Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-07-16

the same. DafOy Degged ana prayed and
promised, but to no effect; no penance
could make atonement; no repentance
could produce effect; nothing, in short
would, but restituton-that is to say, to
give back her own to Kitty Mahony. But
difficulty arose, inasmuch as Darby and
Darby's "chidren" had eaten UP the pig.
Upon which the priest waxed wroth, and
threatened the rogue with evil here, and a
terrible destiny hereafter. "Ano now hear
me. We vagabond cheat" he said, ''when
We go up TO stand yer trial, and find yer.
self among the goats, (for sheep ye arc
mott 10 get yer sentence, there'll be tacO
witnesses against ye-thare'Il be Kitty
Mahony that We robb'd, and the pig that
We ate-and what will We do then, We vag.
abond 2"
"Och, PLACE yer rivclcnce, and is II true
what We say, that Kitty Mahony herself
will be there p
'She will"
"And the pig ate; will the pig be 10
the fore?"
Sic will"
"Oh, then, place yer reverence, if Kitty
Mahony will be there, what will hinder me
from saying. kitty Mahony, bad luck to
yer soul, there's ger pig ; sure won't that
be restitution?"
But examples of Irish humor arc, as we
have said, sufficiently abundant; there is,
however, another predominant quality in
the Irish character, and par consequence, in
all about Ireland as peculiar, as frequent
and as striking as the humor which abolAds
in both; we mean Irish Pathos. There
arc many melancholy aids in the country
that give it effect but it does not need
Them in the same proportion that Irish hu-
NOR does +; it goes straight to tie heart,
While its opposite works on the imagpa-
ton; / follows or preccdes the jest with
extraordinary rapidity; the smile bursts
forth before the tear is dry, but its sadness
is certainly augmented by witnessing the
causes that produce it. There is a depth
Of pure and holy poetry in Irish pathos
which cannot be surpassed; its metaphors
are appropriate, and attack our reason by
the force of their beautiful simplicity
We remember once passing by an Irish
cottage on the estate of an absentee land
lord, whose agent had distrained for rent
the family were Of the very poor. A mo
Their, whose husband was only recovering
from the Sickness, as typhus fever is al
ways called, staggered from beneath the
| doorway, not from any weakness of be
own, but from her efforts TO support the
wreck of what had been, three years be
fore, the finest young man in. he parish
She was followed by two little children
the smallest remnant of her family : three
had been carried to the grave by the dis
ease from which the father was recover
ing; it was beautiful to see how that pale
thin, deep-eyed woman sufIocated her owl
feelings with the affection she bore he
husband.
Don't cry after the poor place, chill
dreu, dear; sure, tn Almighty is above u:
all-and this last trouble has been sent ii
good time, whin there's not so many of a.
to bear it.. The cowld earth is keav,
enough on Kathleen and Matty and Mich
ael, but the trouble of this day would b.
heavier--for they were made up offeeling
Sure, my darlings, if there's power giyel
the landlord now, he'll not be our landor
in the world above The Lord be praise,
for that same Don't cry afther the pig
} Ellen, avourneen, what signifies il ? Ma,
the little boy take the cat itself, sir p ad
|, dressing the haIf.tipsey man who had ia
ken the inventory Of the contents of thei
miserable cabin. "Never heed it, my dar
lint, though to be sure it's only natural t
: like the dawshy cat that lay III his bosor
, all the time of his sickness. Keep ~
Michael" she whispered 10 her HUSBAND
who, overpowered by illness and mente
Z suffering, resisted her efforts to drag hir
, into the high road; he glared upon tn
7 bailiff with the glare of a tamlshcd tlge
7 so furnished that it has not the power
? spring upon its foe, impotent in all but tn
fierce and racking thirst for blood. "Wht
, signifies it, sure Wen be happier than E'
. er-by'n bye" she added, while the bag
r gard smile upon her lips was the bite
mockery ofhope. 'Come away Michae
, wonder that you wouldn't be above letin
the likes of them, acithout heart, see tn;
you care about them Or their golngs OF
? Oh! where's yer pride gone THAT, an
. the silence together, put many troub
} over us that's known only to ourselves ar
. the Almighty-blessed He is He knou
the troubles Of The poor, and keeps the
S secrets. Come away, Michael and don
4 let them tame Nagurs see that it's the 70
. man that puts courage in ye"
: But the peasant needed her not--tl
t home affections were tugging at his hear
r He kept his eyes fixed upon the remnan
a of the furniture of his once comfortab
e cottage, that were dragged out previous
: being carried away; he pointed to the p
5 tato kish which was placed upon the tab
: that indispensable article, in which Il
e potatoes are thrown when boiled, al
e which frequently, in the wilder and lie
!, civilized parts of Ireland, is used as n or
d die for the '.baby." God bless you p
: exclaimed to the mani ''God bless yo
d and don't take lhat--its nothing but ks
d it's not worth half a farthing to ye, j
0 ! falling TO pieces it's more to me, hom