The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-06-27
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TIM MURNAGH.

TIN MURNAGH.
/ i remember as well IS If it were yes
terday, the time OF the troubles il
Emmett's risin', though l was but
gossoon then. We lived 40 near the
Gap OF Ballinaseorney, about nine
miles fTom Dublin, ut the foot Of the
big mountain OF Sscham .,and in that
lonely out oi-tEe-way pi&ce It was
not much we heard but rGmors of
what was going OF. But one lovely
Summer mornin' my father came
home from Dublin market With his
face IS long as ny arm.
"&ushG, what ailg ye at all, at ali ~
says ny mother "did ye ate any
thin that disagreed wild ye?'' says
she.
'Neither bit nor sup saws he,
''has passed my lips this day. /
hadn't atunich for il. I gee what
! never seen befGTe-Ggad men lyin'
in the streets. Tue boys riz last
night aud murdered the cbiei jpcaice
in Thomas street, and there's tegribIe
slaughter goin' on, and the boys is
bet and Is Iunnin' in oil directions 20
the mountains fax, pIn aieard Of
my life of bain' took for one u them,
though be this an ba tBai Pm "a IN
nocent as al ANGEL soys ne.
"Suro you're innocent" says my
mother, ".ad ! have the good con
science, what have yen to fear? Pm
ashamed ofyou, Tim Murnagh" says
she-ior she was q mighty sensible
woman, was my mother, and there
was not . man in tie whole barany
but was afraid of her, and my iatEer
most Of all. On! ii did you good TO
hear the talk of her when she was
was reused.
"Anyway you're just in time, ,"ssys
she, "ior the mare has slipped her
spancilelan' maple It's over the Gap
she is nov, with her neck brucS, all
OWN 70 your bein' IN Dublin instead
o. miDGln' the stock. Oh, / know
yer ways, Tim Murnagh, my man.
says she.
Well, uy father slinked of with
himscii,in way he had when mother
disc9ursed him, and vent T. look al
ter the mare. And he was net long
gone, when 3 gentleman rode up to
the door, sn' the eyes nearly dropped
OUT O. me at ihe sight OF nina. Bedad,
l thought he was no less than Bony
himself he had lovely green uni-I
form on him, an a proud military
look, an 1 remembe the pale hsnd
some :ace of the big dark eyes to tlis
day,
"Will yOu hide hunted man ~
he said II am Robert Emmett Of
whom you may have heard there
is a price on my head, and 6r3goOns
are not far behind me.'
sArrah," says ny m5theT, "I
wouldn't turn q pig from the door,
that KEN TO it with a price on its
head, let alone gentleman"
'IwOuld not be acting fairlYtc you"
said he, "if / did not remind you o' |
the danger you expose yourself 20 in /
shielding me. But 1 am a. your /
mercy" /
"Oh, il trotL, I'm not afesrd oi /
heggoncts CT dT&goOEs,' says my |
mother OTIS the .mare Pa thinkia'
of-thas that bostacor Tim-but /
come in, sir, come ir.-Here, Pstscy,"
sa-s she to me, onunt the garran
that the gentleman rode into the .
brakes. Fax, 3iGjOr Sir wouldn't
find bin there. Sure, il they seen !
the horse, sir, it would be al! up with !
you. OFF with you, Patsy -
Away | went On the back Of the
cid pantia' hose 10 the waterfall in !
the Lezd Of tie Gap, ard TUNED him |
loose there, pitched :hs saddle and
bride IN 9 boghole, an to make Enore
sure. gu1 q spanc6es on the horse to
keep him there, and back come
w0Dderin' what Touid come @! i al.
WeIi,wlcr 7 cane 20 the Lcrcen goil'
up 70 Che farm, ! heard G c.atteria'
ard tr0:tiG' behind me, snd sure
er0ugh there were Tie Dragons. I
cTep. along the griEe till got 20 M
mother, ,ani ted her wha. had saen.
"YCE'Te just IN time," says she ;
"coIac in here. Mind,' says she,
she hes had the typhus favor, and
you are bathin' his head there's
the vet cloth"
On, Il you seen the look OF hin Il
Tie bed-the white hunted face Of.
him, an the long hair, an' Tie roTlin'
eyes IN troth, it was as good 2
favor as ever you coiud see
Well, Gut vent mother into the
yard, and soon heard Ioui cgrsin'
ard taIkin' outside.
s-He cane this way, l tell you, wo
man"
"Bedad. al if lie did, he didn't
stop here" says my mother as bold
ss re Place. "But sure you can
sarch the house, gin'Iemia, If ye Ike .
So, closer came the step. and = big
man in & red coat d4rkcned the door
way
Goa, step aisy, sep aisy. for the
love Of heaven :" said my mother; !;
"My boy is down with the favor.
He dropped into it last week. and it's
a:eard | an OF bis dyin', I am, the
darliG', for his brother went wi;h i
lady-day, with spots on him as big IS
pla!es'
Well, would Iot Ike % mention
tae curses that KEN from ny bo1!d
warrior when he heard this. Any
way be didn't core in, 81 : / heard
him outside, cougbin'. ald sylii,n
and blown lis nose, and in Q few
minutes away the troop OF them gzl
ioDned Nothin' I3o-e happened, and
~ .verin' came on, bu, not sign
ot NV father could be seen any where.
For once in my life 1 seen ny mothsr
in g fright
a,Iaybe the sogers Aai taken him.
lravbe he had drop; an icil over
the GAP. Maybe he couldn't GEi The
T,q-e. an was afeard to come home.
NIaybe-" She wss an InjsnIous wo-
man, and It was wonderful the
.bouobts t.at KEN into her head.