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The trembling dew-drops tall rpos the shutting tlowers—lislyke —and a l souls at rust- The stars shine glorioul Save me is blest. blether; I love thy grave! violet, with its blossoms blue and mild. Waves o'er thy Above thl child! head—when shall it wave -, 115 sect flower—yet must R e bright leaves to the coming tempest bow. p e sr m other,'tis - thy emblem: net Is on thy brow. And I should lore to die— love. uotasted, life's dark, bitter streams, By thee, as erst in childhood, lie, And share thy dreams. And must I linger here, To Rain the-plumage of nw sinless-years, AO mourn the hopes to ehtldhood dear, Wits bitter tears? Ay, must I linger here, . A loneiy branch upon a blasted tree, • Whose last !milleaf, onmely sere, Went down with thee' • Oft from life's withered bower, In 'till communion with the past, I turn And muse on the lonely flower In memory's urn. 'And. when the evening pale, goal a mourner on the dim blue wave, sirs 3 to hear the night wind's wail , Around_ thy grave. Where is thy spirit flown! ;pre Abnee—thy look is imaged there; I listen. and thy gentle tone Is on the air. Oh. romp—NE - Mist here I press 31v brow nporthy grave—and in those mild • And thrilling tones of tenderness, Bless, bless thy child! I',a, bless thy weeping child, And n'or thy um--religion's holiest shrine— Oh, give this Fpirit undefiled To blend with thine. Zr IcaTZI Ezllz. 2:12D0207762211§ TILE MISER. [Continued] har;rx the few days that intervened between; birth and his christening, Fardor- I mind-was engaged in forming some t,to; F ineip!e he which to guide his heart in ehr Nnllirt'that still went on between avarice' gad affection. In this task, he imagined that :le father predominated over the miser almost ,r than a struggle; whereas, the fact was,that tar :iihtle passion. ever more ingenious than tlc ,imple one, changed its external character, rime out in the shape of affectionate fore and provident regard for the wants and his ehild. This gross deception own heart he felt as a relief! for though wi:11 the world, it did not escape hid of his little one, all its CiTel/M -,:n0,:. von•idnred. ought to hare rinsed him t.ietl:l!) enjoyment unalloyed by the care-and react which checked his sympathies as a pa nr,. Neither was conscience itself altogether silcnt nor the blunt remonstrances of his ser m.:l/4 wholly without eflect. Nay, so corn i;c:ch was his judgement overreached, that he hni‘elf. attributed this anomalous state of tnet•ne to a virtuous effort of chriktian duty, rd looted upon the encroachments which a inrc of saving wealth had made on his heart manifest proof of much parental attach- nent He consequently loved his wealth U ., ugh the medium of his son, and laid it ; as a fixed principle that every act of la-simony on his part was merely one of prn liente. and had the lore of a father, and an of: feciorate consideration for his child's future welfare to justify it. The first striking instance of this close and pipin; spirit appeared upon an occasion which .6do tn fails to open, in Ireland at least, all the w arn and generous impulses of our nature. it her the' wife deemed it necessary to make tho.e hospitable i proparations for their child's thristenin g . which are no usual in the country he treated her intention of complying, with this ofd euitom ass proof of unjustifiable folly and euracannee—nay his remonstrance with her uniinted such remarkable goad sense and pen. Luce. that it was a matter of extreme tiifficub.' ty to controvert it, or to perceive that it brig- . rated from any other motive than a strong blcrest in the true welfare of their child. • our wanting meat an' money, and for I t'at matthor. health and time, on his christen. "tither give him more health, or make us him Lutthur? It's not the first time, 1 ttrz, that I've heard yourself make little of, rj,! of our !labours for pin' beyfint` their te gettin' up big ehnstenins. Don't be thin, when it comes to your own The wife took the babe up, and, after having Dzel ofketionately on its innocent features, Pr:el to him, in a voice of tenderness and re. PSI 'God knows, Fardoroughm an' if do act wilt Lll7 ,as you call it, in gettin' ready his christ me, 4urely you oughtn't to blame the moth ll' for that Little I thought, acuhsla oge,that tom' own father 'ad begrudge you as good a . tl.!3tenin' as is put over any other nabour's !kild. I'm afraid, Fardorouglia, he's not as iD your heart as he ought to be.' 'ha tad proof of love for him, lionora, to • at to the ba4 what may and would be service n'-`-' to him hereafter. You only think for ' fe present : but I can't forget that he's to be ; *IN in the u - orld.an' you know yourself 1 T'wt poor means we hve doin' that, ale I Oat if we begin to be extravagant an' waste...! h'..kkase God has sent him, we may beg wid kt .tort long.' 0-. k re . s a ngerd of us begpi a''' wid him. v a . t : !be e onttaed, the pride of the another 4 'i'; ken touched, 'my boy will never beg 471 4° ftentl, you never will—nor shame ~ 'Po trill never Come upon' him aither. na7eyouno trust in God, FardorOttubar e, ' ( k'd tlt nenorver helps them that neglects them. et lloa. But if i t was pleasing to his will to remove . .'"yrom no, would you ever forgive yourself --mar him have a christenin' like another 4.7,4 , • • i s rejoineot the persevering mother. lit ,' Priest' replied the good man, 'will do et a ' 4 for the Poor child the rich; there's i' t acrament for both; any thing else in , I . , ~ . waete,"aa I stricl,An' won't 'glint iff 0 It. You Roamers, FanierePOM's. Chants tefirirt•talte don't cansidlia that your way or it hid epecid had not orly gone ;far, . abroad` through ' th as much in ode day as' ,M 1 clothe, hint two or rieighborhood,,but wait felt, by the members(' three yeem,' I - l': - I hie own fatally, with almost merciless eoverity 4 MUYI never sin 'is day; Pardereughn,-but , From:habits othotiesty,,and a deeent:seneir,e me 'ad think:you're !tired of him: alteady4:ll,y ; independence, he WO soot dews : lied te rapac, not given' in to 'what'll daeent , you know . you'll y and meanness; what bat/Amen prudence b only fret me—i thingthat no maa wid hii r a egrfts degenerated into cunning ; and he wh. heart 'ud do to any Woman suppOrtin.' a bitty when commencing life, was, looked ripen out • as I am. ' A fretted nurse makes 'a , Child sick; as re saving man, had laiovir-bectime coterie • as Molly Moak touldlyen before she Went Jso: for ;extortion rind wimp ~•• ..". , • j .:.r . % that its not on my own account Fm's paltings, , ... A_character awl/ fns this, among a people, o but on his—poor, weeny pct,-the Lord laved ' generous and livelylfeeling like the.lrisb, is i him! Look at his innocent puny' little-feee,: every state " of life the. object efkitensiand i an' how can you have: theheart, &rdorougha 1, disguised, abhorrence., It was_ with .difficult Come avoureen, give ,way. to me this wallet ; I he , eould succeed in 'engaging servants, eithe troth, if you de, you'll:see how 11l nurse" him, for domestic or agricultural purposei„and, per. an' what a darling lump o' sugar rn have him Imps, no consideration, except the gencrial kind. for you in no timer 1, - '.' ness which was, felt for his wife and eon,would Ho paused a little at, this delicate , and af- have induced any person whattOever to.enter fecting appeal of the mother; kit, except bY,a into his employment; Honornandconnor did quick glance that passed from her to their what in them lay, toitealte the dependent's. of child, it was impossible to my whether kir the , family experiepce as . ; little L , of Fattier - not it made . any impression on his heart, !or ougha's gripping.-tyntimv as possble,- Yet, in the slightest degree changed his resolu- with all - their kind.heartea, ingenuity and so. !lon. , . ~ bounty, , ; ti cret e they were ;scarcely able to render j Well, well,' said he,' let me alone, now.'-- their situation barely tolerable.': Pll think of it, I'll tern it over an' see wind's ~ - It - would be difficult to find air language* best to be .done; do you the same, Honors, Imo matter whatpen might wield it, capabloof ; an may be your own _Oise will bring, you to 'Portraying the love which Honors O'Dononan I my side of the question at last,' renewed, Tho next day, his wife the subject sop; lAhl there; in that last epithet, lay tho I with unabated anxiety; but instead of express- Charm which wrapped.,her soul In him, and in bag any chafige in herfavor, Fardorougha,de. all that related to his welfare. The moment,' cloned -even to enter into it at all: An evasive she sake that ideas-not the willit-God to bless j reply was all "she could extort from him, with then' With other offlprings;ter heart githired an assurance that be: Weuld in a day or two about hint with a jealous tenderness which communicate the resolution to, which he .had trembled into agony at the idea of his loss:•-•' finally come. She then pereeived,at once, that .. Her love for him, then,.. - multiplied itself ina the ease was hopeless,. and after one !est Met". to monk. hues,fer he bas in truth the prism, on herself factual orted t f attempt to abandon bripg hi it. m round, she felt which; when it fell,' all the varied beauty Of o • ._ its eolorsletame ble.' Her heart gave not The child, therefore,, !Duch to the 'mother's forth the music 4.1, single instrument, but mortification, was baptized without a christ. breathed the concord of sweet sounds,as heard ening, unless the mere ,presence of the god. from the blended melody of many. Fearfully mother, in addition to Farderougha's emirate. differeet from this were the feelings of Fardor. ily, could be said to constitute ono. -,‘ • ; oughn,lto find that he was to be the first end I .Our readers, perhaps' are not aware that 'a the last vouchsafed to their - union. 'A single cause of deep anxiety, hitherto unnoticed by regret however, scarcely felt, touched 'even us, operated with latent power upon Pardee- him, "whets he reflected thatif Conner were to ougha's heart. But so strong in Ireland: is Ibe remeved from them, their- hearth must be: the beautiful superstition—if it can with truth I come desolate. But.then came the fieficions be termed so—that children are a•blessing on- !conscience, with, its nefarious calculations, to ly wben received as such, that, even though , prove that, in their present circumstances,' the supported by the hardest and most shameless I dispensation , which 'withheld others was a of ali vices, avarice, Faidorougha bad not nerve ' blessing to him that was given. Even Con: to avow this most unnatural source of.his dis. I nor himself , argued the.miser, will be the gain. tress. The fact, however, was,that, to a mind •er by it, for what would 'my five- loi:tves , and.) so constituted, the apprehension of a larg e three &Sheeler among so' many ? - The , Was., family was in itself a consideration, which he are, hoWever, that is derived from ' the viola. I I thought might, at a future period of their lives tied of natural affection is never either full or il I reduce both him and his to - starvation and' satisfactory.' ThOgratifieation felt by . Ardor.! tl death. ougha, Upon reflecting that no further addition 4 Our readers may, remember Nogher HUT- was to be made to their family,membled that 11l wick's rebuke to him, When ho heard ;Pardo: whi ch p hungry man feels 'who dreams he is 1 { tl (meta allude to this ; and • so accessible was he jetrtaking of a luxurious banquet.".- Avarice, it tn. then to the feeling, that," on finding his heart' is true, like fancy, was gratified,-,hut- the' en-s of at variance with it, he absolutely, admitted his joyment, though richt° that particular passion di error; z and prayed to God' that he might be en. left behind it a sense of Unconscious remorse, to 1 ('bled to overcome it. i : It was, therefore, on the day after-the hap.l tea, that , operatedlike a-Smothered- fireovas.l ti Itism of voang Connor, :for !so the child had , ting Virtu it ..preys•upon, in. secrecy and dark. ; ti been called after the paternal grandfather; that [nem. In plainer terms, he'was not happy, but .d. •as a justification for his own condnet in the l eo absorbed in the rulivg passion—the pur- A matter of the christening; be disclosed to his suit of-wealth—that he felt 'afraid to analyze et wife, with much reluctance,abd embarrassment his anxiety, or trace to its true source the: ti this uudivulged source of his fears for, the fa. cause of his own misery. ; • , 1r" j tyre, alleging it Ma ; llillsit argument for his do- In the meantime; kis' boy grew up the pride tl 1 dining to be guided by her , opinion. ' - and ornamentlerf..lhe parish, idolized by his Ito I 1 The indignant sympathies of the mother a . l mother, and beloved by all that knew him.— el I bashed, on this occasion,, ;the. miserable and' Limited and scanty, was the Education which si calculating . impiety of -- the ;husband; her re. ! his.father could be prevailed upon to bestow tt preaches were opewand nrishrinkin,g, and her upon him ; but there' was nothing, that could 134/ moral sense of his conduct ' jUst and beautiful. deprive him of his natural) good sense, nor of ,tI 'Farderougha; said she, 4 1 thought up to the affections which . his' mother's love bad' de time, to this day, that there was nothing . in drawn out and cultivated. I One thing was re. Ito your heart but to :Duch 'Of the world ;. but 1 markable in him, which wp mention with re. hr now. I'm afeared,!if God. hasn't said it, that thb ! Itteance, as it places his f4her's character in a I re devil himselts there. l'on're fretting _fora.: frightful point of view :it rs this, that his love ye feard of a family ; but Ass Gad sent us any j for that father was such ,uslis rarely witnessed Iv but this one tit 1. No On', I wouldn't be sir. : even in the, purest and most affectionate circles: to prised, if 1 the Almighty,' should punish, year! of domestic life. ' ' • .IDI guilty heart, by making the child he gave' you I But let not 'our readers infer, either from no a curse, instead of a Vermin'. I think, as it is, 1 what we have written, or from anything we •pr he has brought but little pleasure to you for . thy write, that Fardorougha hated this lovely ex so far, and if your heart hardens as he group ian delightful boy l on the contrary, earth con up, up, it's moreunhappy you'll get every day you 1 tamed : not an object , exc .; est his money . ,W hich i n live: 1 4 , I he loved so well. His eetton for lum,how.im. , - dproceed from the ' sh • That's very fine talk, lionora ; but to p ee - ever, was only such as con] . _ tile is our condition, I can't see any very great I dregs of a defiled and perverted hetwt. This lan blessue in a houseful of childre. . , is not saying much, but it is saying aIL 'What ' It's my opinion, Fardorougha , you don't lin him was parental attachment, would in a. ai( love the child.' , j inother man, to such a son; be unfeeling and; Ph ' Change that opinion i then,Honora; Ido love , detestable iedifference. Ili heart sank on ;on the child; but there's no needcessity for blow.: contemplating the pittance he allowed- for i hit in it about to every one I meet ; If I didn't, Connors Falucatient and no ,remonstrance 1_ love him, I wooldn't feel as Ido about all. the 1 could prevail on him ; to clothe the boy with ha Lordships that may be before him. Think of I common. decency. yo , , what a bad sason, or a failure of the,. crepri Pocketmoncy was out of the question, as might bring us--all to. God grant,that we were all these considerate 'indulgences to , sal mayn't come to. the bag and staff bfore he's I youth, that blunt, when timely , -afforded, the l j er , , settled in the world at all poor thing.' , I ridge of early., anxiety to , know those amuse. , 'Oh, very well„Fardorougha; you mayanake I aunts of life, which, if no innocently grati fi ed it'l_i yourself as unhappy as von like ; as for me, !before passion gets strong, are apt to produce 1 L . ! 1 111,put my trust in the Saviour of the , world tat a later period, that giddy intoxication, which t!n for my child. If you can trust in any one bet. ihas been the , destruction of thousands.' When 'II ter than God, do so. 'i. - i IConnor, however, grew; up, mid began to think lie, 1 ' Honora, there's no use in this talk-ait'll do, for himself, he could not help feelingt hat,from Iv' nothing either for-him or us—besides I have la man so absolutely devoted. to wealth - as his el' no more time to disioorse about it.' ; ' " -:' "I tether was, to receive even the slenderest t proof l , He then left her: but, !as she viewed his of affection, was in thiti l casa no common . mgt. VI darkinflexible features ere he wentorn opPed4 ifestation of the attachment he , bore him:— hr sire sense , of'something not far removed from' Th ar , was a still highei und.n o bt er m o ti ve ,— In affliction, weighed her down.. The child had !Be could not close • bit! ears to ':the character been asleep in her arms daring the foregoing I which had gone Arced of hia hiller, and from ; dialogue,. and, after his father had dePareci,phethat principle of . gencrosity, which induces a I placed,him in the cradle, and, throwing; the man, evep when ignorant of the qii.tivel,to take corner of her blue apron over her aheulder, I the weaker side, he fought his b a ttl es , until i n she rocked him into a sounder-sleep', swaying I th e end, he beg : Mtn ; b e li ev e the m j us t.. B a t herself at the same time to:and fro, witli that the most obvious cause of - the ion's attach inward sorrow of which, 'among the lower meat we bayonet mentioned. acid it is uselem classes of Irish s females,this motion iitunifonn. to travel into vain disquisitions, for that truth ly expressive; , : ; I which may be feund in the iastinerve jovial it is not to be supposed,' however, that as . sea of nature, ~ He "was Connors 'father, and the early graces of' childhood gradually , expand. ',though penurious in „everythingthat_ regarded ed (as they did) into more than ordinarybeau Leven his non's common comfert , . he,bad deter_ ty, the avarice of t h e father was not l 'oceusient I uttered a harsh word to.bini during his life, or ly encountered in its progress by sudden gush- 1, denied him any gratification 'which-, could be es of lore for his son. It Was imPOSsible for, had without'money ! Nay,,a kind, word, ", or :a any parent, no matter low strongly - 'the hide., kindglance,trern:Fardenhm,ghs, fired the son's ous idol of mammon migh t _ sway his:heart* to fresentment against the ` world which traduced look upon . a creature so fair ' , and heautifut, i him ;Joe how could it be otherwise, .vo t en, the without being frequently, touched into some. lbabitual defence made by him;Whennirnigned -thing like affection. • The Tact was, that asthe l i fer his Penury. was an anxiety to.provide for child advanced towards youth, the two princi- the future welfare : and independence:of his pies we are describing pearly- k ept pace one- eon t' : l • , 1 , , - , with the other. That the bad and fermi/table : Many character* inlife appear difficult to be passion made rapid strides, Must be , admitted, understood, hat itthose who wish to iumlyze 1 but that it engrossed, thejvhole spiral! of tthe them only consulted lonian nature, instead of lather, is not true. ;The mild and gentles har- rushing into farfetched theories, and, traced acter of the hop—his affectionate dispositipn, with patience the effect _which interest, or hata and the extraordinaiyadvantagesof his.person it,''or inelination hi alit 10 producaUornen of a —could not fail sometimes _to surprise - his fa- peculinetetaPetnnient,'!tivheii . placel in certain Cher : into sudden bursts of affection. 'Bet these •, situithins,lhere wOuldbe'sinch-letiediffieulty, when they occurred, were looked_ ~"clpen by. ' ,in avoid those- preposterous , exhibitions F ar d mn ughn As 8 ° mail /woofs= Maine still ',Which ru n into naria - ittire, or .batrage the wild. entertained for the boy love sufficient to Pal- Icombinations that can be' formed from tbo 2' a moreintense &skeet aceumulating weal th common element& of , liaininity. . or his.sake. ; - , , Indeed, .ere the led had IMMbered' thirt e en (Mr readers' to: sup ' 6 , 0 young Connor In • - " MONTIt =IEEE SE; ,PA.; TiltiiiBDA.Y; kgPTEM r Iltow twenty.twe, ,years of -_,Pfle, , and request theirs; beaides, to prepare for the gloom which f -is abeint te:oversluidow -our atoryi' ' ' • • .- '' 1 • We have already stated that Farah:ought' I r i wfu l'llgt; only an,estortionei bus a nearer.— • Now, as some of our readelithay . he surprised a li , that a Matt 'bi 'Station Oflife.cehld practise] maim or even, extortion to ; -twit considerable r extent; we ' - feei it 'necessary, to inform them 1 ; that there exists among Irish firmer* a cross I of men whoitandoiith ,respect _ to surround. ' ing poor and , improvident,; in .Bk , pos Won pro. :eusely analagetis :&thst whlat'4ll occupied by I a , Jew or moneylender among those.in the '.lligher classes who borrew, :land are, Wray& 1 glint upoaa larger " scale, It, , for instnce, a • , struggling small ' farther have to - do with a • ; needy landlord .: or an unfeeling : agent,' who I 'threateas to seize-or eject if; the- rent be not . 1 paid to the day, per, aps this; small farmer is ..; forced to : borrow Flom one pf thoho rustic him the full 'amount of the gale; for this he . gives him; at 9-Nnluation dietatedly the lend. er's avarice and, his own distress; the oats, or potatoes, or hay, which ho is not able to - dis. pose of In sufficient time to Meet the, demand that is' UpOn him.' This pro ' rtythe miser draws home, - and stacks or ho uses it until the ' markets are high, when he disposgs of it at a prise which often secures for, line a profitO. mounting . to one.third,tmd occasionally to one. half, above the sum lent, upon : heel; in - the ~ can time, interest is' nceumulati g. ':Forin. tame, if the ac comodation be tw n ty, pounds, • operty to dultamount at. a rain us valuation broughehome by,the accomm tort This • limps sells for thirty„ thirty.fi e, of forty • ands, so that, deducting thel rof prepar gait& ing it for market, - there is a. ti,of fifty et .eventy:five or a hundred per dant...beside*, • (stably ; ten per cent. interest, which is alto. • titer distinct from the former ' This clamor • mons will also take a joint' bond, or joint , romissory note, or in fact, any, collateral Its. c • rity they know to be valid, , and if the con. t • ,t be pot fulfilled, they immediately pounce ion the guarantee., They will, in fact, as a ark of -their , anxiety to assist a neighbor in d stress, receive a pig from a widow, or a cow ; I' em a . struggling , small farmer, at .thirty or f rty pCr. cent. beneath its value,, : and claim tl e merit of being a friend . into- the bargain; ,S ch men are bitter enemies to . paper money, elsecially to notes issued by pnvatelankers, w, ich,they never , take .in payment: .41t Is a. m sing, if person could forget the distress which ,occasions,, the scene, to observe ono of albs") men producing an old stocking,ora long bi ' lea th ern' purse -.or a calf- skin, pocket ok with the hair on, and counting down, as if e gave out. his heart ' s.. blood . drop by drop, th epegifie,sum, uttering, at the-same time, ''. hatligubrious history - of his own poverty, Iti assuring the poor, wretch be is fl eecing, b tif he (the miser) gives way to his good. is ure,,he must ultimately become the victim if i ts own benevolence. , In noease, however, lo they. ever put more in the purse or stock-1 n thanis is . just then wanted , ,hud sometimes h r wilt be short a guinea .ciat ten shillings,' winch they -borrow: fronra-neighlor, • or remit b lir to• he unfortunate dupo.in•the course of the la„,. This they in order toeuhance the ob. i,, , Isom and give , a distinct proof of.their pow, rt . Let not, therefor , e,- the gentlemen- of he 3linories,nor ;our P--. 1-11 and our M , . ..rwarer home, imagine ;for a moment la they engross the spirit of rapacitynnd ex. or ion to themselves, •To the credit of the 1. • however to which they belong, such per ion are not so numerous as formerly, and to he still greeter honor of the peasantty he it 1 lai.,-the devil himself ia hot hated with half; ho • estestation which is borne; them. in or-1 ler that the reader may understand our motive; Or troducing such a description as that we Or now giVen, it will be necessary for us to eq est him to accomiatr.y a stout, well.set ou g man, named Bartle flahsgan, swiftly , a re I a ditch, which, planted with osiers, le ads , a small . meadow kluging to ' Fardorougha to. ovan., In this, meadow, his Son Connor-is Dmaking hay, and on seeing; Flanagan ap., -o ch, ho rests upon the top of ; his rake, and tcl inns in a soliloquy;— -, . od help you and yours, Bartle ! If it was y - powe r, I take .G o d to ; witness, I'd k up wid a willin' heart for; all the hard. ; and misfortune father brought upon you then resumed his labor In order ; that the '.gletween him And Bartlo might take with less embarrassment, for he saw at that the former, was about to speak to ' 't the weather ton hot, Connor to work ire eaded I I think you ought to keep on on hat: • . - - • le, how are you !—off or en, it's the on thing; hat or no hat, it's bioilin' weath -0 e Lord be praised! What news, Bartle r. ; • of much, Connor, but, what you know— iron k e en up; f ily that was strugglin,' but honest, bro't Al d. 6 other's a tiL bol V ll -.b i In th y e they tuckam Billy Nadir; -Mary. and Alick's -gone to yr' o, and myselrsjust on my way to hire d-t alast man I ought to go to--your fath.l t is,'supposin' :we can agree,' . .' .'. ' heaven'asbove me, Bartle, there's not a An n the county . this day sorrier for-what as ppened than myself! But-the truth is, that - hen my father. .heard.of Tom Grehan, that atiyour securitY, havin' gone to Alfieri.' ca, h thought everyday a monthtill the note wart ue.- - My-.mothers' all we could, , but y a _.„knoty- his ,tcmper.;-"twns no use.—; ,God knows, as ;I Said 'before, - I'm heart sorry' 1 1 , 1 'Every one 'knows, 'Connor; that' if-jour; , mother an' you- had-your way an' will, - your father wouldn't be rich a screw as he ia' 'ln the mean time t t don' forget that ho is - my fa. er, Battle;an' abovaall things, remim. 1 her that I'll allow no man to speak disparam; ; inly o: him in my presence; 4 ~ • - 1 ' Ibelieve you'll allow, Connor, that ho was' ascot; go an' a curse to us, an' that none of , us ouhi, to like a bone in his akin.' 'lt ould'nt be expected you would, Bartle; but yo must grant ; utter all, that ho was only, ,recov in' , his 0wn .:.,: Still , when, you know „whatfeeling is upon the business, I don't' think ll's y generous,in you to, bring it up be- , f l tween as. . - , ~ . • 1 ..`1 could bear his hartishin' as s out of house' 'an' home,' proceeded the other, &only for one ; thought.that still cusses in aLmn: ; 1 & What is that,..Bartlel—God knows I can't help &elite for:yon, he added, sraoteiviththe desojatton which hiafafher:had breught,urn the farnily• .; - • I,_ • -2.. :.'_;_t e.. • 'He cm, ai forty. potioue:' procemeo toe, young LO; 'and when. to "Aura that Ten) Grehan out seeurity, ,went ;JO ; America,' be, aumad wn upon us the toinite the note , was, due,, trxiall WO had it, lialfprick' and Wm coil a us ° 'starve upon the world ;inow, 'I could; bear Mit, but there's One thing--=-?` ' • ' ' ' 'That's twice you spoke About lbst one ER 248 A/dug:Judd Connor;somewhat sharply, for - ho felt, hurt at the obstinacy ottlie9ther,in con tinuing.a subject so distresSing to'him'• but,' rnildertene,' ine,'Bartle, forimodnese sake; what it is, an' let us ti t an end to-the, discoerse..., Pro sure it must be un pleasant, to both 'of us.' , . , It doesn't signify:: replied the' young man, desPonding voice-. she's gone; it's all over Wid me there; Pm . a beggarl'm a beggar!" ',Battle,' said. Confier,takioghis handqou're too urn dewtt- . heart* come torus, but first go to my ' lather ; " I know yoti'll find it hard to deal With him: Never inject that; whatever he'ofihrs YOU, elciao Wid him,en"take my word forlt that-my, mother and I. , :between us will make so u up dacent wages pan' Item., I_, am thafit's come to this wid you, poor fellow !" Balite's cheek grew pale ni ashes; /levering Connor's hand with all his force, and fixed an uoshrinking eye en him as he. replied— ; Thankyon Connor, now.}-but 1 hope I'll Nieto thank Youlbetther ,yet,'and if I do, you neek'nt thank rnefor any return'l may make you Or yours,' I Will close wid your father, im take. whahsoniever he'll order me; for Con ner:Lai ho wrung his hand . Connor, O'Donevan, I havret a house or home this day, nor a plice;Under God's 'canotiy where to lay my helot, except upon the , damp floor of my father'snaked cabin. Think or that, Connor, an think ifican-,forget he added, voultece, Conner—Connor, yoe'll.,see how forgirecif.' - ' WS a credit, teyourselfto iipake as you do,' replied Connor; 'Call this 11 , / . 1y,, an'' let me know what's done, are.Lhope, Bartle, yen an' I Willhave Semi pleasant.deys fogether." "Ay; an "pleasant nights teo,4 hope i 'ireplied the other: ',to be Surer') call; but you take my advice, you'd tie a handkerchy oboat, your head; It's madhot, an' enough; to give, one a faver 7 bareheaded.',' Having niadethis list observ:atiOri, be leap ed across a small drain that bounded the mead ow, and proceeded up the field/ to Fardorou gha'e house. • . 'Bartle, Flanagie was a yOung man, about five feet six in height, but 'of a remarkably compact and, athletic form. = - His complexion was dark, but his countenance Open, and his features well' set and-.regulars Indeed, hie whole appearance might be terened bland and prepossessing.• If he•ever appc. i slied to disad vantage itwas whilst under the influence of resentment; during which his:face became pale /19 death, nay, almost livid; atid," T ias his , : brown were strong and black, - the contrast between 4hem and bis complexion '..cluinged. the- whole expression!of his countenance into that of a person whose enmity a- prudent'_ man would avoid. •He was not quarrelsome, howeVer,nor subject, to any impetuous bursts otpassion ; his mentemets, if he retained nay, were either deed or silent, or, at all events, so well regu lated that his acquaintances looked upon him ass _young fellow of -a good - humored and friendly disposition; It is true,s blotted gone abroad that on one'or twe occasions he_ was found deficient in courage ;but, es thecircum •strinevr-referrdd-toWere--latherenitutbortant; his conduct by many was. ittribited rather to good sense and a disinclination -to quarrel on frivolous grounds, than to Tositive cowardice. Such ho was, and such he is, now that, he has enterectepon the humble drama dour story. • On arriving at 'Fardorougha'S house, he found that•worthY man at dinner,i upon m cold bone,of bacon and potatoes. He had only a few minutes before returned from the resi dence of the County Treasurer, -with whom he ' went to lodge, among other sums, that which was so iniquitously; wrung from-the ruin , of the Flanagans. It would be Wrung to.say that he felt in'any degree embarrassed on look ing into the face of one of whoni he had: so oppressively injured. The reeevery of his. usurers!' debts, no Matter how Merciless the process, ho considered only as an act of strict justice to himself, for his conscience having long ago, outgrown.the pereepti..M of hiti own inhumanity, now only felt compunction when death or the oecasienal insolvency.of a securi- Ld v efeafed his raixicite- • When Bartle entered, Fardoreugha and ho eyed each other with perfect coolness for nearly delta minute, during whiCh time nei ther uttered a word, The silence was first brOken by Honors, Who put forward a chair, and asked Flanagan!to sit-down. I "Sit down, Bartle,' said she, sit down,boy; an' how is all the family?' "Deed, can't complain,' replied 'Pattie, 'as timegoes: an' how are,yon, Farderonglia!— although I needn't ix—you're takin' care of number one, any Moir' ; • 'Pm middlin', Bartle, middlin'; as well as a, man can be that has;his ,heart broke everyday in the year striyin' lO . come - by hie own, an', can't do it; but rin a fool, nn' everfsvas--istar vin' others an' ruinins myself.'- "Bartle,' said Mrs. Donovan, 'are you un well,idear ? you look as pate as• death.; Let me get you a drink of fresh milk.' • If he's weak, said Fardorougha, 'An' he looks weak a drink of freith water hid be bet;• ther for him; ever ait'always drinkiwather for n weak,mari, or a weak woman either; it re covers them sooner. • ' ' 'Thank you, kindly, 3fm. Donovim, stn' I'm °binged to you Partiorougha, for the wather; bet I'm not a bit weak ; it's only gm heat ol the day ail mo—for sure enough, it's broilire weather. • ''Deed it is,' replied Honovi, killiti' weath er to them•that, has to be out undher it. • 'lf it's good for nothheelse ; good for ,' -the hay-makin' observed Fardorotighti. Misther Donovan,' said Bartle, 'that you want a sanrint ulna; now, if you do, I Want a place, an' you see ria.Comin' to you I to look for one. • I • 'Heaven above,Birtlo !' exclaimed Honora, 'what do you mane? Is it one of 4111 Fiona gan's sons goin' to sarvicer ' • one, but rill•o" thein,"renlied the other. coolly, 'an' his daughters, too, Mrs. Donovan ; • but it'li•all themay ce the World. If Misther Donovault•hiro mo thenk him.. • 'Don't' be Mistherin . me,- Barttoti Misthor them that has manes an' substance,'lreturned Donovan.. , • ,•, _ • • ; 'ON:God forgive you, Fardoroughar claimed his honest and humane wife, 'God forgive you! Rattle, from my heartjrom the core o' my heart, I pity -you,• my poor boy.— An' is it to thieFardorongbajou'vei brought them t r -Oh Saviour of the world r. • - , , She 'fixed her eyes upon the victim othor husliand's • extortion, totd in an instant they werefilled with tears. ' What did I do,' said the latter, but strive to recover toy. own I HO*. could I affonl to joie forty 'poupds tAte: I was te'uld 'for sat: tail) thot your, father_ liriew..Grehau Hio Agway yvben he got him to go security. Whist, ;Honors, you'ye As foolish a women as this day; haven't you your eine to try God kucTs have, I:a n lortinglut, an' more thin my own 1 I der nay you did hear as mach,' said Bar tle;ykd o n u o m u qu W : g i a i t he n ' s ta t i y e: er f s lieoirllytY r eply i ng n . t g l th a l l l k ht biat hire; c'f n alh f s o l e Ti ; I ' a slitp4mnbii but '. ::: If you while agone, I want -a placc,, an' exceptVid you I dolt - I'o+ore to - get one.' ' - 611'„ yoit come to me,' observed ,the other, ' yeti must go to your date ; an'robsarve .the fast days,: but not the holydays: -,. , - ' Sarvints isn't oblaged to' observe them,' - reP 'B lied ut Itil l a r 4v le. stys ': put it in the bargain; return'. ed the other. • ' , . . ' As to that," said Bartle,' I don't much mind it.. Sure it'll bo for the good o' my. sowlosny way. But what wages will you be givin?' ,- ! , Thirtrehillinga'eyery half, yeark—that's three m ounds—sixty shillings a.year. A great deal o t rnonei , - - ?l'm sure I. (Jenne where it's to come from.'- ,-- - ' : ~- • , ' It's very little for a year's hard- labor,' lied Bartle but little it s, Fardo re pmin' to what ' has happened ibetwixt ou gh nevi me, I'm right glad to take it.' 'Well, but Bartle, you know there's fifteen shillins of the ould account still due, and you must allow it out o' your, wages :if you don't, it's ne bargain.' ' ' .• - • - Bartle'slace became livid; but he was per fectly cool;---indeed, so -much so that he smil ed at this last condition of . Fardoroughe. It was a smile, hOWever, at once ad ghastly,dark, and frightful, that, by any person capable of tracing the secret workings of some deadly passion on thacountenance, its , purport could not have been mistaken, 4 God kinnOs,‘Fardoroughs, yen might let that pass-.7considher that ..you've :been hard enough upon as.' '-' '• - , ' ' Grid knows I say the same,' observed Hon ora.' 'ls it the last diop o' the'heart's blood you want to squeeze out, Fardoronghar - , The last drop! What is it but my right i' Am I robbin him? Isn't - it due? Will he, or cab fie deny Mal? And if it's duels'nt it but honest in him to pay it ? -. They're not livin' can any I ever defrauded them of a penny. I never broke a bargain; an' yet you open an me, Honors, as if I was a rogue! HI hadn't that boy' hada.' tO provide for, an' settle in the tvorld, what hel l'care about money? It's fur his sake I look afther my right' - - . 11l allow the money,' mid Bartle. 'Fordo rolighe's right,; it's 'due, an' I'll pay him—ity will 1, Fardoraughii, settle wid you to the last farden, Or beyant it, if yen like: . ,' : ' I would'ut taken .farden beyant it, in the shape of deiii. Tnem that's decent enough to make a present, may—for that's a horse or, another color.' ' --' ' When will I come home?' inquired . Bartle. '-You may stay- at home, that you're here,' said the other. • An' in the tonne time, go an' help Connor put that hay in lap.cocks. Any thing yon want to bring her., you can - bring either Your day's , work_to-night: '- • -'. 'Did you ate your dinner; Bartle?' said Hon: ora; • bekase if you didal, I'll get - you seme. thing.' , , , . _ - `lt's not 'to this timeipf.day he''d 'be wid.onthis dinner, I- suppose, observed his new master.. • You're, right, Fardorougha,' rejoined Bar tle ; 'Fre thankful to you ma'am, I did ate my dinner. 'Well, you'll get a rake in'the barn, Bartle,' said his new master; "an' now tramp down to Connor, an' I'll see how.:yori'llhand:e your, selves, both o' you, from this till night', - Bartle ,accordingly , proceeded towards the meadow, and Fardoreugha,es was his custom, throwing his great coat - loosely about his shoulders, the arras dangling . - on each tide of him, proceeded to, another part of his farm. Flanagan's step, on his way-to join Goofier, was slow and meditative. ,The kindness of the son and mother touched him; for the. line between their dispositions 'and Fardorouzlia's was too strong and clear to allow the slightest suspicion of, their participation in the spirit which regulated his life. . The father, howev. er, had just declared that his anxiety to am ' mutate money arose from a wish to settle his son independently in life;'and Flanagan was too slightly acquainted with human character to see through this flimsy apology for extor tion. He took it for granted that Fardorougha spoke truth, and his resolution received a bias from the impressiou, which; however, his bet, ter nature determined le subdue. 'ln this•un certain state of mind he turned about almost instinctively, to look in the direction which I Fardurougha had taken, and as he observed his diminutive figure creeping along with his great coat 'about him, he felt' that the very ; sight of the man who hid broken up their I hearth and scattered them od the world, filled his heart with a deep deadly animosity that occasioned him to pause na a person would do ! who finds i hiinitelf • unexpectedly ' upon the brink of a precipice: . -" , ' • r Connor, on , seeing, him enter the meadow with, the rake, knew at once that the terms had .been eencladed between thein; ' .. ned 'the excellent yaung -man's heart W3B deeply:mov ed at the destitution which retied Flanagan to seek for service ,with the very individual who had occasioned ft. - , , • . 'I see, Bartle,' said he, 'yen lutire'rigried." ' We have: . Said. Bartle ; • but if there had been any other place , to be got in the parish,