WELL ON THE WAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1931, Page 21 (Supplement)

WELL ON THE WAY.

Terence O’Rourke, an Irishman, who ;had emigrated to the Wild. West, had walked seven miles through the mountains to call on his lady fair. Ifdr a time they sat silent on a bench . outside her. log cabin, but presently the < r ol(Jeii moon rose up behind the pine trees, and the man decided that the de.cisive moment wais at hand. So ier- ‘ ence huddled, -closer. • “Marv, girl,” he began,' “ye know I got a eiearin’ over there and a team an’ wagon an’ some hay an’ cows, an 1 cal'c'hte on buildin’ a house an’—’ Here he was interrupted by Mary's mother. . “Mary, me darling? she cried, i? that spalpeen there yet?” ■ .“Nett .quite, mother,” answered, the £ifi, “but. he’s getting there.”