The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-27
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! He was mothers iactotum, big Tim.
| Hargaton. do not know how she could
have managed the tarm without his clear
head and sound judgment to guide her.
He had the name OF being the closes t
hand at II bargain and the best judge of
"baste" in lnnishowen; aud think he
deserved 1t, Tor mother very rarely lost
| upon her specuationS i'll cattle, and our
| animals were famed for their beauty.
Tim was not wholly an InniShowen man.
| BY mis- mothers side lie claimed descent
| from the Scottish settlers of the OppO-
site coast, and much of his cautious
ness and shrewdness could be traced to
this infusion of kindly Scottish blood
| We children had rather an awe OF linn
J he ruied the Uuler world OF our nome
stead with ROD OF iron. WoJ betlde
the delinquent who Venlured into the
garden before the "hOuse" had been sup
! ,lled with fruit for preserving! Woe b" TO
Us II with prUtane hands we assaulted
MS beloved grapes or raVlshed his trim
| tloweI- beds. | dare say it was very
| good lOr us that some one was set III au-
| tnority over the garuen ana farm yard
| or we were allowed quite enough free
dom indoors, fatherIess tombOys that we
were. But years passed by; one by one
| we grew TO womanhoOd. i, the eldest,
| lett nome trst-tO return first; more
| alone lUr having UGen SO nappy, LOO nap
| py for lit e while. When returned,
d widow, The younger birds had hoWn
from tue nest, MOuuer had no one lie
| DuG me, and sue Was growing Old; 50 L
cast III my own and my boys lot with
ner, and soon became IhOfuuGnly ac-
uuainted wiLh I'm Ii rgatun. 70 him |
was she young Mistress" or Miss
| Elleu," and i own l lelt oGlen at DIS
adv vantage with him. HIS quiet Know
| edge OF subjects J. was uLverly IguoranL
| Of, his cool rejVc Iou Of my farming CAe =
rles, his almost certain success IN ali
Ms ventures, eVerawed me; and alter II
struggle OF Two gave IN.
| [ mink Tim must have been about
forty aL this tIme, but Ae looked man!
years younger, being ialr and Lall and
| well made, and--a Dacnelor. He hau ii
mGrry twinkle in his gray eyes which
almost cUnlraulcLeu The hrm-seL mouth
wlln it's long upper up aud square,
massive chin; rom his half ScoLcu
| mother he derived close, Calculating
disposition, hard Lo convince, slow w
| receive new impressions, st. Ong to re-
| lain them when once received. From
his 1ather, rowing Pat. HargaLOn, from
| DONEGAL, ne drew AN lrisnmans ready
| wlt aud nimbie tongue, anu under all an
| lrshman's tickle uearC, but not his
" arm affections, which 60 so tar toward
Iamendlng Lhe latter faulL.
| Another unusual thing among men Of
| his class, he was well to do, and having
successfully specu,ated in cattle on his
own account, he had money i'll the bank
and snug cottage. 1eC year alter year,
Snrove-uGe alter Shroye-lide--,h he mar
rying season all over Roman Catholic
| inInd Niin ,,iaInr m uin,rlo
| bless due 8; nor cotltu he nave had a
comfortable home, for his old mother
was confirmed Invalid; and as Tim
| was repo, ted o be "a Llite near" he
| only afforded her the services of d little
| girl scarcely IN her teens. More than
once mother spoke TO INN about lAatrl.
mony, and as often Tim met her with tue
unausWerab!e argument, SIS 1t as easy
| 10 peck for TWO as for one, ma'am" So
she ceased buGuerlng him about IT..
Now it belell that one bright, frosty
| November day / mad dispatched Tim 10
| lue county town on very important Dusl-
ness; ana the better to assure myself OF
the favorable Issue OF it, l walked to
meet him on his return. AS the time oil
uis return was overdue, l Degan to Ieel
rather uneasy, and quiCkoned my steps
along the winuing seaside road; but ID
| turn IN 1t soon revealed the reason of
| 'rin,,. Ioi.y He was waikIng na.,da -
ar iin nroIt,, "9y o,in ,trv j,ss. anG a"nttar q
70, w. ,,, no ,rIv so nrnIIv l,'r',n.,
| a little beuluu.
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7etvle" Ii! o"i ' al1l, ',ro, oIuunts
WILL WIN 0uyIn, ,, w..i''s hHstl"asi " Gus
aoVeu Ga ,''rro,'''a an, mnvU ,i'i'
~, Ills ornnnuls luIo NV hanuS ia hur-
ried on, wulle ! continued my walk.
Twilight was Ealing when | returned
b h,me; Dut although more Than an hour
hau elapsed since Ilm had preUede Inc
ON the road, he was just entering tn,
gate us turned from the sea-road Tor
the same purpose. made mother smie
tnal nIgnL wnen told her ol ny en-
counter.
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