The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-09

all night, and at the break of day found |
himself outside the town of Ballinasloe. |
There he had some breakfast, and at
the inn he entered into conversation
with some men who were going to Eng
land with cattle, and were in want of a
drOver. Owen offered his services. and,
as he appeared a quiet, respectable
young man, they were accepted at once.
They reached Dublin in three days,
and then started for Liverpool, where
Owen bade good-by to the cattie-iob-
| bers, and took a passage to America in
/ the Golden Cross. On board, he made
! himself so useful and agreeable to the
! captain that he gave him a recommend
alton TO a merchant in New York, who
| took him into his Office. For five years,
Owen worked patiently and steadily,
and then his master promoted him to
clerk; and so on from step to step, his
patient, honest industry raised him till
he became partner in one of the first
firms In the great city. Then, when he
paused to consider that he was rich and
independent, and a gentleman, came
hOme-lOngings. The Upland farm, the
lane where he last walked with Julia,
the quiet little market town-au used
to come before him as he sat in his
grand, lone house and at last he re-
solved to pay his native land visit.
He arrived at Gort late on the after
= noon of the 10Th of March, and deter
mined to remain quiet till the next day,
when he felt pretty sure of meeting his
brother Martin. It was just thirty
l years since Owen left his native place,
, and there were fewer changes IN the
l dull little country town than he had an
ticipated-far fewer changes than there
r ! L TO,4
l rick's day dawned clear and frosty, he
} could not rest, and started early in the
well-remembered direction of the Up,
land farm. How his heart beat as he
2 drew near the old cabin, weather-stained
, and desOlate, which had been the home
D of Julia and how it stood still as he
reached the level field of oats which
, was just coming over ground where his
= fathers house stood Faint and sick,
. he entered the first cabin he came to,
1 and asked a drink of water. A wretched
old woman, seeing how white he looked
q asked him to take a stool, which he did
and after few minutes silence, he be-
o gan to ask some questions about the
place. A young girl, with face tha
would have been pretty but for it,
Q sulky expression, and a quantity O
d fair hair neligently hanging over he,
u shoulders, looked up from a heap O
? flax she was carding, and examined tn
stranger attentively, as he asked the ole
woman what had become of the Mac
d Dermotts.
:, Come here, Judy, and tell his homo
what become of Martin MacDermot
{, and his blessed family That's hi
IL daughter, sir
" And Martin, what has become G
Is him? Is he dead ?" Owen asked
, breathlessly.
K mo, it would be a good Job if h
e was, the girl said, sullenIy " he's /
L the pOOr-hOuse"
y Owen buried his face in his hands an
- wept aloud. Surely his curse had faIle
T hot and heavy; far, far hotter an
heavier than he meant it should
70 Girl ! did you ever hear of your uncl
=. Owen? am he Take me to YOU
father. And this is Julia's daughter
=, l might have known; you are so lik
y her"
i 1t was hard to make poor old Marti
a MacDermOtt understand that his brotI
v er had come back, and was rich, an
% willing to help him ; bnt when it di
dawn on his feeble mind his sorrow an
- his gratitude were touching to behold
- q" Take me away, Ownie-take me ava
- from Bellybane. l can never houId Il
n my head among the neighhors again
- Sure, Tn a poor, broken-down Oul
- creature but have small taste
= the spirit of the MscDermOtts left We
-, % in spite of all my troubles. Take n
~ ~ an Julia away, OWnie:"
], There was now demonstrated a bea1
Mt tlful instance of magnanimity. Owe
of took his brother and his niece to Ne
York; but Martin did not long live t
y erJOy the splendid home of Owen. ST
% months after they landed he died, will
= out any visible or local cause-simpI
y of a broken heart. Julia took her pIac
- as mistress of her uncle's establishment
- and before very long married the son {
!" his partner, and had a fine house of he
=, own and when Darby's term of trans
~ pOrtatiOn expired, his uncle took bin
10 to live with him. The young man ha
=; learned a severe lesson, but he profile
- by 1t and is now one of the most pro-
- porous and esteemed merchants {
g New York. His children climb on tb
- knees of q white-haired, gentle old ma
- they call Uncle Owen and he some
y times says to Darby, as he strokes hi
a eldest boys golden curls ''YOU
- Owen is like me, nephew 1 can sc
70 that. I'm happy old man. I couI
- not have been so had I committed an
~ hOrrid act of vengeance. In dom
- good for evil l feel that I am trul
10 10 blest. Chambers Journal.
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