The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-17
GRACE KENNEDY.
rom the Dublin. Univeraily Magazine.
CONTINUED From LAST WEEK
CHAPTER VII.

of her mother in prison, and how she had
cursed her!
| 81 must stay with you now, father dear. s.
! ''And why alannah Don't the lady say
ye might go back to the big house now that
ye war clear p
Il know she did; but, father, who'll dress
yer victuals, and take care of the children ?'
/ '.Niver mind me and sure the children
won't be worse off than they ever were"
''But, father dear, sure there's no one
now"
''Niver you mind, acusha; go back to
yer mistress like good girl tomorrow, as
she towld ye; an I'll think, an maybe I'll
manage; aad I'll go over and see We on Sun
tday; PLACE God !; an Biddy Hoolagan will
have an eye to the children till then"
/ And Grace started the next morning back
to Fairport, and she told her dilemma.
s'Father wishes me to stay, here, ma'anf;
but who'll mind the children n lua 1sl
81 quite agree with your father, said Mrs,
Saunders ''but viii talk over the matter
with master, and speak to your father when
he comes on Sunday" .."
And she told her husband. 3.ia
''NNhat can be done ?" she asked.
II don't know Of anything else said he,
''except to give him ol'k here. | think he
is an honest man, and would have no objec-
ion to employ him.
80, that will do exactly, and the children
can all go to school," .,..~
''But you know, my dear, [ cannot take
him from Rawson that is | cannot offer
! him work so as to induce him to leave his
present employment. Dunno, the herd, viii
be leaving me in a fortnight, and if Kenne-
! dy knows anything about cattle, as think
he does that would suit him and there's a
| house too" f.Es % a
| So there was Kennedy as they drove home
| from church on Sunday,
| lie took off his hat and approached them.
| Put OH your hat, my man." said Mr..
Saunders. s i 4
'Grace, ma'am, he began, is very anx-
ious to come home and tache the children,
and mind them, but I'm thinkin' that it's
better for her to stay here iii good place
and larn herself. And I'm goin' to make so
bowld as to AK yer honor if L Nigh put the
little chilQer to lodge with some of the neigh
bors here and thin they'd be near Grace,
and could go to the school; and maybe in
the course Of time I'd get work about here
myself"
"Would you wish for work in this neigh
borhood, my friend 2" asked Mrs. Saund-
ers.
'tOh! yes maan, sure that would just
do" 4
do you know anything of the manage
ment Of black cattle? p enquired the gentle
man,
rs it cattle, sir sure that's what I'm at
all my life it's herd am at Mr. Rawson's
bevant. The cows, the craturs!"
well, my herd is going away in fort
night, and if you wish for work in this neigh
oorhood, I'll give you the situation. There
is house and garden, and milk and five
shilIings a week, to be increased if you go
on we'll"
"'May God bless you ard your good lady,
sir! I'll ak Mr.. Rawson sir, whin he could
let me go, for he's good man, and wouldn't
take him short; and II! tell ye sir, this day
week"
1t was all arranged, and III fortnight
they took possession Of their new abode
.,Your children will all go to school to-
morrow, Kennedy, hope q said Mrs Saun
ders on the evening he arrived. 81
ooh, yis, maam sal tinly; the craturs must
have the education
care you a Roman Catholic 2"
y,
ing her, 'by right | ought 10 be Protest
ant and if know any religion it is that
My father was Catholic, sartinly, but my
mother, and all belonging to her,Were a real
| Protestant And she used to be teachin' us
when we were young and I'm sure that !
was christened 10y the minister, and went to
the church. Well mother died and we all
young, and father didn't much care what we
wor and the neighbors stroye TO make us
go to chapel, and they brought the eldest
sister, and me and the boys ran wild; and
any prayers | know are all protestant"
Perhaps you could say one for me Z" ask
ed Mr.. Saunders, anxious to test tie truth Of
bis assertion, for she had great horror Of APP
pearing to buy converts
Let me think, ma'am. Oh, here's wan
%, Almighty God, unto whom all hearts
are open, all our desires known aud from
whom no secrets are. hid claRe the bad
thoughts of our hearts by the Holy Spirit, so
that we'll love you always, through Jasus
Christ our Lord Amin"
That is certainly one of our most beauti-
fuI. prayers, . said the lady, solemnly, ''and
you had good mother to teach you to pray
to God, to make clean the thoughts Of your
heart And about the children Kennedy ?"
''Sure ma'am, they don't know hap'orth
about God Almighty-and though Katy
was a Roman, ma'am, she never troubled
her head much about religion, except TO take
them to the priest to be ctiristengsl Sure
she had no religion, and think the Protest
ants the best"
''And it is your wish that your children
should be brought up in that faith p
at is, ma'am, if You PLACE, with the help
Eof God"
ssBut about Grace" continued the LADY,
she has been looked upon here as a Roman
Catholic, and has gone to chapel with the
cook"
] "Oh, it's no matter about Grace, ma'am.
'ENo matter ?" said Mrs Saunders, sone-
what astounded
''That is, ma'am, name, We may make
her what We like. Be right, I've no call to
her" And he came closer. She's found
lin, maam. But, for the love of God, do not
tell her that, ma'am. Sure We need not tell
Eany wan. She thinks she's ours, and I'm
: twice as fond Of her as if she was And il
she knew she wasn't maybe she wouldn't
love her poor father as well as she does
fache her, yerself, ma'am. I'll be bound
. yell make her good Christian but don't
tell her that"
and how did you get herr" asked tn,
lady, eagerly,
"A poor strange woman died in our house,
said Kennedy, with a sort of shudder. 'an(
: left the little thing
well it was very good FOR your wife t.
!, bring the child up"
'.Humph?" he muttered
: ''Well, Kennedy continued Mrs. Saun
ders, you had better announce yourself tina
:. you are a Protestant, and that you wish you
children to go to church. shall speak t
6 Grace myself and will send her down to
; morrow morning to take them to school =
/ And Mrs. Saunders thought within herself
thank God she is not the child Of that wo