The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-01-01

of extravaganza not often INDUCED in),
he resolved to pay visit 10 his neighbor,
the widow. On entering he found leg
of pork set out for her dinner, winch SO
much resembled his own that he dlscov-
cred at once who had given them their
Christmas dinner, when, grasplng the
fair widows hand, he thanked her most
sincerely. She tried to deny 1t, and
then, finding that it was useless, she burst
forth WITH
sand then who has better right than
the one you helped many times But
sure have good news for you. was IN
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
blushinglv confessed that it came in one
from ''John" to her. She gave it to her
OLD friend to read, who after vast deal
of trouble, and ''spelling out" learned
that it was an offer of marriage from the
said John, setting forth how long he had
loved her, &C., but that being poor he
would not ask her to be his wife. "Now,"
he writes II have good wages, and can
make you comfortable, if you love me
well enough to come out with the father
and mother, and the young craythurs.
Ellen, of course, will come for the sake of
Milligan, who can now afford to keep u
wife too.'
At first the old man could hardly un-
derstand it all, and remained quite mute,
until Biddy, throwing her arms round
l. - fry
| daughter after all?"
The old man, solemnly laying his hand
on the head of the young woman, which
lay on his breast, said, "May 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 happy
All this time theold man held his sons
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 betrothed Of his
on.
Arrived al 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 for
making merry on New Years day (but
| which ought to have arrived in time for
the Christmas dinner), and also Tor tax
ing the family across the Atlantic. Even
the proud and passionate Ellie was con-
| WINGED that her young lover had not for
gotten her, and quickly made up her
mind to reward him for his faithfulness.
! We will leave them making their pre-
paration for departure to that land at
which most Irish emigrants look through
| u golden medium. mean the younger
portion of the family made their prepar-
atoms for departure, but the ''ould peo-
| pie" could not be persuaded to leave their
own dear cabin on the high western cliff,
| against which the mighty waters of the
broad Atlantic washed in interminable
| waves, with deep boom surprising that
| 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
fort, and certainly never again will they
be without their Christmas dinner.