The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-09
NUMBER 48.


"And so well may you be. frightened
Ihady, for not one penny was on ye when
ye came Until this house last night barrin'
four hall crowns and shilling. / sarehed
through all yer pockets"
"Ye sarched me pockets and found me
goold pieces gone! Oh, Molly, an shure ye
are tokin'4 Say ye are jokin'-say ye ara
! jokin' I"
And the half crazy man began a frantic
search through his clothing.
| An ye needn't look, Thady yer mon
| ey's gone where yen never see it more
On. thady Thady! it made me heart sore
when them that saw ye at the races came
ana to"Id me; and when ye were broughi
home to me drunk l thought me poor hear
would break. / knew yer money was gone
| Il knew it before I sarcbed We. Ye were
where ye should not have been, Thadv; We
wanted 10 make yer money too fast, and We
forgot the honest errand ye started upon
And what will Ned say 2-Ned, the good
orotner' that VIII have to go widout-"
There. Molly All, don'tl don'tlo
1hls last thrust went home to Thady's
heart, and as the keen sense of the inerati-
tude he had shown for his brothers kindness
came over him. he threw himself upon his
bed, and burying his face, gave way to the
tears that emotion was forcing upon him.
IL was While affairs were in this state that a
person was heard approaching the cabin
whistling a tune The door opened and
Thady's friend, Barney, entered, talking to
himself:
'.lt's fine boy am intirely-drunk as
lord all night and sober as Judge in the
mornln'. Eth! what's this at all 1t can't
be funeral, for there's no coffin there's
wrong, Thady boy?''
"ATrah. BARNEY Is that x,oY, 2JJ
''Of coorse it's me-who else 2"
his is a sore day for me, Barney. I've
hardly penny to me name, an yesterday
L left her wild five pounds in me pocket-6ve
pounds that doubled at the races, as YOU
know. 1T was all took from me-stole whin
l was drunk. Ah, Barney, why did we co
to the public house at all ?''
"Bekase we wanted'our punch-why else
Now Thady DUlan, if ye think yer who's
ten pounds was stole from ys, ye are mucI,
mistaken. DON'T ye remember Iendin' n,l
nve pounds toward buying cow 2"
Lendin' you five poundsi Barney? n,
-I-I-eh? {? yes, l do II do Oh bav}
ye got it, Barney2 Have ye-'
BE alsy, boy; don't BE- rowlin' yer eve
Ike an unedueated maniac. OF coorse
have it; what else would bring me here Z
this grave yard Yes, Thady, ] have it
And you know that if | had been sober
wouldn't have axed ye to lend me it; but
was drunk enonPh to do J,a y god cum, 10
the thief that picked your pocket forgot ts
pick mice-good luck TO his bad mimory
There they are, Thady-fve good yellow
boys that could look The sun in the face wild
out bliekin'- There. man. DON'T squeeze me
hand so hard! Don't be thankin' me al
all, Molly; I've only been doin' me duty
what else2 Well, good day to ye both
Pm an honest man, if me name IS Barney.
And the rollicking youth departed, whist.
ling ''Garry owen''
When Thady invested his FIVE pouo "a
again it was in legitimate trade. He folluyvs
ed out his original purpose, and purchased
pedlars' wares; and when he was ready ri
start on his tramp Molly had secured place.
for herself, and was earning an odd shillinp,
or two to lay by. Tnaddy found II slow.
work making money at pe6ling; but by
avoiding whisky, and by keeping hard II
what he had in hands. he managed tn .av.
sum which. with Molly's earnings n,;3
the passages of the two to America. Ana
when fortune had done little for Tbadv in
the new world, Barney was not forgotten
That worthy received draft for i've ponnds
and letter beseechipg him to take passaoe
for America; and when he had the letteT
explained to him his first exclamation qss
"Of coorse I'll go to Amerky-where else2,l