New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-10
JACK AND DOLLY.
A DAY IN IRELAND IN 1881.

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southerly wind and the cloudy sky proc l5lm n'o
ing morning. Ii is breakfast time at Ballyhag4e,
and the master in his red coat Is StanunI y" ,"J
bear,hrug Breakfast comes soon enough anu
with il the post-bag, and a minute later hiS VIC
Here Dollvr Captain Trevor losses letter 10
his wife and then reads his correspondence;
Everything about the house bcspeaks comfort anu
ease. There is a wide stretch of park and woodland
hcvond the windows. Captain Trevor and his wllc
are Young cOmely and strong YET over 'lSl i1' -
hangs cloud. a something that looks IKE ureau III
Uolly's soft brown eyes. and more like anger ana
J;.a1no;ntment ON her husbands stronger features.
With her own letter unopened beside her pi3,J sne
watches him tearing open , ms S ts her
ewes for n second. suddenly across his face sweeps
a crimson flush, and. muttc1ng somcthhg ,nai !,
not a blessing he thrnStS letter mo ms POCKET
and attacks his breakfast with savage energy.
Dolly turns white. What Is it, Jack
'Oh. nothing!
Coptain Trevor tries to laugh as he meets his
wfcs eyes but it is failure. and he answers
hastily: Only another threatening letter. p1liN;
You mnstn't he frightened; don't mind them MI
But Dolly does and her lips trcnhlc; wlsh You
wouldn't go out hunting, Jack; 1t ISL S'ic' sup
.Yon mustn't suppose, Dolly. must have day
with the hounds, and no one can possibly Know l
an going: besides. Ill come home 10y different
road; there Is really 10 uihsci u'"i' Va ~
Take the police with you, then, she urges pitt
Nonsense. They couldn't follow me across coun-
try and assure YOU I'm all night: .
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some face and presently he bursts ont Hang IL
ali! what beastly country this is! fellow can
even 20 out with the hounds without the chance Oh
being fired at from behind a hedge. 80
Jack she whispers. W hat are we 10 10 dcar
Pom my honor, L don't know. We can't hive
without the rents, and there doesn't seem much
chance of getting them.
Won't they pay anythlngF a..
ca I'm 10 he shot because | want my rcnt--thc rent
they paid 10 my father and grandfather before lie.
Its dcuced hard but won't give IN, ,,
I'LL, I...lrr n hn f.Il III
hood with his flushed face and klndllng eyes, ana
her heart goes out To hiIu with great cry lie IS
her lord her king the father of her children, ana ne
is in danger of his lifcnot from foreign enemy not
from war but in danger from his own eouhtrylneh'
the people he has lived with since nc was porn S1n,
in danger of being murdered, and IN her love s h
feels that if they do this thing. woman though hhc
be- her hand shalt avenge the deed 80
passionate mn' 1T Vchemencc have never done any
thing unjust have never pressed a tenant uii.
duly; yet IN hunted down marked ont ho' ny NY
tenants don't believe they would do r-but by
some Internal secret society. Don't look 80
wretched, Dolly; it will blow over. The Govern
ment must do something soon
The girl looks up with flaming checks. And If
you were shot, what would II matter to me what
the Government were to do W hat wohid a, any -
prevented. Jack. What good would 1t be to do any
thing after. mon calm T
These weary weeks of watching and anxiety have
told on Dolly Trevor and her fair, fresh face has
lost its roundness. The door opens, and the butler
appears.
Dolly springs up You mustn't 60 out, Jack.
Let me 60 Who is it, Martini ,.;.,,,
Il don't know maam but the police are with HIM
Its all right. them and Jack goes out on some
ordinary business while two policemen on the gravel
sweep armed to the teeth wasehr S Sc
We'll, Dolly, I'm OIL! Get the children down ior
minute
saws it, that il may be the last time he will ever look
upon their pretty faces! Down they come; wee
Cecil and smaller Dorothy, shouting for papa, and
Ia taxi hem ID
WHY does Dolly cryi Only going ont for DAYS
hunting vet hc must say gOod-by like this, Martin
brings a sandwich and flask, and with them, AZ
a matter of course. a loaded revolver; Captain
Trevor puts the ngy thing quickly INTO ms pocket,
hoping his wife doesn't see it. But she docs and
though her heart jumps she is glad he * taking IT.
Take care of yourself, Dolly, and don't 90 beyond
You'll come home early, Jackr she whispers,
putting her face Ia his.
Il can't say he answers with pretended cheerful
ness. E Ii all depends what sort of run We have,
81 you mustn't be anxious If don Turn mp III
dlnner-tlme.
No Dolly answers. di,maly thinking Of the long,
weary hours Of watching before she Will see HIM
again.
We'll, take care Of yourself, he says again.
'Good-by Inv girl" lie holds her tight, tiglIt for
tecond and bends his comely brown head to kiss her
lips that culver fol all the trusting words. -
She follows him to the hall, holding Ia. hand as II
per close, clInglng clasp could keep HIM from an
harm. Her whole life seems made mp ot TINS one
passionate absOrbIIG love for her husband and well
hIc KNOWS that II would XIII her ~ atlEil
TO him. But She smiles braycy while Ic mounts his
horse and rides slowly away under the bare
branches of the big cns. At the end OF the avenue
he turns and waves his hand and smiles at the little
inquire watching him. watching TILL the last CLEAN oil
hls ned coat disappears, and then with SIGH gong
back into the dining-rOOnl, where the children are
playing on the hearthrug.
II seems n terribly long morning. II is only two
hours since her husband left and Ia Dolly II Is
since she heard his voice, and her heart ~ iull OF
vague forebodhgs, and this III civilized country
ire Great Britain
Jack Trevor has, as ne himself says done nothing;
broken no laws harmed no one. kind- hearted gen
erOus Jack! he wouldn't be guilty OF cruelty 10
man, woman child for the world yet the last
few weeks have been weeks of terror, during which
BE-, his wife, and his children have all been threat
tnedl Balyhague is desert. Such few cattle
were not manned have Deen sold Captain Trevor
Is under police protection, and for whatf lie asks
The question often enough IN his own honest,
straightforward way, and no one seems able to an
swer it. His land Is let below the letting value
his tenants have fair. just honorable landlord to
ieal with but any day, any hour, he may I've shot
Ills corn and hay were burnt 10 cinders long ago,
and ruin menaces hun!
A very dreary morning Mrs. Trevor watches the
Children out for their walk, and lump comes III
her throat she the little procession going
down the in the soft gray light OF the WIN
Ter noon: baby Dorothy in her perambulat0r, little
Cecil walking by the nurse, and two policemen,
armed with loaded guns keeping a keen lookout
On either side! II il were not 50 real 80 terrible,
Dolly could almost laugh to see the perambuator
with the two great policemen IN attendance. How
ever, it's no laughing matter-only wise prccau-
ton. Outside on the terrace under the drawing
nom windows another policeman marches up and
down. II seems incredible that this should be ne
sessasy IN the year Eighteen hundred and Eighty
ene, but so is and Dolly is getting accustomed 10
be guarded and watched She goes out too and
walks about with the children. protected by their
sseort; they see nothing hear nothing UNUSUAL II
1s soit lovely day, with gray sky and taste OF
Wi'ng IN tie air but Dolly can take pleasure IN