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Another reason why he still loved her strongly, was a consciousness that her death had been occasioned by distress and misery; for, as he said, when looking upon the scenes of her brief but melancholy existence "Avour-neen machree, I remimber to see you pickin' the berries; but asthore asthore it wasn't for play you did it. It was to keep away the cuttin' of hunger from your heart!
"Be dhe husth,* hould your tongue, Misther Morrow," said he; "Biddy avour-neen," he continued, addressing Biddy and Bessy, "and Bessy, alannah, just take a friend's advice, and never mind going to wakes; to be sure there's plenty of fun and divarsion at sich places, but healths apiece!" putting the pint to his lips "and that's all I say about it."
The dying man raised his hands feebly from the bed-clothes; "Ah!" he exclaimed, "I thought I did a great dale, Alley: but now but now it appears nothin' to what I ought to a' done when I could. Still, avour-neen, my life's not unpleasant when I look back at it; for I can't remimber that I ever purposely offinded a livin' mortal. All I want to satisfy me is the priest."
I fretted about beginnin', dear; but as my Heavenly Father's above me, I'm now happier to beg wid you by my side, nor if I war in the best house of the province widout you! Hould up, avour-neen, for a while. Come on, childhre, darlins, an' the first house we meet we'll ax their char , their assistance. Come on, darlins, and all of yees. Why my heart's asier, so it is.
"This would produce another laugh from the father, who would again kiss and shake hands with his son, for these early manifestations of his own spirit. "'Lanty, ma bouchal, he would say, 'thank God, you're not a Magrath; 'tis you that's a Kelly, every blessed inch of you! and if you turn out as good a buillagh balthah as your father afore you, I'll be contint, avour-neen!
Faix, my jewel, if you knew but all, my mother's son's not the man to do such a disgraceful turn, as to let a lady like you take the shovel out of his hand, and he standing with his mouth under his nose, looking at you not myself auourneen! we have no such ungenteel manners as that in our country. 'Take my advice, Jack, says she, pleased in her heart at what Jack said, for all she didn't purtend it 'give me the shovel, and depend upon it, I'll do more in a short time to clear the stable than you would for years. 'Why, thin, avour-neen, it goes to my heart to refuse you; but, for all that, may I never see yesterday, if a taste of it will go into your purty, white fingers, says the thief, praising her to her face all the time 'my head may go off, any day, and welcome, but death before dishonor.
"Astore," she would say, "I have no corn yet awhile wait till by-and-by;" "Sure if I had all the corn in the world I'd give it to you, avour-neen;" "You'll soon have plenty with the help of God."
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