New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-24

notice . cornmotion in the multitud
and cries of ''the priest, the priest" an,
soon his whip lay around on ali sides, and
order restored. Anything he failed to &C
complish among his people was impossible,
for any man to do. He was endeared ant
respected, and of course loved. For where
Is the clergyman in Ireland who is not re
garded with the utmost consideration.
But on that Saturday evening there was
no commotion; a sadder subject occupied
the peoples thoughts. Many were cOngre-
gated in little knots before the market
house, discussing the sad spectacle of the
morrow, and the appearance Of young Att
wood and Ellen before the congregation for
loving unwisely and too we'll No person.
no. even their parents, dare disregard the
sentence; they dare not shelter them for a
single night; the penalty of such a trans
! gressiOn was too severe. They must depart
immediately; the town must not hold them
| for an hour.
Young Atwood, who had been in large
| cities and enlarged his experience by read
ing and study, did not fully recognize the
authority which assumed such great pro-
portions. He had married Ellen clandes-
timely but legally, and in accordance with
the usages Of civilized countries, but the
intelligence Of the people among whom he
lived, and, indeed, that of One-half of the
entire country. even at the present day,
were and are at variance with such liberal
ism in opposition to the church, and hence,
while he submitted to the custom and its
consequences, his anxiety alone was for
Ellen.
And now it was eight o'clock. Many old
people who knew the young couple since in
fancy, felt vital interest in them. and
spoke warmly of the virtues and amiability
of Ellen, and bore testimony to the manly
and heroic character Of young Atwood.
He was the son of my lords" steward, q
sullen and ill-tempered man, and unlike his
son in iberality and experience, as any two
men could be. The youth had often assisted
the farmers in their work; tossed hay, or
gathered the harvest and on that account
few cOuld raise their voices against him; he
was promising boy, Ellens senior by tive
years, and was good companion, as well as
good neighbor.
Father Flynn was sitting in his cottage,
when the report reached him that young
Atwood had been murdered, within a few |
hundred yards of Keogh's house, and that |
the latter had been arrested as the perpe- |
traitor of the deed. That the money and |
other valuables, on the person of the de- |
ceased had not been disturbed, and that |
death resulted from blow of some heavy 1
weapon, thrown from a distance, as no |
visible sign OF an encounter could be found.
That keOgh resisted the officers, when they |
attempted to arrest him, until he should
confer with his daughter, and also that they
were obliged to conduct both to Prison.
These tidings had a marked effect upon
the good pastor. He Immediately rose to
the officer. Word had already
gone aboard, and repeated the circuni-
stances of the deed: and, while no voice
was raised against the alleged murderer,
many expressed sorrow for the victim
Several persons, either through curiosity or
followed close behind until
hey arrived at the prison, but were de-
barred admittance on account of the COM
notion inside. He found the accused sitting
~ himself ON low truck bedstead by the
window, and gazing out with "a sad, vacant
Expression, into the moonlight. Ellen had
'een forced away to another portion of the
'uilding. The good man could not find it
n his heart to ask question. So we leave
hem, as the door closes and is fastened on
he outside, the.prisoner with rugged, manly
ace, guiltless as an infants; and the good
astOr, while taking his seat on the cot be-
ide him, squeezes the rough hand extended
, him.
1T is well, father. very we'll" And they
'oked, both contessor and penitcnt, out
pom the cold moonlight. struggling through
le strong irou-worh of the cell window.