The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-31
TALES AND BALLADS,
NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL.
Written for The Irish Republic.
Lucien Hamar-A Students Story.
BY T. IRWIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND.

BY 7. IRWIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND
CHAPTER I.
From the year 1906 $780, there young named
Lucen Hama who had resided for several years in the
neghborhood of Dublin respecting whom little more
known than that his parents had died while he child
and hat although in independent circumstances he lived
lonely students life in large but decayed old mansion in
the neghbohood of portion of which he had lifted
up according his fancy and where he passed his days
rounded by considerable library and few Gnc paintings
which he had nheritedpantngs by the great masters of
Italy, in which country he born. He spoke English flu
emily and several other languages; and though secuding
himself totally not only from social circles but public
notice. occasionally entertained foreign visitor of the
age himself and remarkably like him in appearance who
generally arrived at Christmas and after remaining fort
night So departed This little more all that the
old housekeeper he had engaged to attend to his domestic
comforts could tell her gossps of Lucen Hamar life
eccentric in of his years and apparent circumstances
would doubtless have attracted attention. had he lived in the
city but the old house he had chosen his resd
ence and which he had purchased being situated in then
unfrequented district union with his solitary life caused
him to pass unnoticed.
Early in the month of May in the last mentioned year,
Mrs Bonar the old houekeper alluded to- surprised
to learn from her MASTER that he about to pass few
weeks by the seaside for this was tappeared the first time
since his arrival that he had quilted his residence for single
night and having packed up couple of trunks containing
Clothes books papers, he went off evening in coach,
for which he had dispatched to town. leaving
his housekeeper and her NIECE who had been sent for from
distance to bear her company during his Absence and
whom he gay, but impressvey, charged to hold
he occupied locked and suffer any persons to
enter them until his return.
The place he had selected turned out for the coach
had driven by the park into Dublin before he
informed OF his employers destination Malahide then
little fishing village of few struggling cottages about nine
miles north of the capital Had he travelled fifty miles, he
could have selected retired locality than this
nehborhood where long intervals red brick mansion
situated amid fields stood isolated amid its cluster of Trees
distance from the long roadway where the coast
extended its long grassy and sandy barrows in either direc
on north and south from the village where vast stretch
of sands left dry retreatng tide whose sounds and
those of the wind alone interrupted the silence of the SOL
ude. That night Lucien Hamar put up little tavern
in the hamlet The day he sroled about the beach for
hours and his return had his luggage conveyed to
old Cromwellian CASTLE which stood about mile from
the village the rocky high shore fronting the
single all that remained of the original structure
to which the farmer in possession had connected large
matched house in which his family resided The man was
amazed when Lucen having asked permission to inspect the
rooms that urret which in toerabe repair stated
that he wished to occupy them for few weeks ana t rse
bunty refused to let them until words by
the ola couple and he
set actively to work preparing for his reception Rude as
these apartments were they were quite suited to Lucien
Hamar whose chief object as he sad to enjoy the
air and rambe for heas sake about the stretching sands
of the lonely district The farmer indeed despite the salts
factory nature of the arrangement could not refrain from
regarding with certain suspicion gentleman, apparently