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ASE, PROPRIETORS
sixa'sti Conle'V.
My Mother's Graie.
DT G. D. PREKTICD.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
<an' indeed only for the state I'm in,) I,would
n't have hired myself to him fur nothing, or
relit to nothing, as ',have dine.
.. ,
~
• ' Why, What did lie Promise r. ' . '
- 'Three-pou nds a-year•an' out o' that I'm to
pay him fifteen shillins that my fattier ewes
him 5ti11....1
'Close, eneugh,',Bartle, but don't be_ . east
down ; ` l'll undertake_ that teftnother and - I
will donbla it-arie na Ow the fift •en shillins,
I'll pay bent out 0' my own pocket—when I
get money.. , , i 1 needn't sell you that we're all
kept, upon the tight crib, and that little cash
f oes far with its; for all that, we'll do what
,
proieisi3, ge what may. •
'lt's more than 1 ought to expect e Connari
but yourselrand your mothered the counthry
would put their hands 'under botir your recta:
tI would, give ,a, great deal, , Bartle; that my
poor father hada little, of the feelin' that's-in
my mother's! heart; but it's his way,llartle;
an' yeti knoW he's my father, and has been
kinder to mo, than any livin' creature on earth.
I never got a harsh word from him yet. And
if; ho kept Me stintql in many things that I
was entitled to as well as Other wrioni like
me, Still; Bartle; he loves' me, and I can't` but
feel 'great affection for him, love the money as
This ,wes spoken with tuneh.serinusness of
manner, not ,umningled witli Somemitiat of - rii•
gret, if not' of @Orme": Bar' tie fixed his 'eye
upon the fine face of his c'ompanion,,with a
look- in.which Ahem wail a character•of cont.
Passim& llbs countenance, however. while be
gazed on him, maintained itsnitteral
trie - tnit pile.
VOLUME II NUMBER
'I am sorry,,COnnor,'' i said he *slowly,. ' I ans
sorry that I hired wid•your father'. •
' • And I ani.glad 'of IV replied rho other;
why should you-be sorry' - ' -
.11artle made .no answer • for some time, bnt
looked into the ground, as if he had not heard
•Wny should you be sorty,-Bartle r
Nearlyn minute'elapsed before his abstrac
tion Was•broken. 'r What is thati' saidhOnt
length ' Wont were you asking too r
'You sithison were sorry!' .
• 'Oh, ah!' returned the other, interrupting
him; 'but I didn't mind what was saying:
twits thinking of something else-I' was—of
home, Bartle, and what We're brought to; .but
the'. best way's to dhropdiscourse about
that forever.'-.- •
' You'll be my friend if you do,' said Con
nor.
' 'I will, then, replied Bartlo ; ' we'll change
it. Connor, were you ever in love r
-
A`Donovnn turned quickly about, and, with
a quick glance at Bartle, replied, •
,•Why,l don't know ; I believe I might once
or au,'
4 1 am: . said Flanagan, bitterly; I am, Con
nor. " : -
e And w60.11 - the floppy creature s , , will you
tell tier.
'No, •returned the other ; but if there's a-
Wisk I'd make against 'my worst enemy, it
would be, that he alight love a girl above his
'manes; or it' he was her aquil, or even near
her aqui!, that iniAinight be brought
paused, but immediately proceeded, Well, no
matter; I am indeed, Connor.'
:And is the girl fond of your
don't know; my mind was made up, to
tell her, but it's past that now; I knoW She is
wealthy and proud both,' *and ao is all her •
family.'
'How dial you know she's proud when you
havelievet pat the subject to her?'
rm./tot shying she's proud, in one sine;
wid respect to herself, I believe, she's humble
enough-1 mane, she doesn't give herself ma
ny.airs, but her people's ns proud as the very
Barra, and never match below them; still, if
I 'd opportunities of bein' o ft en io bereotopa-'
ny,i'cl not fear to,trust to a aware tongue for -
cumin' round her." ---, .
'Never despair, Bartle,' said Cohnor, 'Toni
know the old proverb, 'a faint heart; howev
er, aettin' -the party creature aside; whoever
she is, I think if we divided ourselves—you to
'that side and me to this- we'd get .this hay
j lapped in half the tine; ordo. you take, which
side l'ou please- 1 -
'lt's a bargain,' said .Bartle;. t I don't care a
traween; I'll stay where I am, thin, an' do you
go beyant: let us hurry, too, for, if 1"m not
mistaken, it's too sultry- to be long -• widout'
rain, the sky,,too, is gettin' dark.
I observed as
-much myself, replied Con:
nor, . 4 and that was what made me speak'
Both then continued their labor with re:.
doubled energy, r nor ceased for a moment Un
til the task was executed, andthe bnsiness of
the day concluded.'
Flanigan's observation was indeed correct,
la to the change in the day and the appearance
Of -the sky.. From the hour of five o'clock the
darkness gradually deepened, unfit a dead
black shadow, fearfully still and solemn, wrap
ped the whole horizon. , The sun had altogeth
er disappeared, and nothing was visible in the
sky but one unbroken 'Mass of darkness, sore;
tiered even by a single pile of clouds. The
animals, whe,re they could, had betaken them
selves to shelter • the fowls of the air sought
the - covert of the! hedges, 'end 'ceased their
songs; the larks lied from the'mid heaven;
and occasionally might be Seen !It straggling
bee hurrying homewards, careless of t h e flow
ers which tempted him' in his path,taist Only
anxious to reach his hive before the deluge
should overtake him. ',The. stillness indeed
was awful, as was -the gloomy; veil which
darkened the face of nature, and filled the,
mind•with that °minima terror which presses
upon the heart like acmiscionsness of guilt.—
In such a time, and.„ under the nipect of the
sky -so ninch resembling the pall of death,
there is neither mirth nor laughter, but that
individuality of apprehension, which, while it
throws the conscience in open its own records,
and - suspends conversation, yet draws man to
his fel lows, as is mere contiguity were a safe
guard against danger. -1 '
, The conversation between the two young
- Inert as they returned from their labor, was
abort but expressive. .
Bartle: said Connor, ' are you afraid of
thundher I, The reason I ask, ..he added, is
bekase your face is as white as a sheet.'
,
_.
• r I have - it from my mother,' ceplied Flaw..
gaii; . but at all evints sneh an evenin' as
this is enough Co make the heart of any man
quake.' .
..- , . , •
I ' feel my spirits low by reason of the dark.
tiess, but I'm - not - afraid. It's well fora them
that have a clear conscience ; they Ray that a
stormy sky is the face'of an =my Gorr—
.4n' the thundher his voice,' added B a rtlett
'hut why are the brute bastes and the birds
afraid, that commit , no ainr ,
•
'That's tree,'; said his companion - ;'it most
be natural to be afraid, or why would they in
deed?—but some _people are naturally more
timersomeihan others.' . *. -
I. intinded to go home for,my other clothes
and linen this evenin',' observed Bartle, but
Ilvon't go out to-night.!
•'1 innat though,' said Connor, 'and, with
the blessing. o! Clod, will too, come what may.'
'Why, wh..t.is there to bring von oat, if it'l
a fair:to ash?' inquired the ethC . r.
*A-promise, for one thing, and my own in
elhuition-4ny
,own hear that's nearer "the
truth—f'r another. Ws the brat mietingtbat
4 and her ever had:- ' - -
I. "ininghunt, 7'hinginzilv I nndheritaid," said
Flanagan:" 'Well,l'll stay s af home ; 'but; auto
it'a no harm to wish"
,yOu' tineresa;--anil that.
Conner, is more'ttian ru ever hie 'where I
wish forit most.'
• This closed theirllittiopme, and both enter.
ed Fardomiighn's house in silence.
Up until twilight, the darkness of the dull
and heavy sky was tiritooken; but towards
the west there was seen n streak whose color
fluid not be deternained 'as that of blood or
tire.
,By its angry look; it seemed ns if-the
sky in that quarter. were about to burst forth
in one nwfut sweep of conflngration. Connor
observed it, and very correctly anticipated the
nature and consequences of r ite appear:ince ;
but what will not youthralloo dare nod over
come?, With an undismayed heart he set for.
Ward on his journey, Which We leave hiM ta
pursue, and,beg permission, 6610v/bile.. to
transport the reader to• a scene. distant- about
two miles farther towards the inlaid part of
the country. . •
(To be Continued)