Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-03-31

I 10 answer their country's cal. and
were to have stood aide By side with
him in the gap Of danger when free
IONS t0cxin sounded the call to arrrs.
But ere their fond dream could be ac-
compllshed they were f.tsd 20 see
their hero claimed. first By a British
prison and then By death
As ! looked up to the Celtic cross
,Aat was reared above the paGfot's
gave ! noticed some straWs 81 king
out from the circle which boulG the
arms. and. climbing aioft to satisfy
myself. discovered that there a black
bird had built a nest In when two
lovely black spotted. green eggs lay
irroceutiy. Il touched me TO finI that
the beautiful sougster Of our glens
had rsposed her foudest trust thus in
the arm % the dead patriots cross
Anf ! instantly recalled. too. that
charming incident in his most charm
ing novel where -Wattletoes~ Sheed-
Is the slice % plumcake from Willie
kearuey By dangling before him the
prospect Of being shown "A finishes
nest with five Young wans-feathered
AZ all. when Christmas SHOWS we're
on the ground The hlackhirt that
built her nest and laid her eggs above
Charles Kickham's grave did him a
greater honor even than the loved
oaes Who lifted over him the beautiful
cross
wa curiously reminded of our old
friend -Wattletoes.- when a lady. who
spoke With affection OF kickhau and
% Mullinahone-a Kilkenny woman
told NE an incident that happened in
her youth. A simple herd boy Of her
fathers. who hailed from Mgllinahons
presented himself for confirmation at
their parish chapel. but the poor boy
made such a hopelessly bad showing
edge that Father Mat. impatientiy
jumping from his seat cried out: Is
there a God at all in NaiJnahone.
To which the poor boy. auIioas to be
as Accommodating as possible. meek
iy and sincerely replied. No your
reverence. there isn't any
The reply would have done credit to
-Wattletoes. Apropc- OF the same
subiect-if may still wander-I can
not forbsar setting down here a more
recent confirmation story which I
then heard and which vas also truly
Waftletoes like
Billy Kirvan. said Father Tom.
quoting a question from The Prin-
ciples Of Christian Doctrins. on which
he vas examining the class. what Is
the FIRST thing you should do upon RS
ing IN the morning.
Tackle the donkey. father replied
Billy. an drive 70 the craimsry-
strolled through the few streets
q Muliinahou-. 4 quiet. lovely. home
" village WHERE one might easily pic
turs all the fun and all the sympathy.
and all the Warm-hsartesiness 81 Kick
hams -EaocknaEo~- stu sourishiug
in the breasts % this kindly people
I went through kickham's old house.
nox inhabited BY a Mr. Norton. one Of
the evicted tenants referred %. and
one Eho very kindly showed ne about
and told me- of Kickham's haunts and
habits sat By the Preside where
the gentle poet and hot revolgtiouist
had had his eyesight impaired. and far
more seriously. his hearing. By a pow
der explosion. and ! walked in the
garden where the novelist bad walked
As be thought out his plots. and !
sat in the shady bower where h had
sat while be penned them. and !
iourueyed TO the three ash trees b.
yond the town TO which Kickham
iOurneyed every evening, and 7 sat
in the fork Of the trees where he vas
wont 70 sit in meditation
The whits-haired tailor. Who lived
opposite To Charles Kickham-s house,
hearing that an asmirer OF Charife.s
had come 10 town. sent ne pressing
messages to come and see him. al
inpatient to talk OF his old friend
whom he loved and admired When
visited him be particularly pressed
upon me in order that might take a
copy from il a faded portrait OF the
patriot which had been presented "a
him by the patriots brother. On his
I hero's shining qualities the old tailor
/ lovingly dwelt. while the moist CLEAN
Of sorrow shone in his eye
To the poor Of Mullinahons Charles
I Eickham and all the Kickham family
were charitable in remarkable de