The daily gazette., 1878-09-24
Shocking Tranny in
Ireland.
Why Lord Leifrim,s Assassins
Were not Exposed and
Pmnishe6.

A correspondent travelling in Ireland
writes In wild and solitary part of
Donegal, on an equally wild and stormy
day, l fell into talk with the man who
was driving the car, and who was na-
tive of the country. There was no fun
or Laughter about him--he was a gloomy
and saturnine looking man, and 1t took
me some time to draw him out. 1t was
to do it. At last we passed deserted
cabin standing at some distance from the
road. The roof was off; doors and
windows were gone !; the walls were
half broken down altogether, it was a
forlorn and sorry sight. ~. 2 !
The driver, who name was Joe (and
not Pat,) saw me looking pretty hard
at this object. He motioned towards
it with his stump OF whip and said
"That was some of the old lard's
doin's."
.What, old Lord Leitrim ?" said L,
more by token that we were then in the
very county where a certain tragedy
took place not long ago.
s'Just that" said the driver.
"Who lived in that house ?" l asked.
Gas honest a man as ever breathed.
But where he aud his family are now
no one knows. Wandering over the
face of the earth some where"
I" l have not heard good account of
the old lord" said land indeed had
not quite the other way.
.'He was divil," replied the man
quietly but he gave an ugly lash at the
horse and shut his teeth.
Il ftTurpad Yonpla ont OF nmapt "a
| notice, believe" put in gently.
"Bedad, that was not the worst OF It,.
| II man planted tree or shrub which
the old blag' yard did not like, and he
would not pull it up, out he went-and
| that wasn't all either. If any tinant
had pretty daughter, and he saw her,
he would order her to be stint to his
house. And if she was not stint, her
father was mighty soon evicted, and
any of his relations who had farms or
houses on the estate. But very often
the girl aods sint, and after that she was
1 very likely packed off TO Dublin, or else
| the old lord looked out for a husband
among the tinants' sons. He would say,
"You must marry Mary So-and-so, and
| will give you money enough to take
you to America if you like to go there"
Sure enough, the tinant would some-
times refuse, for who wants to take the
leavins of the likes of him, or anybody
else. Then he would be turned out toe
and not one of his family would be left
upon the land. That is what he had
been doin' for years and years, and every
body in DONEGAL will tell you So"
The truth is that everybody had told
M so-in some cases with names, dates
and places all in the story. heard ii
from dozens Of persons-sometimes from
landowners themselves, who only won
dered that Lord Leitrim had not been
shot before. In some other countries
am half inclined TO think that he would
have been.
i We presently passed police barracks
| on which big bill was stuck up offering
| a "Rcward." l could just read thai
word and the figures e55U' as l passed
"Is that for the men who shot him !?
said l.
sit is, your honor" said Joe.
| sand they have not got them yet ??
"They have not SorT'."
| aPerhaps they have not Offered
enough P''
The man looked at me, and looked
| at he man. l suppose there was
dry look about both OF us, fol
the driver gave a half chueke
and suspicion of a smile fitted across
his mouth rs he waved his ragged whiI
round his head, and brought it down OF
the horses back, saying emphat ically,
"They have not, your honor"