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42 WILLY BURKE; OR " Arrah, then, Willy dear, where in the world did you find sich a power o' money ? One 'id think you had been wi' the fairies, Lord save us. " Not a fairy or fairies, mother ; for I jist found it lyin' rolled up tight, in some dark, narrow street, as I came along home, an' I was so uplifted that I scarcely felt the ground under me as I came along. But then, jist outside there, I began to think that it was no great chance afther all, for that we couldn't keep it". And the poor fellow sat down by the fire with a heavy sigh. " That 's my own bouchal ban, now", said his mother, as she wiped away the tears of joy which filled her eyes. " I 'd rather hear you say them words, Willy, than if the whole money was our own, honestly earned— God sees I would". " An' what will we do with the money, mother ?" Willy asked. " Sure we don't know where to find the owner of it". " But I '11 take it to the priest in the mornin', plase God", replied his mother ; " an' he '11 advise us what to do, or maybe he might know who lost it. At any rate, he '11 give it out in the church". Now it happened that at the very time when the widow Burke spoke so decidedly of giving up the money to the priest, she had scarcely wherewith to buy provisions for the next day. Nevertheless, no thought of taking even one piece of the. gold ever came into her mind, or, if such an idea ever presented itself, it was banished with horror and contempt, as a foul suggestion of the Evil One. On the following morning Mrs. Burke went to church at her usual hour, and when Mass was over she followed the priest into the vestry-room. Withdrawing modestly
THE IRISH ORPHAN IN AMERICA. 43 into a corner, she waited till he had taken off his vestments and was preparing to leave the room, when, stepping forward, she dropped a low curtsey, and asked would his reverence be kind enough to wait one minute while she spoke a few words. The priest was an old man, of a mild, benignant countenance, and tall, spare form. His hair was, if not perfectly white, at least of a silvery hue, and the deep furrows which indented his high forehead told that his years had been many, and perhaps his sorrows too. His eyes, though deeply sunk beneath his brows, had nothing stern in their look, yet their glance was at times so keen as to make one feel that they could pierce the heart and read what was passing there. 44 Certainly, my good woman, certainly", he said, in reply to Mrs. Burke's request. " What have you got to tell me ?" " It 's about some money, sir, that a little boy of mine found yistherday evenin' ; an' as we don't know what to do to find the owner, I thought it was best to bring it to your reverence". And so saying, she held out the little roll to the priest. The latter merely glanced at the money, and then slowly raising his eyes to the face of her who presented it, he saw that sorrow and care, ay and poverty, had worn away a fair and comely countenance. He looked from the old straw bonnet which covered her head to the thin, threadbare shawl so closely gathered around her meagre form, and then to the old shoes on her feet, and he saw that all was scrupulously clean, but nevertheless expressive of extreme poverty. He stretched out his hand and took the cartridge— " Is it silver, or what ?" he asked. " It 's goold, your reverence, for the boy opened it to see what it was".
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