Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-29

my delicate diplomacy. Finding my friend
on deck, L thus opened the affair, after
some brief leaders:
You are poor, are you not?"
HIS answer was characteristic:
Poor, SIR said he, " Av there's poor
er man than me thronblin' the world, God
pity both av w, for we'd be about aiqual"
Then, how do you manage TO support
your children?"
" Is it support them, sir! Be goxty, !
don't support them any way. They git
supported some how or another, It'll be
time enough for me to complain when they
do"
"Would ii then be relief to YOU to
part with one of them?" inquired.
was too sudden-he turned sharply a.
round.
GA what, sir" he cried, " relief to
part from me child? Would it be a relief
to have the hand chopped from me body,
or the heart tore out from me breast? A
relief, indeed God be good to US, what
is il that We mane?"
" You DONE understand me,'' | replied.
If now it were in ones power to provide
comfortably for one of your children, would
you stand in the way of its INTEREST,"
That puzzled him.
"No, SIR" said he. "The heavens
knows that I'D willingly cut the sunshine
away from myself, that they might get all
the warm of it; but do tell US what you
are dhrlvin' at?''
| then told him that a lady had taken
a fancy to one Of his children; and if he
would consent to part with it, it should be
educated and finally settled comfortably in
life.
This threw him into fit of cogitation.
He scratched his head, and looked the We
ry picture of bewilderment. The strug-
gle between fathers love and his child's
interest, was evident and touching. AT
last he said:
ooh, murdher! wouldn't it be q great
thing for the baby? But must 60 and
have a talk wild Mary-that's the mother
of thin, and it wouldn't be right TO be CIV
in away her childher before her face, and
she to know nothin' at all about it,
Away with you, tUu, said I, land
bring me an answer back as quickly as
possible"
In about half an hour he returned, lead
ing two of his children. His eyes were
red and swollen, and his face pale from
excitement and agitation.
"WelI," | enquired, "what SUGGEST"
"Bedad, it was a hard struggle, SIR
said he, " but Pve been talkn TO Mary; an
she says, that as it's for the chld's good
maybe the heavens above sill Civ to w
stringth to bear it's
- Naryr yUAll. nd which iS - 70 h.
Fax, an | don't know, sir" and he
ran his eye obviously over both. Here.
IS little Norah-s-h-e-s-she's the ouldest-
er am won't want the mother-so much-bu
to then we've got used to her ways. There
Id little Biddy, now--she's not so ould-bu
= then-oh! tear an digerS-it's mesel
so that can't tell which I'd rather part will
tie least-so take the first that comes, wild
On bessin! There, sir,"-and he handle,
be me little Norah. Turning back he snatch
," cd her up in his arms, and gave her on,
l long hearted fathers kiss, saying throug
~ his tears,
n "May Good be good 10 thin that's goo
e: to you; an thin that offers you hurt o
/; harum, may their sowl5 never see 81
1T Pether."
an Then taking his other child by the han
"a he walked away, leaving Norah with me
to took her down into the cabin, and W
thought the matter all settled. 1t must
ats confessed, to my great Indignation, howeI
ge err, in about an hours time, | saw m
pre- friend Pat al the cabin window. AS 500
rse as he caught my eye, he commenced NAL
ad ing mysterious signs for me to come on
(: i L. Al
at in his arms.
- What's the matter n0w," said |.
'at, Well, SIR" said he, | ak yer pardc
ire, for thrubblin you about so foolish a thin
lay as a child or two, but we wur thinkn' tn
maybe it i'd make no differ--you see, 81
ia I've been talkin' TO Mary, an she sa
'as- she can't part wild Norah, bekase-the
est creatur has look 90 me; but here's lit
and Biddy, she's purtyer far, an av it's all t
his same, av you Place, sir, will you swop?"
rem Certainly said |, "whichever y
out like"
an So he snapped up little Norah, as Il
clal it were some recovered treasure, and da
ak ed away with her, leaving little BidC
our who remained with US all that night |
Lh!y 10! the moment we entered the cabin
her the morning, there was Pat, making
mysterious signs again at the windo
ON and, this time, he had the youngest,
sem by in his arms.
Ad- WHAT'S wrong, now?" enqured.
g Be the hokeyllokey, sir, and it's I
title self that's amost ashamed to tell ye
e OF You sec, I've been talkin' to Mary {
! she didn't like to part wild Norah, bel
part she has look ov me, an be my so