Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-02-21
who attended to the fire.

who attended to the fire.
On the whole, barring the smoke.
it was a cozy enough lodging tc
fall in with upon a cold, dark,
misty night, upon the barren moors.
and Sutherland felt no scruple of
conscience in making himself thor
oughly comfortable. He was no
Iinformer, and he had no intention
Iof. becoming one, so he warmed
himself and dried his clothes by
the greatturt fire, and ate heartily
of SOME oatmeal bannocks and cap
lital potatoes which were set be-
fore him, and he took a very fair
quantity of the very best potheen
that had ever passed through his
lips, drinking soto voce to the health
Eof the king, and openly to thatof
his host and ould Ireland, in every
fresh pannikin; the only remark
that Paddy condescended to make
during the intervals between his
draughts being-.sag
"Bedad now, this bates Parlia-
.ment entirely" Well, the end of
it was, that what with the cold,
and the hunger, and the thirst,
and the means resorted to to coun-
teract them, the soldier and sports
man accepted with gratitude the
i"wrap-rascal' or frieze coat of his
entertainer, and lay down beside
the fire, and was soon asleep.
He had not slept long, as he
thought, before he was awakened
by the. huge hand of his host being
laid upon his shoulder. He estarted
up.
"Shure, then, it's yourself that
have had an illigant nap, as ye
we'll may, whose heart is light and
bones weary; but you must get up
now, sir, for the mornings break
ing, and it would be better for all
parties that You were away from
this before daylight comes"
1t was even So; the night had
passed rapidly, but refreshingly.
Sutherland rose as fresh as a lark,
and a hasty bite and sup, consist
ing of some remains of last nights
meal and a glass of the staple COM
modify of the cabin, set him off
happilysupon his journey, and a
liberal douceur to the lame man and
boy left happy faces behind him.
His guide of the preceding night
accompanied him for short dis
tance, until. he brought him to
the track which, as he told him,
led to. a hill, from the top of
which he would be able to see
the town, and then, having ac-
cepted with reluctance the gift,
and with a broad grin the, thanks
and hearty shake of the hand
which accompanied it, he bade the
young soldier remember his prom
Use, and left him and went his way.
Now for the sequel.
+ Sutherland said nothing about
his adventure, and very shortly
afterwards was summoned home
by the sickness of. his father, who
was an old man, and had been long
failing. He found him in SO weak
and precarious a state that he was
unable.to leave him, and'continued
with him until, after six weeks OF
anxiety and watching, the old man
died. I'D 1-a $50
The necessary arrangements
for the family, and the distribution
of the property and administration
of the will detained him some time
longer, so that it was more than
three months before he returned to
his regiment. :
During that time he had heard
frequently from his brother officers,
| but tlthe news contained in one of
| their letters affected him strangely
lave have been STILL Hunting,
said the writer, nand have made q
capture. Information was laid be
fore the excise officer of the exist
ence of a still in the mountains
above us, and | was sent with my
party to protect the gaugers. Mas
fty work, | hate it. Why won't
] the government make better whis
Ekyand sell itcheap? Theysay that
if they did it would not be SO gooo
as the old potheen, because it coule
not be made in such small quanti
ties. / am nqjudge of what might
be; | like the stuff as it is, ana
no enmity to the poor fellows wis
make it, and here am ! obliged
not only to punish, but rum them
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