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: red and sunbuml cheek.
"WhaI did the British drive you from your
home fort" exclaimed Heh, participating in the
lrishman's ouiburst Of long.hidden sympaIhies.
, "fe'ye seen a tear in my eye, Harry Hefi,
; and you may as we'll make note ov il; for none
. will you iver see there sgin. The why and
Wherefore left my native country is long sto-
: Try, Harry Helti but ys must know Harry, that
+, mesclf and me mother and the wife and the chill
der mot forgetting The pig, be abers) lived in the
nate ue shealing on the banks Of the Killarney,
; and not a care did we know, mair be token we
: bad plenty Of pataties, until the relocated
I Brtishers came and medded with litlle still Of
me own"
"SiW Whiskey s,illl" inquired Henry.
, The same. A liue Bit ov a hand machine
r 10 manylacrur' the poteen ye know. The sod
jers came, and we had a taste Of a ruclion. and
gaye one Of the rascals the 'unlucky blow not
, naming it at ALL at aIl and fauened oul he was,
and it was that did it,"
f "You served him right Confound the Brit.
, ishers, say!"
"Amen to that. And then they gave me the
choice Of the gaIlows or the dragoons saddle, for
they saw was a stout, tall feler ofmy inches,
and chosed the gallows. But the wife clung
) 10 me bosom and the chder clung 10 me knees,
aud persuaded with their tears that sed so much
more than words, 10 list, sooner than be hanged,
and list did, sorrow to me soul! And I've ne.
yer seen wife or childer since" The lrishman
brushed tear from his eve, and Harry was seiz-
ed with a sudden fit Of whistling.
"Ayel whistle, Harry, whistlel It's better to
whistle nor TO weep, and if didn't laugh some-
times me heart would break for the grief that's
L.,
making judy ofmyselC"
"IIow long is it since ye listed, Dennisl"
"Ten years or Whereabouts. We came to Mon
treal, and seen some service among the French
and Injins, and on one occashun, party Of US
dragons were dispatched all the wav TO Detroit
and the whole kit ov US, barrn' two others be.
sides meself, were riddIed by the red.skinned In
ns. We three survivors picked up our bones
and walked of about our business, each on his
own perliflcr way for we didn't see any neces-
sity of our returning to Montreal and the bar
racks, or pushing on TO Detroit with its wildcats
and njns.
"And then you pushed eastward and settled
down about Germantown herel"
"And here. I've lived and wrought for near
f five years. until captain Tracy, and likely boy
he is too, tipped me the wink and then folleyed
him to the wars, and maybe haven't been bad
thorn in the side of the Britshcrs'
"a regular splinter in their sore-foot, as one
! might say But should any of your former COM
rids see you agin, think they'd know you!"
: "It's difficult for meselfto say. But 'sposing
4 they did see me Sand know me, and had me in
their clutches at the same Identical time; IFS ne
candid opinion they'd give me pine coffin and
dozen bullets. The more shame TO 'em and
their king, and the whole posse of 'em, by
the blessed ST, Patrick"
"Well, now look here, Irish--I call you that
because it sounds more sociabIe than Dennis
II owe you life for saving mine at the rumpus
+ Of Brandywine. And now by the Lord above
me, if the Britishers ever catch hold of you, and
don't rescue you, or if they harm you, and
don't avenge you, then may never know what
it is 10 die a soldiers dealh, but die the pitiful
&, death Of a spy! That's swor' TO, Irish" con-
rinucd the good hearted soldier as he grasped the
Irishman's hand and gave it hearty shake.-
"And now let's be off! You know our captain
told us 10 pay visit 10 his fathers house, and re-
connoitre, and then bring him word but I've a
notion Of putting an end TO this marriage some-
how or other, and bringing him word of that too,
: before he heard it was in progress"
"Sure, Harry Hef, ye didn't tell me of any
marriage. Be jabers I'm all in the dark"
; "Bu, come along. Let's ford the creek at
; the falls, here, and travel down towards the pa
per mill and I'll tell you on the way''
Fording the stream, they passed along a road
on the eastern side Of the WiSsohikon for about
a quarter of mile, until the waters of the paper
mill run, came plunging into its bosom, from a
height covered with the buildings and out-houses
, belonging 10 a large mill, and then pursuing the
course of the rivulet, which at this point takes a
sudden bend 10 the west on its way 10 The Schuyl-
kill. Alter fifteen minutes had elapsed, they
arrived at a spot, where perpendicular wall of
) rocks arises from the opposite and northern
shore of the stream, clothed in every cleft and
spacious crevice with giant pines, some growing
: out from the rock in horizontal direction, 9TH
ers slanting upwards, others bending crosswise,
and with every giant pine, however fantastical
in form, finging its branches out into the moon
light, from the straight and steep ascent TO the
cliff
"Do you see that barrcade Of rocks, Irishl"
"Be abers, a material forriss!"
"Upon the top ofthat mass ofrock, is conceal.
ed as pretty mansion as ever your eyes rested
e upon. That's major Tracy's house, and we as
cend to it, by winding road. We cross ovel
: the stream on these stepping stones. The en-
trance to this road is concealed among the bush
! es yonder. 1t begins somewhere below this ire
u mendous wall. have il"
. They entered the bushes, and presently wer
u iourneying along road, worn by horses feet
+ that wound round the precipce, affording an ca
u sy, though somewhat sudden ascent TO the pla,
!, , form of earth at the summit. Presently the
u emerged from under The shade of the pine trees
: and stood upon the turf of green lawn, fence
. round the edge ofthe precipice with the nterlac
. ing trunks Of the pines, forming natural protec
u ton against the dangers of The steep, with thei
branches ontwined through each other, crosse'
/ and re-crossed, and woven together so thickl.
D, and densey, to give an observer the idea, tha
what he beheId was the work Of mans art, rath