DANIEL O’CONNELL, THE FAMOUS OEATOE. When taking a ride in the neighborhood of his honse had occasion to ask an urchin to open a gate for him. The l'ttle fellow complied with much alacrity and looked up with such an honest pleasure at rendering the slight service that O’Connell, by way of saying something—anything—asked : 1 What is your name, my boy ? ’ ‘Daniel O’Connell, sir,’ replied the boy.
• And who’s your father ? ’ demanded the astonished Liberator. • Daniel O’Connell,'sir.’ O'Connell muttered a word or two below his breath and then added aloud—- • When I see you again I’ll give you sixpence.’ Biding briskly on he soon forget the incident, and fell to thinking of graver matters, when, after travelling some miles, he found his path obstructed by some fallen timber, which a boy was stoutly endeavoring to remove. On looking more closely ho discovered it to be the same boy he had met in the morning, • What!’ cried he; how do you come to be here now? ’
‘ You said, sir, the next time yon seen me you’d give me sixpence,’ said the little fellow, wiping the perspiration from his brow.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 68, 23 March 1901, Page 4
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