The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-04
promptitude and GOOD bumor. "as far as he

Bill Wilson was no fool. He gave his wife's
nephew q hearty and sincere Welcome ONE an nt
to acquiesce in all that she said to his advan-
tage; but it was indiscreet slip to add the
words las far as he could see" 1t implied a
caution on his part which did not say much for
wife's opinion, and went merely to corrobarate
her praises of bis personal appearance.
'As far as you can see,' Bill! Well, indeed,
that far you can find no fault at all; that's
shure an sartin. Where would you find the
likes iv him, as far as that same goes, William
Wilson = Not in Armagh, let me tell you.
or finer pair iv eyes in mans head, or
hondsomer nose, or q purifier MOUTH An the
whiskers, Bill !-ah, them's the dark whiskers
whiskers that You see about here Bill. Look
at the hoith iv him! He's no leprahaun, Bill
Wilson an say if You go out and walk the
iv him till You come back again to where he is
himself"
"Faix, an won't try that, Mary, for I be-
lieve every word you're after saying. But,
shure, l didn't name to make little of the young
man at ALL"
"You said as far as you could see,' Bill; an
shure we all know how far that is. But amn't
I tellin' you what is beyant your. sight,-what
he is to the backbone, for larnin' and every
thin that's good, manly an honest 7 There
now. Bill, hope you don't misdoubt me- as
far as you can see,' indeedw
"Well, Mary, I meant nothing against him
by that indeed believe, and Pm shure, he's
as good as he's handsome Bat must go out
now to the workshop to look after the men.
Let me know when he comes hack"
Tom was not SO long away A4he had intend
ed The person whom he went to look for was
not at home, and he returned to his aunt at
once. He had not many acquaintances in Ar
nagh, and they were such as might te better
pleased with visit after dark than so early
| IN the day.
Before the dinner was prepared, Tom had
another chat with his aunt, aud, matter of
course, she could not altogether avoid the sub
ject of Winny Cavana. She had been given to
| understand by her brother that successful
courtship was carrying on between Tom and
her. But the humor in which Tom had re-
| ceived her first quizzing upon the subject at
once told that Intelligent lady of the - loose
screw" ON some side of the question. Upon SO
| important a matter, a married woman, and
own aunt to such d fine young man, one of the
| parties concerned, Mrs. Wilson could not per-
NIT herself to remain ignorant, Her direct
questions in the first instance, and her dexter
| Gus cross. examination after " ards, showed Tom
the folly of hoping to evade a full confession
of his having been refused and it may be be-
| loved that he set forth, in no small degree,
how ll-treated he had been by the said Winny
Cavana and her father.
His auno consoled him, SO far as she could,
with hopes that matters might not be so bad
as he apprehended; reminded him at the same
| time of the extent of the sea, and the number
of good fishes which must still be in it un-
caught. That shrewd woman could also per-
ceive, from Toms manner, under his first con-
fession, we'll his first ill-humor, that the
loss of Winny Cavana's fortune, and the rover
sion of the fat farm, were more matters of re-
greet to him than the loss of herself.
"And why notf" she thought, under the in-
preston of Winuy's ill-treatment of such n
fine handsome young fellow as her nephew.
| "Shurc, couldn't he have his pick an choice
of any girl in that, or in any other parish ay,
or among her acquaintance in Armagh, for
that matter7 But as for young Lennon, she
was sartiu shure Winny couldn't be such c
born idiot as to make much of the likes of him
where Tom was to the fore"
She thus encouraged her nephew, taking
much the same view of his case as old Mick
| had done, and giving him pretty much the
same advice-"Eot to dhraw back at all, but to
parsevere am get a hoult on her by hook or by
crook, an thrust to q reconciliation afterwards.
He might take her word for it, it was more
it up, Tom; them sort of girls like parsever-
inco l know 1 did, wochal. in my time
What's on her mind nil, is that it's afther her
! "The devil much she's out there, aunt
but wish could make her think otherwise y
Listen here, Tom; II councils COM
mand,' they say, an my advice is this. Lot on
when you 20 back that you could get an ILL
giant fine girl in Armagh wild twiste her for
tune, but that nothing would tempt you to
forsake your own little girl at homo, that was
q pe,e iv your heart since ye We're both the
holth of u creepec1; do you see an I'll back
you up in it. Tell her she may bestow heI
fortune upon Kate Mulvey or any one she likes
that herself is all you want You know she
won't do that when it comes to the point"
Not a bad plan, aunt. But sure should
let to my father, aud to every one in the
neighborhood; and they'll be asking me who
she is, and about her father and her mother
and all about her; and should have answers
ready, if l mean the thing to look like the
truth"
"An' won't give you all that as pat as A, 3
CT Don't know the very girl thatll answer
to Il, Tom ;"
Why then, aunt dear, mightn't you bring
me across her in earnest ~
"FaiX, an could not, Tom, for a very gooC
reason-that Pm not acquainted wd her, eX
cept to SEQ her sometimes; an l know he
name, an who she u.s. an her fathers name, an
: how ho made his money. They're as proud q:
paycocks, l can tell you; an naythcr the war
nor the other would look the same side iv the
street wild the likes iv us, Tom; but they dom
know that at Rathcash an shurc, if Winny
: tries to tird ont abont them, she'll find tina
5 you're tellin the truth far the names an
money goes, an I'll let on to be as thick as tive
pickpockets wild them"
Tom silent Tie closing words of hi
auntt speech made him wish that he could
pick souic of their pockets of about u hundred
pounds.
The plan, however, seemed good one, ant
had the effect of putting Tom Murdoch int
good humor; and when Bill Wilson Joined
them at dinner, Tom was agreeable ant
e chatty, that Bill thought his wife, although
she was Toms aunt had not said a word toe
} much for him he ed fha,