The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-17


theScentrez Of society. in the locality;
I she was adoted by all who knew her.
She liked amusement, and believed
that. country neighbors ought to be
| social, especially at the Christmas
season. These were facts I cleaned
FROM her discourse. 80
OGradys, Desmonds, Burkes,
O'Shllvans? Yes, she knew them
all. O'Shaughnessy? Oh! with q
-shrugl surely Mr.. Tracey must have
heard about peor Sir PierceS s.f -
No, Mr. Tracey had not heard
cob, Ie ruined himself, you know,
4 and then he went astray in his mind.
| For some years he has not been able
to leave his house, except OH Sunday,
1 in dread Of seizure for debt"
ssAnd P Miss O'Shaughncssy 2"
said German; Il used to know her
Such pretty little girl"
''Ah, poor thing. ] believe she has
grown up very plain. She is never
seen. How they live in that old empty
castle, I cannot think. In town, the
other day, 1 heard q shop-keeper say
4 across the counter, before delivering
q parcel, You pay mo for this, Miss
OShaughncssy?' And the purchase
in question was only some yards Of
calico, to make 4 dress for herself. I
should think. Heigho, it's such q
sad thing to be poor" Lady Fitz-
| gibbon lifted her eyebrows, and
smoothed downea green velvet fold
of her dress, and looked quite able to
make q supper Of hank-notes
dreamed that night that saw her
doing so; but that after she had finish
ed her meal, she fell into commissions
rs if she were poisoned. 1t was not
pleasant dream. and, somehow, I
never could !ook at the widow without
thinking of it.
And now, Tom, I have introduced
you to one of my heroincs, Lucretia
Fitzgibbon. Mark her well. I am
afraid ! have not made her clear
enough to you. Note her splendid
eyes, her fascinating manner, the
excellent footing on which she had
placed herself with the world in gene
raj; lastly, her enormous riches We
! returned with her 70 kilbanaghcr
Park the next day. Tom. what n
place that was? Not II venerable old
homestead like Ballyhuckamore: all
new, bran new, but gorgeous and vo-
lnptuous as q palace in the Arabian
Nights. Astonishing little woman .
What n taste, and what n purse, ,
Lucky, O'Gorman, said !, will be
the man who shall replace the la
mented Fitzgibbon, twas he knight
or was he baronet?) and hang up his
hat for good at Kilbanaghcr Park. I"
! But now for my heroine. Traccy's
old friends rallied round him, and we
We're soon on good terms with the
people in the neighborhood. AS for
him, he had SO far forgotten his for
mer self that | was obliged on some
occasions to interiors and wake his
memory.
Tracey said l, 81 am not going
to nave my warming without
little Peg O'Sl,aughnessy. She may
have grown up plain, and wear 4
calico dress, but I've had II curiosity
to see that little girl ever since the
first time You mentioned her Her
father may be doting, rs they say,
and Castle ShaughneSsy may be the
verlest old rat hole III the kingdom !;
nevertheless, my dear fellow. for the
sake OF old times, you ought TO go
and pay them u visit And. for the
sake of new times and coming :csji-
vities, [ will so with yon.
Gormau ahased himself for his
negligence, and we set ont together
for the residence, Of The. tlot;ng Sir
Pierce ANA his daughter who was
''nevcr Sceli
If ever there were wild and old
ramshackle barracl standing on. sea
shore out of ali human ken, and al
together within ghostly boundaries,
that drearv edifice is you. o Castle
Shaughnessy! A wide, uneven sward,
too unhempt to be called :, lawn.
struggled from thc entrance down 20
:. rugged bca,,h. On one side stood
the ruins OF a chapel, surrounded hv
the family burying- ground The
waves al hlSl tide OF n winters night
must break over the tomb stones. Not
Il tree was to be seen. not n leaf of
ivy cling to the castle wallis, which
We're weatierstained in II way that
made tho windows look like eyes that
were always weeping We were ad-
mltted after soma parley, by shabby
old retainer with u knowing eve, who
seemed to regard us Is wolves in
sleeps clothing
Poor Peg, poor Peg" said Tracey,
! staring into All the blank corners.
| YOu see we had lunche,) nt Eiihana