Saints forgive me, I've forgot Archie!' "And afore we could stop her she'd run into the hall and unfastened the libr'ry door.

It took her some time to smooth down the young one's sensitive feelin's, and while she was gone, me and Simeon told the O'Shaughnessy man a little of what his girl had had to put up with along of Cousin Harriet and Archibald.

He was mad.
"'Is that the little blackguard ?' he asks, pointin' to Archibald, who had arrived by now.
"'That's the one,' says I.
"Archibald looked up at him and grinned, sassy as ever.
"'Father McGrath,' asks O'Shaughnessy, determined like, 'can you marry us this night ?' "'I can,' says the Father.
"'And will yez ?' "'I will, with pleasure.' "'Maggie,' says Mike, 'get your hat and jacket on and come with the Father and me this minute.

These gintlemen here will explain to your lady when she comes back.

But YOU'LL come back no more.