The sun., 1864-09-30
A Clergyman's Tale.


leading To ,hi, room be told the man who followed
him to bring him sone coffee; and throwing his |
bat into one corner, he about 10 sit down 10 |
bis writing "tle when he saw lying on II letter, |
or rather small packet, addressed " himself in t,
bis wie's handwriting Hsstily opening II, he |
saw, no an offer Of forgiveness for the PAPER u |
contained Was blank sheet but something which |
seemed 10 sct upon him like the tabled head OF the |
Nc~iusa Of old on those who looked on n, When
the man entered with The coffee, which WAS quito
h0lf an hour Afterwards, he saw hi. tnAstev take
something from the table and thrust 1t quickly into
tie breast PICKET Of his coat and then leave
the room without touching the coffee or ueaking
single word. lie went s,rdght To the stables
rut saddle and hridle on the first horee ho came
to- without needing or seeming to hear the offers
:" ~ corn to do 1t for him, and rode oa The
groom .sd afterwards tha, his master looked Ike n
man who had s-sn ghoa. few dsys sfer.
warua his steward received letter from him,
directing him TO forward a certain sum Of money
nj slecihed periods to q certain bank in London;
and this ~ss The last Communication received from
him.
TIE sudden disappearance n Jane wi'mo,
s'cited great deal Of talk In the country round.
various rlimors were. Of course, In circulation to
account fer u; but that whi,h received the
greatest currency, and. for time, was most
generally credited, was that Mr. Meyrck had taken
her away with him. Gradually, as the circum-
Mhl'es undcr which he bad len became known,
,tis opinion died away. Before this had happened,
however voune man named William M.carthy,
VINO had inherited a small farm from his father,
presented himself at ky .flin Castle, and requested
% sec Mrs Mcyri,k Al frst, she refused t. sec
hi nut he insstol SO strongly, n st she could not
eohun,io her reiusrl, and Was forced 10 admit bin
Va an interview. HIS object In calling on her was
n ascertain what had become of Jane wlmo,.
lie gave no credit 10 the rlmcr that she had gone
away with M Meyrick. and read somo letters be
had ieeived from her, proving that he bad for
considerable period been paying bis addresses To
her, and that matters bad advanced go far that ho
hhd teen pressing her to ix the day for their mar
rage. Under these circumstances II was uatu' a.
M ha E.ttlA .-g,.. ~. Al -.
dis resiit. or that she could have len the country
without communicating with him TIE inference
ne Grew, therefore, was that she Sill Ia tho
castle. From what have said 4 Mrs Moyrick's
character, You Will have no difficulty Ia imag ming
the kind OF reply she would give him. M,carihv,
rendered hold by bis love ior the u,isrng .irl,
ms sted That she would not hive len the castle
without the knowledge and consent OF her mistress
nor without informing him II her intention. Mrs
Noyrick wac fan too proud even n suggest that
her husband bad taken the girl away with him.
Violent LANGUAGE closed tho interview. and Macar-
thy left with the threat, thg, he would go to q ma
gstrate, and get him to send constslles u search
the castle.
In the same room with Mrs Mcyrick when Ma
earthly entered was the woman she bad selected N
be her attendant IN place Of the English girl. As
the language became warmer, this woman, IN
dgnsnt at hearing her mistress spoken to IN such
terms and, Nc was the nature Of Irish servants
then, at all events in the rural districts moro
Jealous for her dignity than her mistress her
SELF rang the bell and before Mccarthy lcft, all tho
servants, and even the supernumersries who hsp-
pencd 10 10 in tie castle at the moment had
assembled about the door and heard his closing
threat a. he lef the roc'n. Nothing but Mrs
Meyrick's repeated orders saved him from violent
treatment before he len the castle. As Il was
they were Intellectual beyond its walls William
Mccarthy was found lying In the road, few hours
later dead The number OF pieces ~ lead and
other metal found IN his body and clothes showed
'hst be must either have been fred At hy scversl
guns, or that some peculiar weapon hal been used.
This latter Was the suggestion Of q shrewd medical
man who examined the body.
Mccarthy was man who had relative. and
many friends and ,hese no, OF kind to le, bis
murder pass unpunished II reached their
ears that he had left Kysrhn Castle with the
intention of spilying TO justice to have II
searched for the young English girl he WAS going
70 marry, and they naturally inferred that the
murderer must be some person connected with the
iAuily there, To hnd out who this murderer was,
they hAd recourse To An eSpedient which thought
had been discontinued generations before A stage
was erected, and On this the body q the deceased
wat laid on sheet Tie whole Of the mcu-
servants cmploved Al Kyarlin Castle were ortored
by Mrs A,yrick to attend the ceremony oftouching
the body. One by one his friends approached and
laid their hands on the chest Of the corps, aud 90
also did every other man present, Mrs. Meyrick's
servants remaining iii the last These, in their
turn, drew near, and repeated the ceremony In
succession, without ANY result, I'LL man named
Shaw, who wac employed at the castle to look after
the boats, laid his hand On tho deceascis chest ia
the same manner Ms the others. Tnaccountable as
" may appear, tfit WOUNDS on tne lnsthrt opener
afresh, and blood began to trcklc from them on to
tho bier. The man Immediately fell down in
NJ, and In this condition was thrown into a cart,
and escorted by all the friends of tho deceased to
the nearest Jail. II trial came on in due course,
and an attempt was msdc TO elicit from him that
he bad conr,itted the murder st the suggestion Of
his mistress, but this he strenuogsy denied, and
ayerred, ~nat oil to other servants could prove,
that he separated from the rest ~ the servants
before Micarthy len the room. lie added g.
went " the kitchen, and took down bunderbns,
thst always hanging thorc, and loaded II with
all the slugs I could find, and hled II up with
nails Then ran along by the fields and waited
for Mccarthy at Nevin's Cross, and shot him as he
hung but Micar'hy's death deprived the English
woman Of the only iriCni she hal in the country
and TO further attempt WAS made TO ascertain what
had become OF ner.
Years passed away. Mrs. Meyrck never eft the
castle for single day, and showed hersef cold
and stern to all who visited her, that nobody cared
10 repeat their visit, and 1t not long before she
even her father being treated by her IN such
manner that he died without request to s,e her
This was the state OF things at the time when
sssist"i the woman to escape from her dungeon.
Her story n very piiifIil one, and in substance
was soon told. On the night Of the day on which
her mistress ld ,akcu such offence at Jane W u
mot, the girl went to led, and, though ihucr
grevei M what had passet, soon tell into SCUM
sheer, from which she suddenly a"oke' snd ionhi
her mistress lending over her III the act or tying
n hardke hief round her neck Soc was 80 'rigft-
cncd b the EXPRESSION in her face, that she wanei
10 cry cut hut before she could utter SOUND The
knot Of the handkerchief was ior'r,i iht" h'r
mouth and she was made dumb. Sic tired 10
,.i 40 her hands o null IL out, nj found that her
arms we-e fastened et the elbows behind he back.
Mrs Neyrick then turned Der on hhi iIcc, and
drew the cord ugh. till her elbows touched. iav-
,ng rendered her entirely ho'pcss. she ordered her
kal nd N