:;I LAR PER annum invariably in advance.
TOAVA-ISTDA :
riarsday Morning, January 20, 1859.
.Jrledcb
WE TOO HAVE AUTUMNS.
LI JLMES KCSSAH. LOW ILL.
m autumns. when our leaves
-el* through the dampened air.
a! _,vd seems bouud in sheavea,
, . -land reaped and hare.
,-ea- s ha*e no fixed returns,
u ~*, our ill tbey come and go ;
i ■ n ir sudden summer burns,
<•. -et all is snow.
' rinys less -unsmer cheer,
- re our ineffectual spring,
, ; „ tnethiny earlier every year
P, -- riny birds uke wing.
v - the olden glow abides,
v tl-. vhilhcr bead aspires,
w d U ached in past spring tides,
sullen tires.
' cht - starring learn,
.< :• and strain oor wasted sight.
> -hroud up seam by -cam.
eg Vrctic uight.
• - we once were young
, : .aaal* Sanuux-r turning,
- it *.ich grass blade strung,
the*: as; red. believed
: „- - .t ild be re-made to-morrow ;
, . t ever undeceived ?
. •„_> faith for sorrow ?
h. -e Jax > are yet all spring,
. itid no*. .> }•—>t retrie* iug ;
_ i- a w-n.ii. dead tiung ;
zrlttttb if ajt.
Ibrl l*,'\ersitT Magazine.)
an 1 lVatli iu Tipperary.
A Stcy Founded on Fact,
CH \ITFR I.
was a brilliant one to those who
The burn wis wide, high aud
i that no iueouaiities ioeoia
• r.g of the dancers. Goodlv
• *j. ..is were stuck tu the corners
irt BMt, dari*r out kritfr, as the
: i wavered aud flickered iu a
.*v\-as.onaiiy pierced the chinks of
x Noftf, the half-blind fiddler, with
rows i eyelashes, aud Jack Mulii
bv.bltnd piper, sat uear each other
•iu of the ball-roooi. now aud tuen
. low w >rv?s of cot venation, and
.. steriMS chuckling?, while the vouug
: . e party were racged modestly ail
a e against ooe of the wai's
. :he sp en dor of new aad gasdr
. s. aad waiting to be bowed out of
-.si- ov the sraiiaut youth, who formed
- : i>s line of attraction. There were
- so* -of elderly akd marrixd women,
on aud gossip together:
nufiag the atmosphere (insffy was au
tobacco aud whiskey—for Neddy aad
* * t wh -key aad poteen, aud whenever
i er> ■ iosvd to rest themselves, each
ia regaled himself to his heart's content.
. id both just finished a good smoke
Now. KmMv, g*e us the reel of Tu yugly.""
? Mt a dashing yonc fltDov with a pro
of dark ..air and wh si.-rs. artd a bandit
: hts black eye. as he started from his
A i stood oa the middle of the floor;
: up. uiaa. for it's toe Lest tone you
it's : —x* f.-r ye Titer Fogerty "
• trfisft i 'tie woman. -carcely four feet
. * s*.! atooujr a gr-.-ap of lookers on:
wt iVs yetse'f that haawa what's what."
-reakcr stood ail in the iMbx ol
" for the secoad time ia her life, and
iK*r large head and si-.v; figure, was
i avor ;e w.th the dark-r sex.
Pm ever makiu' a Mtlkl aboafi
-* tvi of a race or a .vth else." oh
" t in < leHy natuarrtei female, whose
■ its had becone sbarpeced bybste j
v as jibe spoke, ber eye wandered
:• "v : .fi rest c ; r! ia the Vara WAS
N.ter h i the NVhsteed ba'. nxxn
' i rf.Te l*eaa:lfal creaatcre. SDjrbt
w*. features nobly forated, a-ri
If t>i-.*Hrd she Ml lea nine tcvajt'
v'J .'•f t k : it*re her red jus a ..::Ie
> to d.sci.ise teeth hke pewrb
• - - at. t pr ie ta the extwvsiSiow of her
—daM hauteur j aad her eye had •
• a as f .er eye WAS ao; centred
c ; er dress was seat,
■i c.d .a atay a c assy ora-i. aad
i ; it she ra-sexi offaaacL.t to
showed she was not
A"\i work. The ryes of Mrts
■e-aaest xsed dwirish wt>iv*w.
- •ec'joa of lias* of her ooctpaa
-1 JE CM crave i strws; was "3j*rk
"rtusrt as she coateoplated
- fof :c.e Uara bdh; aad whea she
* eyes frowt her, she dxed the®
- e '.C3 c/ Peter Fcuptrty with
V —;c Neddy Nopff
lot fiddk; cLsptwyiqf dm; the|
■ - o-v.ortUw of v-sace.
-■ - v eri...*s. acd havt< t%ht
f * cs a=*i r vew a sceww here aud
ced the irst s. ;e of Tat
* Fwgt* ty tfpwtli • sfw
■ cf ugirt wasMtt. *e and wtb
—eics now before
- vt he snXAtted her hand for
- :-i ce Prrhacw ooe or two pe*>
■ -J-*. wgrii .a*e oheerrwl ihai aa
■ - x*t , started free his powtiew
i> vo A.- Neddy's i.>:
** r** tvami forth, aud wttft
' • N T -V A"'
••• - '.w :.A. - xr >'r frjf >art '
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
ner ; but on seeing that Peter Fogerty was
100 quick for bim.be shrunk back with a crest
falien air, and sat down again, as if dancing
with any one but Nelly could afford him uo
pleasure.
It isn't fair to ask me to dauce so often,
Pety, murmured Nelly, as she arose to become
Fogetv's partner.
"Musha faith, an' I have as much right to
you as any one here." replied the youth in an
undertone, with a quick flash of his dark eye.
\ ery dejected aud perturbed was the crest
falleu Penis Ryan, as he sat agaiust the barn
wall, lookiug on the ground, while N'eddv N'o
ger's arm waxed more vigorous each moment,
filling the apartment with the strains of Tully
us'.v. which were kept time to by the clatter
of a score of feet.
"Isu t it a pity that a body can't stay lon-,
ger r, murmured a pretty voting woman with
a consumptive flush on ber cheek, as, at the
. close of this dauce, she caught up a sleepy
child in her arms, aud prepared to leave the i
barn. ' See w hat it is to be married, Mrs. Fa- '
gan. with half a dozen childbreu and with a
sigh of real regret, the fair young mother de
, parted.
"Nancy the crathur's sorry to go so early," I
said Mrs. Faugan, uoddiug her large head
gravely, as a whiff of wind, consequent on the :
opening aud closing of the door, blew through ;
the barn. " They say the husband bates her, ■
a T more >hame 'tis for him. What d'ye sav to j
that, Pety Fogerty { lias a man a right to
bate his wife
"To be sure he has if she deserves it," repli
ed Peter, shortly.
""Then may ye never have a wife, bad cess
to ye !" shouted Mrs Fagan. flinging a clod
of turf at him. "Now giris, what d'ye say to i
that ? Which of vez'id take him afther them
; words r
"'Oh, not one of them, to be sure !"exclaim
ed Pety, w:th a half-sneering expression. "J
wouldn't like to make the thrial, Mrs Fairan." j
"Maybe ye think ye'd get auy o' them ye i
liked," retorted Mrs. Fa can.
"Ay. and them 1 didu't like, maybe, too."
said Pety.
There was a shout raised at this ; and as
Focertv's tail figure stood erect iu lite middle j
of the barn, muttered sentences cf " Bad luck
to h's impudence? Set Idm up indeed." "I'd
Ike h.rr. to go to ask for m* r "Did ye ever !
hear the like ?" rau through the female de{*art-1
ment, while, among the men. some smiled, be
cau>e the g.ris *re vexed. a:.u others looked
. as fierce ard angry as jealousy could make
them Pety, who seemed the moving spirit of t
the scene, now i*a!!eti for another tune. and.
with a quick new peealiar to her, Mrs. Pagan
snw that :ie was meditating another dance ilh
NelW P.lion, when she called out :
"Here, Pety, ye'd betther take the widow
this time, for bedad 1 don't think any o' the
girls 'ill like to dance wid ye afther what has
passed T ai d stepping forward, the iirely Mrs
Fagan s.nek her hands in her s.des,and jigged
away, throwing her bend from side to side,
with movements more comical than graceful.
"Oh. with af! the pleasure in life." rep'ied
Fogerty, •raiianily, "I'm highly booored;"* and.
amid the laughter of many present, the quick
witted widow became Lis partner.
" Isj't Bet Kigali the pieasand woman ?~
whispered Nelly P.lloo to her next neighbor,
who fully absented to the observation With
a:h *r seem, ig careless gaiety. Mrs Figaa
had s*.> t>e very deep tboaghu, too : and, a
stie stood bef. re c.er chosen j*artner, she gave
a sly glance of encouragement to Penis Ryan,
as she observed him advancirg slowly to the
fa r Nd-'y. w';;o. as well as ber partner, looked
confused wed sbeepwu when she get up to
dauce K very thing pleasant must have an
end it. this world, an i so had the dar.ee that
o ght ia the bare The candles grew shorter
and shorter; ooe by oae the elderly women
dropped away ; o.j mcb secteocea as "Come.
K.ty, hew w.il you be up for the washia' at
dayA.ght to-awrrvw or, ' Oh, bedad I m
fw.r'y l>et out now anyhow wid the sleep !~
or. "Ah thin, mas'ia I wish a Kxiy coald
datx-e for eTerburst forth from the lip>
c"* son iry fair c-es as the party was break.ag
ajc
" P •<ny Ryan's te go h.xae wti yet: \ : y."
so : the Widow Figia. as she strutted over
to Net y P I'oa "Ver father ia.*d them com
sta:.d> apoa ne "IVe:." says he. "if roc see
R.aoy at the daace, let him. au no other,
boag Nelly home "So I said I'd co wdpra
tuesel* July I'm g.xtig off w.d Paa Pheiaa to
the fair of Koockmayle : ac" I'm sot tateodia'
to go bom? at all."
" A w*i was P or. afraid I'd rar away wid
N'ei.r' a-Led Pety Fcfty. with a dark
soeer on h-s face, winch the shrewd w.dcw re
ta*rked quirk-y enougd.
"Ob. bedad. there's taarv's :Le ore TJ be
glad to stake off w*i ber." she ret* ed jo
k.Bjrly
Tie Uc": afratdof P.aay. ti.ocgh." ocerTed
Peter, dryiy
"Dinar's a aeigfebor's soa. yoc know and
Pat has every dehen-ieece apwa the fiamtly
Bes-des that- yoc kaow," Seriag ber now.
D ray's fe qg.n to auMckf, hes a asowt ..ke a
Tcang vcmta *
Peter io.'ied oat darkly ata the agbt. Tae
bars door was wide otwr. mad the star? glim
mered faiatly ia the sky. He bad scare*'y
c.we 3ta:;y steps waea a . git figure oassehur
reduy to wards '".ia, aad a geatiy loocbed
his ana
"Pety " "We?!. NePy "
"For the lore of a!! that's good ikw't go
wtd the boys to the still lowgfn. 1 heerd that
the ganger s ae~ are ivaatia' e.oee apot it, aa
thereTi be sarvier. rt*T.~
What do I otre ** mattered Fygery, ag
gr. y I doc't eare a whittle for tl ill or gaa
ger : aad as for the awfiu T
Dx keep act a" maraer. aajtea. Pety/
fc Arr.ed'.T :reae .a Seiii. "Sare they say sow
lad i baad iz k.— a" Mi tier Cock, of Cross
zi i '
** W'ro say? it " :i!empt*<: Fcverty ferre
':y addt&g m a iedaas tow*. * aa' if I had a* |
:aai m k-aa* Cocke, -hakt he oesarre it 1 '
There ist's a -aad ri LS T ifgrirt ~*i t.* jood
! s right to a Aot ~
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
"Keep out o' mischief anyhow," whispered
, Nelly ; and with this parting injunction she
left liim to join Deuis Ryan, who was waiting
to escort her home. The night,though breezv,
bad a warmth very unusual at that season of
the year. It was already November, and still
j the blackberries hang on the bramble bushes,
and the hoarse crook of the rail could be heard
fßr in the meadows. Penis aud Nelly took a
short cut through the fields, and for some
time their walk was pursued iu silence. At
last Penis spoke
"I'm tbiukiu' Nelly, you can't care for me
as much as I care for you, or you wouldn't vex
me the way you do, dancin' and coherin' wid
that ill-conducted fellow, Peter Fogerty,forniut
every body."
j " What can I do when he spakes to me V
asked Nelly,iu a slightly offended tone. "Didn't
I know him since he was the bight o' that."
laying her baud very near the ground iudeed; '
| " and w hen he culls me to dauce I eau't re-,
j fuse ; it wouldn't be manners."
" Be sure, if you weren't eivil to him he
wouldn't be wid yesv often," said Penis. "The
counthry s talkiu' of ye all round, saviu' xer
! makin' a fool o' me"
"\\ ho cares what the counthry says?" said
Nelly, whose eye flashed in the starlight ; " it
I says many's the thing that isu't true."
"But Nelly, I ve got eves mvseif," murmur
ed Ryan.
"Piuny !" exclaimed the girl passionately,
if I thought you doubted me. eveufor amiu
, uit, I'd lave you at wooust ? I'd never opeu
my lips to bid ye the time o' day again !" Aud
! as she uttered the words her proud tace looked
prouder than ever. " Were ooe o' Pat Dii- 1
lon's chiidher counted to tell lies : and haven't I
I told you over and over again, that I'd never
care for one as I care for you."
| " I know that Nelly j but "
"Not a sintince more !" interrupted Nelly,
j "you've got my word that's enough w
, The white walls of farmer D.lion's house
; now rose up to view It was a comfortable
domicile, clean and tidy, and more commodious
than the generality of such houses in Ireland
It had its yard aud garden, its detached out-.
I offices ; and the goodly-siied hagert in the
rear was still stockexi w.th potatoes, waiting to
be dug out for winter and spring use. There
was hay and straw in abundance, already ga
thered in, and altogether an a.r of peace and
plenty reigned around the rustic home. Pat
was as honest a man as Tipperary could boast
of ; and Tipperary has its true "hearts as well
as any other county in Ireland Not one of
thcin bad ever cracked a .-kail, or fired a: a
landlord iu his life : and no relative of the fam;
!y, for the last thirty years, had been hung,
which was saying a good deal *>f the f.p|ieraiy
respectability of the Dillons.
Pat had two daughters The older one a
steady, dark-haired maiden who eschewed
dances and merry meeting* ; the other our fair
friend, Neiir, who was the youngest of the
family, and pet and pr.de of the house. The
farmer had for some time been aware that
Penis Ryan wi* attached to his pretty daugh
ter ; aud as he belonged to a fatniiy quite as
respectable A- his ou. and was. moreover, a
well-conducted, handsome you: .: fellow. neti
er he nor his wde had any objections to a
match uking place between the young people.;
Peuis had, certainly nothing to fear from his
sweetheart's parents ; but there were t a.es
when a dread entered his breast that Nelly was
only iLfiuenvred by uer family in receiving his
attentions and tolerating bis addresses. There
were dark rumor* afloat that she and Peter
Fogerty had been lovers, even in childhood ;
and well be knew that, as a wild lad in Li
teens, Peter had hovered round Nelly continu
ally devoted to her every w >b. If Neliy had
wanted a lard's oes; from the top of the high
est tree, w.to had she always to c imb for it ?
Pety And did b ever refuse her f Oh,no!
he uever did ; nor woa'd he if she had a*ked
h m to do as mock more for her. He gathered
dowrrs from w id h lis. aad berries from the
mountains for her, as offering* of bis yontbful
love ; aad if he had shot A snq* or woodcock
he preseuted it a.*ys to her. Us L:-yi.<h
•coration may hive :<A.vse*i away j bet if fc-d,
it WAS 0..y sooceetied by tbe deep aaiy.-.g ". ve
cf BMI.'AAXI A r \itr.t of temperament. Foger
ty loved her a m *>; to mmiatss ; ac*i it can
hardly cause surprise that he looked apoa
Ryan, who was allowed to pay his court, as a
darserocs and hateful rtva. "Hiere were
da: A reports aloat Pety .c the nee: .v rh-.oxL
He lore a d*x:bt:*J character : and though,
as yet. no acvusatiou of crime Lad been made
aga.*st htm. and It was whispered abroad : At
he was not " a safe perseo " Vrt. somehow,
tie g-ris i.ked b m ; and. pe'baps. not a f- w
were A ttie etsv o? of the no', re he best:wed
1 upoc Neliy Dulxm. Among bts owe sex. bow
ever. he was looked upon as qc :e a black
eep: and there wis -.vvt a ''i—nc* ir t-e ce ch
b>rfc<cod who would have l.ked a daughter or
sister to become kts w r e.
NeWy and Pen:? parted it tbe hc-ose pretty
good frieods, a-vd the latter retarded to h's ows
hooe. a Sttie re! eved of seme of his BE ■sgfrieg*.
respect tag h-s sweetheart's reg*i"-l for Fogerty.
though he sril! wlshe-d Neffy would ts-re* finnfy
rtrs-st the attentions of hts rival He frairei
tbe "cowathryN talk ;* aad to hear her coedoct
roc?eact.ted cpcc did not please h'a
S.xa* where sear his own hocse he encoun
tered a solitary ign.re bearing a bittdtr cs: oa
aeerer iasfwetsoa it proved to be F>gerty. who.
with a quick "ffue n*ght. r pa?se-d bras rapd y
Peaa stopped to look a*"ter hsm acd be tbought
Pety steeped, too. bu; he tonld mrt t* ssrre .
nerhajw it was oc ? y a bosh that he took for his
igare ia the dim starhght.
■ W aa: work is he zp tc BOW T* tiocght
Rran. ia h proceeded oa his war.
'— ' I
" Did ye hear the sews, rris V asked Pat
P Horn, ts W raze nto bre-al'as: rex: zxtrz'rz
"No father ; WOA; is it?* ASA:D tie elder
danghter Kt'ty
••Why, it's said fee recta:a thai Too Grc-
Ct*. I'll LIM IT WAS kdied eether vast r-gat or
tka marum'. He v hmai wit h h*s tread
ss>ied to BTT-v I-.VOOEA: v DvrLs RA. A ,
fw"w hewn r" ~
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FRO* ANY QUARTER."
"The saints be good to us, n ejaculated Kitty,
as she placed a loaf oo the table ; but it was
evident that the information caused her com
paratively little emotion—not that she was par
ticularly se!fi-h or hard-hearted, but she was a
Tipperary damsel, and accounts of midnight
murders, or daylight assassinations, could not
be expected to affect her nerves verv power
fully. At the time we write of, and, mayhap,
it is pretty much the same at the present pe
; riod, there was scarcely a resident couutrv gen
{tleman in the county that did not exjiect to
have his life terminated at some time or other
by a shot fired from behind a hedge, or whose
death, under such circumstances, would have
caused more than a few moments' surprise to
his neighbors. To hear that a man was mur
■ dered in this Itreult, occasioned about as much
1 wonder as might have been excited iu any
other place by the that a neigh
-1 bor s cow or horse was discovered drowned in
, a pond.
"Grogan was a qniet man, then," iaid Kitty
as she went ou getting breakfast.
"He was betlier, may lie. than them that'll
come iu his place," said Dillon, shaking his I
head; but vou see he did something to vex
them fellows that keeps the stiil above Knoek
shea, and its likely they were bent ou kiiiiu'
him."
" I wonder had Pety Fogartv arv hand in
it?" said Kitty.
" I wouldn't put it pat him," observed Dil
lon, gravely; "an' if there's anything I mislike
it's that sort of underhand murder. W'hr, a
regular fair fight's another d 2Vrent thing—it's
i honest xxork : but waylayiu' an on-uspectiu"
man's cowardly and tbief like.' And having
uttered this sentiment the farmer proceeded to
eat a hearty, homely breakfast.
During the repast Nelly had not spoken
much; but a quick flush passed over her face
whenever her father or sister mentioned the
name of Fogartv ; and by the tone in which
both spoke of him, it was verv evident that
tbey had a marked meaning in coudemaicg Lis
mode of fife,
j "If I had my will," said Di'.lon, ' I would
n't ish ever to see Pety inside the dour."
"For I either." replied Kitty "I don't
know now it is,or what the cause of it ean be.
but fie makes me tLrtmLe u most v* L.u i see
him "
"Then why does he ever come here?" a-ked
her father. " It's not to see me. FIB sore; fur
him an' I isn't in a:iv ways fnen'ir tbis long
time: an' now I'll be stiff ali out wid him oo
account of this business of Grogan. I hear,
Nelly, that you au" Pety danced a dale togeth
er last night *
"We did. father." said Ne!!r. a 9 boldly as
she could, while her heart quivered nervouslv
" He is as impedent as brass,"' added Kitt'v.
emphatically, without looking at Nelly, who,
nevertheless, felt pained Ly the tone of her
sister's voice.
"Can's we have done wid him entirely, and
give Lira no more encouragement ?~ said Pit'on
"I in sure, if ye. grK r id rive him the trate
mer.t he observes, Le d soon stopcoeiiu' to the
hou^."
" IWad. I look black enough at him," re
plied Kitty, with sincerity.
Nt: y' fare was pale, her lips compressed,
and a dark light beamed from her uc*ik.*st
eye. That she was agitated, ar.d yet eDdeav
or.rg to suppress a.'! s-gn of emotion was verv
evident
"Fogarty's father was a dacect ma.c." said
D...0u, after a pause ; "an hun ac' I were
com races many a year ago. Tm not the man
to give up the sou of a~, ould frtu', if he be
haved ia L msejf; bo: I n the la-'
man in T p'rary to countenance an idle schaanu"
fe -a hke Pety. an' what's more I wouldn't wuh
to have it reported that he an' me, or acv OL*
belonging to me. was great wid other Glory
be to God. I'd rather see oce o" my daughters
in ber tvffia than mirried to tie same Pc'.v
Forganv!"
" Ar. sms ! blame to ye. father," re ouw-i
Kitty, a? hast.lv mended the ire
Neither I nor yer mother id L>.d op oar
heads another L-ur if the ..ke hapoened." coa
ticned Pit.
It's net here that Pety "ill erer dhrame of
.ook.;<g for a w.j'e. 1 m tu*nk sad K t;v
with a snort laugh, aad a fsrt.ve kw>k at hi-r
si ster w ...>?e itead vs rc * Leu; low ver a
stock z siie was ki l"t -g
II - siy !> k ;f i.e ' k*s. w r* - *-- ~ t
gel ooe oat o* my bowse,"" of erred p IKw, '
. niScantly a be arose from the table and qait- '
ted the fcoase.
Whea he was r.v.e. the sisters fiU cot speak
fee sometime. Ne: T coetinoed tar k : -.
ar.u K.ttj it i abo4it ap the breakfast
. thiap-sipiajr cupw and saucers carefaiiy uc
fore raaging thern oc the wfcite we I scowred
dreser torw --*e <*• pi lit* fi >ard tit g
her fro a tse coreer where c
astaal-y past tbe tight, piared it in a more cow- 1
veaieM pust w for ase There <i< wt a
txetoww? sowod vhtzng tbrowgh tbe apart
mret. as K tty sat be'ore Ler whee' J.-AW _-
slows a great sx?y> of fax by - t:..reai?
Aiaost ic to-ta! tot the two giris tints *;
pare 'g their imp*:iow. : II the i ;rer ;ocr
arr.vec. tatagiag .a :ir father a-d brothers;
their mother Lad sot yet rettraed freo the
fa-r a: Kaxxiraayie. Artec pa-tak ig o( a
very hasty meal, eatea wuhoa* tire kast ap
petite, Neily decarxsi ser wteatiua uf g ;ac
to asexrt Ler bxMlk. oWn.sg txa: she a*-i
promsed to do so to zeip to carry fug
aer.
** Very wefl," rep ,T <d her father; M
'lare so go ftr for she a.: be'd be tace a'.re
wsgbtfaH Hsr %z' Be: Tzciz WAS to come
borne wi.i ether*
Ne!iy wea: :o pat oc her cloak, w tree ?xd
was to ?erre AS A ccTerl foe bee pretty lead;
aid as -he WAS ad..as:lag see Leao-i Ler fath
er occerve uo Ls too.?. " Beys, in tbiA &'
we
wsi Paty FdfHti: lis Liga iwse ,t it?
>w. hx it i aoe 5i oompaay for fiscri; cev-
Pk-'
*" Fa:a be s on-:." the s w - st * a
i iigraoe to bare any -rail to t s : ti beiod
( tbrtrh * i~re rrre-r: t ki" h--jj Af* YiiH'*
•♦K:' rp x ra.:L"
"Who says it? ** asked Dillon, sternly.—
j"\Vho dar'sayit? Come here, Nelly, and
tell us what raisoa people has to talk this
! way."
"They think. I suppose, they have a right to
say what they like," replied Nelly.
"That's no answer." said Dillon sternly, as
he took her arm. " D'ye hear, little girl—an'
mind it's yer father's spukiu' to ye—if I knew
! you to give Forgarty the lai?t encouragement
!in the worl', I'd niver look at you more
Promise now—there's a good colleen, an' ye
needn't look so frightened—that ye won't spake
i to him oyer again, more than to bid him the
time o' day."
The girl was sileut; her brothers looked
grave, with eyes bent on the floor.
" \Y ill ye spake out, Nelly D.liou?" cried the
father in a tone of authority.
Still the girl stood silently before him ; Imr
1 face pale as ashes, and an indignant ligl t
j burning in her eye. Seldom before had Pat
Dillon spoken so hastily to his pet child ; bnt
now he was trembling with passion, as he again
seized her arm, exclaiming—
" Say that you'll not spake or dance any
more with Pety Fogartv, as ye value yer fath
er's ood opinion, and dou't stand th<r.' like a
obstinate mule!''
"Nofather I'll never promise that," replied
Nelly in a firm voice.
" And why not, yocng woman V
" Because I'll never say the thing I don't
intend to keep to; an" if yon an* all here think
Pety Fogarty's more to me than ray own peo
ple, sure yonr'e welcome to think it!" and with
an air of mortified pride the damsel La-t.ly left
the house.
" Shw niver tould me a lie yet." said Dillon
as soon as she was gone; "an' it's not the 'ikes
of her that id go for to bring disgrace on her
people."
ICH. I ITER 111.
The November evening grew swiftly dusky
—a sultriness almost oppressive was in the at
mosphere; scarcely a leaf was stirnug, so still
was the air. Gradually, however.as the night
advanced, a mormanug breeie ran through the
tree to -. 1 y degrees vWehing into a stiff gale;
thick dark c! jds hang over the di-tant moun
tains, and the muttering of far-.? thunder
broke upon the ear.
"That'll be the terrible night." murmured
Kitty D.iloo, as she looked out upon the storm.
" Glory! there's a £ASII in ear;.e>t!" And for
as instant a gleam of forked lightning dwaet-d
in jvgged brightness through the kitchen, fol
lowed by a oud rattling peal of thunder " I
hope mother and Nelly isn't undLerthat rain,"
she cont uued. clc-ing the d.-.r
" They're takin* shelter ! er*. you may
be sure. rep..ed Dillon lighting h.s p ;e com
posedly ; " they woul ifa't be t a: t'ooitsh to
come on till the storm's oyer."
K tty waited for an hoar beyond the usual
time, before getting supper ready, but at length
seeii g no sign of her mother's arrival, she pre
tared it. atwi it was partaken of th some so?-
caiuity, as the ihuuder cra-hed louder and
loader, and the raiu splashed violently, ttil r.v
-o>ets strealacv; uo* .i n...-.jes to the p!a . te
low A few stragglers dipped ; t i for shelter,
and fresh foe! bring piled on the firv, tuere wts
a good deal of coaversati on toocung the storm
Vir.ocs anecdotes were to.. : -per • cat::*
k: ed, men -truck sei~se;tr>s, ■. -e hoes--.*
burnt op by lightning—all of which served ;o
begat e the time, though they cert a 'r i.i
coctr oate much towards supporting K iv's
spirits, or adayiae her fears of being sndden'y
k dec k...d licrse.f, or stciug sotitv of uer com
pa iocs i.d.prostrate each ok men:.
O .e iutel gett. elderly wayfarer who seea
ej to possess a very extensive knowledge t f
thunder storms .n general. t.d a remark*-'*
. "• ag rv.a:.Te w -MC-'U js- . G.'aug?-
isci in the North.
Its a mar.y years ago. DO*," he -a i.
drawing ?ear the fire a-. 1 r*: :e .toning I is pipe,
' that I knew Pbil Bra teg* a in the coou'v
M eagn.au—a daces: aaa „e was t.l! the i -•
got |M*cjOO of hia; aa* :t happened mat he
tad a cc-_vayc ret l oose :r.a: :.* Orange ij i?
. :g. : i irswer ta i -jge W_a: :•: tl.-*•
do bat ask him to let i; to them—aa'. beda: 1
T -■•'■-J- ' R Sv.'UJ. =E-I 4C.*.-C5 US* K W- '
it * y t > have any bias to sav to them
f- .•>**■ —i J- J jot Q ga. a ait tO £. ?
bead, glory to the Lord—an he agreed to pu ,
toe place up to these for a brave tea o" money..
' The n ght af -re tie Oraitge aeetia' was to be j
held ia it. he was get tin' every thing ready for
to go en: tie next men ia' cie the awful
!*'.ra arose. I cad it c.< aa' oeai-i the
haikstooes were as big as tew jeat.es, and the j
I bgbt&in* was flaoia' oot o* the sky like a bun-,
dhred berata' can ties. WeH, to Bake a lovr |
story short, P;-i Braavgau was kvxaed dead
as a ooor sa . aao aa me aouse was nan:
away. Father Fit Redly WAS the &•*: :HA; i
c tered cex; day; '•.< :aer? was": one bat
k;<s wi.se': aVarvi to pat i f.-ot ia ithe Lad
i~.coc a it I aseif. at:*i search vt? c: ie ev-.rt
where for tie mace* P... gvr trvm the Drarsg?-
a&ea; Ui "die a>xra (arthjo.cv i' jjexy to G>u.
CVA.LI ever be f.<oad; so t.ii J d., .
*!f dl-ia"t s*a"r it, to joe k .<* *La: k-a o£
There waso: ooe that dtaa't think Brane-1
gar was & :. bec-itse he !et Lis hc**e to
Uraage lads : aa eaougs is ta she ap
pear* joe of it."
-1 wecjda't blieve it." sauc D-i' ia a loce
of sceptic saa. " T.e* 3aer.ves -d.>-ea':
a w-u-dars ; ird as to :~e daftesawt o'
tie an.ey a"? very s> y -cr* ertf r !ra rot
.a and took u aiort reat o toe Kkb> r> j
r*;.vs.*e-i t"
" O sedad. t here i ; una is it afore
Ft-ec Pa: h aatetf," .uec .
si.-ry teller.
"*Ai th " there * cJeety rf Or"g* Wj** -
ia the Nona salt.' cactinned I>.<ou; ~aa' the
A.aghty go f:r to dnrorof :e in*
paitiekler that way. spun tl. A was
.u.st a_ AC: deal, lie ;d< wiy >I CA Docha't
browa keffer was k": by a last :
hiS*2%S
"Pat Pile* ye may ;a"t—but it was the
cms.** accdes: ; aa b'eve re to one after
:.tas. kwd wytkiaj to ay to '.s* r^-aaao;anea
a 'he* puf* "
1' * - e* j -- he?e
VOL. XIX. —XO. 38.
-aid Dillon, putting a coal in his pipe ; " an<4
! I'm blest if we're any the bether of it. Sure
Tip'rarv's noted for inurdher and misconduct
all over the wor!'!"
i " There's a sperit in the Tip'rary lads that
; isn't to be found any where eie in Ireland,"
rejoined a powerful, rather ragged man, who
was drippiu with rain; " they're a mane set in
the North, beunu' every oppression and insult,
widout as much us lift in'a finger to right them
selvts. If every county was like Tip'rary, Ire
land id be a different place."
" Bedad if the Tip'rary lads id keep their
sperit to work in the fields, in place of sboot
; in' all afore them, there id be greater comfort
undher every roof," said Dillon, with determi
nation.
" Well Pat Dillon, you've quare notions
any how." said the large dripping man, who
hiv.iig got some supper, and seeing the storm
wa- a baling, prepared to depart with his com
panions.
'• Its time mother was here," observed Kitty
as she looked into the night. It was near ten
o'clock now; and the moon and stars were
again ri-ible in a clear blue sky. She had
hardly spoken the words, when two female fig
ures were seen leisurely approaching the boose.
" Here they are, father!" see cried eagerly ;
" let me blow up the fire a bit." And stooping
j clown, she blew some l.oarse strong breaths
j open the half smou'deriug tnrf and sticks
till they blazed brightly. It a few moments
:he heard her mother's roice exclaiming:—
" Ab, thin, Nelly, how well ye kem to meet
tnf, after all your fine talk, and me half kilt
with the basket: its four stone weight, if its
hd ounce!"
Taming hastHr around Kitty beheld her
mother and Bet Fagan standing in the kitchen.
'•Where's Nelly !" she exclaimed in surprise.
'• How would I know?" ; coined Mrs.
D.'lon sharply. She was a determined faced
woman, about fifty, most industrious and most
strong, with one of those unbending inp'aca
b!e stvles of visage often beheld among Uoaest
folk. *
• The sorra rigkt o' Nelly we seen the night,'
replied Bet Fagan, shortly.
• Thin, she w;ot to meet ye jost aftber din
er," replied K.ttv ; " out maybe the thunder
scared her and die didn't go oc."
'■ Wnat way did ycome 7 " demanded Dil'ot.
" The way we aiwavs come—over the hiiis
and throegb the Scoily gap," said Mrs. Dillon.
'• She mast have m.sseii yon somewhere."
repi.ed Fat. ' Were re takiu'Jfeeiler anywhere?*'
*■ To be sure we were : we stopped two fall
hour- n' more, at Dan P .-.elan's , bet. sore
that's only a wee bit off We migtil have met
Nelly twice over afore we got tiicre, if sne uad
been comiu' at all."
" Wnere is she ar.yho* ?' broke in Kitty,
in a tone of concern, for sundry v*gu terrors
w re muting throagh her miud, not the least
of whsch was that Nelly might have met
with untimely end from a stroke of lightning.
" Gt up. Mick, an' go see where she is **"
said Mr* Ddion, peremptorily, to one of ber
t*o was loongiag, half a steep <c a straw
chair. ' Vckj can call at ail lb* neighbors, for
its most Hkely she's afeari to come oa Let
alone, its so late now."
M -kg t up. rubbed his eyes, and, hav.ag
refresihrd hi.use if by yawmug two or three Uses,
left the noa-c .a quest of his sister.
•• Where d'ye th.uk Is she T' a-ked Bet Pa
gat .z a ' w voice addressing Kitty, with a
strarge. meaning i:gh ia her black eyes.
" sare I doa't know," repi:d the giri, stati
ng at the pecui.sr expression of the widow's
face. ~\Vnere woud she be V
Mr*. Fagan tamed her iarge head away
a tfiout speakiag, nod gsther.ng her does
( round ber. u.a:t*r.ag aoaeth .ag aboot not iik
g to take ter departure w.thorn aee.ng Ndiy
safe in.
D i any body Tex Nelly in any wayT" ask
ed Mr*. D..i00, at she iuag herseif *ar„y
iato the stra* caad vacated by ber soa.
She too we l plaxed. for certain,
i K. tt r. iociig over at &er father.
Her a-' I had a few weeds togetaer," sa:d
Fit ; " but sure, thai woaiia't keep her oq;
| ... - --S r . -u .
S .* a very ' igh ia herself ~ observed Mr*.
Fsgan N-.!y Las a great sper.t."
B.t it mot ■ d .-er ois father she'd go
f.r - angry.' ttj Mm Dilioe gravely
' Fa:th, th-m, she w.t oat o' the nosse
suort ecoagtv. teougat K.tty, as she began to
: re-jiATe *;*£. *sppw- for ter mother and Bet
Fag an
il a Ija d.d aoc return 'or nearly an bozr
and ..-a ,e id aat oark. he oo
t -.! g* X* Ncby ; be had searched for her tu
every caua as far asScaHf gap, • ithual aneet
.'4 any oee who knew were sue was. Mueo
cocsteraatio* **t cair-ed by this ; afomauoa ;
ix while Fat D..ioa aad has w.fe aid oaagh
t-rT acre ot*..iiere< a. - aorrSol* M."* Fagaa
<ooo a .to eyes ltd apoa the ire and ..pa
■--vxkj-icewsed. as woe oeep u per
&ex. g her.
■1 4 g: hoea-r she obaerred, after
t__ st.xid for soae u*e.
Wiat dye Unk o' ka BetT
asked Mrt Ddioa
W .*• can 1 is .i said the waicw •
T-iy .a— tie* hagklet ga p. >o* aiied.a
a toae, " bat yo aeedr "jo* scared - t
r; J se* N :cj id tans. jz tu* sbora-a' safs
u' soaad."
I tca 'A it." jd the xh#r, sa a tresa
bctts voice. ' has hspceaed her or
■ -. * i u-ver s-tay .ot aahoor aftier
, aevef C.d."
We-. coat fret aay how " ad Mrs. F
r-ia
Thsa -aviig the wwicw weat towards the door
-d as soe tu-rfwo Kitty, see gate a wtah. as
. ia;a a* to sty, " i *ut joa oat w*4 mt "
K ty obeyed sa.— weir, asd they aece awt
tetek tie a* use. Bet ad, iaa be v*e* :
I>ra't mz- what I'm go *g to lei." you.
tossy cat wudr*. td> too then
* ■ . ■ - -i % v ;•••_, |
. gv.'s ear. ahsdfc aade rr eoahier aa,l
sera pair t>-.ugs •; pc*:eakc to hear '.mm
w ;s .*.i fer*cw
: eg : • rivt•£ :ST ••'•X*