The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-07
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7 c1M FtEAsDhs alul0Ats ~ AAc fiitAe &iah1f
child that stands 81 her knee? How her
kbiltiag.beedlss ny when she siu Ia The
chimney corner, aud, eighty though sht
l., 40 oue ID The house Is quicker Of mo.
tion, or can ge. through more work 10 5
given time
DO you notice the cAp--lbe very fash.
I lon ,he brought from the ould oounlhrie,
- foil white frlll, back Of which is band.
ed broad black ribbon that ends behind
/ 10 smart bowi
The Connors came TO this country 10
'2G Grandmother was then handsome
yoang woman Of thirty ,-tie wife Of n
I captain Ia The American navy, who, hAy.
/ ing gone 10 Ireland 10 recruit bis health
five years before, saw, fell in love with
and married the bright Irish girl, whose
Wit and beauty could hardly be eNeeiled
| Since then, grandmother bas seen Two
generations grow up around her; and she
sdl lives to tell the children about her
old home, Of which she retains vivid
recollection.
We have only to say, Grandma, tell us
something about Ireland, TO make her
eyes sparkle; for ,be loves TO talk Of the
Old times.
There is one story in which we are al
ways particularly interested, and will
write out for the Compdnion, giving, as
nearly as possible, her own quaint yer.
sion:
Well, you see, dearies, papa was agent
for Lord Dunmore then, and my lord
was very exActing person, having very
little oversight OF bis tenants, who lived
IN wretched mud novels, which he never
attempted to repair. Ii was u dangerous
business TO be agent FOR an absent pro-
pfieIor 10 those umes, aud though we
lived in the old castle, through his lord.
ships permission, that II might be kept
In order, IL was but dreary time we had
Of il, assure you.
| remember the old place as ii I'd left il
OhA 1IetCluhl. VIC usCu W ulflue lue
great dining room by screens, aud many
Is The night we've sat round the blazing
fire, telling stories, while the winds roar
ed outside.
Bot the times grew terrible. His
lordship oppressed the people, and for
that they hated his agent. Every time we
went out we met with dark looks. Even
my mother, Que OF the most gentle Of wo-
men, was afraid at last TO leave the house
and never ventured to, except on errands
OF mercy.
Il was terrible to hear the rumors OF
threats that were whispered among the
people. Most Ci the children were too
young TO mind them much; but | was
just turning sixteen, and, as could un.
derstand something of business, the ru.
mors troubled me.
My father was tall and slender. You
have all seen his picture, and know that
there's few handsomer men than he was,
Kind aud gentle, too, IL am sure be was
10 us,--and be pitied the tenants, and did
all he could for them, consistent with his
own interests.
Bat the country was in q dreadful con.
dition. There were many cruel, naughty
men In office, who cared nothing at all
for the comfort o: the peasantry. Both
the men aud the offices they held grew
hateful, snd the people were ripe for re-
bellion.
Still my father never dreamed that
they would harm him. Indeed, the peo-
pie on Lord Dunmore's estate Jared much
better than those of other landlords
though they were wretched euougb.
One evening we were all at supper be-
hind the great screen which we had
brought down from the garret at the be.
ginning of winter, when suddenly there
came strange noise at the window, as
If stones and gravel were thrown at the
shutters. II bad been = dreary day, ana
we bad longed for nights aud freight.
hkath Ahe soubh was lhPSatNdt hhu th1
father opened the window, when in
spraug Black jim, hideons dwarf, and
tie terror Of the children, though more
FROM bis distorted features tEau from any
defect OF character, for he was aiway
Kind to them.
They're coming he gaspec, his face
lIyid with fear. They We got guns, aud
clubs, aud pistols, aud rakes, and hoes,
and they vow TO Kill the master John
Hodge saw them as they stopped at
public house, five miles beyond, aud /
they've Killed old Seeker, down TO Bar.
r,'s Mil, and they've set johnny Blacks /
house on fire aud burned their children
alive, aud what's worse, there's a party
coming from SkiIlings They're bound /
nobody shall get away
Imagine The scene that followed OF
course The children were nearly frighten. /
ed out OF their wils, aud began TO scream.
spraBg to MY fathers side, aud casped |
my arms about bin. Mother, who was
delicate, turned pale aud gathered The
little ones round her
Barry, runl she said, with white lips
that scarcely moved.
l'l not run for al The rascAls 10 Ire.
land, said father, irownug aud gathering
himself up flbe! re bound 10 Kill me,
III die game. I've done nothing wrong,
aud ! believe every eo.tager on The place .
would stand up Tor ne
Bot these are Dot our people, said my
mother they only wsnt 10 know that 3
msu Ia an agent to wreak lhelr vengeance
upon bin at once And-hsrkl