Uncle Nathan and Pat Fegan spent a few days at Bellevue, and then
started for the North. The honest yeoman, either on account of the many
adventures they had passed through together, or because Pat was a true
convert of his, had taken quite a fancy to the Hibernian, and insisted
that he should accompany him home. Pat became a very worthy man, after
abandoning the "critter," which had been his greatest bane. For three
years he served our New Englander faithfully on the farm, at the end of
which period his desire to get ahead prompted him to take a buxom Irish
girl to his bosom, and go to farming on his own hook. A visit of Henry
and Emily, about this time, to the worthy farmer, contributed to forward
this end; for Pat, with Celtic candor and boldness, stated to them his
views and purposes. Before the heiress left, Pat's farm was bought and
paid for, besides being well stocked, by her princely liberality.
Jerry Swinger and his wife, who had rendered such important services to
Emily, were not forgotten. The honest woodman disdained to receive
compensation for any service he or his good wife had rendered, but Emily
found a way to render them comfortable for life, without any sacrifice
of pride on their part.
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