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pleased than surprised, and looked upon
It as quite fulfilling Of his dream and

pleased than surprised, and looked upon
| It as quite fulfilling of his dream and
nothing else.
Not so the rest of the household; they
wondered who could have sent it. and the
fisherman yo we'd that if he only knew,
the first good fish he ever caught should
go to repay the donor.
Every body was pleased, with the ex-
ception of the grown-up daughter, Ellie,
| who still felt almost afronted at din
! ner being given to them by any one, and
much inclined to blame the young men,
who, on leaving, had vowed never to for
get the ssould homen Nevertheless, they
had pleasant Christmas dinner, and
often did they ponder on the words OF
! the good priest, when he said, "Neyer
saw the righteous fcrsaken, or his seed
begging their bread.''
CHAPTER II.
The Christmas evening passed of
cheerfu,ly and happily, and many guess
was hazarded as to the benefactor who
had so generously provided for their COM
fort. II Master "Paudheen" had his own
ideas on the subject, he took good care
not to divulge them, we'll knowing how
annoyed his parents and sisters would be
that re should have made their poverty
know. to any one, even to the kind heart
ed Biddy.
| In few days, the wild weather aba,-
ing, old Keegan was enabled once more
to go out fishing, and was most success
full, catching few fine cod, which he
carried to the neighboring village of Ra-
heen to dispose OF, and having reserved
one for the use OF his own family Ia piece
OF extravagance not often INDUCED in),
he resolved to pay a visit to his neighbor,
the widow. On entering he found leg
of pork set out for her dinner, which SO
much resembied his own that he discov-
cred at once who had given them their
Christmas dinner, when, grasping the
fair widows hand, he thanked her most
sincerely. She tried to deny it, and
then, finding that it was useless, she burst
forth WITH
"And then who has better right than
the one you help. d many time2 But
sure have good news for you. I was IL
| Raheen this morning atore you were, end
got this letther for you-''
The old man examined it, and soon
discovered that it must have been en-.
closed in another, when the fair widow
blushingly confessed that it came in one
from John" to her. she gave it to hel
ola friend to read, who after vast deal
of trouble, and spelling out" learned
| that 1t was an offer of marriage from the
said John, setting forth how long he hao
| | c., but that being poor he
would not ask her to be his wife. Nov,
ne writes 81 have good wages, and Car
make you comfortable, if you love me
we'll enough to come cut with the father
ana mother, and the young craythurs
Ellen. of course, will come for the sake OIL
| Miiiisan, who can now afford to keep i
wife too"
At first the old man could hardly un-
derstand it all, and remained quite mute
until Biddy. throwing her arms round
| his neck said, 'swon'1 you have me tor
daughter after all2"
The old man, solemnly laying his hand
on the head of the young woman, which
lay on his breast, said, INLAY the Blessed
Virgin and all the saints protect you, my
purity darlin'. It is thatll be proud to
call you daughter: and now, alanna, just
step over with me to see the ould woman
and make her ha ppy
! A IL this time rheold man held his SON.
letter between his fingers; he now folded
| It carefully in red cotton handkerchief
which he placed inside his hat, and then
covering his fine bushv gray head of hair
with the latter, started for his own cot
accompanied by the setrothed of his
son.
| Arrivs d at home, the latter was intro.
! duced as "Biddy, our future daughter
an announcement requiring explanation
and the due perusal Of the different mis-
sives- There were ample enclosures fol
making merry OF New Years day (bul
which ought to have arrived in time fol
the Christmas dinner, and also tor tax.
ing the family across the Atlantic. Even
the proud and passionate Ellie was con
v;nced that her young lover had not for
gotten her, and quickly made up hel
mind to reward him for his faithfulness
We will leave them making their pre-
paration for departure to that land al
which most Irish emigrants look through
d golden medium. mean the younge,
portion Of the family made their prepar-
atoms for departure, but the ''ould PEG
pie" could not be persuaded TO leave thei,
own dear cabin on the high western cliff
against which the mighty waters of the
bro.d Atlantic washed in interminable
waves, with a deep boom surprising thai
OF the most powerful artillery.
We are perfectly sure that never again
will the old fisherman or his faithful
partner want the means of homely com
for, and certainly never again will they
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