The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-10

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made such road, or builts o bridge, or
Wrote q great histhorysor did great he
= ton; you'll meyer heartit' t'saj woman done
st; but If there is duel with swords
and guns, or two boys cracking each
! others crown5 with shillGlahs, 8or n
r secret let out; OF. q eharacte ruined, or u
imam brought 10 the gallows, Or mischief
mads between a father and his own flesh
sandiblood, then III engage you'll hear a
1 woman Ind some call 70 it. We needn't
sbaye reco6rse to histhory to know your
ii1o:n'a, 'tis sundher our eyes; for twas
the, likes o ,ye two burned Tlirpy, p,,l
Made tile King o LeiGslherrebel against
Brian Boru." r.tn
These shafts Of elOquenee struck
home; tho women get mp screaming,
\ and pulled tlIeir caps of their heads,
which in that part was equivalent to
rgentlefolks drawing their swords. % 2
II "oh, murtheri murtler was it for
1 this married you, Gmllalrm Taaie ?"
"0ch, Shamrs, will ye sit an hear
me compared to, tie likes Mould re-
bel against Brian sBoru, Shamus. ara
gal?"T
F, m" Don't heed him, ayourneen, = said
Shamus; "he is an snld man." 4
4 But she would inotbeS Spacifed. ]" Oh,
4 yo! vo! Il ever I thought the likes 'utl
be said sof me-, that I'd rebel against
! Brian Boru.n .ss'ss
As for the other, she prepared to leave
/ the house. q" Guillaum, said she, I'll
never stay n day undher your roof with
them rs would say I'd burn Throy.
t.Does he forget he ever had another
himsslf?, All !s'tis bad apple that de-
spises, the tree it sprung from.sns g
| All this heated Shamus, so tint he
told the women sternly to sit down, for
i'tlic offender should 60; and upon that,
to show they were Of one mind, Guillaum
deliberately opened tho door. LurclIcr
nn out, md the wind and the ruin rush
cd in.. It was stormy night.
d Then the old mAi took fright, and
h,nnbled himself. ki Plt'lI w
"Ah! ShmmuS. Guillaum, achree, let
! ye hayciit Ms ye will; I'm soiry for wlInt
sli1, a'n gil. Don't turn me out on
tho higliroad in my. .Oull days, Guillaum,
7 and I'llengaResI'li niver open my mouth
against one o We the longest day I live.
eAhi Shamus, il isn't long I have to stay
wild ye, Anyway. Yer own hair will be
III white us mine yet, plaiso God md
yell be thanking Him ye showed respect
! to mine this night"
But they were MI young mil of one
mind, saudi they rtuInelsllinr out and
lbared tile door y ~ ss ii
/ He crept away, ShiverinS i'll the wind
\ tand rain, till he got on the.lcc side Of II
stone wall, and there he stopped and ask-
I'll himself whether heeould live through
the night.
| Presently something culd aud smooth
I poketl against his -luand; il wns II large
dog tint had followed him tulOllservetl
till he stopped. BY n white mark on his
T, breast hesPaw it was Lurchers Carrots
/ dog. f
. All y said the poor old wanderer,
"yOu are not no wise dog as thought,
| 10 follow me. When he spoke to the
dog, tho dog fOnll SIS him. Then he
hurst Tout s1bl,ing landf crying: "!Ah,
Lurcher! .GaIrct was mol wise either;
hut he wOulil niver have famed me to
the door this hitternight, nor even thee. :"
And 30 hG niOancd ami lumeutetl.N But
IIurcher pulled his cont, and by his
/, movements conveyed to lin that he
should not stny there MI night; 50 then
lie crept on and knocked at more than
hie door, but did not obtain Mlinittance,
it was 50 trnpesttlnus. At last he lay
down exhausted OH some BtrIw III tile
eQr1er Of III outhOnse; but Lurcher lay
clOSe to Him, and it is probable the
warmth Of The dog saved his life that
night, " y q
Next day the wind md rnin abated;
but this aged Inan hAtl other illS to fight
ngNinst besides winter and rough wealth.
er. The sense Of his CONS ingratitude
and his own folly drove him almost mad.
Sometimes he would curse and thirst for
vengeance, sometimes he would shed
tc4lrs tint seemed to scall his witherel
cheeks. He got. into another county antl
begged from door to door. As for Lurch.
or, he did not beg: he usel 70 disappear,
often for ,.n hour at u time, but alwayS
returned; and often with o rabbitor eym
hare in his mouth. Sometimes tho
friends exchanged them for gallon OF
.mcal, sometimes they roasted them in
the woods; Lurclier WIS II civilized dog,
and did not like them raw. .-,.y
Wandering lither and tllithcr, Brian
Timfe came ut Inst within few miles Of
his own house but he soon, llutl cause
to wish himself further off it; for here,
he mot his first downright re-,
buff, and, cruel to say, lie owned it to
lis hard hearted Sous. One recognized
linn as the father Of that rogue Guillaum
Taafe, who Ind cheated him III tic sille
| of IL horse, nlId another as the father Of
TINT thief ShnmuS, who had sold him n
diseased COW that died the week after.
50, for the first time since lie was driven
out Of his home, he passed the night
supperlcsS, for houses did not i0 close
together in that part.
Cold, hungry, liouseless and distracted
with grief at what he had been aud now
was, nature gave way at last, and, m
able 10 outlast the weary, bitter night,
he lost Ills senses Just before dawn, aud
lay motionlcss on lie hard road.
The chances were he must die; but
Ijut ut death'sdoor liisluck turned. 81
L,uchcr put his feet over him nnd his
chin upon her breast to guRnl him, as he
had often guarded Carrots cont, and
that kept mp little warmth in his heart
md al the very tlRwn ot day the door Of
farmhouse opened, and the master
came out upon his business, and saw
something unusual lying in the road
good way of. So he went towartl,it, and
found Brian Taafe III that condition. This
farmer was very well.to-do, but lie Ind
known trouble, and it lad male him
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