The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-06-08


dea b. bead. old Peter smoked away
10 his corner without uucr.ng o single
word,
Corny waited for moment and then
said, l. that an you'ue glia 90 d1r Mis-
lher plllony
Tom threw down smother sovereign
Coruy followed bis example, uII ibeg
had both laid twenty pounds upon lbe
table.
i. that al YOU are goin' TO DO, Mlsther
Dilloni Corny repeated.
In ready money, ID Is, Misiher o.
Byrne.
Then bate We n that Corny cried, I
throwing down another pound ] bate (
/ him Ia cash, Misther Peibef; 40 yc mind
\ thstS
/ Peter nodded and smoked away,
! I'll take the girl in an share tie best
we have with her an give Martin two
acres Of land and couple Of boniyes 1
/ Qiule pigs), announced Tom.
/ Dcrmou'll have my land when I'm gone /
every rod, cried Corny
I IN give q heifar inl Twenty pounds,
share Of a house, two acres land, an 4
heifer. What do yo say, Pothcrf Tom
cried. Not bad FOR colleen without
penny!i
Thrue for you, Tom, Peter asseuted.-
Whatll you do, Corny?
Twenty-one pounds-down the day
they're married, house an home,
feather bed, an' the finest mule in the
parish-that's what I'll dol
But the land-Tom is giving two
acres, Peter observed; think Of that
Corny
Dermottll have the land after me, an
enough 10 eat off it till I'm gone. have
no one but him. Tom Dillon has three
more to provide for.
A plenty to do it with; an I'll make it
three acres, Pether, Of the best upland in
Ballymoyne, Tom replied.
It's very fair, an Pm obliged to yc,
Tom, Peter said slowly,
III make it twenty-five bowman throw
in heifer, Corny cried
It's very decent, Corny, and I'm obiig-
ed TO ye, Peter quietly observed in the
same tone.
III throw in calf! exclaimed Tom
Dillon.
Twenty pounds, three acres of land, a
boniye, heifer an calf. Now, Pc
tner-done or not?
think ye spoke of two bonivcs, Toml
Peter said quietly.
No; only one. It's all | can spare; an
| think it's not bad, Pether
Bedad, Tom, think ye said couple, /
Peter said again.
Nabocklish, (never mind), Peter. I'll
throw in clutch Ga whole brood) o.
ducks-take it or lose il! Twenty-Five
pounds down the day they're married, a
house an home, fine mule, hcifer
an a clutch o. ducks said Corny, /
putting his money back into his stock
ing.
Fax, an clutch O ducks isn't bad, /
observed Peter. They're better than a
calf to them that hasn't a COW to feed il : I
and Cornys is the best house, an kato'll /
have il all to herself When your Matt
and James marry, it'll be mighty narrow
for ye ALL
James is going to America, Pcther,
said Tom.
Well, that makes difference. But
isn't there anything else your inclined to
offer? Dermott is the best match at this |
minute! said Peter,
Pm done said Tom. Then suddenly
starting up he cried, Wait a minute! and
ran out of the house, returning in quart |
er of an hour, staggering under great
sack of seed potatoes
There, Corny O'Byrnc; put that in
your pipe and smoke it! no cried exnlt-
ingIy.
Corny, at first sight Of the sack, start
ed to his feet aud put on bis hat Wait
a minute, Pether, be cried; I'iI not be
long-and running all the way home lie
was soon there,
Get me a sack, Judy-the meal-sack--
an be quick, asthore! he cried excited
ly.
ARA be aisy, Corny; shurc an the
male is in ii.
Betther am betther, cried Coruy, going
into a room which served as a dairy; and
without vouchssfing another word to the
astonished Judy, he shouldered the sack
and trotted of with it as fast as he could,
Completely out of breath, he reached
Peters, bathed in PRECIPITATION; but on
entering, he unluckiIy tripped over the
doorstep, and fell with the sack iuli
length into the kitchen. The string
round the neck OF the bag gave way, and
covered with the meal, be groancd aud
stsmmered breathlessly: Th-there, Pc
ther Lins-k-key Wh-while the pratics
was gr.growing, the male would keep
them siiyel W-what dye say Pe.peth-
er!
Begorrs, Cornr, J say what often
said before, that yer dacent mau-an
yer boy is welcome to Kate Llnskey.
What do ye mean Pelherf cried Tom
. Dillon.
What say Tom; nor more nor lcss
; The childer might die o the ioreguriha
. Ia iainting brought on by hunger or over
fatigue without proper sustcnauce) While
the nratfes was CROWN. Derm0ti
, otHvrne can beat provide for ms little