The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-07
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says she; but brush yourself up and
go at onct.' says she. and I'll have
nice stew for you when you get back.
Maybe its GOOD luck comin,.
$50 | trimmed up for inspection
and review. I'd been trying to get a
watchman's place on railroad. and
thought maybe some of themasters
were waitin' to see me bout that.
II soon go to the hotel. MY names
Delay says to the clerk. He taps
the bell and says to the black maa.
Show the gentleman up to .Parlor B,
says he.
"Gentleman!' thinksI sParlor b.
thinks 1. It's risin' in the world I
am. Maybe they'll be making su-n
perintendent of an ouId soldier, =
thinks I. and followed the blackie,
all in bIind of wonder. 4
ITS fine room / were shown in
to, and nobody in it. The sarvent
left and was smoothin' my hair be-
fore big looking glass thatwas
there, when l heard a swish like a
dress aside me. I turned and there
was Mary-my Mary $50 beautiful,
so like queen. with her darlin' blue
eyes lookin' so wistful at me.
"'Oh, daddyn she cried, holdin'
out her two arms, and callin' me by
the name she called me when she
were my own innocent little baby.
oh, daddy, listen to me now.'
1.-The anger rose up hot in me,
though me heart were beaten like
'twould burst me breast and lump
in me throat were chokin' me.
80 Not word,' says l. mot word
with deserters, and traitors, and
worse! You're dead to me! You
were no more Mary Delaney from
the night you left your parents I"
"'Non says deep, clear voice,
but she's Mary Barton. and has been
from that same night and out of a
room door, leadin' into the parlor
steps my old eftenant and put his
arm around her so bold and lookin'
so handsome, that l was speechless.
II struck the tears from my eyes,
and heard little voice say Dram
dad J! an l looked down, and there
was my little Mary, three years ouId,
lookin' up at me. am holdin' in her
hands that oud fife..
81 looked from the child to the
mother. to the father, and I saw what
an ould brute and fool I'd been. No
need to tell me word more.
"Tiss me, drandad u says the little
one. and / gathered her up, and !,
that had never shed tear for sorrow
or pain, run the eyes out of me with
cryin' for joy.
1--WE talked and we talk ed. They
told me how they had been in Eng.
land and France, for Mary's educa-
tion. how the leftenant's people join.
ed them in Paris the year before, and
how they all loved and thought there
was nobody like the ould sergeant's
Mary. the sons wife. And all this
time, God forgive me for bein' selfish,
were forgettin' the poor ould
mother.
"The baby was bundled up. holdin'
the ould fife that Mary had taken
with her when she went, and that
baby had always played with, and
were soon in carriage rolling off to
my poor home.
II was in first, little Mary in my
arms. Mrs. Delaney was in bed in
the back room. What KEEP we sar-
gint p seq she. Il hope twas good
luck. Ye'll find tn stew on the stove.
1.-the devil fly away with yer stew
Mrs. Delany.' says 1. Come out here
and see the stew I've brought you.'
But before she could move from the
bed Mary was on her. and-well, you
can guess the rest, the happiness, the
talk. the tenderness of that night!
walked the whole house with Yankee
Doodle and Garryowen on that fife,
and with me fellin's all worked and
bein' out of practice too. they were
played bad enough to wake the dead.
"There amt much more to tell
Our troubles and heartaches were
over. The next mornin' talking to
Mary and the leftenant, says. takin'
a lot of letters out of my pocket, If
you young people are short of money,
here's over three thousand dollars
that belongs to you, that's been sent
to me for five years back
"'Oh, you dear, proud old daddy =
cries Mary, with her arms about my
neck and tears in her eyes and voice,
'and you wouldn't use it in all your
needs =? l might have known it,
thinking what you did of me-
We'll, sir. that money went to buy
a little farm where and the ould