Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-22

land don't be dOwn-hea D."
1 gave him my bag Of tobacco, and he
found pipe III the corner, ID b., an to
smoke.
"Ye'l no have a wee Crap whiskey in
the house ?" | said.
"Diyil drap your banners left us, :"
said the man, dryly.
Take pull at my flask, then, " said /.
And terrence took il and drank. Some
how ielt more eomfer,alls thea. L was
inside tho cabin.
81 suppose ycu know what I've come
here for, Terenee2" | said, after a Will c
As though this had been preeoncerted
signals, the wife here burst out with loud
lamentations the old grandmother raised
a feeble "Wirru, wifru!" rocking herself
backward and forward inner chair;lhe chill
dren in the corner, aroused by the noise, be.
gan TO wall and ery and the little babe
at the breast howled dismllly in concert
whist, whist !" shouted Terence, an
grily; would ye take all the heart out
of me, aud bring me to shame before his
hanner?"
oh. what will We do, what will we
dc! Oh, Terry, will ye leave the children
to starve and the babe that hangs to me
breast? Oh, hone! Oh, hone !"
whist, woman, dye hear9 Muybap
it isn't so bad as we think. Mayhap his
hammer will give us a week or two, while
the pratles come out of the ground and
| shook my head
II can't do it, Terence it's queens
job, you know"
"And if the queen were spoken to, yer
hammer" said the woman-"she's had ba-
hies of her own,-she wouldn't take the
husband away from me, that wasn't to
blame at all except with being too good
natured with those two black villains
"Hold your tongue, Bridget" shouted
Terence, interruptiog her.
There is way" [ said. "If Terence
will show me the road to the still up among
the bogs, he'll be left off his imprisonment,
aud happen get twenty pounds into the
porgain,"
"Oh, Terence darling, do you hear
that? Do you'hear what his hammer tells
you? Go Oh to your knees, Terence, and
thank his hanner!"
But saw Terence was not to be shak.
en-; he thrust away from him the clinging
arms of his wife.
do know that it's an informer he
wants me to be ? I'm ready to CO." he
said, getting up and coming toward me
"Comc along, yer hammer, afore my heart
breaks entirely"
''All right, Terence we must walk
across to where the Dublin road crosses
the tail of tkc bog. We shall have plenty
of time to catch the coach"
us it the coach III have to 90 by I
Won't it cost power Of money ?"
Seventeen shiilins the fare, two shll.
ings the coachman, shilling for refresh.
men; ; yod'll cost the country pound al
together, Terence"
"A pound, your hammer! a whole
pound a golden sovereign to take the
likes Of me to prison? Oh your hammer, y
said Terence, his face lighting up all of q
sudden "If ye'd only give the pound to
the misthrcss, to keep the childcr and the
babes while | lie in the Jail, Id run by
the side, yer hfnner yo should never
take your eyes off me. All, I'd bless
your hammer all the days of my life, and
the childer would learn TO pray for you,
and the old mother, that's almost in the
grave, shall entreat the queen Of Heaven
for your SOUL
| was young and soft-hearted then;
couldn't withstand the sight of so much
distress | gave him the sovereign, which
he handed over to his wife. "Now, Ter
ence," | said, IL shall trust to your honor
BY 10 o'clock tomorrow morning you
must be at Dublin castle gate if yol
fail me, am ruined by my kindness tt
YOU
"rll be there, your hammer, by the ho
ly cross" said Terence, crossisg himse
devoutly, to give effect to his words.
| didn't feel comfortable, either. but
would not 60 back from my word; so
made my way across the heath. Terenc'
showed me my route till we came in sigh
of the Dublin road "a white streak il
the darkness, and then he went lopinl
on his way by some inscrutable track
across the hills.
After I'd waited some time the, coacl
came up; the front seats were full and
took my place behind, where there wa
nobody but an old woman, who was fas
asleep, proped up by some boxes. | seat
ed myself beside the old woman, an
went to sleep 100. The coach stopped a