The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-04-02

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in tho next barouy that sho was 20 bo
married % iu Che HpriuE,aud her heart
was true 10 her hiFt love. So the
cooler bho got with him the more DO
tried 20 coax her, promising All kinds
Of hnerioa aud easy living u she'd so
with him 30 London and Boz bis wife,
tin finally she got greatly displonsod,
and says sho;
81 thought you were o gentleman,
but you're not. II You were, you'd
never bo abusing tho kindness OF a
/ decent man and woman like my father
and mother boy trying 90 steal their
only daughter away from th0m. No,
err, / wouldn't give Ned Faglu'B little
| finger Tor your whole body ii You
were one moss of diamonds from head
30 toe; and ia not go 90 London along
with You IL You paved every step of
the road in gold blocks before me. So
take that Tor your answer, and bother
me no more"
With that sho turned 10 leave him,
but ho called her back and she told
her grandchildren many a time that
sho liked him better at that moment
than ever before; for his face was
changed into q grave and serious man
ner and says he, taking tho ring from
his finger:
"You are q good girl-the very rose
Of Ireland, as all may know. I'll
trouble you no more. But take this
as a token, and keep il safe; and II
ever you need q friend send or bring
this to London city, aud you'll find
him IN the house Of Arranmoro. f."
At ilrst She have none OF il, but hC
persuaded her, and, so as not to yea
him, she took the ring, for she had O
kind heart, and thought it best to bC
courteous to him, after oil.
When no was gone she showed il t.
. her father and mother.
ats too like a real diamond not e
be paste, Nora, said the old man. %.
doubt much but he's wanderer o
some kind maybe no stole it, for tina
,, matter"
But the mother said twas a NEAR
thing to malign a gift, anyway, anC
she babe Nora keep it safe. And 81
she did, and forgot all about it, in
little box Of trinkets she had put
away.
Time passed; the old man and wo
man died; the mill went to othel
hands; Nora married Ned Pagan anC
they were fairly we'll off and happy
Then the old Earl Of Arranmore die,
|, himself, and the young one came int,
, power-iust about the time of tn
! famine-not the greatest OF all, bu
another one, The crops failed. Tn
, potatoes turned black in the pits TIL
new agent was a terror, turning PEG
pie out into the road after raising tn
rent on them till they couldn't pay it
. Ned Pagan took down with the fever
: and when he rose up he was q weak.
: man. The rent was behind and Ne
: not able to earn a shilling; aud on
= day Nora was crying up in her room
:, so he wouldn't see her and, to diver
her mind, she began fumbling abou
, in her little box of trinkets that sh
:, had by her still. There she came acros
8 the ring, and she took it down to Ne
!, and told him the tale, thinking t
divert his mind as we'll.
'It's queer, Nora," says he, "bu
that seems to me TO be q real jewel
! and the setting is fine, as you can see
= Maybe if you'd take it mp to the cit
= you might sell it for a trihe; and 20
. know every little helps"
, Just then there came q knock at tn
- door, and Nora opened it. There stoo
y the very man they were talking of, bu
y dressed more sober, and looking olde
and changed since the day when Nor
saw him first, ten years before. Il
> put ont his hand. But poor Nor,
. thinking of all she'd gone throug
y since she saw him last, burst OF
- crying. Twas Ned hal to tell him I'll
j., tale OF their mislortunes and OF I'll
y, avarice and greed Of the agent; no
=, the tenants were in poverty throug
- him and the fever and the famine an
- how he threatened that the Earl hin
A0 self would be down shortly and pl
what was left of them, body and bone
IL on the road, where they'd either ha'
!, to die or go into the workhouse.
~ 81 don't think he'll do that" 50.
- the stranger; "but wouldn't call
- much of a surprise to them that kno
~ if the agent was left on the road hin
IL self. "
"And are you still in his lordshir
yS service?" says Nora. 81 divine y
u are, or you wouldn't be here"
e "Yes, I'm thankful to say Pm wi
u u him still, says the other; "and L
L, pretty sure of being that same till
20 dies"
~ 'Tt's we'll for you" says Nora, wi
- sad smile. 'It's far different wi
q me: and Loo; far different now, I
or sure, from what did in those do
is long ago"
an "Yes, says the man, ''you do; b
= the clouds are parting even now, a;
Mt the day will break in JOY and conso
es ton before you know it. And la