Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-26
WHOLE NO. 2868

sank back into his chair again. He had al- ways been stern, undemonstrative father, and his daughter was always afraid to show any emotion; but his sad condition now so moved her she could not restrain herself. She threw herself on her knees before him. and wept and sobbed with her face in his lap, He looked this way and that a moment, and his stubble chin began to work strangely. At length he looked suddenly at Mshoney:
 "Weel-I spose thoo'st found a out in there ?" motioning with his head toward the mill. "Weel-weel. It be a up-eh! Or to say folk got back to right mind ?-eh? Nae mair divil's steam-eh? 'Cedl I'll. do that Gearge oot yet {! Dom hin" !"
 But the excitement was too much for him. He sank back pale and faint. He crossed and pressed his arms ever his stomach, closed his eyes, and uttered faint moan. Mabo- ny guessed what this was-starvation. Till now he had stood in utter blank surprise. Now he recovered his wits. He. spoke to Kitty, and sent her to get light and find what food there was made John drink some brandy from the flask he always carried, and felt and counted his pulse He tried to persuade him to let him help him to bed, but "No," said John, 'I be a right I'll bide here."
 Kitty brought piece of resiny wood and lit it, whispering there was neither candle nor ooal crust nor scrap, to be found any where.
 In minute or two Mahoney was driving into the town for food, in grave doubt wheth- CT it would be of any use It suddenly occur red to him to stop at the house of the other Greweltherpe, he ought to know of his broth CTS condition. George Grewelthorpe, when he heard, was overcome with consternatiOn and remorse, called himself fool for ever Laying believed in such thing as Govern ment contract, and begged to be taken to his brother.
 ''It been a my fault from t first, Doctor |! nun gan to him."
 With such things as were necessary, they returned to the mill. Kitty met them at the door in great distress her fathers behavior was so unlike what she had ever known it be- fore he had been calling her by hOneyed names. And, oh, what do you think he's been living on all this time rats! ugh !" They entered the kitchen. John looked up sharply. You've been giving him too much of the brandy" said Mahony to Kitty. At the sight of his brother he seemed to swell and brstle with the old malice and obstinacy.
 ''No, no, " said he trying to rise '1 bean't done oot yeti"
 "John" said his brother in choking voice, holding out hls hand.
 "Gearge P said he, looking at the exten- ded hand moment, and then grasping it and sitting down. The hands kept pressing each other with perceptible vibratio ion. "Hast left off steam, then p asked John.
 ''Dlvil talk steam !'
 "Ah, thought so," said John with a. smile in which he almost fainted away again. In little time some chcken-broth was ready for him. While taking it he kept glancing furtlvely at his brother, and letting some- thing like a cloud regather about his face
 "Gearge," sad he at length, pressing his brothers hand agaln, II warn't now-eh? Wuz IF"
 "What?'
 ''Thoo knows: Drunk tae eUeata' O 0f her fUner0l-eh ?"
 ''N-no, John mo-"
 Thus the GrewelthOrp feud ended. Next day wagon from the steam-mill brought something for the empty hoppers of the old mill to chatter about and next week it was announced that the mills would be worked in concert by the firm of "Grewelthorpe Broth CTS. ."-I Temple Bar.