The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-23
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tory OF Ballycarney, It was said. an
O'Farrell had betrayed Malone "a
the English. A second version Of the
vendettas origin was that. generations
before a Malone had been suspected ~
purlOlnlng certain hens. ducks and
other poultry from the O'tarrell farm
yard. Whichever accOunl WIS the true
one the fact remained that. beyond the
memory Of the oldest inhahitnnt, the
Ofarrells and Malones had been ~
odds Indeed. but for the humorous
schemes. sud kindly withal. ~ the Rev.
Peter Walsh, the families might have
continued foes Ia this day.
II came 10 pass that the head OF the
Malone household was one Shaemus
Veg. or little James" a wlry. argu
mentailve old farmer. who stlil wore
the antiqunted knee.brecchcs and
bucklcd shOOn of the early century. At
the same period the opposition faction
was headed by Maurya O'Farrcll. 40
elderly widow; who. being an OFar-
rell. both by birth and marriage, natur'
ally cherished a double dislike Tor the
Malones. Her hatred was fully re-
appreciated 10y old Shaemus Veg
For years Father Walsh the villi-c
pastor. lahOred earnestly % make
peace between The warning households,
hut In vain. Shicmus Veg positively
declined 90 meet Mrs. O'Farrrll half
way IN the negotiations Tor pcacc;
while The widow was equally de-
tcrmined on the opposite side. Father
Walsh would have given up the at.
tempt IN despair had not fate come ~
his rescue by Introducing kaihy Ryan
upon the scene.
kathy Ryan WAS baby aud r..
markahly plump and yoclferous baby
90 that Her father and mother were
well.to farmer folk: but newcomers
a. Ballynrney. For the latter reason
they had no ties Of relationship with
the people truly singular fact IN
/ Ballycamey district where almost
every family l. related or connected IN
some way, near or distant with every
other. The Ryans, having no kin IN
I the parish. asked Father Walsh o.
/ choose for them suitable sponsors 10
act az the christening of their daughter.
At this the g0od priest smiled hap.
/ PLY. and proposed the names ~ Shae.
mus Veg Malone aud the Widow Oar
rcll
Stralghtway q Shacmus ami The
widow went Farmer RYAN n WAS
quite compliment IN Ballycarney "a
he asked 90 stand az godfather 90
g0dmOiher; ~ that. since neither was
told the name 81 the other sponsor
both leaders IN the O'Farrll-Malone
fcud consented 90 De- present 40 ihl
biptismal font ~ Bahy Kathy. Whea
the truth did leak out. they were ioc
proud Ia withdraw thuir promises. be-
Ing fearful withal lllat such with
drawal might Do regarded as cow
ariicr.
Tile christening day arrived. and hall
Ballygrney assembled o. witness th,
meeting between Shlrmus Veg ani 10,
widow, Bul II Bnlycamcy cXncc,c,
any undue display u temper 90 th'
Ike. Elllycarncy must have been hi
turly disappointed. Little kathl
Ryan's sponsors horo themselves viii
the utmost dignity, Not single ghnc
did they exchange throughout the cer'
money; aud whom ~ the churchyar
nftcrwlui. Father Walsh tried o. us
the Joint sponsorship as uu excuse N
making peace. they merely drclli . I b
kind offices with thanks. aud went thel
several ways
Years PASSED. and Kathy Ryan grew
ont 1T the stage of hlhyhuud into TIA
~ iluWcrpicklng and blackberry hunt
lng.
Onc day when the sun looked dow
with his kindlicsi smile upon the yom
corn la the valley. ka,hy's mother ir,
. shei.arlng bonnet about the child
head and sent her acriSs the meadow
toward the farm house Of tho widow
, O'Farrll
Not finding the widow % nom,
Kathy went ou to her gU,lfaihcr's, an
hc was absent aiso She marched ol
2 more intent upon explorations Of De
/, own.
Into the fragrant iclds she VENT an
, the rapturos there were more allurlu
1 than ever; So much IN, indeed that N
I, straycd out of the beaten track into IA
y kilevsha woods. aud even aCruss m
! boundaries " Castle carney Park
@ The widow 0'Farrcll came hac
!. from marketing about noon, aud
ycNcd woman shp was when Nh
! learned that Kathy had left the fari
without seeing her
Z An nv hrinrln' her sweets frol
u RalBnmcy fair, ioow SHE con
D. plalncd. After dluncr III put on M
cloak aud 10 across the fields 10 Mr.
4 Ryan'S"
q After the MONDAY meal accordlngl
the widow donncd her heavy hlac
I, cloak. aud, carrying sundry dcllcacl'
u for her golchild. set forth towards u
c Ryan farm.
70 IL happened that long before Sha,
N mus Veg had returned from III mca,
owing L. hear of kathyt fruitleI
visit.
"Afth,r dinner" be- said. I'm tai
my stick an walk down 20 lIyan's"
J. The two spcpsoss arrlycd az FARM
N Ryan's ward gate about the sau
l.. unrc aud grcat was their conslcm
/. tiou Whcn they discovered that kall
had not yctu~ucd from bVr tourney
"Wiua Wirrl, walled Mn, Nip
Y nu "'"Iis lost the child h lost
" CARRIED % 10y gipslvsN
8 nl'n ~ out an scarvh Tor her q
l. claimed shacmus Veg, s,ar,lpg 81 nj
u round pace down the horccn.
~ "'fnith an II hc searches FOR h,
he IN search for her too cried the wi
A. ow. "''ris me she came 90 see. ai
~ how. not that thief % the world
- "Dnwn the narrow horccn. at
Shacmus. sped Mrs. O'Farrcn an
:, being Of sturdicr build than the llu
~ farmer Il was not hong before :
70 overlook him, ShlcmuS gave her
lalcful look out of his cyc-corncr, \
said no wori; and 80, side 10y side, I
twain clattcrcd Ia pursuit u the mi
m Ing kathy
- Near the kilcash s,yir they fOu
v bunch OF flowers which looked u
her handiwOrk
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