The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-10-19

! I offered toEhelp her on With the cloaI
1 and 9 wrap her in thss shawl; :
could. not remain-below, 3he morning
twas so pleasant"
+ 81 think we are pretty sure af
calm passage"
am glad Of that, tor my compan
ipn'ssake. 0d anoa goods saiIon my
self"
= "abS yJ&d Of NOT afthi Psf 6ff the chill
there is always a cold mist over the
sea at this hour %
/ "Qh, motthe least afraid" 00.k o
1 remember with queer distinct
ness how odrScoHSersation grew, bat
I doubt whether it would, be as inter,
esting to others as It was to me. In
fact, before tha sun rose-Aand "a beau
tiful dawn it was, flushing over the
far edge 6f the'greeni waves-we had
become strangely ccop6dential. Rer7
haps I ought rather to say1 had
The lady listenedowith interestienougf
to encourage me, and ct last / told
her what was bringing me to Ireland.
b ri am to edit aopaper,ofor a an old
woman"
be- %Indeedl itwasoa strange notion
of yours, this adventure. How odd
it would turn out if she were widow
and you were to marry her L There is
subject for three volumns for you
5att onec.q 90. cot o9,2 CO..
81 should, be sorry to marry in
Ireland. Irish ladies, understand
oG A littlegnod of the head, half Qsatir-
ical and half coquettish, warned me
Of the bluhder'I was about TO make.
re s'But I didu'tsothink youoqyeret
Irish"
os rYas, quite drish3 an'p3sry proud
of the fact,'I assure YOU" "a,
% I fastened at once to apologies for
Che tone in which IghRd spokenea 6he
took my explanation in the best good
tIunoTl0.i 0S; COT Cox oQ,f
oe The hay of Dublin was now open
ing before us, and can at this mo-
rnent call to mind the loveliuess Of that
summer morning the deep emerald
tinge of the sea. the Wicklow hills,
like purple cloudsHi the distance, the !
heavy, eyed gulls floating 1 curiously
ac,oss, and sometimes getting tangled
in smoke and seeming to dissolve i'm
it to the size Of white butterflies. ~
There were very few people on deck
the quay draws nigh, and one by one
passenge:s appetr. al think 1 had
bstter say good-bye-to you now"
~ And she held out her hand with a
sweet, uncouci ms tranSness. TfpEsJ :
Good.byo.so 1ithu<t We may 4 come
across eaclr either again. Perhaps
you would tell me your name :" Pc. -..'- -. :. !.
She smiled for, a second, and then,
with an ;expressiomfull of fun, glanced
from me to one of her boxes lying
outside the great pyramid of lug
gage @ r - .. -. - l.-:'is, -, =, =
l understood her at once. We par77
ted, and 1 carefully wrote down, '"Miss
Wentworth, Mountjoy square, Dub.
lin" the name and address inscribed
on tine trunk. yrR fo zE--I 5dgis 1
a: ...e:i9. f....e9sS 4" 7ht!s-si i,nk sod
,.---.-. ,.,. CHAPTER 1LldsIrarfst sz|
, Late the next night I arrived at
the Castletown Arms, having perform
ed the last. twenty miles of the journ-
ey ON stage-coach' !lhMy first inn
pressions of Castletowrf were similar
to.those to, which johnson gave such
utterances wien Boswell
told him--aSir. We are now,sIn Scot
Land!,s' In the morningsl found it
to procure a cold bath ; !
but, instructed BY garrufous waiter,
found my way to a river which PFomz
ised capital angling. lon returning
from plunge and a swim, I went in
to a shop to purchase copy the Cas-
tletown Eagle, and L thought I could |
scarce do better. than have IA, 1ehat1
with the shopkeeper touching its 'lo-
cal Circulation and influence 'iHil Si9
5@Have an, Aigle, is it?"' BE, gor
have bad luck to thin for Aigles !
81 thoughtit was eonsidereda a veiyI
zood paper.eb isefdSil sd5 1i5s o3 i
aq.Ye don't know what they call It
in Cork, thin %. replied, the fellow,
with that sort of indiscribable. grin
which comessfrom an Irishman's face,
when he issenioying thesfretasteldof "a
oks; ''they eallsatheE EAigie'the Goose
and in my opinion they're right. % = r., Il
Notwithstanding the ! very Limited
up to that period with the
ournal inquestion,o i confess it was
with no slight feeling of annoyance
hat 1 walked Is break FAST after. this
ofsiits5 While at The, repast, 4
remembered that the first thing I had
edo was to see the gentltman whom
was to succeed, : ihand TwhoB Isthad I
was to remain in Office at
east fortnight after my arrival i
flames, take mime ! cawrd, g. j
,eard . deens proUl from, the hafI Ioi,t-f