The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-04
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY a 1867

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made a last desperate effort to shake him on.
But his strength was Eailing-he felt the
breath from, the horses nostrils, and heard the
whirr of the uplifted sabre as it was bran
dished to cnt him down; he wheeled short 70
evade the blow, when q shot was fired, and the
trooper tunbled dead at his feet. g. =. ,,ss.
Here-here ~ cried Darcy, as he sprang mp,
the ditch to help him over; and then ths
Whole party plunged into belt of stnnted
aiders which edged the shaking moss, where
pursuit became impossible.fa -irso 81 zsi,ia .E
| Mike and his followers wended their way
/ through the mountains, relieved, from all lear
of present, pursuit, their numbers every mo,
ffiefit au gmenting and before sunset he found:
| himself the recognized leader of some hundreds
of men, ~ he reelected on his Hasition, ne telt
perfectly bewldered to how he should act;
The prospect before him was discouraging in
tho extreme; some soldiers had been killed,
| and martial law would make qnick work OF It
| were he taken. He determined then, in the
| first instance to proceed to the house of one of
Col B1akes tenants, in the widest and most
1 inaccessible district of Erris,- where refresh.
/ mont and rest for the nightSBoall he5cheertni-
" Afforded. Night had fallen long. before they
j reached the spur of the mountain, along whose
PERCEPTIONS side the pathway ran which led 70
the sequestered spot where their intended h .5a
| highest point Of Kenmore, and instantly, as II
by magic, the tops and sides of the balls enT
closing the valley which they oyerlooEed were
I =. TneSss LANDED. at last tesnk HeayeI. z
e Wi se ys;Si pack again in the re,
yenge for Lord Edward, and hurra 4a 1or eio
Ireland" = ~ 80 ~ ..1s3l3R 80
roll the host with a hearty welcome Ihere
was but one alloy to the general rejoicing;
Jenny, the eldest son os the family, had gone
that morning to Castlebars to sell the produce
Of the dairy his return could not be expected
before next evening, and his parents were eg13
easy lest he should get into trouble, ana ,1al
NJ into the hands of the soldiers ALI were sonpe
l. asfeep except the two girls of the house, wh'
Z busily Piled their needles in the manufacta
X -ef green eeekaties fen the Febels, when singh
1, tap was heard at the door. The work stopped
d and the yotn 9, women looked at each other TO
II some minutes in silence. i X y, ~
J, aWhat can it be T" said one, in q whisper
g " the dogs didn't bark it can't he stranger.
i "yTis nothing;'n,rcplied her companion. i
d After a short interval; the knock was re
pesf Sether Of Mercy, defend usi Had not
It - No" replied the more courageous 4 I'll g
h end see.n tal5zsiJ ,.!-.ss - ,a-ia-t fauel
le Approaching the door, she gently demande
70 a Who was there ~ without receiving reply
et but she thought that she heard q fcctstep ies'
le aDontt open ii, ? cried her sister,'eit can
lie nothing that's good =, and they resumed the
AGAIN, there was another knock, still mol
1c ttistfuct g ones ea,t
te whining cry from the terrier, ms 4eitow-waec
n NJ FITS only the dogs" said the stout gir
,S " we forgot 20 give the poor beasts their su
iSS SERB She undid the bolt, the dogs eyinced
~ s!iaposition to enter, but bounded and caper
Ell towards the end of the house, as II deslrous
al attracting attention to that quarter
~, ~" ~ aTIoly Virgin save usp she exclaimed,
I she perceived by the light of the candle WIN
Do | she carried, a large spot of blood upon II
NJ NJ reast-wlere she had leant against the dot
"a a. | q It's Jenny that's hurtw and instantly
NO followed the dogs. At the end of the house
NO man lay stretched upon the ground, face
,ss dermosf; neither coat nor figure we're ner d
nT there. and she was about to fly back aga
of when the head of the prostrate person ~
nt-Eslo1y4y- raised and turned towards heE,-AS
He cred though he was with blood, she had
an Iiifflculty in recognizing ROddy, the Lido
re The exertion seemed too much for the poor
"a lows strength; his head fell heavily bs
hin was the child of theif cousin, and the girls
the ried him quietly in, without disturbing
ar one.,--ffot milk, mixed With the white OF eg
led sugar and whisky We're quickly given 70 =
VOC exhausted creature, which soon reanlma
,nT-.I him. He had shared in all the dangers Oh
1 to siege, and had nearly caused the destrae'
ant of the garrison-for he it was WHO nsa
och barred the window in the hope OF cauch
mst Pincher in the trap; and his awkwardness
by leaving the water betrayed the exlstence !,
nit the tunnel While looking back, as ne =
NV the ball fred by the Hsssan struck his retr'
M n ing forehead, along which it ran, between
off and BONE until it passed out at the top OF
rht head. The wound was severe, but not Dan
nost GUS, and the " natural" conscious that ne
mo- done something wrong, followed his comp
he'd ions without daring to join them on the ma
cal The day dawned upon the peaceiut va
he ! where Carroll and his neighbors dwelt in
10 n piness and comfort, secluded from the OF
y S world which they rarely visited except for
ians purpose of selling the surplus produce Oh
.ang fnTnls The mists were slowly curling mp
/ tS mountain sides, and the sun hadc ms pe
uers through the windows of CarrolPs cottage
rom fore the inmates rose from their relfesl
nj. n sleep all was then stir and hustle. Break
ther was eaten, Inuskets cleaned, and preParat
wed made for speedy departure.
1non AS they were about to leave, hofsemah
ans loped rapidly up the narrow roadi it was
life, ascertained to be Jenny DeiOre ne N''A