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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25

tefolat einfah msins Nat6i6lase. Sebt
euth bin unb ihreitt III StiefOrm nisosr,
bas itr, Der gormuneldaft mice, Ge6en'
fdaft Iber bic euh ansertrauten @eloes
ab,ulesen tpauIht mad btsism lebten
GAritt aber cure 0e3iebunsen 5u Mrs.
0ctpitt unb psrsn &incer ais erlofhen BE-
trahtet. Sbr waroet turh elm iolAei
gerfabreu fdsr manhsn laannebmlia'
feiten ausmeihen. Dsnn baut barauf
70 ssneigt i'd bin, allsn Werbaltninsn Nsh
nuns ,u trasen, etsn 70 fet entlGlcfsn 6ir
Id, bas Meubsrfs aubu6ieteu, Mrs. 80
pItt itre vSoiss uuatbansistsit Surad5u'
aeben.
gsancilet antmrrtfte immer nod niht
nod peniaer ,pas.e er, bic Nusen gu psa.
ris aufauldlaaen. plGblid raits ca iid
empcr, uub an esm Slide glab nebmenp,
,og er papisr por TA bin. mcrauf er Ia.
zig gu iareiben bteann. btllvis trat ana
Ten(fer. 8or isinen glidsn ostnte Del
MiGisanies fd aus, iiis!id nit cem 1im'
mel In 1aarfsr 9inie suiammsnfpbenp.
Gin bunfler punet, atnlit einsm aufquel=
lsntsn WGltdsn, fslisI.e feline @ufmerf=
lamteit. Der falliee Oampisr mar in
gsariif iiber Zen 6cri5cht empotsutauasn,
gbaueiiet 1hrieb uno ihrieb. 5cllpio
bDrts, wis bic 5sbfr ilter bas @apier iloS,
banu wiseer elm Wetlhen ruiste. Sn BEN
lei1e fniifernbsn @sraula pfsnbarte iiG
elsiblam bas 0erlansen, elmer peinlidsu
Sage sntsosen 3u sperben, eleiA naraa
wieeer Shwanfen, ipie wenn ubnmahtiss
Butb ale anberen pfinnunsen 3uriid'
seoranst baae. SsQwis forte i'm niat.
Snnenp betrahtete er bic paGlenbs
Nauhwplft. Sr erristb, eab Der Damp
fer Gbaneilst BON bannen trassn wiiree.
Nuh In iainsr Bruit reste lih bic Sebns
Iuat nah isrnen @efanesn. Gte gers
pEihtunesn, melhe er nit Der gcrmuno'
lhaft ubernabm, erldtenen ibm fdweret
su tragsn als bic gsrantwortlidteiten, pie
auf ben Sbultern bee 5anoelsberrn unt
gbsfs elmer Nhtuns esbietencen Jirmo
rubten.
f6ortfeeang fplsi.)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25
llnh ieht herriht 6sufsn u.h {

- lnb isbt bfrridt Ssulsn uub 3lb,
neflurpsrn In Mempbi5 /! Durh bic Ab.
fhaffuna oss lfdetild,sn 5teibrisfss alaab
ten bic 5errn @empbi(sr hloe ibrsn @Iau
bissrn eiaen Strsib seipielt 81 baten; iett
eatesden iie. bab lle iih felber nod einan
arssren Strsih eeipislt baten. Sn Sen.
nsifee gilt elm @eisB, bab auber in ineorpc'
rIrtsn Staoten tsin gDssty Yertauft wer.
ben rarf innsrbalb bier NsiIen pcn einer
qebranfalt. Da Msmpbis isst aufsebSrt
bat, Staot gu iein, 70 fdat 60 unier pieles
@sIsb uno Die asmpsren,lsr wotlrn nun
aae 8lrtt1haftsn Der Stast fhlsben iai
isn. saie bic Mempeiisr psnsn Der God
tail" widliser tt, OILS bas Brob, eieIcr
SGlas psrlvinesn werben, 1T lawn 81
fagtn.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25

- ueter bic Bepcr5ugun5 sloliBer III
Der ceutid)en strmee ihreibt man be.
ausSburger Nas. 3eituns Die Raus'
LITE Der preubih beutl6en grmse fiig
1879 Unit Ausnabme 8aperus, Q8iirt.
tenlberss, S1hiena unb graunidwsiss)
5ciSt wieoerum eine 2lbnabme Der tiirser.
lihen Sffi;iere, unb benefit, pab bic Yc.
Ittebunsea elmer setpiiIem Yartei, bic 81.
f5iersltelen i'm 2anbbeer 70 piet als nur
irseno nlSslid fiir ben aoel gu reierriren,
iest aufa neue almabli6 irnn,er meiteren
grfols seminneu. SIN SABRE 1867 ira.
ten aus banncoeriIhe furbelliIdenl,
nailauil dem Dienlt II. (. ~. perbd(tniB.
mibis piele bitrserlide Off3iere in bic
preubii6e Nrmee iiber, unb Der grrbe
geparf an Sffiiiersn bis 1872 peran(abte
aud ben @intritt Sieler 8iirserliden als
9ieutenants !; in ben lesten 3mei Sab.
rem if aber bierin wieber eine entldie.
eene Berdnceruns einSetreten, uno es
siebt nur 3u piele &eSimentsdsfs, mel,
DE bic slnnabme biirserliher Mipiranten
fir bic Sff3iersaellen in ibren Meeimen.
tern mSylihit 3u erihweren ,piIen. @o
baben jeet ). 9. bic 9 Snfanterie Reei.
nlenter Der preubiidsn @arpe nnter 534
Slf5ieren nur 2s biirserlide, bic 2
@arbe. .Siger, gataillcne nur l biirser.
liden OiFsier, bic s @arpe gapauerie-
Resimenter nur 2 biirserlihe Sfii3iere,
bic l ginienseiiraiiisr =. Stesimenter nur
10 birserlide OffiSiere (barunter oas
rbeiniide GaraIlier,Nes. 3, bic 16 lila.
men .Resimenter IS, Die Is 6ularen.
0esimenter 70, bic 25 Drascner. Nesi.
menter l25 biirserlide Siii;iere. 9ua
BON ben 2inien- Snfanterie. Nesimentern
iinb mebrere, beicnbers branbenburaild,e.
pcnmerilae uno nledlenbursilde 9iesi
inenter, bic faum nod, bis 8 biiraerlihe
Sff;iere baben. Bei weitem bic mel.
fen biirserliden Sffi;iere oienen in ben
liioesutihen unb rbeinlanoild,sn Snfan.
terie.uno Gapaaerie 0iesinlentern. gc
baben !. .. bic 8 babil den Draapuer.
Stesimenter 20 biirserlide Sifsiere, bic
2 bei7en barmltaotiiden Drasoner. Neai.
meater IS biirserlide Off3iere, oasesen
bic teioen medleubursiiden Drasuaer.
Resimenter nur biirserlide. Sni Sn.
5enieureGcrps, NO beionoers piele Sennt.
nille erforberlid fno, bienen unsefdhr
bier 6inftel biirserlide uub elm Viinftel
abslise Sffsiere, bel Der artiaerie smei
Drittel bErserlide unb elm Drittel abe,
lise, nit Nusnabule Der beioen @arbe.
Acknowledgements, in beuen 1d smei
Drittel biirserliAe Sff;iere befinbea.
Gs ruare iebt 81 piiniden, bub an 3ultan.
bigger Steue @nuronunsen setroHcn ,per.
ben mShten, burd melde ben Reeimenta.
ccnlmauoeuren bic einfeittse gepcr3usuns
abeliser Sffi3iersaipiranten sesen bitrser.
lite nlSBlidlt eridwert ipiirbe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25
glaA elmer glittbeiluuo bes FER

= glaA elmer Mittbeiluas ces 5errn
y. 6. Icrreafe be Barros. Setrstar Der
brailiantf6en etsaton in @albinaton, Sc.
fnoet iiA elm nit entfprsdsapsr Snlhrilt
verishener aal Sonnsu ldwsrsr St.in aul
esm Wese mad Waleinston, ais @elhenl
ess &ailsrs BON gralilien, ,um bas @n.
penfsn Der ercbsn Maunsr Der Weputlif
fur ipelde er bic tiefte 8swuuosruna tsst,
fir INNER 81 erbaltsn." 6oh lsbe Der }sai
fer, Der unlsre 5slesn Der Nspubif 70 Al
sbren Yerfebt,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25
8 e + q 8
1tnfere Staatsleaislatur.


Nualn, "a. 5ebruar. Das 6aus na6m
BEN aemsin(haftlihsn Beidlub an, ben
&ousyeb bssislth Der Snptauer sginfa0s
in ben Staat gu petitipnlren. Sounpers
reiAts cine Bta ein, cine Staatsbruasrei
au sriineen unb auf Staatsunfoasn cine
tdslide uno wSfentlihe 3situns su bru<
den, tie aber teiusu politiihen 3aratter
trasen jta. gine anoere Bia puroe einee,
bradt aur gtabliruns ein Staats.Gua.
raatans nnp grnsnnans einss etaats'
@elanpteitsteamisn. Der BON Gaylor
slnssbrahte 8s1hlus, ben Comptroller
su inltruirsn, eine NuIaslluns Fer Saulb
NIT Nnsass pes Datums mann bielslbe
unp burh mem pisIslbs ssmaGt wurbe,
an,ufertisen, ,wurbe angenommsn.
- Mm Wbeno tes 90. mahte Elm ebema.
Tiger Mutpartsr I'm Waltinston 5otel gu
@alpsfou, Namsns 6rib 5lais, ben Ser.
1ua, liia an einem 9atsrnenplabl 81 erbdn.
gen. Gin pcli,i( fano TIN belinnunssIus
am Bopsn liesen !; er bintstlabt 5rau uno
brei &nber. 9tine Grau mar in einsm
gorbea ais WGfaerin b,lhaitist unp bic
Saam aber bic ernisbrisenoe Mrbe,t lsiner
grau lol ibn ;um eeltfmurp sttri,tsn
baben.
= Brown County bat in lebterer 3eii
pisle Gin,panbsrsr aus Miliiiippi uus
anbersn llbltden Staaten erbalten.
- Sn 9amar County eisbt es los
Gifentlihe Sdulen-o7 iiir ipeiBe unp is
fur fartiss 3inper.
- Gstt Dem 3ulammehtritt Der 2e9is.
latar wurpfn In Travis Goua!p brei Wen
ldsn setSotst uno ersi~eerwunoet.
- Die BIreer BON gorlifana sfbsr
nit Dsm 9lane nm, Den Jrebrisf Der Stap
AT annulliren.
= 3um brittsn Wiale iR sereansener
Sonntas pas OeiGasnib In 8rownwcob
Brown County erbr % Aeu unb liuo @efau
seue tslreit wurnsn. Drr Mlob Der lid
wasrsnp bsr Wadt einfanb, sablte an 200
Ysrlonsu. Der i@sfdasni6lparter mu6t
Der llebsrmaht weieten, Die 3sleA GFnr
unb Die @sianssnsn Gaa, gaustn ua,
| OtVlVu Nv fsttigslt ISPeH'
= Die pom 5inan3. Romits bes Senat;
einbsrihtste alssmsine Bemiaisunssbil
msia bic @amme pcn l 1,09l 500 gum I'm
tersalt ter Grseutipe, Shabamt, &omp
trOasrsamt, @sneral Mnwatt, Der Staats
aiyls, h@mstat @bjutant, Bureau fiji
Statiftid unp 0slhiAts uno fir 3inlei
unb 0erihtsws@en an. Die Bewiuiaun
1T nm 100000 ntspriasr ais bic sur
jabriss.
- Die Nd.rbcu. unb 0emes6e1dut
fis Garbiss Ia Dusna YiR1 nabe Ssmp
iisap II ant 22. ssfdtcRen worben.
= Der am Samfae in 6oultcn einss
laufene paiiaSlsrsus Der gentralbatn BAIT
400 Sahas,sre, Die mad @alpsitcn Oss
Nsp SheanS gum Garnseal g,ten.
- Ser 8aplan tss Ntpraientan.su
baulss, Msp. Dattis, bat ess,n SIR. sDsi
(sls Der bic @ntaes tsr Smmoralito
asssn i'm srbot, cline Mbsittase aass
arsnst.
- Sn SAsrman wurts elm Wann, 9
3. Namifp ton NOrrearolina, wess
Disbaabls sinss Nodss psrbaltst. Bsil
Muslslsn lstnsr paplsrs fanb man aus
bab Der Mann Der Bisamie fdulcis ma
, tr btlab sine 6rau unb awei 8inotr
NUrrearolina uno eint ,wsite Grau in s
. as. Gr purte alfu wessn bisles Brs'
tsns In Nuflase,uaano bsrlsbt. Bsimlge
tanbeln pss Iallss ltsllte fh teraus, bo
, Der aeReblsne Ncd uiht nes Mufbeber
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25

ten, Wus3ebruns, @fbma, 5ufsn, pnsu,
ncnta, grtdltunsen u. (. 10. lsioen, unp
BON Der 8or3iislihtsit Don golder' Ger.
man Syrup Nt6ts pi1sn. allen Dielen
lasen mir, oab watrenp bee lssten Sabres
$4,000 Slaiden pascn esrfauft wurbsn
uno fsine Slase iiber pas Ssilmittel sin<
lief. @n @ussebruns 9etbenoe folIten
cine Glalhe Ssrluden. @ewSbnlide @rS.
BE rs Gents. gu baten BET allen Druss
ailcn Nmerifas.
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Gin bemerfenspertbes Steinltat.
60 III gan, sIsih, pie piele aer3se unb
wie pisle psrldisosnartise MeetInen itr
1hon st6rauht bait, es IN cine feltfsbsnpe
9batfa6e, bdb Der German SYrup bas
Bette 9etlmittsl fir qunssnfrantbeitcn III.
1rcbpsm eistt 20 nod 3aulenoe BON Ger.
icnsn, bie an Sals. oeer aunsenfrantbst.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1879-02-25

wsrtb lei, aus bislem @runbe murss er BON
Dem Gerbreden oss OieSfabls fret ssipro
den. Ssim gerbanbeln Der anpsrn &lass
euteedte man Dab Namies lsine 5weite
6rau ldou i'm Sabre 1875 sebsirattst
Bate Da nun absr pas 5taatsseieb be.
ittmmt. bab cine Rlase tpssen 8isamie In
Der srasn bret Sabrsa naa Nbihlub Der
,,usiten gbe antansiB semadt tusrosn mub,
70 mabts man aud Sisis &laae fallen
la(Isn.
- Sn Montasue County wurbe Smitb
Don swsi Mannsrn Namsns Mtnter aus
Sentudp eriAolsn. 8siss entFoten mad
BEN Morbs, BOD cine Nn3abl giirssr Ssrz
folete loiost ibre Spur.
- JrispriAsburesr @ohsnblatt: Der
oramatiIhe 8srei in Yeranitaltete sereanse
nsn Scnntas etne @Urfeauns. Wssetsa
wuroe 5umurItilss Stubieu uno SO.
777
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= &eo. gruoer aalmose III gructlya
1T faaleis ssfuneen, TN SntsreHe ieiner
SirHe burd fallae Sorlpleesluneen 0elp
erl&wlnselt gu ba6en. gr bate bic Ser.
mSsensperbaltni6e feiuer &irhe wiIentlid
falI6 ansesebsn. I'm fur sielslts elm Oar.
leben 81 erlauefn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
A Dogs Joke on His Master.

The Palmyra Enterprise, published in
jefferson County, Wisconsin, relates the
new dog story, and pretty good one:
A gentleman connected with the
United States Lake Survey, in this city,
was engaged one day on the skirt of a
wood in Indiana. Near him, sleeping
lazily in the sun, lay his faithful dog,
Tiger. Thinking to have some fun with
the dog, he gave shout and a jump in
to the thicket as if all the game ever pro-
tected by game laws from marauding
hunters was dashing through the bushes.
As he expected, Tiger came bound
ing and barking to the fray, and soon
detected the trick that was played upon
him, sneaked back to his lair and laid
down again. The Surveyor resumed
his duties, and was hard at work for
two or three hours, when, all at once,
the dog rose from his sleep, set his ears
and eyes in the direction of the wood,
gave bark, and made rush for the
forest depths. The Surveyor followed
the noble brute to a tree, up which he
was sending canine congratulations to
the prey; but when the Surveyor came,
and began anxiOusly to sean the boughs
for the hiding game, Tiger gave salts
fled "Ah WOOh!" bestowed a glance of
contempt at the Surveyor, and, striking
dignified gait, stalked back to his
couch with the appearance of dog that
had squared up all accounts with the
lake survey, and had left nothing due
on either side.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
Irish Landlords.

A large majority of the farmers OF
Ireland have no lease of the land they
till, but pay the rent from year to year,
liable at any time to be elected, as some
times they are for trivial Offenses. There
seems no link of sympathy on the part
of these landlords for the welfare or
prosperity of their tenantry. The bust
ness part of receiving the rents is done
through agents, and, unfortunately,
these are valued in many instances by
their employers on their ability to collect
the rents without paying much attention
as to the methods adopted. l have met
and talked to many Irish farmers who
never saw their landlord, although liv-
ing on their places all their lives. There
are some few good, kind-hearted land
lords in Ireland, who give encourage
ment and take an interest in their tenant
~, and these show it at a glance, for they
live in habitable houses, and farm their
land to better advantage. But the bulk
of the landlords spend eight-tenths of
their time, and nine-tenths of their
money, in the South of France and
England. They are, to sum it up in a
sentence, miserable, worthless set of
absentees, who have it in their power to
do SO much good if they would only try.
The tenantry whom, as rule, are hard
working, Industrious people would meet
them more than half way if they were
offered any encouragement to better
their condition, especially in their
houses, many of which are not fit to
house cattle.-COr. NesCark advertiser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
"If YOU find that the land in Texas is

eff you find that the land in Texas is
good, and that you are likely to meet
with reasonable success, do you suppose
your success will lead other English
farmers to follow you?'
"NO doubt of it. A years time will
help me to speak positively about the
country, and If 1 find that it is adapted
to our needs, will 60 back to England
prepared to answer the many questions
about the country that the farmers are
anxious to have answered" Mr.. APP
plegarth said he had not thought of GO
ing to Australia, although he knew the
country was attracting many English
farmers; his preference was determined
by the fact that the yield of grain in
Texas showed great fertility Of the soil
and larger return in bushels from the
acre than any other farming country
that had come within his knowledge.
Mr.. Hurst, agent of the National Line,
said that he had kept the farmers on the
Helvetia because they preferred to re.
main on the ship until transferred to the
Mallory steamer which is to take then
to Galveston The course will KEEP
them beyond the reach of adventures
and sharpers who might lay plans tc
rob them of the money they have
brought with them if they should come
ashore
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
A Live Tarantula in the Mail.

Major Dallas, Chief of the Dead-letter
Office, has had referred to him a mass
of official correspondence concerning an
alleged violation of the postal regula-
tons by the Postmaster at Florence,
Arizona, in allowing a live tarantula to
be mailed at that office. Itappears that
about month ago California gentle
man placed the venOmous spider in a
tin yeast-can with punctured ends, and
inclosing letter, wrapped the whole in
paper wrapper and addressed it to a
female relative in San Rafael, California.
In addition to the address the wrapper
also contained the notation, "cautiOn,
live tarantula," and the letter directed
the recipient to open the box carefully
in consideration of the animated object
within; also advising her if she should
get bitten, to "use ammonia and drink
lots of whisky" The package attracted
the attention of clerks in San Francisco,
who drowned the tarantula, and a special
agent referred the matter to the Post
Office Department as an outrage and
violation of law. The Arizona Post
master excused his action by saying that
first-class postage was paid by the send
er, and he had no right to investigate
the contents. The whole affair is re-
garded by the postal authorities as a
joke, and rejecting on the nervous COM
position of the California officials
WdShinOkOn Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
Glucose.

1t is singular the extreme secrecy,
that the manufacturers of glucose, now
made principally from corn, establish
and keep up in their various manufac-
tories East and West. That the bust
ness is profitable there is no doubt.
Originally the industry was confined to
one firm in New York. They are said
to have used 5000, 900 bushels of corn
last year, which was made into glucose.
A mandatory ut Buffalo, N. Y, was
next established. Then one at FreepOrt,
ILL.,, and one at Davenport, Iowa. This
latter factory was burned. At Peoria
an immense factory has lately been built
and should now be about ready for work.
The particulars of this factory so far as
the owners have seen fit to make their
plans known have already been given in
the Prairie Farmer. Tie FreepOrt fac
tory use the same secrecy as all the
others, not allowing any person to enter
the building, with view to giving the
public Information as to the status
of the industry. This much, how
ever, is known. The product
contains about 80 per cent. OF
liquid saccharine, and for certain uses
should be worth about One-third the
price of cane sugar. 1t is extensively
used in adulterating sugar-cane sirup, in
the manufacture of candy, and in adul.
terating honey. 1t is used in the manu-
facture of sweet wines, and in liquors
requiring sugar, including beer, and is
now supposed to enter into all or nearly
all the sugar products of the country
This probably is the real animus of the
secrecy. We understand that factory
for the manufacture of glucose has re-
Gently gone into operation in st. Louis
and there is one well on the way in Chi
cagO. No person using glucose in his
manufactures seems willing to acknowl.
edge it. One thing certain, it is the
consumer does not want to use starch
sugar when he supposes he is buying
real sugar. 1t has long been known
that pound of starch, whether the
carbon contained resulted from old rags
corn, potatoes or what not, could be con
verted into pound of grape-sugar OF
glucose. That the manufacturers OF
glucose should use as much secrecy in
keeping their business from the world
as do the distillers of illicit spirit, seems
queer, if their business is legitimate.
The impression generally is that noxious
chemicals are used in the manufactures,
and well founded from this secrecy.
That pure, wholesome saccharine pro-
duct can be produced from corn is well
known. That pound of it does not
contain more than One-third the sweet
ening that the same weight of cane
sugar dOes-is as well known. What in
terests the public is to know, that the
product, as made, is really wholesome.
This they have a right to know. 1t
would seem from the secrecy enveloping
the manufacture, that this point was
precisely the one the manufacturers
wanted to keep dark. The Freeport
manager admitted to q representative
of the Prairie Farmer some two years
ago, that they had a good thing, and in
tended to keep it to themselves. 1t I'M
doubtedly is a good thing if they can
make an inferior product and sell it at
two to four times its cOst.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
SUNDAY.

O blessed day! that like a golden isle
Clasped by cloudless sky and sunny sea,
Liest mid the waves of time that endlessly
Fret round about us-well might thy deep
smile
Our wearied souls into belief beguile.
The earth were tuned to sweetest harmony,
We drank of passing peace, and should go free
From fate's dark tempest for a little while.
In thee, name for the prOudest star of all
That shimmering hang on high, life's fevered
flow
For a brief hour glides with such gentle fall
Past the fair blossoms which beside it blow,
That on its peaceful heart unruffied shine
The widespread heavens filed with Gods
breath divine.
Stuart Sferue,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26
Josenh McDonagh, as Mr.. Todd's

joseph McDonagh, as Mr.. Todd's
bailiff, had often dangerous work to do,
and Grace was uneasy about him II he
did not return home at the usual hour.
He went out one morning to serve sew
eral eiectment processes upon tenants at
some distance from Buncrana, saying he
hoped to be at home by four O'Clock;
but the day waned, and there was no
sign of him.
"What's keeping him, anyway?' was
the question that Grace asked over and
again, as she paced the little yard on the
lookout for her husband, forgetting
that her offspring, herding cattle in the
field, or playing carelessly in the gutter,
could not answer.
"Mother," said Eliza, from her era
die, "my fathers in sair trouble this
minute, but I'm ava to help him."
She lay unusually quiet for quarter
of an hour, seeming to be in drOwsy
state.
"But he's all right now; he'll be hame
sOOn," said she, ut the end of that time,
opening her eyes, and looking gravely at
her mother.
Supper was ready. The door opened,
and Joe came in, covered with mud, and
with his clothes torn.
"Save us, Joe! What ais you?" cried
Grace.
81 served the notices, Grace dear, an
was comm away. l was all RIGHT as
far as the wee brig at ROshine, when
six o. the Brady and McLoughli boys
met me wi stanes in their hands. They
pelted me, an they beat me, an l
thought I'd be kilt entirely, when all at
once was ava frae them at the other
end o. the brig; an Gamma tell you how
l got ava, for dinna know myself; but
lust I was there, an they were at the far
side, shouting an cursing an shaking
their sticks at me. It's the quarest thing
l seen in all my days"
Grace related how Eliza had told her
that her father was in peril, and what
she said about going off to help him.
He shook his head, and meditated
while he took his after-supper smoke.
He was quiet, thoughtful man, whose
voice was not much heard in the house ;
but his cogitatiOns took expression in the
following words, addressed to his as
sembled family:
"Childer, if one of yOus offers to an
nov Eliza, I'll break that ones bones
The peaceful days that now COM
menced for the poor changeling did not
last long. She had been growing weaker
during the summer, and when the cold
blasts of November came she died.
Grace wept piteously over the tiny,
wasted corpse, regardless of the reproofs
of her neighbOrs.
"You suldna cry that way for the
crathur, Grace, an you knowin' what
she was, >" said Mrs. Rooney, severely.
81 dinna care what she was" replied
Grace, giving way to fresh tears. "Sure
l ha' nursed her, an fed her, an walked
for her all these five years.
1t was a long time before her grief
was quite softened-longer still before
Eliza's history ceased to be winters
tale at ROshine.