Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-02-15
door and halloed: "Hy, Murphy

Ellen come here, We divils y
Lurcher supported the call with great
energy. In ran fine little boy and
girl. "Look at this man with all the
eyes in your bodyl" said he. "This is
Misther Taafe, father of Garrett Taafe,
that saved us all from ruin and destruc-
ton entirely" He then turned to MIR.
Taafe and told him, little more calmly,
"that years ago, every haporth they had
was going to be carted for the rent but
Garrett Taafe came by, put his hand in
his pocket, took out thirty pounds, and
cleared them in a moment. 1t was way
he had; we were not the only ones he
saved that way, so long as he had it to
give"
The old man did not hear these last
words; his eyes were opened, the iron
entered his soul, and he overfowed with
grief and penitence.
"Och, murther murther," he cried
"My poor boy what had to do at all
to go and turn you adrift, as / had done,
/ for no raison in life?' Then with a pit
eous, apologize wall: 81 tuck the
wrong for the right that's the way the
world is blinded. Och, Garrett, Garrett,
what will l do with the thought of it
An those two vilyins that gave it all to
and they turned me out in my ould days,
as / done you. No mather? ?" and he fell
into sobbing and trembling that near
ly killed him for the second time.
But the true friends of his son Garrett
nursed him through that, and comforted
him, so he recovered. But, as he did
live, he outlived those tender feelings
whose mortal wounds had so nearly killed
him. When he recovered this last blow
he brooded and brooded, but never shed
another tear
One day, seeing him pretty well re-
stored, as he thought, the good farmer
came to him with fat bag of gold.
"Sir," said he, ''soon after your son
helped us, luck set in our way. Mary,
she had legacy; we had wonderful
crop of fax, and with that plant tbs kill
or cure and then / found lead in the
hill, and they pay me a dale o. money
for leave to mine there I'm almost
ashamed to take it. tell you all this to
show you 1 can afford to pay you back
that ESQ, and if you please I'll count it
out"
"Nol" said Mr.. Taaie, "Ill not take
CARROTS money; but if you will do me a
favor, lend me the whole bag for week,
for at the sight of it 1 see way to
whisper"
Then, with bated breath and in strict
confidence, he limited to the farmer a
scheme of vengeance. The farmer was
not even to tell it to his wife. For," I"
said old Brian, "the very birds will car
~ these things about; and sure it is
knowing devils / have to deal with, es-
pecially the women"
Next day the farmer lent him good
suit and drove him to a quiet corner
scarce a hundred yards from his old
abode. The old farmer got down and
left him. Lurcher walked at his masters
heels. 1t was noon and the sun shining
bright.
The wife of Shamus Taafe came ont
to hang up her mans shirt to dry, when,
10 scarce thirty yards from her, she
saw an old man seated counting out gold
ON broad stone at his feet. At first
she thought il must be one of the good
people-or fairies-or else she must be
dreaming but, no cooking her head
file of Brian Taafe, and he was counting
mass of gold. She ran in and screamed
her news rather than spoke it.
Nonsense, woman said Shamus,
roughly; "it's not in nature"
"Then go and see for yourself, man I"
said she.
Shamus was not the only one to take
this advice. They all stole out on tip
toe, and made n sort of semi-circle of
curiosity 1t was no dream there were
piles and piles of gold glowing in the
sun, and old Brian with a horse pistol
across his knees; and even Lucher
seemed to have his eyes steadily fixed
on the glittering booty. When they had
thoroughly drunk in this most unex-
pected scene, they began to talk in agi-
tated whispers; but even in talking they
never looked at each other; their eyes
were glued ON the gold.
Said Guillaum: "Ye did very wrong,
Shamus, to turn out the old father as
you done see now what we all lost by
it. That's part of the money he laid
by, and we'll never see a penny of it..
The wives whispered that it was a
foolish thing to say. leave it to us, -
said they, "and well have it all, one
day."
This being agreed to, the women stole
toward the old man, one ON each side.
Lurcher rose and snarled, and old Brian
hurried his gold into his ample pockets,
and stood on the defensive.
"Oh, father and is it you come back
Oh, the Lord be praised Oh, the
weary day since you left MS, and all ou
good luck wild yel" I"
Brian received this and similar speech
es with fury and reproaches. Then they
humbled themselves and wept, cursed
their ill-governed tongues, anu bewailed
the mems folly in listening to them
They fiattered him and cajoled him, an,
ordered their husbands to come FORWARD
and ask the old mans pardon, and no
let him ever leave them again. TIL.
supple sons were all penitence and af
fection directly. Brian at last consent
ed to stay, but stipulated for a certain
chamber with key to it. "For, sal,
he. 81 have got my strong-box to tak'
care of, as well as myself.
They pricked up their ears directly n
mention of the strong-box, and aske,
where it was.
"Oh it is not far, but 1 can't carr,
it. Give me two boys to fetch it.
"Oh Guillaum and Shamus woul,
carry it or anything to oblige long los
father"
So they went with him to the farmer
cart, and brought in the box, which wa
pretty large, and above all very full an
,, heavy.
He was once more king of his ow
house, and fattered and petted as h
never had been since he gave away hi
estate. To be sure he fed this by mys
terious hints that he had other lands be
sides those in that part of the country
and that, indeed, the full extent of hi
possessions would never be known unit
his will was read which will was safel
locked away in his strong -box-wit
other things.
And so he passed pleasant time, en-
bittered only by regrets, and very poie
nant they were, that he could hear notl
ing Of his son Garrett. Lurcher also WI
|, taken great care of. and became old an
/; lazy.
But shocks that do not kill undermin,
I Before he reached three-score and ter
II / Dx,op Taofaso r.srl,f unrE onI xro,,l,I I.