The Irish standard., 1886-12-04


vas decided by movement OF the child
who steod by him. After gazing with q
soft and expanded stare of wonder upon
the dark boy, she sided cautiously to-
wards him, and again renewing her gaze
of admiration, while the other returned
her glance with one Of unusual fire and
intensity; half i'll Intimidation, half III
goodwill, the little girl protrnded a
pair of cherry lips. which were instantly
honored with greeting that "came
twangipg Off" by the elnhesitating
youth. The old Palatine's heart was
struck in the soft place
.sCome, gaHer: p said be, "since you
have made Yourself welcome with the
young mistress, You'll have your break
fast at any rate. In with you, aud be-
have yourself
Dinny Mac went ia as he was desired,
but not, as the event proved, to make SO
brief soiourn in the household as the
! proprietor intended a succession OF
circumstances not worth detailing pre-
vented his departure that day, and the
next, and the next after that, until habit,
hospitality, and convenience combined
to establish him among the retainers OF
the donnicile, in that equiyoeal office
wh,cL in Irish rustic families is desig-
mated by the word gorsoon. Hia duty
for many years was to run on messages
to the neighboring hamlet TO fetch a
daily pennyworth of tobacco for the old
woman-to keep the pigs upon their
good behavior-drive home the COWS at
night-watch the gardens at seed time
and in short, '.turn his hand" and his
feet too occasionally, to any thing which
| it needed not the exertion of mat,1rer
limbs to accomplish. AS far as attention
to. and cheerfulness il the execution Of
every trust confded to him could go, it
was impossible for Dinny-or Dionysius,
az his new and more formal protectors
called him-to give greater satisfaction
to his patron than he did; but there was
one evil occaaioned by his presence in
the house. which more than counter
balanced all his merits. The effect
which his first appearance had pro-
duced on the infant daughter of the
Palatine continued progressively on
The increase, through the subse-
quent stages Of childhood, girl
hood, and youth; and st fifteen
years Of age the sensation: with which
she regarded the daring and dark minded
lad, might he found to resemble, in
every particular, the mingled emotion of
fear and admiration which he had occa-
stoned her OH the morning when acci-
dent first conducted him to her fathers
house. The real nature OF the feeling
continued precisely the sa ne, bat that
time, long habit, and unavoidable
proximity of intercourse, and the
gradual development Of her own char
acter as it approached the seriousness Of
womanhood, had strengthened and deep
ened the affection into a rooted and en-
crossing passion circumstance evi
IDENTIFY unfortunate for the poor girl, and
the more extraordinary as the progress
of intimacy with, and consequentinsight
into the character and disposition Of her
fathers dependant was not calculated to
add well-founded esteem to the emo
tions which he had already excited in
her mind. With this, however, we, as
her historians, are not disposed to quar-
rel. for it is apparent that if love were
not in the gcntler sex altogether an
anomaly--if woman made her reason on
all occasions thu counterscarp to her af-
fections, and never yielded her heart ON
any terms but those of convenience, the
very foundation of all romance would be
annihilated. Her father, however, who
was no philosopher, and could by no
possible train OF reasoning bring him
self to discover points Of coincidence or
suitably between two characters filling
situations almost as distinct as those or
menial and mistress, was overwhelmed
with Indignation and establishment when
the probability Of SO preposterous al at
tachment first broke upon HIM. A few
words of fierce recrimipation ended in
an oath Of eternal hatred and enmity
between him and his protege, and the
latter was elected from the dwelling
where he had spent the greater portion
of his life, with as little ceremony as was
used in q similar predicament by the
Baron of Thunterdentronck.
Some confinement, q little reasoning,
q great deal Of menace, and natural
phability of character, soon produced
all the effect which her father could
have wished on the affections Of the i'm
prudent Sarah Segur. The proud
spirited beggar boy never appeared in
the neighborbood after-and seemed
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