The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-10

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who Is gentleman by birth md education
and whose assumed gsrb oaght to hsve entitled
him to some considefatao1 IT least--but for
jour sr.tuitops ineslt. to TIE people q this
your ssss s s$.a Senssaet sa.ssd 4. a.
man of yea, h..x{Osi sysst fish 70 - nom then
man who refuses to drank ths toass i am now
shout to psoPpae, shall die by this hand, and
that, too, before he has time to Offer up >
There was no resource father, with .
CLEAN of triumph in his eye, although greatly
,astounde1 ut the sudden HfetAmoFphosis Of the
f5ia. led ths way and s; , stood srse Win his
'blingly, followed his example, when the friar
"a Repeat SITTER me! Ready! Nowr
"Here's success to the oause of 1relandl May
sword, fire, famine, snd destruction consume
her enemies and destroy the power of England
within her bordersw .8.a. -,,.
y" Drinkw he continued "Drinkp' he re-
with his glass;" 49,
In moment the bumper was drained to its
last drop, and my father and his three English
guests resumed their seats once moro.
Captain JONES'" resumed the patriot out
law, addressing one of the party, O. draw from
your bosom the papers that you received frpm
them ON this table before me-" la.--7,.
At the mention of these words, the individual
addressed staggered once more to his feet and,
deadly pale, stamnered forth some objections
regarding the betraysl Of his trust; and hest
tated for q moment to comply with the request
The papersw roared the outlaw. leveling
the pistol at the person addressed, while ter
rible expression overspread his face. The cap
tain perceived that there was not q moment to
lose, and hastily unbuttoning his jacket, drew
q small, thin parcel from an inside pocket. and
ID 1,k 49,
Read ~ continued the pretended hiar, hand
ing the paper to my father, who On receiving,
rose to his feet, and, standing BY the outlaws g
"Ths destruction Of the UBrisns has been
approved of at the Castle; but there is more
to he done yet. Tho removal of tho arch rebel,
security of English power in the district in
in Whatever manner you think best, and as
.ash 70 s h hearing Of
law. The act can be easily attributed to Cap
tain Rock and his mon, who arc known to be
lurking among the mountains, while You can
escape easily when the Protestant renegade is
silenced and his house in flames" JFafss.,.+
At this point the paper dropped from my
fathers hand, and he sank speechless In HIS
his assassins, and doubtless the assassins of his
family, and leave his house and homo in ashes
The silence which for some time! pervaded
the apartment after the reading of this docn-
ment, was again broken by the triar, who drew
from q capacious pocket Of the gown of which
he had Invested himself some strong thongs of
eel-skin, three of which he threw across the
table to the captain already mentioned, order
ing him to bind the hands of his two comrades
firmly behind their backs, and in such q way az
it would be impossible to extricate themselves.
This accomplished without q word; and
WAS found, upon inspection by the outlaw, to
have been completed in q manner the most eff
fsctual Turning to my father, he then re-
quested him to tie the hands of the captain in
n 0ervnilo Init ia
to be excused, as, hitherto, he had been in no
wise party to the transactions of the evening.
The friar, acceding to his request, hastened to
perform the operation himself, that the
three heroes soon sat before him as helpless as
newborn babes. Upon this, he once more,
Quilted the apartment, and beckoning the
house, and was lost in the darkness My father
expected his return; but from
that hour to the day of his death never luiti I
eyes again upon Captain Rock or his three
guests. The next morning only both myself, |
my mother and sister were made acquainted /
with the dreadful intentions of the English, |
and the awful transactions of tlAe night. Our
few hours of fearful experience, however, |
were not by any means the only ones of the |
character in the vicinity of the village, for all
the isolated houses in which any OF the soldiers
were billeted were visited by the Rockies and
relieved of their guests, who were carried to |
as hostages. My father, taking the |
hint embodied in the murderous document
disposed of his property during |
the ensuing week to a gentleman high in gov
eminent favor, and took shelter with his whole
household in the city of Dublin. Nor was it
until some time afterward that he was made
aware of the fact that the outlaws, who stood
in the darkness with two drawn swords at the |
door, the night of his adventure, were |
neither more nor less than Bridget and Barney, |
who, under the direction of the friar, distracted
the weapons from the sleeping-rooms of the
officers and impersonated his men, although
there was not a single one of his party in the |
vicinity of the house at the time.
Marriage is the best state for man in
general; and every man is worse man in
proportion as he is unfit for the marriage
state.