The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-24

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ss e 90, d, +.s,. ! NEW orr
The result 'Sortunately jnsEfAed tie conf
dence Of the, elder horseman. No s0one
sooner had she reached the Wide bottom o.
the glen below, than she checked hor horse
suddenly, and turning him almost before
he had time to suspect her intentions, gal.
Hoped him up the hill again with such right
good will that he was glad enough to stoT
and breathe of his ":vn accord, by tho time
she had rejOined her companions.
Relieved from all anxiety on her account,
the old CrOmwellinIi officer, for such his
scarf and embroidered shoulder belt an
nounced him, turned the Walls of his wrath,
| as even the best men viii upon such Occn-
, sions, upon those who, however unwilling
[! ly, had been the cause of the disaster. In
the present case Nellie and her grandfather
| We're only too, evidently, the offenders, and
the storm was accordingly sent full upon
their heads. They were still standing in
the recess formed by the. shoulder of the
retreating bank, and Nellie, by an un-
conscious movement of girlish timidity had
| retired behind Lord Nettcrville. he formed
! for IL moment the chief figure in the group.
Thoroughly reused and wakcned up at thus
| finding himself unexpectedly face to face
| with his ;f1ch enemies, the old man stood
out upon the foreground like picture, his
eyes sparkling, his white hair falling on his
shoulders, and a grave and noble pride i'll
his very attitude which belied alike the
meanness of his apparent station and the
Disagreement of his stained and travel
worn attire. The latter, indeed, consisting
entirely Of the so-called (" Irish weeds,n the
Cromwellian officer naturally enough con-
cluded him to be a native, and addressed
him, accordingly, in such terms of contemp-
tuous abuse as it was too often the Saxon
fashion of those unhappy times to bestow
upon the Celt. -.
:" How now, thou Irish dogf' How hast
thou dared, thou and thy wench, to cross
our path, and SO put the life of the Lords
elect in danger? Give place at once and
let us pass, If thou yvOuldst not that should
do unto thee as did at Tredngh, where my
sword, from the rising even to the setting
of the sun, wrought the vengeance of the
Lord on an idolatrous and misguided peo-
ple." -"
Lord Netterville; during this agreeable
harangue, had stepped right into the centre
of the path, so that the other could hardly
have passed him without q struggle, and he
barely awaited it's conclusion ere, with
eyes flashing fire, he violently retorted:
"sIrish dogr sayest thouf Learn, thou
1nmannerly Saxon churl, that my blood is
as English, perhaps more so, than thine
own and certainly from nobler fountain.
am of the English pale" he continued, |
uTaWluS himself Ills uGlSnC, anu /
gaining in dignity what he lost in passion,
" and one of no mean standing in it either
a NetterviIle of the old Norman race, since |
the days of the first Plantagenet."
"Lord Netterville-father!" said the
young Amazon in a low voice, pushing her
with her riding whip in order to
attract his attention. 1t must be the Lord /
Netterville of whom there was some ques-
ton, remember, when you were in nego-
tiation for these lands"
'Ha, wench! thou also to blaspheme ~
he cried, turning furiously upon her.
g Knowest thou not there is but one Lord,
and that the pride of them that assume his
titles stinks in his nostrils like the burning
pitch of Tophet. And thou" he added,
himself to Lord Netterville, sin
vain dOst thou boast of thy race or lineage
1Oubt not, been so often renewed in the
blood of the Irish as to have little or naught
eft of English honesty or honor to bestow
lpOn their owner" -
" Little or much," cried the old lord fnri-
'usly, if tllou, black dog of Cromwell MS {
hou art, will but dismO,int and bid one of
by lackeys put u sword into my hands,
will show thee that in spite of my seventy I
ears and odd, have still enough of Eng I
ish manhood left to chastise impertinence, t
wherever or in whOmsoever / may chance f
o find it," y. go a
"Sir," cried Nellie, terrified at the turn t
fairs were taking, and placing herself be- 4
ween the disputants, {" there is no need for
ii these haunting words and bandying of C
arsh challenges. In peace have we come 9
ither, and we do but seek to possess our t
wn in -peace-their honors, the commits g
toner's at Loughrea, having assigned to us Fl
UT residence amidst these mountains" a
Residence !" cried the Officer,-roused at h
nee into a far more bitter and personal
ceiling than the sort of proud contempt, h
yhirb all tbot l,o hnI hithaptr dair I'd &
D bestow upon the strangers. Residence v
mong these mountains, dost thou say a
lay, then, young maiden, thou hast mis- c
AIKEN thy mark, and that most widely, h
ince all these lands, as far as the eye can "a
this land of Murrisk, which we q
lishn i