The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-07
A MISTAKE AND ITS RESULTS. -
ATALE INSTHREE CHAPTERS
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from Cork ito Dublin tooh t"o uay'
There are those living, L suppose, VINO
remember when it was matter OF three
or four. but l speak OF a more modern
neriod albeit the, railway from Dublin
70 Kingston was then the only one III
Ireland At this time Bianconi's large
four-h,rse cars formed the grand trunk
from Tia South to the metropolis; while
smaller vehicles, meeting the principal
conveyance at different points, acted as
branch lines to the main one. From
one of these latter ] took the large car
at Michelstown, on an intensely coiu
dav. the last, or the last but one. OF Oc-
tober, 49,. / was going to DuDllh loi
my MacbaelInas Term examinations ~
Trinity College; and having idieu Tue
whole summer, felt some apprehension
about the result of the ordeal through
which | had to pass, and wonaeIeu
whether should come back 'pluckeas
The dark leaden sky, and the cutting
northwest wind, were III dreary keeping
with the sombre thoughts that troubled
me OCCUPIED the box seat, an honor
that was dearly purchased by facing the
blast and Stapleton, the driver, predict,
ed snow (early in the season as 1t wds)
before we reached Kilkenny, our destl-
nation for that night.
We were DELAYED for half an hour, L
remember, at Clonmel, about two
o'clock. There was a great deal OF ex-
citement in the town, from the expecta.
zion ola special commission for the trial
Of prisoners connected with two agrarian
murders of recent occurrence in the
South Riding of Tipperary. AS we
a ~ ,n 1Ni1 ont III n
with details of different outrages that
he knew of, pointing out now and then
the scenes where they took place, and
then winding up with the OMNIBUS an
uOuncemeut
Mark my words for il, but the Rib
hon boys will give them enough to do
this winter; they won't let much Srass
rrow under the peelers feet, anyways
I forget how many stages we had trav-
rlled from Clonmel when we stopped to
change horses at a small public house
on the roadside Something was amiss
with the shoe of one of the horses. and q
.harp alteration ensued between the
driver and the stable-boy on the subject,
that ended with an injunction to hurry
offlike blazes" to a neighboring smith to
remedy the defect As | foresaw there
,ould be some delay, | proposed to one
or-two of my travelling companions to
ioin me i'm q run, to warm our feet, until
the car overlook Us AS they declined, |
set off alone, calling back to Stapleton,
when was a few PAGES on, to know II
there were any turns upon the road.
NO, sir" he replied, and then added,
keep to the left, and yon will be all
right
Laughing at this mintcntional pun,
and repeating the old couplet to my,
self:
If YOU 90 to tho lett, you'll DC sure TO 90 right
And if yOu 90 to the right, you'll 90 wrong =
Noticing road f that Gf faaAhcSdf of at right
angles to the main one, concluded that
This was the reason Of his direction.
was mt all times a very swift runner,
while the intense cold Of the evening
byaced my energies still more. by
love =" | exclaimed, "Tll astoniSh them
n bit. Old Jehu will think I'm lost be-
fore hepicl,s me up and the expectation
OF gaining credit by my prOwrcss as Il
walker accelerated my speed to unusual
rapidity.
The day, have already remarked, was
speciallv gloomy. and the evening shad-
nws were now darkeming into night with
more than ordinary swiftncSS. Once |
was for a moment at fault about the
,oad. as / came upon a slight divergence
from the direct line, but recalling Sta
plcton's words-"keep TO the left, i
followed that direction, and trudgCd on
upon this unknown way into the thlckly
gathering darkness At last began to
4 NJ |, -
concluding that the smiths "l,i@yi"is
caused the delay, | still went forward,
until the road became unusual, rough
and broken; and then, as Tar as che dim
Ueht allowed, | observed that tue Vcge-
t4tion 70 the sides rMcro;chod Tar more
Tnan | had ever Known upou Il mail
r.nch road.
"Oh, It's impossible ! have gene
astray ~ | eNclaimed, not allowing the
unpleasant thought To intrude. and /
still CohtjuteL ny course, though at a
more Doubtful pace, until saddcnly halt
ell ON perceiving that the narrowing line
of roadway appeared 60 cease altogether
and found myself actually walking on
moist, boggy ground.
Where on earth AN 3 | cried ill con.
sternation, peering through the dark
ness. As far as could descry, ] seemed
to have wandered into some moor or
commouage that stretched along the
base of steep activity.
Not sound could hear on any side
hut the moaning sigh of the wiRd a. it
swept Ivy with penetrating bitterness,
and once the wild cry of some bird,
startled from its rest by my approach
made two or three efforts to retracc my
steps. but they proved Intellectual. and
each time | became more aud more ne
wildered, stumbling over rocky proiec-
tions or roots of trees, and occasionally
sinking ankle-deep into wet aud miry
ground.
God help me ~ | exclaimed 1t last. in
utter despair, and almost bursting into
tears of yexatiou, III have to wander
about here al night, aud perish With
cold before morning"
Another desperate effort Il reach some
pathway met with like issue, save that
6v some consequent change OF position a
bright light suddenly broke III pom me-
50 bright aud close that was considera-
lily startled at the unexpected appear
aIrce.
thought .; the Will-o'-thc-WiSp, and
tancied, from the evident nature OF the
ground, that 1t loi%ht be fthe meteor of
the marsh but as l moved cautiously |
forward | saw that it caine from the |
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