The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29

had been such a spur failed OF It's opJect !, "n
afser that the mans talent ard euelsJ' "a
which be certainly has no common share, seen
TO have been exercised fitfully and very e!ra.11
cslly. He has practised his profession n al
South Sea Islands, aud was only settled In
England six years ago by chance meeting as
some seaside place with Mr.. Daily, that revived
al the old associations. He determined never
to go beyond hearing of old friends again, and
with the savings of his live bought practice
in Liverpool, which he threw mp iaet autumn,
on getting q letter from his cousin Peter, i'm
plorng him, as a last hope of the people of
the Hollow, 7, come back and cave Anne
OFisherty's life. They don't. he says. believe
anything 10 bo hey ond the skill of the boy who
left the place q poor scholar and comes back
to il travelled doctor, and Anne herself seems
to trust lin, and to have revived to Ger
tain extent under his care. TIE famine
fever gives plenty of exercise for hi- medical
skill, - d suppose he has some fnLds left, az
all eve:, he does not seem to have any hesi-
tatinn in obeyiug the call that brought MN
back to end where he began. faithful old
spaniel. crawling back 80 die OF his dying mis-
tress's feet one would not mind being soch
spaniel oneself"
"John!"
"You were wondering jus: now what the
effect of seeing yourself as yon are now wonId
have been on yourself as girl. All the time
d.. Lynch was talking to me had an upcanny
kind Of feeling as if it was the spectre OF my
own future seif-myself of fifty years hence
that was talking With me, telling me the story
of a restless, disappointed life, with one strong
feeling in it, supreme to the end"
81 don't believe yoa will let disappointment
spoil youE life. Whas brought the old man to
Londonfn
'Anne sent him to give evidence of what he
had seen during the winter in Counemars,
hoping that his honesty and energy would be
my part am glad 1 have spoken with him.
Since 1 have taken to write on Irish politics l
must seize every opportunity of getting at in
70; nation such as a man like this trust ed on
all sides can give"
Hum! of course he gave you news of the
Dslysf7
and Mrs. DAILY has been seriously ill, but both
are recovering"
And how Is Conno- going onfn
There was little reserve in speaking OF
him. DR.. Lynch avoided public questions, so
/ suspect, old as he is he is secretly in sympa-
thy with Yonng Ireland, and l am q little
afraid he is inflaencng Pelham DAILY and Miss
ton TO Connor's politics than is advisable for
their own safety. That cousin of the Days.
the poet whose verses yon admired and who IS
now edit ing one of the most rabd and danger.
ous of the Young Ireland newspapers, has,
find, been staying for weeks at a time during
the winter with Miss OFlaberty at he Hollow ",
and on one occasion he and young Daily and
the two O'Roones had a serioDs qoarrel, which
ended in a duel between Daily and Darby
O'Roone. in which Roors was slightly
wounded
not. both father and sonf Were they not con-
cerned in that disgraceful case of election,
where q whole village of feyer-stricken people
were turned out ID die On the roadsf You
wrote q leader in the Times about ii, did you
notp
eyes, it occurred on some property which
once belonged to the Days, and which old
O'Roone purchased probably with money he
cheated them out of in times past. l don't
wonder at Pelham Daly's disgust and anger.
but considering that he was brought up at
| have found some less Irish way of gratifying
his feeling than by shooting young ORoone's
| little finger Off"
"Was O'Roones cruslty to his tenants the
cause of the qusIrelf"
Not the final cause: imagine there had
been great deal of irritation occasioned by
Pelham's remonstrances and by OD0nnells
newspaper TRADES attempting to stir up indig-
nation against them throughout the country,
and at last the three young men met accident
| ally in the coffee room of the little hotel at
| b sliyowen, and 90 me iusoleut speech of young
| o Roone's provoked blow from Pelham. II
| is most unfortunate. 1t secures { 1e DAlys
vigiant enemy in their own neighborhood,
who is certain to seizs the frat opportunity
Ccpnor's imprndenca gives him to gratlfv bis
| revenge against the household at Eagles Edge,
while at the same time he will be fnrthering
his own interest by making display of zeal
| for Government in hunting out rebels. 1 wish
| 1 was there t. keep an eye on events. GER
tainly should not have allowed the duel to
have taken place if bad been at Castle DAILY,
and think could have prevented the eject
ments."
"I think you over-rate yoar influence. My
|
than good this year at Castle Daily. Young
ORoone was always hanging about Lesbia-
calling at the Castle, and contrivipg to meet
her on her rides. It was hipted to me once or
twice that be would give himself airs as
favored suitor"
| "Why did not you speak to me ~
~ hardly thought it worth your notice and
to confess the truth, / did not like to acknowl
edge to yoa-as / must in honesty have done
that there has been something to blame in
Lesbia's manner. She is born ccquette, poor
I oh nd halTo v1a of
placent lover against a tardy one"
by the tardy lover do you mean to allude
to Pelham Dalyf thought you were con
viuced that there was no sort ef-attractlon be.
| t ween him and Lesbia."
my good friend it was you who were con-
| rinoed If you will be SO kind as to remenb ar,
l warned you about both brothers from the
first. Lesbis has, am sorry to say, so many
ways of flirting that one is long in finding out
what are the genuine symptoms in her case ;
bat am afraid this story OF the duel thro ows
considerable light some vagaries in her be.
havior that are puzz'ing me just now"
Bat can she have heard of the duel'"