Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-01

May never see thee more;
For laws, our tyrant laws, have said
| That seas must roll between
| Old Erin and her faithful sons
| That love to wear the green.
Yet whasoev'er our fate may be
When oceans wash between,
Her truest sons will ever sing
The wearing of the green.
| NV father loved his country,
And sleeps within her breast,
| While l. that would have died for her
| Must never be so blest.
| Those tears my mother shed for me
| Far fewer had they been
| If l had proved a traitor
TO the wearing of the green.
Yet brighter days will surely come
Than those we yet have seen,
When Erin's sons may proudly sing
The Wearing of the Green. >"
The Orangeman had risen, and was listen
ing with such knit brow that's stormy
passage seemed inevitable, till, just as the
last note died away, the air was changed
with pantomimic rapidity, and the loyal
chords rang forth of '"rhe Boyne Water"
Every one laughed then. Anger at the
charming Meloulge was impossible. Even
the Tipperary blood seemed restrained from
ebullitiOn by the soothing potion which had
been first drunk in, and presently all settled
down in detachments to chess, cards or mu-
| sic.
The next day was bright and bracing, and
at ten o'clock our party mounted the long
car which starts from the hotel at that hour
for the Giant's CauseWay.
had place beside Madge, and was con-
tent. She, on her part, looked bewitching
| in gipsy hat crowned with wild flowers,
and talked alternately to me and cOmpan-
ion on the left. The acquaintance of the
latter gentleman she had made at the tdbte
dhOte. He was prOfessOrfrOm the Belfast
college, wore spectacles and a sort Of aStrOl-
oger's hat, and was sufficiently antiquated
to stif1e any pang of jealousy [ might have
felt, and give me sensation of rejuvenes-
cence and agility which was very gratify
ing.
could bound off the car quicker than he
on our arrival, offer Madge my hand and
carry her off, the first of the pedestrians for
the cliffs. The sea was wild and lovely. A
northwesterly wind blew the waves in
foaming cascades upon the rocks and strand
and the curious pipe like pillars of the great
organ facing seaward were FURNISHED by a
CLEAN of the most golden sunlight.
Presently heard Mrs. Merrngton's voice
behind.
"Madge, is it in your pink llama you
are ?" That looks too glaring out of doors.
You should only wear it in the evenings"
The young lady had just thrown off a gray
cloak which enveloped her on the drive,
and stood forth brightly in the above appa-
rel.
"But why, mamma ?" she responded.
"What harm, if it is pretty? Daylight
should be as honored as gaslight. am not
afraid of a color"
She certainly need not be so, while her
fair taultless complexion eclipsed all in bril-
liancy, and threw every tint, even of rose,
into the shade.
ave shall be hurried on our return, and
have no time to DRESS" she contided to me
roguishly, "and Harry will have arrived
then"
go, that accounts for ALL"
"All what ?"
"Your gaiety and your garb."
'But when am l grave? DO you ever see
me dull, Mr.. Hartwell ?"
"No, in truth but there are degrees even
of liveliness. Sunshine in the heart throws
the strongest light Of ALL You know what
you told me-"When Harry comes I shall
be quite happy" Does not that imply a
"Ah, don't criticise me or my words:
don't draw logical conclusions. I speak
what / think at the moment. But there
are many mOmentS-nany moods"
''The more the merrier in your case,
think" And saying this l gave her my
hand to help her over a barrier of rock
which was our first approach to the Cause
way. The rest of the party were on more
circuitous path, and followed us leisurely.
Madge was agile enough to accept but
little assistance, and she stepped lightly
from stone to stone till we had gained the
farther protection of broken columns fitting
curiously into one another, which our
American would describe as 1.-The Viaduct." "
This rocky groundwork showed fragments
of every fantastic shape, some regular, 9TH
ers, irregular, round, triangular, OctagOn
and nonagOn. Above us were pillars of
colossal height, inlaid, as it were, into the
dark cliffs while the ocean, stretching out
far before our gaze, dashed its noisy waters
upon the basement of the pedestals, and
fled in more foaming waves towards the
mouth of the caves beyond.
"We must have a boatw cried Madge.
/ "See, there is a party in one at this mo-
ment. They are at the entrance of the large
cavern. How they toss up and down in the
surge Harry thinks boating slow work
but there is nothing tame, / am sure, in a
row about here"
Harry again How l hated the name,
and especially the soft blush thatannounced
it Looking at Madge, l saw the sparkle in
her eye which betrayed her secret, and
struck a blow equally at my own presump-
ton.
The professor came up just then, and be-
gan some disquisition on geological re-
Searches. He brought out his knowledge
in illusions to stratitied and igneouS rocks,
to the classes of strata comprising pal,pOZOic,
post tertiary, &c, andmight have wandered
on into still more puzzling terms, had not
Madge shown something of impatience.
She gladly seconded my move for an adj
iournment to the heights above us, which
were covered with mOssy undulating turf
and looked inviting for the picnic luncheon
that was in prospect.
The repast having been spread and par
taken of, Madge was the first to proclaim
its conclusion, and dart in her usual impul-
sive way to the verge of a cliff.
'Such great sea gull" she cried. "He
has just risen from the crag beneath us, and
flies direct seaward. A good omen for the
weather-is it not?' O, l should love to
take wing in that way! l feel really as
if could fit off quite securely and alight
on the head Of one of those pedestrians be.
low"
"You would be much more likely tc
alight on your own," said her father pul.
ling her back back somewhat brusquely
from her airy situation. eff you feel safe
yourself, Madge, that is no reason for max.
ing your mother and every one else unc0m.
Portable about you"
The young lady succumbed to this re-
proof, and was tOlerably amenable for the
rest of the morning.
On our return to the hotel she became
excited anew. At the same time she did
not try to escape from my cOmpanionship
but having put a question to the waiter, she