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and grasping and oppressive, it was possible to say of him that he was
no worse than his class. Close-fisted, at Father O'Hara's instance he
could open his hand. Hard, at the Father's prayer he would at times
remit a rent or extend a bond. Ambitious, he gave up, for his soul's
sake and the sake of the Faith that had been his fathers', the office
which endowed him with power to oppress.

There were some who scoffed behind his back, and said that Luke Asgill
had had enough of carrying a sword and now wished no better than to be
rid of it. But, in truth, as far as the man's reformation went, it was
real. The devil was well, but he was not the devil he had been. The
hours he had passed in the presence of death, the thoughts he had had
while life was low in him, were not forgotten in his health. The strong
nature, slow to take an impression, was stiff to retain it. A moody,
silent man, going about his business with a face to match the sullen
bogs of his native land, he lived to a great age, and paid one tribute
only to the woman he had loved and forgotten--he died a bachelor.

THE END

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