The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-10
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Story of an Irish Home Thirty Years Ago.
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rary with SfDlIn " DTleD anu lue
itsf" Ellen began. II thought You disaP-
"Of course did not go with a pike over my
shoulder. have not lived in the world sixty
years, and travelled twice round it, TO make o
fool of myself in my old age but there were
people looking on who kept clear OF the iisht-
ing, such as 1t was and was cne OF t1em )
though, as you may suppose, did not leave
my duty here for the purpose of seeing party
ofmy countrymen make pitiful spectacle of
themselves before all Europe"
"But why then were you tbereT
sit was a thought took ME, notion that
came into my mind W hen j saw your mother
the morning after Pelham was arrested. YVES
always one for laying scheme $ to ontwit peo-
pie for their good. And as 1 rode away from
Eagles Edge, heartsore that day ct the sight
of the trouble ycu were IN, plot suggested
itself to me tba beat every thing for ingenuity,
Thought Why should not one brothers Danger
be made the means of saving the other from
worse Ill than he has brought himself into al.
ready, I said TO my self. And resolved to follow
Connor, and if p0ssi BILE get speech with him be.
fore he had come up with the lighting, which
that morning g's lying newspaper said was going
on lercely in the South. I'll can keep him from
being actually seen with arms in his hands, l
may save his neck, thought; and planned to
put it to him that his brother was in danger,
and that he was bound to come back without
delay and deliver himself up as the writer of
the papers that had inculpated Pelham. Know
ing the generous temper of tho lad had to
deal with had good hope should hove him
safe in my own keeping before t~ebty-four
settle on the next etep to be taken at our leis-
ure. That vas on the Thursday morning; and
strive I would, 1 UUuft not get 1T from b1t=
lyowen till evening, for, OF course, when got
back, my house was surroun unded with people
wanting me, and had to make arrangements
for bad cases before l set out l reached Tip.
perary on Friday morning, and all Friday
was driving about from place to place, hearing
alway that there was crowd of people with
arms in front of me I; some said two Thousand
men, some three, some few hundred and that
hn plnI, in vreF ami
them, hsrapguing them every now and then,
and trying to spirit them up to think them-
selves an army. At one place heard they had
stopped q reEi nent cf soldiers on their march,
but let them pass after all and then again
there was a ttory of their having seized
quantity of arms, but that did not turn out to
be true. ! psssed Friday night ut a lite inn
in Ballingarry, and in the morning set forth
again with fresh car and horse, and about
the middle of the day snre enough came mp
with what was looking for, but too late to do
any good. When Il was about quarter of
mile eff l SAW crowd surrour ding tall white
house on common, and though it was q cloudy
drizzling day once caught chance CLEAN of
rofected sur shine that told me they were car
rying steel among them-pikes and scytbes
and Pitchforks, and here and there few bay
onets!
1t was all confusion aud din when l got
nearer, but left my car on the outekirts of the
throng and pushed my way into the thick of
it, thinking that if any fighting did come eff
here, there might be something for me to do by
and by. The windows of the white house were
full of green. coats, and the crowds with pike $
appeared to be besiegiHg the house, trying to
make them come ont and give up their arms
but nobody seemed to know exactly what was
intended, and neither party liked to fire first.
noticed o tall man. who pointed out to me
as Mr. Smith OBrien, come again and again to
the windows of the house and then turn and
speak to the people, but wheth or he urged them
to attack or keep the peace, could not say.
There were several other young fellows bet'e er
dressed than the rest trying to put some order
into the crowd. and among them i 0Anip1
the two was in search of. They were well in
front, among the email nnermost circle, who
for the most part carried arms and had more
purpose in their faces than the gaping ragged
outsiders and even if could have forced my
way to them aud made them listen to me it
would haze been too late for what wanted
they had done the worst for themselves they
could do. While s'ood watching, the first
shot was fired, and q voley of stones hurled
against the windows, and after that, for about
half an hour or so, o brisk exchange of shot
went on. l stayed long enough to see that our
two were foremost in everything. There as
an attempt made to set fire to tle door of the
house in order to smoke ont tho garrison and
force them to surrender or tightoutside. saw
Connor followed by one or No more run across
the inolosed spaoe behind the house and come
back with arms foil of hay and straw which
they piled against the hack door Murdoek
Malachy was helping-that was the last saw
of the poor fellow unhurt. Some Of the garri-
son withing perceived what was being at
tempted, and fired volley from the upper
windows at the incendiSIies. They scattered
and came back to the attempt several times,
and in the surgipg backwards and for ards of
the crowd, got showed aside, and thinking it
as we'll to give wide birth to the shots that
were just then flying pretty thickly close to
the house, retreated among the women who
had gathered outside the low garden wall.
While was there heard my name called,
'Dr. Lynch, can that be your and turning
round l saw ODonnell staggering up to the
wall, through the thTong, with some one in bis
arms. 'Yes,' said, it's me- and had my
heart in my mouth, for could only fl Z.
ure lying Gc;oss his breast. with an arm over
his shoulder, and thonght of Connor at Ce.
Then it's lucky chance that brought you,
ODonnell answered. Here's work for You, the
fret of the boys that's down yet, the poor lad
MAlachy, he's breathing still, help me with
him over the wall, that be may not be trAmpl-
ed to death in the throug here. He has q bull
let in him, am afraid. 1t was aimed full at
Connor as he stopped to put q light to the
little bonfire we had piled up yonder, and if
poor Murdock had not started forward at the
moment, and thrust his shoulder ia the way,
it's Connor who would have got it. 1 think
myself he knew what he was about, poor boy,
and did 1T on purpORC ANYHOW tell them AbOut