The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-08-13
MISCELLANY.
Somebody's Escape.


In the old town of Limerick are many
fine houses, built when it was thought
that the town would stretch out by Lord
Care's, instead of going rs it did There
is Back Clare street, built of handsome
private houses, which were afterwards
let and sub-let cheap t. lodgcrs-muny oi
the lower class Of irades.pcuple. 1t was
in one of these houses that "A reduced
genllcwoman--Miss Sally Carmody-
lived, in Or about the year l7Gl. There
was II deal of French money sent in Those
TIMES, and some, it is thought, appropria-
ted 1t TO their own purpose.
Frank Authcr even, when he was
building Auther's Qnay, was accused of
having got some am quite sure this
was untrue; but the story was believed
because. you see, in those days it WAS
thought such an impulcnt thing for n
Catholic TO build whole quay! Three
times, they say, he wa, on the point of
being hanged but the Earl of Limerick
saved hun. However this might be.
Frank A'hhcr, being considered mighty
"uppi>h' Chat was the word) for Cath.
Ole, was suspected and not himself alone
but all who were lpown to he connected
with him. Authcrs wife was better
born than himself, and poor Miss Sally
Carmody was cousin of hers, and veil
known as such. So she, good old lady.
WAS under suspicion also.
all H.,
was obliged TO take in needle work TO
support herself. She was very skillCul
at her needle, and numbers of fine ladies
used to mount the stairs to her lodgings.
to enirust her with work they were mar.
ticuar about. One w,uld think there
could be nothing very dangerous in this
poor woman. Still being related TO Au-
thers wife, she WIS watched. and she
knew it. Above all, she lived in constant
dread of irllow-lodger who occupiel
the floor, Immediately below her. This
woman, who followed the calling of
clear siarcler, was an acrid. close un-
communicative little body-very indus.
trious but very odd in her wavs. She
was called by the neighbors "a bitter
Protestant :" consequently she was EN-.
ployed by all the Protestant ladies' of
Limerick, and was moreover weekly
pensoner OF some religious society. By
Miss Sally, the little protestant clear.
starchcr was looked upon as spy, and
dreaded and avoided accordingly.
One day, handsome cai riage stopped
at the door, and a laly of moiish appear
ance, having inquired for Miss Sally,
alighted, and assembled the stairs TO her
room. She had some very fac work
with her, and concerning this she had a
hundred instructions to give. Miss Sally
remembered afterwards, that while she
was talking about the work the lady 5
eyes kept glancing here and there rather
curiously. But as this was by no NE IN,
unusual in her fine lady visitors, il caused
her no uneasiness al the time. H,r Gus.
toner at last departed, and Miss Sally
resumed her occupation, suspended durinn
the rathor tedlons directions to which she
had to hearken.
The visitors eyes, however, had 70,
gone prying in vain. Inside the frcnt
room there was, as have1 often seen in
those old houses, a little room or closet,
without any window, only lighted by
means OF glass door connecting it with
the apartments without. 1t came out
subsequently that the fine lady spy had
seen the shadow Of man inside. In les,
than halt an hour the whole street wa.
filed with soldiers, and up into Ms,
Sally's room they came to secure their
prisoner. They knew he had not time
TO escape they also knew that from the
closet there was no second outlet so when
they were in the room without, the,
were sure that he was trapped
Into the closet, then, they thronred
General Duff at their head. But the
room was apparently empty. 1t wa.
without furniture, save a mattress, :
chair and table, on which were the rc
mains of meal. In one corner was {
heap OF fire wood, but not large enoupI
10 copceal man. for a moment The
soldiers were taken aback-next moment
they were treasured. there was a brick
ed up fireplace in the room and round 4
they all gathered At that time ther,
was tax called hearth money, and peo