The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-28


open tracts along the The gray mare however seemed
rather like it. and match her speed with that of the icy
tempest that followed gushing along the path and bowling
through the rocky ways and the white barren wood
lands The traveller stopped at Newtown refreshed himself
and his good seed and pushed through the desoate,
stormy day. stopped again at Wicklow, and again pushed
forward.
The good gray mare was beginning to show signs of
WEAKNESS the already lay Deep and the Wild dreary
winter night had fallen around the traveller entered the
Vale Of Avoca For miles he had not encountered way
arer and though the route well known to him he began
feel harrassed melancholy and benumbed and to wish for
comrade bear him company toward his destination which
he than doubted be would be enabled to reach at
any seasonabe time that night when he aroused by the
sound of galloping behind him, and in couple of
minutes mounted black horse at his side.
"a wild night sir" said traveller No 2, he up.
"Wd and cold with vengeance" said first acquant
ance, who like the other, figure of snow land
felt it perhaps than you, sir from my having just
arrived from tropical climate
There you error for too have but arrived of late
from the Southern States of America"
"And from jamaica
eve should be wondrous kind, then, if feow-feeing
makes so said traveller No. busting the CONCEALED
from his coat and saddle. "Do you journey far
to-night?
81 be able reach Corey, but my horse is
knocked up doubt whether shall reach my friends house
at any for dinner. have been riding all day from
Dublin hither."
Like myself; and also, stop at Corey, and shall be
happyto bear you company, said the second horseman
tremendous gust of wind and here enveloped them
they rode along exposed way for time neither
spoke but squirting their horses and bending the blast
eneavored shelter themselves from the cutting drifts of
see which beat against them from the At length after
hard struggle with the blast they reached struggling
village where they had difficulty in making out the
shebeen house, every door and window being blocked by
the drift At length the door of the humble hostel sought
for opened they procured hot grog, inquired the
length of the way they had yet which they told
seven miles, remouned and proceeded their
While under cover the travellers for the first time had
opportunity of observing each other Both seemed about
the age of equal STATURE strange say remark
ably alike in appearance 1t possibly this circumstance
together with increased cordially elected by the daught
they had TAKEN which induced first acquaintance say
GAS have ridden long together, sir it is time we
should be acquainted with respective titles My name
| is Maurice OKeton"
"And my is Terence Stanton returned his comrade.
"Have you been long in Jamaican"
"Seven years ago." said OKeton, !" distant relative,
dying bequeathed small plantation theisland which
have worked since then-with tolerabe success, may
add"
"I is eight years since purchased property in Ken
tucy said Stanton and have also madea fair thing of it
besides that the climate agrees with me- and propose
turning when have arranged a certain little matter" he
added laughing which, indeed has been the of my
revisiting Ireland"
OKeon silent for moments after which he said:
presume FRIEND from your Manner that it is matrimo-
NAL project you contemplate if the purpose for which
we have both returned the old island is the same"
Gath, you right" said Stanton
During the last mile change had over the
night the had sunk into temporary ull and the
full moon shone dmly out through flying Clouds that
the travellers could now see each other clearly.
"Shorty before crossed the Atlantic continued Stanton
"I became acquainted with young lady, to whom took
fancy at the house of friend in Dublin. Our intimacy was
indeed brief for the long eight years since then have
maintained constant correspondence The Arab thanked
his gods who gave him pen for tongue and paper for