Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-02-21

! ndu rainier PUNISH Iuci1llOfHIefS.
t Not very loyal this of Suther-
{. lands correspondent, but such SEN
timents were not uncommon with
young officers in those days.
"Well," continued the writer,
"we went out, made our point,
and found the still; I will spare
you the details. 1t was in a sub
terranean room or cave in the mid
| die of the moors. The .distillers
had escaped, the informer got the
twenty pounds, and | a cold"
| Ihave said that this intelligence
annoyed Sutherland greatly; he
could not help fancying that the
"still," SO captured, was the same
whose existence he had promised
to conceal; and on his return to
the regiment, his suspicious were
turned into certainty by a descrip-
ton of the place from whence it
had been taken.
Time went on. Again Suther-
land was out shooting upon the
moors at some distance from the
spot of his former adventure; again
the mist gathered round him;
again he lost his way, and the
| night drew on. His position re-
called vividly to his mind the
events of the first evening, and,
| asif to make theresemblance great
| er, out of the thick darkness rose
a tall figure which the sportsman
Immediately recognised as that Of
his guide and host in the secret
chamber.
The recognition was mutual,
but to the officer the ideas which
it awakened in his mind were far
from pleasant.
"This poor fellow" he said to
himself, twill most certainly con-
meet me with the loss Of his still.
1t is a lonely place to meet with
an angry and desperate man, and
| he has doubtless companions with
in call. / am in for it, sure enough.
Well, if must fight | must, but
| will speak him fair at all events" ;"
So he looked gravely in his old
acquaintance face, who returned
the glance with quiet smile.
$50 ye are lost again.. are YEP
he said; "sure it's a pity but them
ye belong to don't take better care
of you, ava; and you'll be wanting
a lodging again, I'll be bound for
it, such as you had onst before" "
And his countenance, to Suther
lands suspicious eye, assumed an
ominous expression.
"Ihave heard of your loss" he
said, "and / swear to you that |
had nothing to do with it. kept
my promise faithfully, | was
away when your property was
taken; never mentioned it to any
body before or afterwards, | assure
you upon my honor" ]"
as it your promise, sir?' re-
Piled the Irishman; "shure and
why wouldn't you keep it? And
didn't / know when [ took you to
the ould place that you would keep
it, by your honest young face?
Would | have taken you there at
all at ali if / hadn't? Is it the likes
of you that would turn informer?
Bad cess to the whole seed and
| generation Of them! The curse OF
Cromwell be upon all those in-
forming villiansP'
. aWell," " said Sutherland, 81 am
| glad that you did me the justice
to think that | kept the secret.
However, it got abroad"
| "Keep the secret, your honor!'
said the other, with an inexpress-
Iible look Of slyness upon his good
natured face; twill your honor
keep another if I ten you one?"
s'Surely," replied the officer,
"if you like to trust me-
! Swell, then, by dad,e laughed
! Paddy,1tI 4 don't see how Lam to
help tiff you are to get food and
lodging, and maybe thrife Of
drink, this night on the moors.
1t was the informer that your
honor. was spsking about, and the
ould pot, the poof ould pot, which
is gone entirely anyhow And
he shook his head with q conlical
air of gravity. eli
"And troth and she was q poor
ould pot, and you see she was
worn out next to nothin, and she
done me many good turn theselas1
4 ten years, more or less, and sE1t