The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-26

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from the corner.
And with that sat down on the old ksh
that had been filed with turf and pulled
out my pipe and began to smoke. l could
distinguish objects now in the gloom. There
was just heap of children in the corner,
with an old rag covering them, sleeping just
as sweetly too, as if they'd been wrapped
in down; and there was the mother of them
with the babe at her breast, and Terence
lying doubled up with his head in his bos-
ON but never another soul in the hut.
Take draw of pipe, mon," said / !;
'and don't be down-hearted.'
gave him my bag of tobacco, and he
found pipe in the corner, and began to
smoke.
Yen no have wee drap whisky in the
house? p said.
'Divil drap your hammers left us, said
the man, dryly.
Take pull at my flask, then,' said l.
And Terence took it and drank Some
how felt more comfortable then, / was
safe as long as l was inside the cabin.
Il suppose you know what I've come
here for, Terence?' said, after while.
| ooh, what will we do, what will we do !!
Oh, Terry, Terry, will we leave the chill
dren to starve and the babe that hangs to
me breast? Oh, hone! Oh, hone'
| 'Whisht, woman, dye hear? Mayhap it
isn't so bad as we think. Mayhap his han
ner will give us a week or two, while the
praties come out of the ground and
1 shook my head.
Il can't do it, Terence it's queens job,
you know
And if the queen were spoken to, yer
| hammer, said the woman-'shes had babes
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, interrupting her.
There is way, said. If Terence will
show Inc the road to the still up among the
boys, he'll be let off his imprisonment, and
happen get twenty pounds into the bargain
ooh, Terence darling, darling, do you
hear that? Do you hear what his hammer
tells you? Go on to your knees, Terence,
and thank his hanner!
But l saw Terence was not to be shaken ;
he thrust away from him the clinging arms
of his wife.
do you know that it's an informcr he
wants me to be? I'm ready to CO., he said,
getting up and coming toward me. Come
along, yer hammer, afore my heart breaks
entirely
"All right, Terence we must walk across
to where the Dublin road crosses the tail of
the bog. We shall have plenty of time to
catch the coach
is it the coach I'll have to go by ,? Won't
it cost a power of money!?
| Seventeen shillings the fare, two shfl-
lings the coachman, a shilling for refresh
ment you'll cost the country, pound al
together, Terence 30 !.
"A pound, your hanneri a whole pound !
| n 70 taE n thAs1sl, .c
| to prison? Oh, your hammer said Terence,
his face lighting up all of a sudden, If yed
only give the pound to the misthress, to
keep the childer and the babes while lie in
the Jail, I'd run.b by the side, yer hammer; ye
should never take your eyes off me. All,
| I'd bless your hammer all the days of my
life, and the childer should learn to pray
for you, and the old mother, that's almost
in the grave, shall entreat the queen of
| Heaven for your SOUL
l was young and soft-hearted then; l
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 gate if you fail me, am
ruined by my Kindness to YOU.
III be there, your honor, by the holy
cross, said Terence, crossing himself de-
voutly, to give effect to his words.
| didn't feel comfortable, either, but
wouldn't go back from my word, so made
my way across the heath. Terence showed
me my route till we came in sight of the
Dublin road-a white streak in the
darkness-an then he went Looping on his
way by some inscrutable tracks across the
hills.
After had waited some time the coach
came up; the four seats were full and
took my place behind, where there was no.
body but an old woman, who was fast
asleep, propped up by some boxes.
seated myself beside the old woman and
went to sleep too. The coach stopped al
Montmellick to change, and that reused
me, and then Iheard my own name called.
'McAlister Saunders McAllister are
you there?'
Sure enough am said, jumping up
and rubbing my eyes who wants mey
A man clambered up to the roof of the
coach with dark lantern in his hand
which he flashed full upon me and the old
woman-still asleep.
You've got your prisoner all right, then!
said the man.
what do you know about prisoners
said |, sulkily and what do you mean by
routing fellow about just rs he's com
IOTtuDIy scttlcu
OH says he, loftily; mo hairs witt
me ; I'm your new supervisor.
Now I'd written Just note to our super
visor, old Blathery, decent old fellow al
ever lived: Dear Bladder,-I going t.
take prisoner to Dublin, tonight, and al
come back I'll come and see you, an(
we'll have gey willie waught for ault
lang syne..
ing kind of chap, with big teeth, that made
quite shine, as you may say, Yes, In
your new supervisor, and I'm astonishet
that you should make so free with your su
perior officer as to write such letter u
him as that got, tonight. But I'm glae
to see you've got your prisoner all right
I'm going up to Dublin, too. I've got {
prisoner, and there's nobody else to TAXI
him, so I'm going myself.
why, where's Blathery? said |.
Suspended sure to he dismissed.
And Tomkns and Jones, the officers
Suspended too
Guide save us = said /; and what's tina
!. for?'
Il can't tell We all, but can tell We thi
much: They were constantly taking pris
oners to Dublin castle and getting paid TO
their coach-fare and expenses, and all thu
while they'd be driving them up in cart
! they'd borrow from their friends for moth
ing; and there was one impldent fellow
made his prisoner walk, and claimed hi
, fare just the same
And was ii for that they suspended en-
Wasn't it enough-to be defraudinl
} the revenue ? I'm glad to see we've go
your man safe alongside you, for by lingo
Ii I'd caught you at those tricks, I'd hav
been the dismissiOn of you.
Well, felt my heart 60 down into m,
, boots. What on earth was to do ? Sur
, enough, the next time the old woman woke
, I'd be discovered, and then what would b
| the end of 1t? I'd be dismissed in disgrace
, and ruin my prospects for life /; and thel
5 poor Katie Stewart, who was waiting TO
, me up in Kirkcaldy, waiting till Id get M
r next rise lnmy salary-Oh whatever woul'
/ dor just catch me doing a work Q
I mercy and charity again 30 Lord