The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-04-05
From the Catholic Worldl'
. NELLIE NETTERVlLLE;
ONE OF THE TRANSPLA
CHAPTER /.

The stream which divides the county of Dub
lin from that of Meath runs part of its course
through n pretty, rOck-strewn, notwithstanding
valley, crowned Mt its western end by the ruins
of castle, which, in the days of Cromwell, be-
longed to one of the great families OF the Pale
the English Irish, as they We're usually calien,
in order to distinguish them from the Celtic
race in whose land they had cast their fortunes.
A narrow, winding path leads from the castle
one cold January morning, in the year OF the
great Irish transplantation, IL young girl
wrapt i'll hooded nlnntle of dark cloth, which,
strong as it was, seemed barely suficleht 10 10
defend her from the heavy night fOgs still
rolling through the valley, hanging rock ahd
bush and castle turret in IL fantastic drapery OF
clouds, and then falling back upon the earth In
Il mist as persistent, and quite as drencmng, as
an actual down-pourof rain could possibly have
proved. Following the course of the Zigzag
stream, as halfhiddcn i'll the turze and bram-
ble it made its way eastward to the sea, n short
ten minutes walk brought her to a low hut Gt
could hardly DO called house,) built against u
iutting rock, which formed, i'll all probability,
the back wall OF tho tenement Here she
paused, and after tapping lightly on the door,
as "a signal to it's inmates, she turned, and
throwing back the hood which had hitherto
concealed her features, gazed sadly up ana
down the valley. In spite of the t1g-mists AMI
the cold, the spot was indeed lovely enough In
itself to deserve an admiring glance, even from
one already familiar with it's beauty but IN
those dark eyes, heavy, as it seemed with I'M
shed tears there was far less of admiration
than of the longing, wistful gaze OF one who
felt she was looking her last upon a scene she
loved, and was trying, therefore, TO imprint
uDon her memory even the minutest of its fea-
lures. For a moment she suffered her eyes 60
wander thus, from the clear, bright stream
flowing rapidly at her feet to the double line OF
fantastic, irregularly cut rocks which, crowned
with patches of gorse and fern smut OUT the
valley from the world beyond as completely as
if it had been meant to form separate king
dom in itself; and then Mt last, slowly, and as
if by "a strong and painful effort of the WI. she
glanced toward the spot where the castle $1,000,
with it's tall, square towers cut IN sharp and
strong relief against the gloomy background of
the sky A {" firm and Notwithstanding keep" 1T
was as the habitation of one who, come OF an
invading race. had to hold his own against all
in comers, had need to be; but while 1t rose
boldly from shoulder of out-jutting rock, like
the guardian fortress of the glen, the little vii
laCe which lay nestled ut its foot, the mill
which turned merrily to the music of it's bright
stream, the smooth terraces and dark woods
Immediately around it, the rich grazing lands,
with their herds of cattle, which stretched far
away as the eye could reach beyond, all seemed
to indicate thatits owner had been so long set
tied the spot as to have learned at iast 10
look upon it rather his rightful inheritance
than q gift of conquest. Castled keep ana
merry mill, trees and cattle, and cultivated
fields, the girl seemed to take all IN, IN that
long, mournful gaze which she cast upon them
but the thoughts and regrets which they forced
upon her, growing in bitterness as she dweit
upon them, became at last too strong for calm
endurance, and throwing herself down upon her
knees upon the cold, damp earth, she covered
her face with~both her hands, and burst into a
passionate tit of weeping. Her sobs must nave
Immediately afterward the door was cautiously
Enclosed, and ancient dame, with large
colored handkerchief covering her gray hairs,
and tied under her chin, even as her descend
evident resolve to see as much and be as little
seen possible i'll return, by the nPrSOn who