The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-10-27

"a. ana Sne SAT the DaTTel hiSu unto
Patrick, and put Teddy under the barrel,
with one arm through each of the holes
in the sides thereof;
%. And che took a large pumpkin and
sat it on the head of the barrel, and she
covered the top of the pumpkin with the
scw-skin, which had been tanned with the
bristles on !;
90. And she buttoned one of Michaeps
garments around the barrel, and put the
herring into one of Teddy's hands; and
when she had done these things, she said
unto Patrick, Behold, thy son Michael
hath returned, and hath brought thee a
mackerel, and made thee savory meat
81 Then Teddy, being still in the bar
rel, reached out the herring, and said !:
Here, o my father, is the mackerel which
| thy soul desirest arise and eat freely.
2S And Patrick took the herring, sup
posing it to be mackerel, and behold it
was savory, and be did esethereof und
| was filed.
29 And whereas Patrick could not see,
his mind doubted concerning the matter,
and he said Art thou really my SOD, even
Michael, whom nay soul loveth ?
80. And Teddy answered from under
the barrel, and said: Yea, father, verify l
am thy son, even Michael, thy first and
only born:
81 Then Patrick reached out his hand
| and felt the barrel with Michael's garment
| thereon, and Patrick said, As | live, this
is Michael's body; likewise he put his
| hand upon tine pumpkin with the sow-skin
| thereon, and said, As I shall die, this is
MichaePs head.
80. Aud Patrick said, draw near unto
| me, my son, that L may kiss thee, and
know thy lips.
33 Then straigbtway Biddy took a rag
and dipped it in poteen, and put the same
to Patriek's mouth, after the manner Of
| kiss;
81 And Patrick said, Lo, now, [ am
satisfied, for these are Michaeps lips, and
this is his breath, which is sweeter than
the smell Of the saill-tub; take, therefore,
my son, my blessing and my inheritance,
tor thyself aud thy posterity, even unto
the utternost generation.
| 35 Aud it came to pass when Patrick
had spoken these things, his breath de-
| parted from him, and be yielded up the
J ghost.
| 36. And Biddy and Teddy rejoced
secretly within their hearts, AID forasmuch
as they themselves could not weep, there
fore they sent out and hired Others to DO
the same for them.
81. And when the even had come, they
had what is called in the Shebrew tongue,
a wake; and plenty of tobacco and pOteen
was CONSUMED thereat; and they that came
to weep did make great ado over Pat
rick, and did howl and whine in the house
afterfthe manner Of dogs and eats.
s. And Teddy rewarded them aecor-
ding to their merits, and when Patrick
twas buried after the custom in that
country, Biddy and Teddy returned to the
house to comfort themselves.
80. And when they had come back, be-
] hold Michael returned with the mackerel
| for which his father had sent him; aud
Michael said unto them, where is my
father, even Patrick?
40: And they were confounded, and
could answer him not /; and Immediately
| the strange woman with bare feet and torn
garments appeared, and said unto Michael
Il. By my troth, thy father is dead and
| buried, and as fer thy mother and this
fellow, Teddy, they have deceived both
thy father ard thyself, and have robbed
thee of thy inheritance.
| 42. Aud Teddy's anger was kindled,
and ho arose and took shellalegh, and
smose the strange woman, and slew her;
likewise Teddy rushed at Michael as if to
make an end of him also.
43. Now Michael was innocent, not
having the courage of a sheep, and when
he perceived these things, his heart waxed
faint; wherefore he dropped his mackerel
and ran for his life.
Al. Aud being afraid to return to the
house, he waited until even, when he wen,