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'sThat rebuke is unmerited by me,
Dr.. Henshaw,'' responded the priest,
kindling up little. ST deplore those
unhappy differences between the two
countries as much as any man.
And still you're never done dinning
in our ears how you've suffered and
bled, and all that, under the lash of the
Saxon-in Scotland we are sick of it,
''Humph! don't doubt it in the least
There has been, must confess, rather
too much OF this clamor about our rights
and wrongs. But, my dear doctor, deli.
cacy, I think, should restrain you from.
expressing your opinions SO freely OIL
this exciting subject. Miss Petersham,
you must be already aware, loves he1
country very much, and cannot but feel
hart TO hear you speak of it SO dis
paragingly.''
Sir, 1 have never withheld my
opeenions anywhere. When I form
opeeEions, I nm not ashamed to ayou
Them
''}ut tell you: doctor, you ought te
be ashamed to avow such opinions as
you have just expressed here. I have
listened to you i'll my own house, speak
ing in the most contenaptuous manner
of our Irish writer's and statesmen, and
borne with you patiently, for was then
your host; but { cannot sit patiently
here and hear you outrage the feelings
Of young and gentle girl at her Own
ireside, and on your very first introduc-
tion, because she happens to be e. Prot
estant, and is national enough to feel
proud OF her countrymen.
Henshaw was about TO reply, when
the door opened, and Mrs. Willough5y
entered, carrying letter i'll her hand,
She was evidently beyond threeScore
and ten, TO judge from the deep furrows
Of her cheeks and thin white hair; and
yet she walked as sprightly and upright
as girl Of sixteen. Approaching Father
John and MIR. Guirkie with smile OF
welcome, she extended q hand to each,
and expressed the pleasure she felt in
seeing them at Castle Gregory.
| seKate,'' she added; ''where are you,
| .Kate?'
"Quarrelling with Dr.. Henshaw, {" re-
piled the priest.
80, the wild creaturer. She's always
at some mischief. Kate, here's {. note
from Mary Lee.''
In moment the delighted girl was at
her annt's side, and kissing her hand
fervently for having carried the previous
billet bounded off again to read it,
':News Tor you, Uncle jerry" she ex-
claimed, as she ran her eye rapidly over
the contents: MARY Lee comes to-
morrow, and you must stay to see her.
You cant refuse, for you know how
anxious you've been to converse with
her."
"Come over,' said Uncle Jerry, 'tand
sit beside me here ON the sofa; we must
talk & little Of your friend. Do you
really know who this girl is, or whence
she came, or what's to become OF her?"
s.Not l., replied Kate. ;'All I know
is, I love her dea,rly, and that's all /
want to know y
:sBut of her fatlaer?''
sSShe never speaks OF him; I never
even heard her mention has na1ne.''
Il declare-lsn' that strange, and
you SO i1ltimate?'
''very--she told ME ali about her
uncle's embarrassment, though. She
fears he can't hold out much longer.
His creditors in Dublin and Cork are
pressing him very hard, and he las no
means left to meet these demands
Good help him, poor fellow, God help
him; if he didn't happen to be gentle
man, it hadn't been half so bad"
sHave you called to see him yet" as
you promised?''
'tNo, I thought better of it,
elbow so?"
'sMy visit might be disagreeable, per-
haps.'
"Disagreeable?''
"Yes-he might feel embarrassed.
''What! ashamed Of bis poverty?"
emo; but if he happened to find out
that was the purchaser OF Mary's pic
lures, what should I do? Roger would
never sell me picture again?'
ssHe knows about it," said Kate,
"Roger would die sooner than tell him;
Even Mary herself don't know who buys
her pictures. She thinks Roger sells
Them in Derry to picture dealer. All
she don't understand about the matter is /
tne high price she gets for them.'
ssNoneensep' calculated Uncle jerry;
oshe receives the value Of them, and not
one silver more or less. I'm not such a
fool as to throw away my hard-earned
money for nothing"
.tFoo1!N raneated Kate. looking at |