The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-02

what he'd be welcome; but IL made me
think he was an intruder
can wasn't it it too much honor for the
likes of we ?" said one of the women, with
an infinite scorn in the tone of her voice.
II did use the gentleman's clothes brush,
certainly" said the priest. They were the
first collected words he had spoken, and |
felt grateful to him for them 1t seemed to
me that man who could condescend to
remember that he had used clothes brush
could not really be hurt to death, even
though he had been pushed down such very
steep stairs as those belonging to Pat Kir-
vans hotel.
"And am sure you were very welcome,
sir" said l. cit wasn't that minded the
clothes brush. 1t wasn't, indeed only
Ithought-indeed, did think there was only
one bed. And they had but me into the
room, and had not said anything about any
body else. And what was | to think when
woke up IN the middle Of the night p
"Faix, and you'll have enough to think
ofin Galway jaiI-for that's where you're
going to-" said one of the bystanders
can hardly explain the bitterness that
was displayed against me- No violence
was absolutely shown to me, but | could
not move without eliciting manifest de-
termination that was not to be allowed
to stir out of the room. Red angry eyes
were glowering at me, and every word
spoke called down some expression of scorn
and i'll will. was beginning to feel glad
that the police were coming, thinking that
L needed protection. | was thoroughly
ashamed of what | had done, and yet |
could not discover that had been very
wrong at any particular moment. Let any
man ask himself the question, what he
would do if he supposed that a stout old
gentleman had entered his room at an inn
and insisted on getting into his bed =? 1t
was not my fault that there had been no
proper landing-place at the top of the stairs.
asIwo sub-constables had been in the room
for some time before the sergeant came, and
with the sergeant arrived also the doctor.
and another priest-Father Columb he was
called-who, as afterwards learned, was
curate, or coadjutor, to Father Giles. By
this time there was quite crowd in the
house, although it was past one o'clock, and
it seemed as though all BalIymoy knew
that its priest had been foully misused. 1t
was manifest to me that there was some.
thing in this Roman Catholic religion which
make the priests very dear to to the people;
for doubt whether in any village in Eng
land, had such thing happened to the rec
tor, all the people would have reused them
selves at midnight to wreak their vengeance
on the assailant. For vengeance they were
now beginning to clamor, and even before
the sergeant of police had come the two
sub-constables were standing over me and
l felt that they were protecting me from the
people in order that they might give me
up-to the gallows!
| did not like the Ballamoy doctor at all
then or even at a later period of my visit
to that town. On his arrival he made his
way up to the priest through the crowd, and
would not satisfy their affection or my anx-
iety by declaring at once that there was no
danger. Instead of doing SO he insisted on
the terrible nature of the outrage and the
brutality shown by the assailant And at
every hard word ne said Mrs. Kirwan would
urge him on. "That's thrue for you, doc.
tor % Deed, and it was just Father
Giles own room, as you may say, since the
big storm fetched the roof off his riverence's
house below there" Thus gradually was
learning the whole history. The roof had
been blown off Father CHESS own house and
therefore he had gone to lodge at the inn
He had been willing to share his lodging
with stranger and this had been his re,
ward
81 hope, doctor, that the gentleman is not
much hurt" said |, very meekly.
'Do you suppose gentleman like that
sir, can be thrown down long flight of
stairs without being hurt p said the doctor,
in angry voice. ''lt is no thanks to you,
sir, that his neck has not been sacrificed"
Then there rose hum of indignation, and
the two policeman standing over me bus
tied about little, coming very close to me,
as though they thought they should have
something to do to protect me from being
torn to pieces.
l bethought ME that it was my special
duty in such crisis to show a spirit, if it
were only for the honor of my Saxon blood
among the Celts. So Espoke up again. as
loud as l could we'll speak
'No one in this room is moro distress ed
at what has occurred than l am l am
anxious to know, for the gentleman's sake,
whether he has been seriously hurt ?"
Very seriously hurt, indeed" said the
doctor Every seriously hurt The verte-
br@ may have been injured for ought / know
at present"
''Arrah, blazes, man." said voice, which
learned afterwards had belonged to an Of
! ficer of the revenue corps of men which
was then stationed at Ballymoy, gentle
man with whom became afterwards famil.
iarly acquainted Tom Macdermot was his
name, Captain Tom Macdermot, and he
came from the county of Northumberland,
blazes, man; do you think gentleman's
to fall sthrait headlong backwards down
such ladder as that, and not find it incon-
venient Only that he's the priest, and
has had his own luck, sorrow a neck belong
ing to him there would be this minute"
''Be aisy, Tom," said Father Giles him
self-and l was delighted to hear him
speak. Then there was pause for mo-
ment. "Tell the gentleman amt so bad
at all, " said the priest; and from that mo-
ment felt an affection to him which never
afterwards waned.
They got him upstairs back into the room
from which he had been evicted, and was
carried off to the police station, where
positively spent the night. What a night
it was! had come direct from London,
sleeping on my road but once, in Dublin, and
now found myself accommodated with a
Istretcher In the police barracks at Bally.
moy And the worst of it was that had
business at Ballymoy which required that
should hold up my head and make much O.
myself The few words which had beer
spoken by the priest had comforted me,
and had enabled me to think again of my
own position. Why was locked up? NJ
magistrate had committed me. 1t was
really question whether had done any.
thing illegal. AS that man whom Father
Giles called Tom had very properly explain
ed, if people will have ladders instead o
staircases in their houses, how is anybody
! to put an intruder out Of the room without
risk of breaking the intruder's neck AnC
as to the fact-now an undoubted fact, tina
!. Father Giles was no intruder, the fault il
= that lay with the Kirwans who had tolC
! me nothing of the truth. The boards o
J. the stretcher in the police station were yer,
u hard, in spite of the blankets with which