Tales and Sketches

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 980, 21 January 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

Tales and Sketches

THE EVICTION; t AND WHAT CAME OF IT. IN TEN CnAriBRS.—CHAPTER VI, It was Btill early iiri.tlio' | ~ when we arrived at tlio'O l ltciliys' v hpuso, ! ' J SWeMrs. O'Reilly, thcro.was none of.the family at home. We found: her seated .by, the, kitchenfire, presiding over some cooking operations, which apparentlywere oh a large Boalej'aVif j shem'ciihtto 'entertain''a I goodly number Of guests; "Bdsides hoi: sat 1 Mrs.- Scalla'n,'lw'ifo' of.tlie dieted hero. 'ln one'comer lay Seal- j lan himself,-' sleeping away 1 a drurikeii debauch,'or perhaps pretendiiig ! td"do so. : 'ln the other, a strange man'in the garblof a travelling tinker, At' odr'cntrattco; both'of the women exhibited signs' of confusion: As for tho men, they 1 retained thejr' recumbent positions with apparent'indifference,' Addressing Mrs; O'Reilly first, I'told her that' I hrid'comc.to see abbiit tliebog;' She said that her husband was out with a lot of men tliat ho had working for' him;:and that'ho would not'bo home till -nightfall'," As-for herself, she could do nothing in thematter;. but if it Would bo all the same to me,'she would send him up to the office on'thd next day.: 'The'bog question liaviug b'edn postponed, I proceeded to address myself to Mrs.' Scallan, who since my entrance' had been standing bytho side of her chair, fumbling uneasily with' the corners 'of •her apron. 1 1 did not deem it advisable to 'say to Scallan himself,'though ho was how sitting' up,'and striving to' attract' mj attention' by certain inarticulate grumblings. So 1 turning my back to the corner which' lie occupied,'! remarked : " Well,' Mrs.'Scallan; I am surprised to see you here still:"' ', ■" : ;1 ; "We'll go' Whin .we like, 1 ' 'grumbled the! occupant of : the corner. '" Ajiut iior 'bailiff Won't grind iis down no longer—rlo yori 1 hear ? There's btioys chmin' from Tippcrary. that'll'sc6 mo all right," .'...''" '."What doe's your husband mean?"'-' "'' "dch, yei' homier, don't be afther iniiidih! what he'sezat all at'all," cried Mrs.' Scallan in a'terror-stricken fashion.' " Shure; it's only for the carts' tliat tneself an' him is waitiii'i to bring oiir'flittin' away out of the placo;'an'that'll not bo longer'than three daysatthofardest." ' " " J ,.",""' ' '' ' " As'you please, Mrs. Scaltoh j but your money won't stand Jong at this rate," '■ '."'' ' "Isit the money yo'll be'wautin'back—yer thirty thirty pounds?—Tlirow it to thim, Biddy. No; ye can't, fori have it iricself, Ay, an' I'll keep it, too, to titrate the bhoys wid, I like to stand thrate to''dayednf •fellows-do anythin' at all I want, from pitch-'an'-to8s ! to manslaughter." . ;. - " This is going'a little too far, Mrs. Seal. Inn.". - :,,'':.■:,.•. '■■ ~.

; "Och,Mr, Wharton, yerhonner, he's out of his twelvo sinses wid the whisky to spake to yerself in such ja'way. . An' it's himself •ill bo sorry about, in the morrow whin he comes t0... Shuroy• I'm thryin'. hard to get him out of the placc.as soon as I can;, but the naybours como from all arts ad' parts,to sec him afore he goes, an' he hasn't the heart to siud thim hornedhry, as long ashe has money in his pockets,"' !■. . , . •:•: .'•:

;,"I have a hundhred min in Westmeath thatud dio for mothis'minit. I'm'lavin' it; but I Want to show, ye that I am a'betther man than any agint or bailiff in the couhthry —isn't that a fact, Joss ?" added ho. after, a pause, addressing himself to ■ the ooclipant of the opposite corner, • : ;.''..l ;. . The latter individual, who had hitherto been perfectly silent, replied to Scallan hurriedly in an undertone and intho ; Irish language; .'...■-... : i: • •'•'Who ■ is: that' man? ■"■ I asked of• Mrs. •Scallan, ■ '. .:, I.i . '>'..

■ "Shure, sir, he's only a thravollin'-tinker, sir, that Mrs, O'Reilly brought in to mind her kittles, An' a good thradesman he is, .too, sir; but he doesn't know how to talk a word of English barrin' Irish, sir, Ho's a grand hand at kittles, sir." " Ay, an 1 forbye kittles." growled the incorrigible again from the corner, "he's a lirst-class maivin a-piuch-; 'yo3,'-Ue'a a frind an'a brother; that's what-hcis, ' Aren't! .you, Joss, avick?" ■ •'••'• j

Thereupon ensued a dialogue in Irish be-j tween Scallan and his friend Jos'sj : under 1 cover of which we 'thought it advisable toi withdraw. Mrs, O'Reilly, was to send hcr| husband up to the office next day to' the bog difficulty; and so elided bur,inter-; view, :;■-:"

" Kather unprepossessing folk those," remarked the Major, as we quitted the house.' "Certainly not calculated to prepossess one: in favour of tho Irish character,"

I was too much annoyed to make any reply. .'.■; i ;';#: ; "They're a murdhcrin lot, the whole jing-bang of thim, aii' that's the holy all of •it,' interposed the bailiff warmly'.' ."Did ye ; undhcrstand what.the other' sthrange.chap' .was'.rparkin'.m Irish about yerself, Mr. ] "Whartoii ? If yd didn't, 'all; the.betther j. fur! it wos farrible.'" ' •..,, ,'• '. ..''!. ",','

'"No,■ Donnelly. , Scallan's;English,ivaa quito enough; for. me; perhaps a, little: too much," •■ „:.- : . :'■ .•!■■

" Do ye believe me what 'l'm goin'to tell • ye; sir ?.' That chap is here for oothin' good. HcVno more a tinker than' mfeself; or you, 'or the Major is, ' No, sir; he's a Tipperary man'of'the'name of' Kelly,'W high .up in sthrjpes among the. Eibhonmin. He 'carries , th'p goods,'. But ye .don't, know"what that .mania, ay coorse, : It manes that he brings • the new password from one lodge to another through tho icounthry.; That's, what .he is, sir. I seen him in 'this naybourhoodafore, sirj when-poor Mr, Park wos : Bhot," • ■ ■:"' ' "Well,-it's something :td know'that'j it may bc.usefulin future; 1 in fact, T have'a good iiiiiicl to Ipdgc an information without further clclay,' and liava the, whole pack'up before a magistrate,"'..'.'; , ~ . ■ "Och,:Bir,:what good iulthati.same be? .'Shuroyou could make nothin'out of tliirn, ' good or bad. They'd' jist be afther snappin' their;fingers at yc,if yothrietl it on wid tliim, : Why, sir, last year thero wos hardly ' aweekwint by widoiit-an agint.or'a bailiff ' b'ein' pa'ppiid. An!, How many convictions [ title place accdrdin'? Why, sar'r'a a'wan at [ all .it all, sir.' They're as.kndwin! 'as foxes, eir, an' sarra a grip can .ye git on thjm," .'. "What do you say, Major? You liayo Beenand heard tho folks ?" > ■■,'. ; - '-...•■,,.

■" lam of the same opinion with your man," •replied he curtly'. '-';:<■'; .;'.-, ■i , i,i >. "Deed an' 'deed, Mr, ; Wharton, the law and thepolis is no' protection whatsdmdiver. : An' if wanof the lot' wos tnk'up,, tlie.' whole countliry would gather round ,th'e' house to • murdhcr us all, an'.bnrn us alivo preaps iuto ■ tho; bargain. Ah' shurp,'.Mr, -Wharton, "davlint, if you had a hundhred pounds to spare, I'd say give me,.the liudav it, an' let me bo off to Aineriky 'or Liverpool or some other foreign' land, before we'rei all kilt an' massacreed. ''Deed'an word, sir, it's aff I'd have been.long ago, ony for the wife.an' the ;■ childhcr, I want to bring tliiin wid me, fur ' the ruflinsud, slaughter thiin whin me back .'yos turned, fiirs'pito that I had got clane 'away from their claws!" ' , ■, I was deeply impressed by the -bailiffs pa- ' :t|ietie appeal. Isaw.myself hvno less helpless a plight; and ""• . .

A fellow-feeling mal:es'us wohdrous'kind.. I* began to reason that if,an.appeal to the : piyil; authoritdcß..wore useless in the prcsen,t •attitude of affairs/it might be'made too late at-some future time, when', agent ami bailiff liadalready fallen victims to the brutality of an organised-gang,-of murderers;- Surely it were "better- tO'-follow ■ my.baiLifts exAmplo, and fly the accursed land forever. But then, what would the world say ? Public opinion

would reamiyinWprei fauoh-legitimate'cau--tion aa cowardice. Whilo I was thus yacillat hlg, I caught the Major's eye fixed upon mo ,in,..apparent. di6approY»V readily divined' the state of my feelings. A look from him settled the busincssjso I dissembled, and told the bailiff to bo calm, I rominded him that weWe" : in ; a-position of trust; Until m were reduced-to the direst extremity itself," w.o.w'puidriot bo justified the! pps l t'a : .Bsigne l d,to'iis, !!'That' time,:atlcast, ; lia'dnqt'ydt tfomel.f ( sen't hinVhtimd with the assurance -that !eVery' 'protection- ,'woUld be lifforded' him and'hia iarnily.; ; "' ;;'""■ ''|'; ! j" ' ,!\yheh ( yquropinionnow, Mijor,''abqiit.theasrl'ect.of' affair'sriaskedi-,'; 'V "■■'■■'[• • 1 !" Time,siri is all task/' hdr'eplifd. "Do you merely, keep yourself .quiet, arid .tiuist to me for the rest. ! '•''•'':•! ~'.'.!' .'So wo reached Cnatto Malion." ~ Upon|our.arrival, I !found Mi 1 . Carnegie' fliire waiting to see md."' Having' hoard about the houghing of ,'thp,'cattle, he had dropped over, in a friendly way, to learn the exact extent of tho damago, which, indeed; had been greatly exaggerated by the countryfolk, and wnother there was a probability of bringing tho miscreants to justice, I insisted upon his. remaining to dinner.. I introduced tho Major to' him,.and .all three of us spent tho ovening in a warm discussion of the question, ''The Major renewed his advocacy'of a cautious defensive policy; .Mr. Carnegie was • of the'same'opinion; and justified it by local experience; ■ Itromnined for mo to Biibscribo a' mild assent.' : But>l felt like Job sitting among 1 his comforter's,. Some aorb.of aetionj ho matter what, would have bcon preferable !to thoterriblo suspense which racked my very inmost feelings. 'But feelings apparently counted for nothing with my. case-hardened Advisers. I felt for once the disadvantage of jbeing an Englishman. ■':•■■ :..:i ..- ■ : - On the stroke of ten our guest rose to leavo. By our 'direction,' he looked to his pistols before going out, remarking/ at'the same time, ih a laughing way, that he,i.at least, was quitd'safe; he might go through any'part of the country at any hour of the night, For a; short time he stood at the outer door, to re- ■ {peat his warning, to me. about venturing abroad J then lie bade ns good-night, and the great door closed behind him, 1 We had not long regained.thb diriirigroorfj,' \yhca we heard the report of a shot fired outside, upon which wo rushed back to the door, oponed it, and, waiting lot a few seconds till the butler procured a lantern, proceeded in the direction of the shot, ; "We found Mr, Carnegie, lying prostrate on tlie ground scarcely a hundred paces from the house,' He had been shot at, By .the light of the lantern we could see that his features were ashy pale,' and that his hand was pressed to' his side in tlie convulsive manner of a man who is suffering mortal j agony, To pur eager inquiries he could make !no answer, he was speechless, The absence of blood on his person or. on the ground, showed that ho had'escaped, at least, the assassin's bullet, but his unconsciousness, his attitude of pain,.all the circumstances of the case, madp us fear that he had received some serious internal; injuries,, Carefully lifting him. up, we carried him back into the castle, and stretched, him on a .sofa in the diningroom. We administered stimulants. Soon ho opened his eyes, ; Never shall I forget the look of silent anguish which lie cast upon me at that momont.'. He apparently did not as yet realise the fact, that he was surrounded by, friends.. ■.. . i r ~ • : .. • • . We proceeded to make an examination; our- every moment! ,beiug followed by ,tho anxiouseyes of the sufferer, The resultof it proved that we had been right in our conjecture. ,:Tho ball had been aimed at his loft side. Penetrating his thick ulster, and the coat and waistcoat underneath, it had stopped just at the watoh-pooket, having failed to reach his person, Never had escape been so narrow, We told him so, and the news reassured' him greatly, ,In a little timo he was able to talk .to us, but -very feebly at first, It appeared that, upon leaving us, he had been going down the avenuo at a tolerably brisk pace, when on a sudden he heard.a footstep in his rear, as if some one had sallied out from bohind a treo, Ho turned round to see who it was, and observed, at a little dis-. ! tance off, a stalwart fellow with a mask on his faco in the act of presenting a pistol at: | :him. The 'next moment he was conscious of; a shot being fired; then, of his being hurled! with .violence to tho ground, ■ Then he felt aj strango giddiness come over; him, and he I knew no more till he found himself in the! diningroom. There was no doubt but that our timely arrival had saved his life, so com-! pletely was he in the villain's power. The; assassin apparently thought that he was dealing with me, from the frequent mention made' of my name, accompanied with horrible imprecations. Such was the gist of Mr. Carnegie's statement. Now that the sufferer was sufficiently tranquil, the Major and I sallied out to revisit the scene of the catastrophe, On the walk, the gravel was in a torn-upstate, as if 'a severe struggle had taken place. • Close at hand lay'a recently-discharged pistol, and] : the half-burnedshredsof anewspaper,which! had probably beeiuised in loading. Beyond these we could- discover no evidence of the: recent affray. As for tho assassin himself/a 1 systematic search would be perfectly idle in l suah a place and at such an hour. Besides, our delay had given him ample opportunity •of getting clear off. : So we returned to the castle."! : - '; ■'■••' '. ' -'■■''■'<

I spoke to the Major about the advisability of calling in the police. To this he objeoted 1 as a measure practically useless; at the same time Minting, sotto voce, that it was .quite out of keeping with his plans, I appealed to Mr, Carnegie, ', He was of the same opinion with the Major. In the midst; of a population made up of assassins on the'one hand, and of their sympathisers on the other,-the greatest caution was necessary, and in.order the more effectually to ashievo the ends of justice, tho affair would- have: to .be •kept ; a ; ! profound secret, ,Wo should wait for a; clue. When it was found, we could follow'it up with effect. I had no relish for such delay. But, of course, there was nothing left for mo except to acquiesce in the opinion of two such compctcut authorities. At daybreak, wo smuggled Mr, Carnegie to his homo in a closo carriage, ■

. Chaffer VII. ,; During the following days I did not movo abroad at all; truth tpjsay, I was afraid to do' bo. I had several conversations' with the Major about the advisability of calling in the aid of the local authorities, but Tic was strongly opposed, to this measure. He had pushed his. investigations jn. the neighbour? hood to somo purpose, and lie only wantod time to bring them to a successful termination. Police interference would spoil all, Tljis view of things brought vory little satisfaction to me in my presont condition, but he advocated it ;so stoutly that, though puzzled, I felt compelled to. give in, ;: The Major's habits were very peculiar. During the day; ho;would move about the place with all the bearing of a distinguished veteran in Her Majesty s service' When night; camo on, he, as true to the habits ; of barrack discipline, .would retire early to his bedroom, which was situated in a wing of the castle. From his apartment, winch was on the ground floor, >a means of exit to the grounds was afforded by a private door, opening to a latch-key. The moment he had retired to his bedroom, the character and costume of major would be laid aside, to bo replaced by disguises of different kinds, as seemed moat suitable for his purpose, The transformation effected, ho would sally forth into the darkness, but wither he went, or what he did, I knew not.: From certain trampling upon the .gravol-.walk, which used to awake me from my uneasy slumbers at unconscionable I hours, I came to the conclusion that he spent

!mosi ofthe night abroad!-, But his "Boheinian" propensities stepped at that, and ho Always turned up for breakfast at nine o'clock, with strict military precision, on the following morning, Tho third day at length arriyod,; and me still, to all intents and p'ur'p6sos,'a prisoner hrmy own house! Tdidndthogldot the, revolver practice, as. directed; indeed I had .'little! olso to occupy myself with.' But !much, revolver pra.ot.ice'.'is, .apt. to become monotonous ,'tq! most people'; to' md', .'situated lie I was, it soon became absolutely .disgust-' ihg.,.;, The fact is, my close, confinement was .graduallyjmakihgmdill,'.'lfeltthatlriiust venture out of .doors, no.'matter'at wh'at' risks. After.all, it would 1 make ference whether I'were slain on th'o'dpen ficldj or, met my,death by slow degrees, submitting to, tho hdrrbr's.of a close siege.' So, : despite the warnings of Mr, Camogid and the gajlant Major, I sallied out for a short stroll in the grounds, to breathe the fresh air that I (needed so much. .'I liad not forgotten to' uiount my coat of. mail under my,ordinary jyalking apparel; tho'Colt's revolver I held in my coat-pocket ready for use at a moment's notice; a brace of pistols I put away carefully in my breast-pocket, as a sort of reserve, My route was.down abackave'ntie Which ran parallel to the wall of a kitchengarden, Turning the corner of this'wall, I came face to face with a man half-sitting,, half-lying at the foot of a beech-tree. ! It Was ,tho strango tinker whom I had seen lying in O'Reilly's'kitohen,-' The moment he'saw mo, he leaped to his feet, but I, holding the revolver to his head, told him calmly that if lie moved .another inch, or uttered a syllable' fill I gave him permission, I would shoot him like a d0g,..; I feared he might have firearms* himself, or armed,accomplices' hot far off, but neither of theso appearing, I ventured to cross-question.him. .. ..."Who are you?",.'. ~ '... "".:'. ( -.'.,' !"Ohj sir, rm'' [confusion], "I'in.looltin' fur : a job, ,of c'oorse, sir. V The grove wbs a short-cut; sir,,an' ; wid respect,' Ij-med-bo'uld. to. take it, sir. An' I jist sot down awhuYat the fut of this here three, to rest mesclf likd; iso I did, yer honner!" .. I. "Wherodoyoubolongto?" • .., ~; ;' ,. " Shure, sir, I don't belong to no placo in partie'lar, biit I gO about whoriver I can get a job. The likes of mo must make a shift to live whatever way wo can, Yeseel'mno Ischolard, like yerself, yor honner, an 1 1 have jto rough it," ■ - •■; ;- : :. ,l! ' ; , ■

j , "Still,'you have'managed to'learn; a'new 'language, since I saw yovi O'Reilly's ikitchen, three'days You : coilld speak Nothing but Irish then," ' '■ , ;, "Shure, yehonner, thatwosonlybußiness I policy of mine., .1 niyer spake Irish barrin' : whin English wouldn't shoot, an' I git'twinty jobs in Irish fur the one! could git In Epg. .lish, An' I niver use the English talk b'atriu' whin I am apstkjn' to tho quality. |But Ireland fur the Irish, an'the Irish for Ireland, ; an' sliure yerself wouldn't spake agin' that same."

"Now, my fine fellow, the'law only gives me the power to order you off the grounds this.time, though you are hero under very suspicious circumstances. But I may as well warn you—and your coadjutors as well—that if you aro found within this after this notice, without being able to give a better account of your business than you have just now done, I shall prosecute you with tho utmost rigour of the law. So now be off, and thank your stars that you arc able to do so with a sound carcass."

!' I'm aff this mortial minnit. Good-byo to yer honner, an' I hope that the next time we meet, we'll be able to come to a betther undeerstondin'." So saying, the rascal disappeared through the trees. Under the circumstances, I did not fed inclined to continuo my walk any farther; so, turning on my heel, I sought the friendly shelter of the castle without delay. ',, I mot the Majorat dinner, and mentioned the recent adventure to him. He heard the details of it with provoking coolness, only suggesting to me that such dangers might be avoided by keeping within doors, This would bo only for a few days at most, for he flattered himself that he had discovered a clue. But what prevented that I should not bo shot meanwhile ? Where were the grounds for believing that it would come out all right in the end, when I was not sure that evon a good beginning had been mado in the business ? I began to lose faith in the Major, Dinner over, tho Major retired unusually early, to resume his masquerading rambles, aijd I was left alone, ihe post came in, bringing a number of letters, including one from my wife, The sight of it reminded me that I had not written to her except once since my arrival, But what news had Ito give her except bad news ? My silence, however; was; not the only thing calculated to make her uneasy,•- Enclosed in the letter, I found a dipping from tho Tints newspaper of the samo date, giving a ahorfc notice of the recent eviction, tho threatening letter, and the hamstringing .'of the,cattle,' 'The letter itself was i full of pathetic .appeals to me to come back at once Wore I was massacred by .those Westmeath savages, Had I, lost my regard for a loving, wire, or for her helpless infants! It was not proper for me to peril my life any longer; it was foolhardy; it was positively sinful, I had done my duty faithfully hitherto, and the Earl could not but accept my resignation under the circumstances, .As for herself, her life depended upon mine. So the letter ran. ~ .-■ ......

1 '"Bother _ take all those ■ penny-a-liners. Nothing can escape them. What a state they have left that poor woman in, to be sure," thought I. She had learned'facts-hard facts, How was I to gloss them; over 'to 'her?, - ■■■■■■ ;i. ::■■:: c;

I turned to the other letters. .Amongst those I found one marked Most Important," I opened it,' arid read as follows:

"" This jb to warn you or your danger in regard of stoping in the couiitary any longer, I am a, family man myself tliatgivea'you this Notiss, for I- hear as how you have a wife and children'in England, and do not wish to draw down the curse of the Widow* and Orphant on to my head, so wish to givo you timely Warning of the Bamo, No use to keep under | cover-no more, else Cassel Malum will be Burnt over your Head. You were tryed, and Sentenco of Death was brought in against 'you in a regglar sitting of the Lodge, and know, that Eight (8| men was appointed to shoot you and the first man (1) failed in his purpose through his being a-Strangeivand shot Mr. Carnegie, a good man's nophew, j'TVhich grives us all thought business .to intcrfare in what did not consarn hini. I am "Number Two (2) and a Rcsidenter. So no mistake this time, for I am bound to Bhoot you or to bo shot myself, And if I fall there is Six '(6) more to follow suit. So make up your mind that you can't escape from me as lain an Old Hand at the Work and have put down a good many landlords in-my time, There is spyes all round the house to watch your movements, Ely before it is too late, (Signed) The Man that must Shoot you." Reader, put yourself in my plaee, and consider the proper course for meto 1 pursue, Two threatening letters in succession—my 'eattlo hamstrung—theeviotedraseal threatening'me to my face—my guest-friend murderously attacked at a few paces from my own door—the whole country impanelled to try me for my life—eight desperadoes bound by the most solemn oaths to take it-ruffians 'lurking about'the.house with murderous in-'tentA-my health failing—my poor' wife and children-—. Reader, what course was open to.me, but to accept the friendly warning, and flee? Before another sun Bhould a,et- I 'was resolved to bring matters to a crisis—one way or other. i

Oa tlld iollowing day I was lnuoli more easy in than hitherto, owing«p,ojk baps to the prospect of a speedy release from my preibnt misery, • "Since trie hamstrl'riglh'l'-' ■affair, IhadjupJ ventured; downrto -aee-ther cattle;w, without apprisinganyone >bf my specb them. Tlie time was very suitable, 'and-1 considered that there 1 was iJess risk in: .the opeil co.untry than in the castle'grounds.' I reached lScalla'n!s mbadows all ifight.ji in!--apectad tho. .tullfecka;' and -was in.th'e'act-.of! ; regaining the road by which I had come, when I heard the-Bound of loud voices not 'far off, .'A'ljWje ;fartber;along Jihesame road was situated the ,shebeen or public-house which had teen pointed out to rhe'a's a favor■ite resort of the Eibbonmou in general, and of;theevioted'Scallaninparticular.,lt was from .this public-house, that, tlie •npjses,in question.were issuing, qa of persons engaged in angry altercationi It : did- npfc.aaerato.tia. a common: drimken .brawl., What with'.tho" vehemence of angry .threats, andtho earnest ncss of pathotio. expostulations, it seemed nothingless than an affair of life and death. Pausing in the act of stopping into the road, Istood still and listened.,.,:,,; v;;i ,-".. ~,, "Get out;of my house, I say.; I'll tavo none of your murdherin' work goin 1 on hero; Settle yor scores outside; but I'm not goin' to lose my license for the downln'.of a bailiff." ■ ,•:',:.,■ ,:;-, . •-.. , .;■

"Och,,for the love of morcy, Mr.Connally darlint, save me,from thim., Don't threw me out to bo. massacceed on the hard. road.. Don't, Mr, Gonnelly, as you hope for hiven; fur they're bint,on me life.". : ~i, ." Among you; be it. Whativer you'll get, you can't; say: but you -brought it on your-, self; wid your meddlin'.ways, o«tyou go!" ■j'Meroiful hivens, the dure ah|it in me,'. face! , But shure.bhoys,, it's not .goin' to, killme, yezare. SJiure, yez are only goin', to give'me.a batin'.v.lsn't that all, bhoys!."■ ~'.'Sorraa; b it av.it.: ; We'll ,■ make, an j ex-: ample of you.that'll be heard of'all. .through; Ireland wowilll,",; c , ; ; . ; , ■.\\„\;.'l l -j.,, "Oh, murdhpr, murdher ( ; bhpyai. It's notfairplay,.two'aginone." ;„, ; " .'..,■■, .!!Don!t touch liiin. Joss;; I'll, be ablo. for. thespalpeenmeself.. Maylswing.fur it,,ifi Idon t settlohimr-rthd owdacious evicthor of, widows and orphants'.",, ,• .■ ',.,'■: ,',;,.., ; Thuro was.nota moment.to lose*:,, With revolver in hand, I leaped into, the ,rpad and, ran; to the resoue,, My. bailiff was engaged in a mortalstruggle with,the rascal Soallan, and apparently getting the,worst of jt,if I; could judge from.his earnest'appeals fori mercy, The irrepressible tinker, stood by looking calmly, on,', whilst' his,'fellow-con-; spirator was wreaking',a crul ivengeance, Nobody else was visible', ; . Mr. Connolly, the inn-keepor, did not care.to interfere in political questions. The noise I made by, leaping into the road, diverted the attention ofScallan so far as to make him let go his hold of his victim. Nor .was the -latter slow.; to avail himself of: the diversion, but fled towards; me, till he got within shelter of the friendly revolver, Then he sank ,at my feet exhausted. As for Scallan and the tinker, thoy fell back at their ease, and, entering into the court-yard of tho public-house, disappeared from view,

"Donnelly, my poor fellow, what's the meaning of this?" I exclaimed, " Och, sir, the holy saints—sent you, Mr, Wharton—this Missed day—to save me life," answered Donnelly, panting for breath. "They worgoin', sir-to massaoree me-in could blood-on the king's highway! They thought they had med shuro of me—this time, so they did—tho murdherors I" "Lot us pursuo the rascals, I suppose you have got your pistols, eh ?" " Och, shure, I forgot thim-lcft thim bohind mo in the house, An', jist whin I want thim, I haven't thim,"

"Well, here are-my own, Be quick, or the follows will escape, "Och, Mr. Wharton, for hiven's sake, don't ax to. follow. thim till'wo get help. Shure, you wouldn't be fur puttin' yer hand into tho lion's mouth that way ? If we dared to go down, we'd be champed to pieces, sir; for tho whole place is awarmin' wid Ribbonmil), so it is." " Woll, let us go down to the police barracks at once j it isn't far off, Let us go down at once, I say, and put them in possession of the facte. It would be a positive crime to let those scoundrels escape. "No good, sirj they'll be in.hidin' afora this, mebbe. They're ould hands at the word, Mr, Wharton,".

" I observed them just now going quite leisurely into the public-house yard. If we let the police know at once, they will have a good ohance of catching the rascals," • "Youmay'thry, sir; but I tell you.itV no use at all at all. As for meself, it's sick: Boro.an' tired of the job I am, so I am, Til go back home, an' not lave it tilll lave it for good, wid respict to you, sir, an' no offince meant. An' shure, ye can't blame mc, afthcr what yo seen wjd yer own eyes the day,", "My • life' is fully as precious as' yours 5 ■ but I am determined to have these ruffians brought to justice;" ' . - . !..':' "Lot?me lave:the counthryolaneiwork, l Mr, Wharton. ■■ Shure, three days ago; aforo this happened, I was:'on for it • an'ye worn't for lettin' me, Mas. there wos a lchance of •thingsmondin'likei"' ~ ■:.'■, ■;•,■•. .■<■■;■ : "I am just as tired of the whole business as you are; but those fellows liniust have; that I ! a'm determined upon, at all hazards. If nothing comes of it, I shall resign my post, as agent,:without] subjecting,you or.mysclf to auy,further.,peril. ;God knows that I have* suffered enough .to'kill twenty, mdn, since! this eviction was mado."— Chambers' Journal ; o ' - ;' : (7b k continued,) • , ,