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pleased than surprised, and looked upon
1t as quite fulfilling of his dream and

1t 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.ed thai if he only knew,
the FIST good fish he ever caught should
go to repay the donor.
| Everybody was pleased, with the ex-
ception of the grown-up daughter, Ellie,
who still felt almost affronted at a 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 ''ould home" Nevertheless, they
had pleasant Christmas dinner, and
often did they ponder on the words Of
! the good priest, when he said, t>Never
saw the righteous fersaKen, or his seed
begging their bread"
CHAPTER II.
The Christmas evening passed of
cheerfusly and happily, ana many a guess
was hazsrded as to the benefactor who
had so generously provided for their com
| fcrr. |! Master "Paudheen" had his own
ideas on the subject, he took good care
not to diyulge them, we'll knowing how
Iiio ocbiCAito WOulu
| 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 a few fine cod, which be
carried to the neighboring village of Ra-
heen to dispose OF, and having reserved
one for the use OF his own family "a piece
of extravaganza not often INDUCED in,
he resolved to pay visit 10 his nelghbor
the widow. On entering he found leg
OF pork set out for her dinner, which 50
much resembled bis own that he discov-
cred at once who had given them their
| Christmas dinner, when, grasping the
fair widows hand, be thanked her most
sincerely. She tried to denv it, and
then, finding that it was useless, she burst
forth WITH
And then who has better right than
the one you hel ?. d many tin.e2 But
sure have good news for you. I was ln
Raheen this morning atore you were, end
got this letther for you"
Inc old man examined it, and soon
discovered that it must have been en-
closed in another, when the fair widow
| biushingly confessed shat it came in one
from john" to her. she gave it to hel
old friend to read, who after vast deal
OF trouble, and ''spelling out" learned
| that II was an offer of marriage from the
SAID John, set ing forth how long he hac
c., but that berg poor b
| Wnl1T q Of o. l., I, u;
he writes 6 / have good wages, and Car
make you comfortable, if you love me
we'll enough to cone cut with the fatheJ
ana mother, and the young craytturs
! Ellen. OF course, Will come for the sake o
| MilIigan, who can now afford to keep
wife too"
Al first the old man couia hardly un.
derstand il all, and remained quite mute
until Biddy, throwing her arms round
his neck said, "won'1 you have me 10,
daughter after allG'
The old man, solemnly laying his hand
on the head Of the young woman, which
lay on his breast, said, s'May the Blessed
Virgin and all the saints protect you, m
purity darlin'. IT is i thatll be proud tc
call you daughter: and now, alanna, just
step over with me to see the ouid woman
ano make her hs. ply
A II this time theoid man held his sons
letter between his fingers; he foldec
t carefully in red cotton handkerchief
which he placed inside his hat, and thel
covering his fine bushy gray head of hal
accompanied by the setrothed of hi.
! son.
| Arriv; d al home, the latter was intro
| duced as "Biddy, our future daughter,
an announcement requiring explanation
and the due perusal of the different mis-
slve3- There were ample enclosures tol
making merry Oh New Years day {bu
which ongnt to have arrived in time fol
the Christmas dinner, and also tor tax
Ing tie family across the Atlantic. Ever
the proud and passionate Ellie was con
v;nced tnat her young lover had not for
gotten her, and QUICKLY made up hen
mind to reward him for his f.thfulness
We VIII leave them making their pre-
paration Tor departure to that land q
which most Irish eu,igrants look through
d golden medium mean the younge,
portion OF the family made their prepar-
a.ions for departure, but the .ould PEG
pie could no5 be persuaded TO leave THEN
own Gear cabin on the high western cliff
against whic', the mighty waters OF the
| bro4d Atlantic washed in interm!naDlc
waves, with deep boom surprising thai
OF the most powerful artillery.
We are perfectly sure that meyer again
Will the old fisherman or his faithful
partner want the means of homejy com
| for, and certainly never again Will they
| be without their Christmas dinner