The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-01-25

times as bad, should 60 all the same.
Could rest here and feel that he was in
danger -
But, my lady" pleaded, '.let me call
Masters, and order the dog-cart for YOU.
Will not Sir George he annoyed il he
meets YOU alone and unprotected upon the
road, such night as This? Indeed, my
lady, such exposure would kill You. lou
have not the strength to endure it y
Anne she said, iinpatiently, ''you
shall obey NE at once. Ii YOU are afraid
to obey me, cowardlv girl, remain here
but yoi shall arouse no one. | am not q
child to be dictated to. | could walk from
one end of Connaught to the other, by day
or night without receiving even a disre-
specttul look Bring 4 heavy shawl at
once =
! saw it was useless to reason. SO
wrapped my mistress up as warmly as her
impatience would allow, and unlasteneG
the ponderOus bolts aud bars Of the great
hall door to allow her to pass out. Out IN
to the ,nky blackness Of the night | toll
lowed her-across the park. and then out
on the high road.
| thought my mistress had gone mad.
As for the banshea, had always despised
superstition, and did not believe in ii in
the least concluded 1t once that It must
be a trick Of Sir Georges, for he was very
fond OF practical joking, and knew that
he would be well punished for it when he
Saw the fright he had given my lady.
The moon had Disappeared, and i was
pitch dark, 50 that we could not see u yard
before Us Those Irish roads are nothing
to boast Of, assure YOU; at every step
we sank ankle deep IN SOFT, SHINY mud,
The wind had caught our shaWlS, and the
rain beat pitilessly down upon US, Vet my
mistress pressed on. appearing to feel no
fatigue saying no word, and dared not
complain. Over Wild lonely roads She
hurred-oyer rain sodden fields. through
dense, tangled forest paths, through dark
dripping woods, never pausing to rest or
take breath on sEe ilcu Finally we came
to p place where the road separated in
two different directions then she spoke for
the first time, in a voice that could
scarcely recognize.
~ OIL Shall take the lower road Anne,
and shall take the upper one, tor teal we
should miss him Ii N"u don't meet him
before You reach the second croS9-road,
turn up lhr rroas-ro'td, anu come '" me
! Sh'.Il wat l"r N"n i. flf'in"Fe : ross
You know where that H."
Wa4 desperately afraid ul going on
alone in the darkness, but dared not dis
obey ~ 1 iust blundereI on, stumbling
at every step my heart beating like Il
slcdge hammer had not gone very far
when | heard the sound of u horses hool
splaShlng along III the mud and water; 70
waited BY the roadside, and presently /
hraId Sin Georges eheery voice trolling
out some gay, careless air, rs h, rode
home along. called 0nt to him, H. his
intense astoni8hment
''Good God Anne, what brings YOU
here 1t thi7 time oi NIGHT l. anything
wronp n"
rNpiaiurd The state Gi affair" a. welt
a. could
..&nrel} .he wont attempt I" cro87 the
tni 1t i Very much swollen t., the
he4.y l.tias. ami the bridge hH4 never
been VERY safe That is the reason re
turned h\ the lower road
A new Ieur toui4 po4sesa.oA ui lue I
knew that. IN the state. rt excitement IN
" hirh my lady then wa. she scarcely
knew or cared where She was goin"
.,tf yun viii ride ON. s,r > cried ,thr
,,nsa-rnat Il; 1h, nnora4t >,lr and Won
may ,,arha,,a reach her before she comes
a. M trI t,h il, hurry .tud u,itl ,1iu
ran then y sull speed. u"li KNOW
what stranger ieellll@ caused my heait TO
beat Wth Surii u 'l'lli lliroh "l terror
knew ti>a( something terrible W'S about
To happen, hnE rrFff paused To lhihk
how n where ran on liEe one III some
irlghtln dream, h'Nef needing mud or
mire had lofgoiten al my own AeiA%h
lealH uhIV lA"'i2hf 81 my Young lni"-
uess.
once. l"ul ana rtear, heard lhe cry "l
the hanSfltt; lheE 1t was ioSi IN Inc NOISY
roar ol Tie iofd, winch could hear. loud
and thff"tenln& long pei"re neafed IT,
Ii was moi IN reality a great distance; but,
m my burning mpallence, 1t sermeh IKE
mIleS IT, inP-tiir seconds, Ike loh9 hours.
lheh the moon Shone our from nehihl 4
cloud, b!l9flt and clear; and, 1T some dIS-
tance from me, on the other side, saw
my lady JnSt near the bank OF the i"rd
tried to call her. but my dly lips re-