The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-30

ME about walkin after you was dead
well" says the old man, katy, dear
I'll never say any more about it, and
you'll have my blessin' whatever you
do, for you We been good child, ever
and-all to me. So do what you plase
after I'm gone, and it's not long I'll
trouble you. The two hundred goold
.guineas is your own, Katy, and the
house and place, and all I have;
and plase yourself with it, and my
blessin' rdst upon you, my darliH; and
my curse upon the man, whether he
Ee far or near, that ever does you
wrong. And with that he turned in
bed, for tue poor man was mighty
weak, and had been lying q couple of
days before and he must have gave u
long breath and never spoke after.-rz
The priest was sent for and did all the
chaFch could do, and the doctor came
soon after that, and said there was no
more to be done in his line, and troth
he said true enough, for he died that
same night before morning. . s.i....
ga sad story" said I: ssbut I ann
glad he gave his daughter his blessing
before he died. And SO now she is off
to America to seek Patsy McDermot,
that has taken so strong hold upon
her, though he hardly knew it hina-
self.' bai ',saf zol,,.
'Just that, sir,o replied the uncle;
| did my best with her, but it was all
TO no use. [ even told her at the
wake that maybe her father wouldn't
stay 'asy in his grave if she left the.
Old Country; but it was all no USE
she would go. She said she had his
biessip, and he was sure to- lie. 'asy
enough. She1bid me not to sell the
little place till she d write herself from
America; as. inaybe,- If she failed.to,
ketch Palsy, she'd like to come back
and die here. So I hope your honor
viii let the farm rest awhile in my
name, and I'll pay the rent regular,
and be a good tenant as ever her faith /
er was before" .5t sn.fh
"Well, let it be so," said I. Z The
case is singular ene,i land would
not put it out Of her power to come
back and live and die here, if her mis-
sion to America should turn out TO be
a failure" i ~ hi4ss
"God bless you sir" replied he; If
anything would keep the old mans
heart 'asy it would be that. I don't
think he'n ever walk when he hears
that the little place isn't sold to ~
stranger" Ho
Catherine Farnan left ireland soon
after the above conversation, and she
has never since returned. / heard
that she did s'ketch'' Patsy in New
York. He was still a bachelor, and
living the same pleasant, idle life that
he loved to pass in ireland Patsy, as.
might have been expected, succumbed
to his inevitable fate soon after the ar
rival of Catherine. And though some.
of his former boon companions whis--
pered that che WIS afeared of herr
still yet she wi-lded her power we'll ;:
and with firm and steady eye to the
1 benefit of her handsome, though some
what frolicson1e husband. Her uncle
announced to me with triumphant.
smile, that t'she did ketch him in the
end, sure enough And doubtless,
to use her own cxpression-''sheg gaves
it to him WE'LL" She gave him all lshe!
had to give; her "two hundred goold.
gujneas," her handsome person and
her sweetest smile, and above all, the.
trGe, cllaste, unbounded love of a warm
and faithful Irish heart. Patsy, /
hope, still lives, a happy monument.
of what a spirited Irish girl can do
when she sits herself in earnest about
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