The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-10-19
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handsome features, dressed in sport
ing costume, and with brace of re,
settlers atiis heel stood before: me.
Glow d sye do. sir? I'm glad t.
see ycu," said O'Brien, heartily, an
with an honest ring in his voice -tha
took my fancy at once. "I hope 20,
hada pleasant voyage7aisa @oT 1sy'
|, 1 told him I had, AND, asked him te
1join me at Breakfast, which he did
and when it was over be began imme
diately, at my request, to give ME /,
notion Of the. duties 1 wasdabouti tt
enter on. The Eagle, 1 learned, wa
the sole. property of Mrs. Brady
whose husband had started sand con
Quoted it many years before. Th,
editorial functions toq qibe- -descharged
consisted in writing two leaders q a.
afraid O'Brien called them "Iaders"
bin thesweek.. and in controlling the
movements of a solitary reporter, whc
fi'didSthe petty sessions. meetings q
boards Of guardians, and such music,
al and dramatic criticism as arose out
Eof the'oecasional visit of travelling the
atrical companies, or concert of Cas-
ltletown amateurs. %
/ Mrs, Brady is mighty stiff and
stuck up yell see but little of her
We've both to dine there to-day, and
you can judge for yourself" .
The opinion I formed of Mr.. o.
IBrien svns, that he was aEscleser, ,siidie
fellow and | could perceive that he
was not in the least annoyed at hav
ing to, surrender his post to me,sU
Mrs. Brady resided outside the
town, which contained, Isshould5 think
about ten thousand people, and was a
prosperous place enough, as such
towns went,a Her house was prettily
situated, with short lawn running
-d6wnbSto the, driver. AS we were
walkipg up to, the house, Mr.. .O'Brien
(who wore a string of artificial flies
round his hat) told me he had landed
m ny three and four-pound trout on
.f.e grass quite close to us. - a'
Mrs, Brady was apickingzseme
flowers which were trained round a
little pillar near the steps, and she
turned round to greet us. In haa 6no4l
, .'Y ousbqve hatlia long sdistahce-to
,comeaMr. Htauntoa..eI trust We can
make you stay with us agreeable" ~. !.
Mrs. Brady spoke without a trace
of the brogue,. Ths :, dinner passed
off pleasantly enough, and I found 1
could get on very well indeed with
Mrs Brady. SD yili3ilqxa szonI gals
the course of the Hepast, Mr..
O'Brien iiitimated that a boy was to
bring him letters from the office in the
evening, and "my rod too,''o the oex-
editor continued. II thought you
'woutdn' mind me making aEfew casts
in the garden ;3u this half!apoiogeticaE
ly to, Mrs. Brady. 't,S -. - :: , -. =.
81 Not at ALL p answered our, hostess
graeiously ;JandiI trust you: will be
fortunate."uEats1 szov bHs ,H0.ts
I'm due course the boy came, with. a
70 lr5ood.and landihg-net, and Mr. Q ,Brien
disappeaEed-ro ts4aa ".:4s4ssn ss!,
is eIswanted to. have'a chat with you
Mr.: staunton," !" said Mrs, Brady "a
- we walked together into. the gar
den, and 1 learned all about the spoli3
tics and supporters of the Eagle. , I
to ask why Mfr. o'Brien was
to be Tdeposed, 9T5,i5J'a5 = , sn9-y'' (, Z
=: Il I think I may tel you, Mr.. Staun ]
ton,falthough the reason is rather ofa.
private nature.2 didn't wanthim ito
make love to my daaghtefr bests3s !;
; our daughter prs .osa .s.s's.s,.
SIZES. She is at present t on q visit
10 a relative Others in Dublin. jIns
fact it was at her request Isams oblig.=
ed to remove our editor, with whom
in a business way, I have no particu-
lar fault to find. He was constantly
addressing verses to Kate in his 'Po-
cts Corner ( When he. became ac. 1
luainted with, my reasons, be took
things very quietly and; 50 good5shu-
that we remain, as you per-
ceive, on the ifriendliestterms." bsJi
1'Then' he does otddepend for his
income altogether on the Eagle ?nssa
, .sNo: he has a small farm e few
nilesafrom here, and I think is rather
glad than otherwisepatb being released
from a fixed seoccupatiohJl But, Mr..
5taunton, there is something WANT
o say to you if I may."dyissI ,'-g = .2s5-5s
mfsGertainly.'ai 20 na 70 !zasd s8j i
sseWell, to tell the truth, I dread in
tour csse similar difficulty" 1,
T confess 1 felt considerabl Yexed,
What business had the old ewomantof
suppose that I,was going stoI falbs IN
,5 oye with her daughter7 Most likely5
m Irish country girl aesith = milk l
maid complexion and q few boarding
school graces. 7sdisa aid ,zoi;Ri2 IsTt1a
.If.1'can assure you,; Mrs. 'Brady,3
hat Here is no danger of anything of