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

mems doors, through the, iyiiyiaS. i ?siaiJ AZ
he.
4 So tile farmer WIS. kindly, aud Slil /:
sFNevsr mind your name, fill 'yo'ir
:. Bht by-antl.bye the man went out into
tile yari,, and then the wife could not
restrail her curiosity. "Why, gootl
man." said she, "sure you, are too de.
cent q man to- be ASHAMED Of your
"I'm too decent not to be ashamed OF
IT," sail Brian. EtsBnt you are right; MI
honest man slimid'tclllisy lame though
they drly him out Of heaven for it.
| am Brian TaIfe-that was.
."Sot Brian Taafe, ,.the strong farmer
ut Corrans ''IIifSi1bt .ds,rrr*
SAY, madam; Tn all that's left Of
him. ".yinf7H .yr ist.E yrI
"Haye you u son called Garrett
"I had, then. - =, '' e
The woman spoke no more to him, but
ran screaming to the doorl:" Here, Tom
Tom come here! /" cried she, "Tom
Tom!,.,. As Lprcher, n very sympathetic
dog, flew to the door and yelled and
barkcd fiercely in support Of this invo-
cation, the hullabaloo soon brought the
farmerrunning in.sl9 tsri9 rIi
= "oh, Tom, ,astliore," cried she, "i its
Mister Taare, the. father OF Garret Taafe
himself. "' y rffpJ@T.iI : ',9d I
"Oh, lL6Fd!'': cried the farmer, in
equal agitation, and stared at him. "AIy
blessing on the day -you ever set foot
within these door" Then he mn to
the door and hallooed: "Hy, Murphy /!
Ellen come hefe,WliIl ,EIIGItsI
Lurcler supported the call with great
energy. In rnn fine little boy aud
girl. "Look at, this man with all
tho eyes III! !your body !" said he.ir"This
is Misther Taafc, father Of Garret Taafe
that saved us all from ruin and dcstrllc-
tion entiroly.", He then turned TO Mr..
Taafe, and told him, u little mora calmly,
"tliat years ago every haportli they Ind
was going to be carted for the rent; but
GarrCt Taafe came by, put his hand in
his pocket, took out thirty, pounds, anil
cleared them in II moment. II WIS q
way he lrul; We were not the only. ones
lie saved that way, so longas he had it
to give"
Z RIheIoll mm did nutllear, these last
words; his eyes were opened, tho iron
entered lis soul, and he 0verflowed with
grief aud peliitcnee. 5hf 9bo = 7.H !
90" Och, mltrther murtler y lie cried
" Ny poor boy what had / to do at all
To go and turn you adrift, ms / done, for
no rnison in life!' Them with n piteOns
apologize wail: ST tuck the wrong for
The right;, that's the way ,the:world is
blinded. Och, sGarret, Garret, what will
7 io with The thoughts Of it? AnthOse
two vilyins that I gave it all to, end they
turned niG out ihslhy iuuld days, as j
l,ne you. No mattllerT mld he fell
into Il sobbing md trembling TINT
ncarly killed him for. tho second time.
But Tic trus.friends Of ills Son Garrei
iuisel him through that, aud eonitottetl
lin; 80 he recovered. y But, Ms he did
live, he outlivCl those tender feelings,
whose mortal wounds Ind "a nearly
killed him. When he recovered tllis'laSt
blow lie bruOtled and brDoiled, Init never
shed another tear.
One tlAy, seeing him pretty well re-
stored, MS he tlonglit, tho good farmer
came to him with a fat bug Of gold.
"Sir, "s,lid he, "soon ufter your son
helped lls, luck set in our way. Mary
she hal Il legacy; We lad Il wonderful
crop Of flax, aud with that plant. lis kill
or, crre; aud then I found lead lin.tle hill
anil they pas me o lale % money for
leave to mine there. Tn almost ashamed
no take it. I tell YOU all this 10 show
you I can afforl to pay YOU buck that
thirty pounds. and if y0tt please. I'll
count it ont. '-' =
"No !" said Mr.. Taafc, "1'l:foL take
Carrots money: but i you'll DOME a "a
yor, lend lie, the whole bag for week,
for at the sight OF it wee way TO-
Whisper" O. i ..rr -ii le \, 10 III
Then, with batetl breath and III strict
confidence, lie limited to the farmer n
scheme Of vengeance. The farmer was
not even to tell tito his wife; "for, "
said old Brian, =" the very birds carry
these things about; md sure it is know
inSs ones | haye to do with, especially the
women" ~ 80. ~ d. |',..jl,s.rl
Next day the farmer lent him a good
suit and drove him to ii quiet corner
scarce 4 hundred yards from luis old
Mbole. Tho old farmer got down And
left him. LurclIer, walked at his mas.
ter's heels. It WIS noon and the SIN
shining bright. U " i
The wife Of ShamUs Taafe came ont to
hang up her mans shirt,to dry, when,
lQ!iscarcc thirty yards from her, she snw
All old nun seated counting out gold on
IL broad Btone'at lis feet. At first she
thought it must be one Of tho good peo-
pleS-or-fMiries-or else -shc must DO
dreaming; but no cooking her head on
one side, she saw for certain tho profile
Of Ilrilln Taafe, aud he was counting IL
ndlss Of gold. She ran in and screamed
her news rather than spokeit. "a.
Nonsense. woman !" said Shamus,
roughly; "it is not in nature" ~
"rhon go and sec for yourself. man ~
smu Shc. e.. .H...g. ..,..t -gIf .H ss-
shamus was not tllGonly ono to take
this Otlyice. They all stole out on tiptoc
anl made, q sort Of semicircle of curl
osity. II was no dream; there wcro piles
and piles Of gold glowing in the sun, md
old Brian with horse pistol across his
knees; md even Llrcller seemed to have
his eyes steadily fixed on the glitteripg
booty. Z ,f.T=u ..-.gsti.s Sd .o...g u
When they had thoroughly drank in
this most unexpected scene, they began
to talk III agitated whispers !; but even in
talking they never looked at each other
their eyes were glued on the gold.
Sail Guillauln : "Ye did very wrong,
SiMhlils, 10 ttlrn out the old father as you
done see.nOw what We lost by it. That's
n part Of tho money he lai'l by, anil wen
,,n,..,. o1a :, t,,,oss,,,,, nf - ~ "