What doe* it mane?* I tuk the
Irtthrr out of hi* ban’ an’ read *|>oar
, Mother tv.Waru, of Malth I am told
.r. * flee K h totin' h» he got at Mocn
t avalla this mi toon. I'm comin* along <u>
• • >u is I finish a lag tuigllahmun'a i had
luck till hlm!( that Ini doing now.
»»ur* thinly. The lied I’oucher'- t*r
word* to that effect. Faith, It tuk more
t o, pop out of men. This R»l Foacher
v •» th.- a | , \-.>r calculat
'd u| m ri,e cat. too. w in out of the
hag at a Jump There w.|gn‘t anything
for |t but make n clttnw breast of the
w hole matt her An' I tip m done It An*
when l a.iy tlmt Mtithrr O'Mara *lorm
• d and swore at twith my master an* my*
*rf. I in puttin’ thr case a* calm as 1
can. There wasn’t a Iwid name In hla
stomach he didn't hang at both of us.
an* aayeVl that ns th* dull made >u, he
1 match* d us I a* Well a* liu* maathcr for
I not hi yin a full pn'gram of the w hot* ea •
ufote him earlier In the business so |
sat down an* smoked till O Mam's win
gave out an’ hr could Kirge an’ abuse
o larger An’ th*i» b* ordrctai out wan
of hi* men hr had two men with him
an' n tbrap. an* tuk me also an* tilver
dhrew rein till h» was at the Ard liar a
polls Imrrack* NV** w*'nt In an’ he put
the Irtther Intll the sergeant of polte’*
hands, on* dim.*tided tlvlr purtectlon.
J The sergrutn read It. ah' soyed It was
, deuc«Ht e**o! *»f the red %*tUlan surely Itut
|he foul. Mlsther i* Mara all the engage
! mania he had made for t*dt* pattiml* to
( wmteh M' rntivalla right on* day. »n‘ hr
j snyed t* from * cn.l of the shootm*
[ to the other a fr»»g lumped unknoaesi.
k, P w to .>!*'• *.; o *•'*]■ .1 '
a aideVtlsh Hut. ttnwigh the sergeant's
.»rraogp*ments wa» g»*o*t an* very good.
■ ah* wduhtn't let a snipe sneak out or In
on the sly. they warm t half g**-Hl rnougii
to t'slse Mlsther O’llMW. who went o«»
far a# to demand that even two polio
mr, wb.-.dd for the nlxt ten days. It%<*
lat the kleriMitalU house An tu pulse
l'H£ AUIiUSTA HERALD
him, the sergeant even give in to thi*.
"From there he dhrive off an’ away
to pay hi* respects to an nave the coun
sel an' advice of the young English
buck* who had taken the neighborin’
shoot in *. An’ upon rny davy, he sthrlkes.
the six lads of them all congregated In
the hose on the Carkir shooting every
one of them with a billyducks from
the Red poacher in hi# first- same a*
Mlsther O'Mara had got. But the Eng
lish college chaps were enjoyin’ the thing
rather. They sayed they wonted a good
Irish adventure, an' thl* looked purty*
llk“ the commencement of wan. They
on*y wished to heaven the Red Poacher
would be as good as his word an’ coma
along till they'd put a slug or two in his
tall to ballaKt him. They'd giya half
their groove, they saved for the excite
ment, an' they prayed God the red vil
lain might turn up. An’ when they
found the state of flusthration O’Mara
w in an* the elaborate arrangements
he'd been makin* with the poll# for pro
tection they did laugh their hearts skin
ful, I tell you, O’Mara tie wasn’t more
nor, half plaised that they'd make so
light of the thing, an' of him. ‘Time
enough till hallo, l>oys, when yours is out
of the wood,’ im says. An' them laughs
last laughs best.' All which set the Eng
lish lads off in fresh kink*. An’ when
they I’arnt from Mlsther O’Mara that ho
was an *‘gg merchant from the County
Malth, an’ that he had big practice
shoottn’ crows an’ pigeons, they went
outside the house in relief to alse them
nejves of all the laughter was weightin’
thdr stomachs, an’ which they didn’t
want to iaugbt out Into his face.
* \Sell. n Mara, he wished to the Lord
he w i>. safely through with his shootin*
| anyhow an’ he didn’t care how soon
I he'd he iniahed. now that the dhre.id of
I that IVuircher was hungin* llko a rotten
j roof three over him.
I**l' II tell y<>ur oul ‘feela.’ says they at
last ‘lf you <l| t mind, we'll give you a
i few days, an* lower every wing on the
I lan** for ye* Faith, O'Mara jumped at
Jit *Vpon mi w >rd.* si* he, Til not uisly
forget |t to yous If ye do.’ It was only
! an extra hit «»f sport, come chape, to
! them, an* they agreed with a heart an'
In half an* tmiP him. moreover, he could
come afterwards. If he choose, an' amuse
himself gettln' In the way of their guns
son tlicit xnootin's though they couldn’t
: protniMe him neither ptgoens nor crows,
I they were «free»i. u niAru himself Join
ed them in the laugh at this, for he was
In purt\ g->od humor now he seen he'd
hove but little to dhread from the lied
1 l*c\a rcher.
S ill he didn’t slacken w. n bit in his
! watchfulness lie arranged with the
j po..s that very day the Kngllsh lads ’ud
j l*e helphin* him oil \Jeensvalla they’d
j have to do their pathrollin’ upon tho
nrl" of the college elmps. lest the Red
! (Vtnehsr ’ud step in. on the grand op
| port unity, an* not Inlve g* kickin’ thing
upon grounds. Hut, In all cases.
J ho ordhen d as nfore. that the two polls
j should stay day and night by his own
place, an* alt an’ dhrlnk In (its own
I house.
j He lllcwlse planned that me an* hi*
own two should take tho hampers
of game nightly intll Glen ties to the
I railway station, an* have them shipped,
j ||’d lend me' his men, an* ht* convey
ance also, to the Knglish chape to carry
j In their further on; an they could, for
safetys ,ik. add wan or two of their
i men to the contingent. 'From all the
% tern* *l> he. Tin tool’ of the Red
I f\*H'her, we can t be too cautions.
Faith )♦ right.’ sajrs the college
• haps winkin' the wan at the other.
■ i
>of tncm. with three of their men. «n*
> V v. cf hi* nr*,, .*'• m« *• !f
w ,s on Meerutvul lUtbiigln* sway like
i, rujiment »»f arming In the war They
w r all j i ‘s h»lr sitots, the ct»»ll’ge
.■hup* an’ Mlsther O Mara himself, see
:mg tliat we was only used at ttimblln
pigeor* an* mart didn't do at all so
Imdlv m give the bucks a deal leas
laughin' tbau tl<> > txpecud. An old
timo he conthrived to get wan of the
lad* right In the line of his fire, which
always give five of them a hearty laugh
of course; but generally he went wan
betther nor the man who could fire at
a mouse an' hit a mountain. Afther
the dozen of us were on the lan’ three
days, ye might catch all the grouse we
left livin’ by putting salt on their talte.
Every svenin’ too, meself an’ the rest
of the escort took off the day’s baggin’
for the Olenties railway station. An*
It’s meself was noways sorry to go th**
same Journey, bekase Dan (wan of
O' Maras men) was the best sowl in the
wurrl.’ an’ niver let us pass Jimmy
Kinny's public-house without we'd go
in an’ wet our whistle. An' he’d give
us two or three dhrlnks no less, afore
he’d let us out. O'Mgra’s oth*r man,
Tarance, was a grumpy, growlin’, gnod
for nothin’, dog-in-the-manger kind of
divfl that wouldn’t ax ye had ye a mouth
on ye If ye thravelled with, him from
Cork to Christmas, an begrudged seein'
Dan thratln, moreover. He’d not go un
til Jimmy Kinny's with us. whether we’d
stayed a minute or an hour, but ’ud re
main dangin* his heels over the baskets
of gam# and countin’ the stars to Ifeep
himself warm till we’d come out again.
An’ then Dan tuk us In to see if Jimmy
Kinny was still alive, on our way back.
Thera was mighty pleasant evenin’s, l
tell you.
"An’ for ten days this kind of thing
went on, bekase O'Mara tuk meself an’
his own two men to help to weed the
game out of the three shootln's of the
college chaps. An’ we had always wan
or two, or maybe three, of their
men with us by way of escort to Glen
tles every evenin’ an’ Dan, who mus*
have laid hands on a leprauchan—he
had so much money—ever an’ always
halted the crowd at Jimmy Kinny's till
we’d sloke our thirst.
"O’Mara, when he had four or five
days’ practice, come to handle like a
man was intendin’ to become a good
shooter; an’ there was no more talkin’
of pigeons an’ crows, for he run the
English lads purty close. What the lads
used to enjoy, though, was that wanst
O’Mara got. his own ban’ shot an’ the
game gone safely off, he quickly lost
all tarror of the Red Poocher, an’ hadn’t
the ghost of another curse in his
liver for that scoundrel. It didn’t seem
to give him wan bit of concern whether
the red fella ’ud come nl an’ carry off
every wing on his neighbour’s lands or
not; an’ so they upcasted till him. banth
ering. ‘Och, well,’ he'd say, Tts each
man's cry when his own cow’s sick.’
But for that part the sorra muc con
cern did the Red Poocher give any of
the lads, especially when they seen he
didn't turn up durin’ the first four or
five days. An’ they w-ere more nor half
sorry he didn’t an’ give a O’Mara a good
roun’ mouthful of curses for bein’ so de
uced purtlckler with ills polls pathrols
an’ polls gaurds. An’ there was small
doubt hut it was this kept the rascal off.
Many’s the bit of a debate they all had
about how the would a’
been likel to have gone to work If he
had ventured on the lan’ an’ how they’d
have nonplushed him. an’ got hold of
him, an’ played him like a cat might a
mouse afore marchin’ him into Ardhara
j * >!i s barracks with a yard of rope de
coratin’ his neck.
‘They would hac had the dlckneses
own gay time with the buck, there was
no manner of doubt, If he'd only been
foolhardy enough to let his shadow fall
on a daisy on wan of their lands. But
they wan an* all agreed—an’ Mlsther
O'Mara with them—that the red rascal
had method in his madness, an’ if he
was within a Mg radus of them he had
tuk particular good care to lie very low,
an’ sing very, very small.
"Well, on the last night of the shoot-
In' we hud regular big Jollification, all
hands of us. I ted ye. An’ poor divil,
the Rod Poacher would have found his
ears homin’ If he had boen within any
sort of raisonable distance of usjbekase
thero's no doubt of it we jerked a fair
share at his expense. An’ small blame
to us. seein' he made such an' Impudent
ly houid start, within’ his threatenin’
notices to all hands, as if he was goin’
to do the dickens-an-ati, an walk right
over all our heads. Far intll the night—
or Intll half ashamed to tell It, hut the
thruth’s the thruth every man lay
where he fell. The English chaps kn**w
how to get round a quart of lrishwhls
kev about as well as If they had been
broken to it when they were on suckin'
bottles, but they give in. An’ when 1
give In meself, Miather O’Mara an’ Dan
and Tarance seemed as fresh as a May
momln' bad luck till them.
"The sun was purty high up in the
sky net day when we were shouted an’
■lcy next day when we we got our eyes
opened, an' some of our senses back
again, behold ye, wasn't !t the sergeant
himself of polls an. a l*and of his men
was standin’ over us. ‘Well, wlmt's the
row nows sav# we when we seen this
ttrmy crowdin’ tha kitchen.’
' Nothin,’ says the sergeant him
self of the polls, hvtth a heavy sigh,
only the Red Poacher, be hanged to hint
Whut.’ t says wan of us. an’ Wha
say# all of us.' Jumpin’ for our firearms.
The Red Poacher Hi rroo; Show’ us
him,, sergeant, avlry we get the
chance of a pink at the hinder end of
hi* breeches, an’ Ivery mother# sowl
bruk for the doore. Arrah!' may# the
serge Tit, ’to pot with you# for hlath
erin Idiots. Stand yer grounds till I ax
ye wan question—Has any of you* got
any returns or replies from the game
you# has sent off? No, none of them had.
For the past three or four day# they had
sent a messenger to the office, an* then
abused the lamdon men for not beln
promp’er In replyln* an sendfn’ cheque*.
'I thought as much.’ nay# the sergeant.
•What th... dickens do V sav*
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cored ty
three Little Pill*.
They also relieve D»-
treae from Dyspepsia. In
digestion and Too tleartj
Katin*. A perfect rem
eqy for PUrltMo*. Nauaea.
1- witnan Bad Taste
la the V"»A Ctoated
TVsogne. lain In Bide,
TO lino IJVHL The*
Vegetable.
CARTER'S
SPhtle
JIVER
Eli
regulate Uw BowrL i
SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Geruina Must Bev
Fac-Simile SignaiuiV
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
CARTERS
Sittle
fIVER
■ PILLS.
Legal Notices.
Administrator's Notice to Debtors and
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given lo all tha
creditors of the estate of Mrs. Ann
Keenan, late of said countv, deceased,
•to render In an account of Their de
mands to me at 1126 D'Antlguac
street within the time prescribed by
law, properly made out, and all per
sons Indebted lo said deceased are
hereby requested to male Immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This seventh day of September,
1908.
W. H. CARRY.
Adm. of Mrs. Ann Keenan.
S 7 14 21 28 O 5 12c
Notice of Intention to Apply for a
Charter for Insurance Company.
The undersigned hereby give no
tice of their intention to apply to
the secretary of state for a charter
to conduct a Mutual Industrial Life
and Health Insurance business, and
accordingly publish the following.
Petition.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
RICHMOND COUNTY—
To the Honorable Philip Cook, Sec
retary of state:
The petition of A. M. Sherril, R. S.
Williams, C. T. Walker, G, N Stonev
.lames Harper, A. G. Sartor, John P.
Dugas and H. C. Dugas, ail residents
of the city of Augusta in said county,
shows:
1: They desire to form a corpora
tion to he known as the "Georgia
Mutual Industrial Life and Health In
surance Company."
2. The kind of insurance they
propose to carry on is that of an in
dustrial Life and Health and Accident
Insurance as specially defined in
Acts 190 S, pages 96-97 and 98—the
same to be established and conducted
upon the mutual or co-operative plan
as provided in said act and in sec
tion 2030 of the code of 189 C.
3. They intend in good faith to
go forward without delay to organize
said company and request to be in
corporated under the laws of this
state.
4 . Prior to the filing of this peti
tion in the office of the secretary of
state, they have given thirty days
notice of their intention to apply for
said charter by the publication of this
petitrm, once a week for four weeks'
in The Augusta Herald, a newspaper
publishing the legal advertisements of
the county of Richmond, where the
principal oflice of said company is to
be located.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that a
certificate, of Incorporation be issued
as provided by law.
A. M. SHERRIL,
R. S. WILLIAMS,
C. T WALKER,
G. N. STONEY,
JAMES HARPER,
A G. SARTOR,
JOHN F. DUGAS.
H. C. DUGAS.
WM. H. FLEMING,
Attv. for Petitioners. 5714 21 28c
WE HAVE FOR SALE A TWO
horse all steel hay baler, tn splen
did condition, sold for no fault, but
the owner wants to buy a belt power
press.' Come and see us, Wirtz &
Hernlen. j2Btl
Notice of Sale and Transfer of Geor
gia Railroad Stock.
I, as administrator of the Estate of
Miss Elizabeth R. Bown, (known also
as Miss Bettie Bowen) deceased, late
of Lee County, Alabama, will sell on
the 21st. day of October 1908, to the
highest bidder at public sale, before
the Court House door. In Opelika,
Alabama, between the legal sale hours
six shares of Georgia Railroad Stock,
belonging to said Estate, under and by
virtue of an order of the Probate
Court of Lee County, Alabama, and
I will transfer said Railroad Stock tn
the purchaser, this September 19th,
1908.
JAMES B. COYNERS, Admr.
S2l-28-0.V21C
Just Exactly Right
"t hnvo used I)r. New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exeactlv right,” says Mr. A. A.
Felton, of Harnsville, N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least dis
comfort. Host remedy for constipa
tion. biliousness and malaria. 25c at
all druggists.
they. ’Are oil of yous here?* says the
sergeant. ‘All of us.* says they, lookin’
around an’ thryin* to count wan anoth
er. 'EarrinY says they, then, ‘Misther
O’Mara an’ his two men. They must
have been afoot earlier, an’ sth rolled
back to Meenavalla.’ ’Oh. indeed!" says
the sergeant. *Yls, indeed. I was Just
thlnkin’ they tuk a rather early sthroil
this mornin.’ There was a little note
from him. informin’ me as much, dhrop
ped at the barrack doors this mornin’,
an’ advisin’ me to come an’ look after
yous, or yous would be apt to oversleep
yourselves an’ miss the early worm. I
called by the Meenavalla house Just to
satisfy meself. an’ it s as lone as an
anshlnt abbey. Here’s a note 1 picked
up on the table here when ! florae in.
4 ni thlnkin’ that's the name of the six
of yous on the cover of it. Purty well
addressed, anyhow.'
"With their mouths open so ye might
turn yer fist In them, an’ their six
pairs of eyes like bow-wjndies in a
castle, they had the note tore open in
half a Jiffy, an' every man of the six
let out of him a curse might kill a crow
In a crab-tree, for the note was some
thing like this—'Mlsther O’Mara, of
Meath, presents his compliments, an’
hopes the six nice, bright, clever young
Englishmen is well as he'd wish them,
j an’ as full of self-consult as Ivor, lie is
very sorry he bus ben called of suddint
for he should have liked much more of
their improvin’ company. Hut If his
J good friends wouldn't mind callin'
! round by his egg-store in the County
Malth. on their way home to their dear
j mothers in England, he promises thorn
, plenty of pinkin’ at pigeons an" trows.
—Yours truly. The Red Poacher.’ "
I said, after A little. ’ May 1 ask you
1 one question. Toma* FKihl?*'
"Throt It out quick, and be done with
! |t, M between whiffs of hi* freshly lit
] P»P«*
"Didn’t those Englishmen themselves
j tack on the proper label* on the h«mp
• i>. r .re they '• t th* •*. *ff '
I "Did 1 tell ye tliat while lh*n w«s
invikln the rest of us merry In Jimmy
Kinney'*, Tarmfice, the growler, remain
ed without to keep count of the slur*.
"Oh A’*
MONDAY, SEPT. 28.
Legal Notices
STATE OF GEORGIA,
RICHMOND COUNTY.
To the Superio- Court of Said
County:
,»
The petition of Thomas R. Wright,
H. H. Coskery, Maurice Walton, P. H.
' Rice. F. L. Fuller, W. M. Nixon, R.
j Roy Goodwin, James B. Wright and
John C. Wright, all of said State and
| County, respectfully shows:
1 That they desire, for themselves,
their associates, successors and as
signs, to become incorporated under
the name and style of "The Margaret
Wright Hospital,” for a period of 20
years, with the privilege of renewal at
the end of that time; with power by
that name to contract and be contract,
ed with: sue and be sued, have and
use a common seal, and to have all
other powers conferred by the laws of
Georgia upon private corporations.
2. The principal place of business oi
the Company to be at Augusta. Rich
mond County, Georgia.
3. The capitol stock of the company
to be Twenty-Five thousand dollars,
divided into shares of SIOO each, ac
tually paid in, with the privilege of
increasing the Capital stock at any
time my majority vote of the stock
holders to any sum not exceeding
$50,000.
4. Said Company to have power,
to borrow money on note or bond, t»
secure the same by mortgage or other
foKn of security: with further author.
Ity to buy, sell, rent, lease or other
wise hold real estate and personal
property needful, useful or necessary
in the conduct of the busines.
5. The Company have power, through
Its stockholders, to make rules and
by-laws for the government of the
Company, and to conduct the business
of the company through such officers
having such powers, terms of office
and salaries as may be designated In
said jy-laws.
6. The object of the Company Is
pecuniary gain and profit to its stock
holders. The particular business pro
posed to be conducted to be the main
tenance and operation of a hospital
or sanitarium for the care and treat
ment of all classes of sickness, Injur
ies and diseases, including surgical
operations, laboratory and analytical
work of all kinds; with authority to
conduct, in connection with said
hospital, a training school, for the
trainging and education of nurses
and with authority to Issue
to such nurses as shall complete the
prescribed course, diplomas or certifi
cates of graduation; and with author
ity to generally do and perform all
iiings necessary, needful, customary
r desirable in connection with hos
pitals or private sanitariums.
7. Petitioners pray that there be no
personal liability on any stockholder
except to the amount of unpaid stock
subscriptions. *
Wherefore, they pray that they be
made a body corporation under the
name aforesaid, with the rights and
powers above set forth. t
G. R. COFFIN.
Petitioner’s Attorney.
Filed in Office, this September 21,
1908.
WM. D’A. WALKER.
Clerk, S. C., R. Co., Ga.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
RICHMOND COUNTY.
I, W. D'A Walker, Clerk of Supe
rior Court of Richmond County, certi
fy that the foregoing is a true copy
of Petition for Incorporation of "The
| Margaret Wright Hospital," this day
i filed in said office.
Witness my official signature and
j the seal of said Court, this September
21st, 1908.
WM. D'A. WALKER.
Clerk Sup. Ct., Rich. Co., Ga.
S. 21, 28, O. 5, 12, c
THE WAY OF IT.
Proud Traveler—“l have had such
experiences with the band! r in Italy
and Spain. Have you ever had aC
experience in the least like it?"
Stay-a! Home Citizen—“My dear
sir. 1 can surpass your experienc-.
There vas a time of my life when
I never went out that [ was not h>-ld
up by force orarms."
P. T.—" Good gracious! How was
it?"
S. A. H. C.—"lt was when I was
a baby and my nurse took me out
for an airing. "—Haltimore Ameri
can.
THE BIRD *OF TIME~.~
Mrs. Wing—“l declare I'm get.
ting quite gray and I used to have
snrn lovely raven hair.”
Mr. Wing—" Well, you can't expect
to have raven hair and crow's feet
at the same time."—Boston Trans
cript .
WE ARE OPEN.
for business six days of each week
and for 51 weeks of each vear. tTt'is
telling \nu so as to hate vou keep it
tn mind that you can drop ir. any
tl:.ie and buy
THAT WALL PAPER
vou'rc re-.konlnc on getting for your
house. Paper that's becoming for
every room you have can he had here.
Plain, emboesed or with gold, wh«a
I -tight of ue, the prices are guaran
teed correct.
W. C. Rhoades d Co..
OPERA BUILOINQ.
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