The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28

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70 the point of throwing away his cigar, yanif-
ing over tie low garden wall, SDd WAKING
towards tie appearance ODcs across t5e roAd
ne Wes IN uDcrt bog laoc, GDd tbs 1sef ssnA
deeper and deeper il the wet rpnngy tart a.
every step. he wss inst beginning 80 renon-
StrAte with himshif on his folly IN purSuinR
rOicss reached him; be strode on another yard,
CEInirE Ermer footing on the top OF o LI.ne
knoll. and then be eonid see plainly. There
was . emitting in the bog, Eve or ak feet Deep
s7me distance before him, skirted at the sides
by little plies Of turfi AID. partly hidden by
theAe piles. partly showing plainly IN the moon
. cloak over her bead, and . man, deeper IN
the shAdo~, Who, As far he coald make ont-
was oro0ohipg or kneeliDg & before her Whine
be looked, the woman stopped Ne II TO speak 10
her coupApion, Sco in raising her head again
the cloak fell down 10 her shou tders- and q
streak of moonlight d IS play ed macs Of golden
brAids that could beloDg 20 nobody but Ellen
Daily. 1t the same moment the WIND bronght
again Q nuTmar of voice: Cultural, moaning
sound. aud then fhe cleAx, sweet tones he
would have known among Thousand. one
step more forwRrG, aad be coul6 have distin-
guished the words but be Coald not bear the
Ibought Of spyicG npon her- De folded has
81 NE sn6 stood all, determined - Wall " here
be was for the caAooe OF bsing EAnted, eut TO
approach DO nearer. BE waited some time in
the cold. long enough to come TO the conci nblon
thSi If irishrnen hSd courage and deterniraIon
TO match those of Irish girls, the schemes OF
Conpof's friends Deed lot be desperate sffer Ail
Ellen would have cut shorter the converse
tion sbe was CT gagged in, and suffered more
tFspiaa+3oa while Carrying iI- on, If abe had
known who Was watching her. TIE sxpeoi-
dition itself vas one to which she had become
accustomed, having undertAken 1t every two
or three dsys for the last ak weeks. bat To-
night it Brought her painful shock OF sur
prise and pain. She had crossed tbe strip of
bog land quickly, knowing by experience bow
to avoid the swampiest spots and having
reached the s:scks of peat sods she put her
heavy basquet and the lantern down on one OF
them, and called sOfsly. Molly" there wss
an instspt's delay. and then Q bent wsssed
figure that looked like q mass of moving rags
shadow of the cutting. Ellen reeoiled few
sieps, with gesture that even in the dim
| light expressed shuddering borror and avoid
arce of what she saw. The man gave faint
moaning cry, as Of e creature struck in the eI-
| tremity of pain, and, throwing. hin sh on his
| knees, crept after her and clutcbed The skirt
| OF her dress with both hands then lifting bis
| right hand to ards the light, be cried, with
| o little cob of excitement and e1ultation in his
| weak voice
Miss Eileen, Miss Eileen, look. I've done il.
| 81 ways told them i would and no one viii
ever dare to say again that 1t Was my hand
| fred the shot that killed Squire Daily for
4 would il not have Withered black before II
could have touched 3 thread you vore!"
| Ellen hesitsted moment, aud then, throw
| ing back the cloak to show her face, che
stopped towards tie eronchirg figure at her
| feet and held ont her hand.
| .TbereT she said, lit is not enough 20 tuucb
my clothes but / don't think you will oars
clasp III At, il yours has his blood upon it,
| "It has not. G ID hear pe' said the man.
| touch your hADd, Miss Eileen III tell you
| TIE whole of il now As / would to priest.
TIE lot fell On two ofEs for the Job We had to
do that n ght, at II was . boy from another
part If the country that fred the aot that
killed him. We were behind the wall that
skirts tbe road 1t the end of Lac ns-Weel pass,
you know of; and when we heard horses
boots we got ready The uoon was under a
cloud 1st theo-bad luck f1r ever to it for the
same. Dark As 1t was, saw. and dropped my
gup; brt the other boy, Who did not know
quick for ne He got away to his owp people
Wbo have no grndge again him for the mis-
protected une ard hid ne at first, IS they
we're bound 10 do, bpt tpey all turn
: Against AID late mA. far they Ialnk ID Il
nights work brought the CO -! or keel s il or
us /; snd iLdeed, why would II not be cot i
X ou!d not be much to ssarve N! sif, bat IL;
them that belongs 10 me tie mother. and tht
. wife, 1Dd the chi!drer-:hat cry out f n help
"Wny did you come here tonight instead
Of Molly 7 1t is much lass s. =, and hsd
rather see her"
Its turn Of the fever that is on her, and
my wife is that weak With nursirg the baby
ard starving, that she could not have craWled
the length of the way in q month, or woulc
not have come. III not come sgain-~e cal
. die all of ns, since you don't believe me, anc
the sight of me hurts your eyes
Il do believe what son have told me, Den
nis but can't forget that if another persoI
bad ridden along the road that night yo'
, would have been \ II orderer; sud am sfrsit
you have no; rePented of your intended crim
that you hate your enemy in your hear
, still that is why drew my hand back, VIII!
cannot fer to touch you again
= 4 dark, wild look convulsed the mans face
8 upturned and white i q the moonlight.
Miss Eileen, do hste him. would no
}. have been as ON nov I be had let me alone
'You can't tell that, Dennis. Does DO
= being hated by your Deigbbors upjustly your
: self IN axe you feel how urjts. il is TO hate HI
Thornley, ss you doi'
why would it. ttenf'
puzz,ed, helpless expression came into tb
eyes that were raised towards her face, an
: with the pity il brouEht, Sudden reeollectlo
! flashed into Ellep's mind. he Wss right:
. WAs not experience of hatred but of love thA
! vEs needed to extipEuiEh hate.
Dennis, / have forgotten somethipR.n sh
: said. II have q nessARe TO give you Vine
Z my father lay dying, he told me TO tell you,
> ever sA yon SgaIp, thA: he f1rgsve you hi
= death. BE must have recognized you VIE
q you lifted him mp and carried bim 10 70 you
cabin. Bat be avoided mentioning oar uArnS
, and only made NE understand"