Ellsworth American., 1873-09-04
lnstinctively led up to the subject

lnstinctively l led up to the subject
nearest 10 my heart.
Me know the Blakes nv Boljolderunl
Besorra, l do thin, breed, seed, and
gineration. They're dacent people av
the rale ould stock. Miss Kitty thrav.
elied wud me a few weeks ago she
kem from Dublin, but she was over the
wather beyant, in London. Sorra q
much good that wud do her, or sny
wan else
expressed hope that she was
looking well after her trip.
"Och, rosy, an well, shure enough;
and why wudn't she? What wud ,hruble
het! Her father thinks diamonds is
too poor for her, and her mother wud
burn the house av she riz her little
finger. THEY'LL not be thrubled wud
her long she's too dawny a crature
for the boys to lave alone. tux a
Misther Crane from Dublin over TO the
hall last week, an, be me song, he wss
mighty tender on her."
This was alarming. endeavored
to probe into the antecedents Of this
abominable person, but ! could only
ascertain, after deal Of circumlocu-
tion, that he was the possessor of ian
iliigant portmantle," and that he was
"a nice man, an nice-mannered
man
Good morning, Father James, good
morning kindly"
This was addressed TO q Catholic
clergyman, who was swinging along
the road with jaunty air, bespeaking
the motion Of one 10 whom twenty.
mile walk was no uncommon occur
/ renee.
That's wan o the most knowledge
able min in this country, sir" observed
Dempsey, when we had proceeded
little distance 'but he was wanst bit
inurely, cute as he is-an' there's the
spot, be added, pointing TO a small
patch Of strand directly beneath US.
This is how it KEN about, sir-Git
up, We bastes !" Undressing the horses)
don't let the gintleman see yez thrate
me that way; git up. Well, sir, Fa-
ther James was on his bades and his
brasary one winthry mornin', and he
was prayin away. whin boy KEN
runnin' up the boreen cryin' murther,
an that a man was wracked below on
the rocks forninst We. an that he
wasn't expected for to live, an for
Father James TO run TO him at wanst,
for the love nv Heaven, So Father
James run the Dades and the brcvara
into the pocket av his shmall-clothes,
aud away wud him 10 that very spot,
sir, as nimble as roe an shure
enough, there was poor sayfarln'
man lyin' for dead on the say rack, an
no, as much breath Ia him as would
cause the eye az a midge TO wink
Have none of yez tent av spcrrits
about yez, says Father James. Have
none av yez tent av sperrits 10 put
bctune this poor mans shammy an
the eawldf says Father Jaues, i,lu
at it.
NOV, sir, they were all afeared TO
say es, bekase he denounced potheen
from the althar, an if they wor to say
Yes they'd be only kotched be the
holy father. At last Biddy O'Dono-
ghoe, who Is always as bowld As brass,
SAYS:
.Arrah, where wud We git it Fa-
ther James! May be ye'd have dhrop
in that bottle that's stickin' out av yer
coat pocket.
How dar' ye, ovid faggot' says
Father James, but he pulled up short,
for shure enough, whln he was lawn
the house, he run it into his buzzum,
thinkin it might be wanted, an forgot
it intrely; SO he lifted the poor say
farm mans head up and gev him a
scoop. Bedad, but it put life into him,
sir" cried Dempsey, giving the horses
tremendous cut, probably with a
view TO instllling little life into them
lit put life into him, and he gev a
great sigh.
"'lie wants another sup, yer river
ance, seq wan.
Let me hould the bottle, Father
James, sez another.
whist, he haythens says his
riverence, houldin' up his hand, tor the
poor sayfarin' man was thryin' TO spake
but the rattles was in his throath.
Say wan word sez Father James,
TO say We die Christian an q Catho-
lie
The poor man thried, but he was
that wake that he cudn't.
Say wan little word TO let nee
know that We die Cotholic,' says Fa-
ther James.
1.-The sayfarin' man made q great
struggle, and screeched, loud enough
70 be heard in Leenawn, Down wild
the Pope an he died, sir, an that's
how Father jams was bit :ntirely."
The car was pretty well crowded,
and upon one side amongst the occu-
pants was a sergeant Of q militia regi-
ment, proceeding to the depot station
ed at Galway. This gallant son Of
Mars was seated beside . very good
looking young girl, to whom he paid
the most chiyalrous and marked atten-
ton. Now it was the sergeant's hab-
it, at intervals along the road, to
bound gayly from the car, enter q She
been, remain there a few minutes, and
then rejoin the vehicle, betraying all
the symptoms Of having -"laid on"
little refreshment during his tempora-
ry absence. His attentions to the
young lady became more marked as
We proceeded on our journey, and such
EXPLANATIONS as ICELAND ow O that,
sargint," "Lave me alone," "Single
yer freedom. an double yer distance"
tended to prove that the gallant war
rior's potations were carrying him be-
yond the laws Of conventionalism. At
length, after playful but elephantine
effort to snatch kiss, the young lady
appealed TO the driver.
"Mr. D.mpsey, I'd have ye to call
to this young man-he's insultin' me,