The Irish standard., 1886-06-05
MARY LEE;
Or
THE YANKEE IN IRELAND.
BY PAUL PEPPERGRAsS. ESQ.
Author OF ''shandy MCGUIRE 1.-THE spas-
wife," etc.
CHAPTER YII.-(Continued.

Mamie, true to the well-known habits
and instincts OF her species, backed
slowly away, till she had receded some
tsn or twelve PAGES, and rearing on her
hind feet. made Il rush against the in
trader, and would probably have upset
hirn, but Weeks, who had had some ex~
pe1ience Of the animal already, evaded
tie blow by stepping aside at the crltl-
cal moment. and as she passed struck
her on the horns. The goat, however,
seemed not to notice it in the least; for
immediately turning and running up the
hill 80 intercept him, she again drew
heraeif up in position to renew the en-
counter. Ii should be said, perhaps,
that Mamie had somewhat the adsan-
tage Of Mr.. Weeks, inasmuch as the
latter was q stranger in the country, and
had but g. very Indifferent knowledge OF
The use Of his weapon; whereas Mamie,
according to common report, was al
ready the ':hero Of hundred battles. !"
Besides she knew her ground better and
could see more distinctly in the dark
ness With such odds against him,
however, Mr. Weeks, did his deyoir
prayely, and showed no lack of courage
III addressing himself TO SO strange II
combat. at length Mamie again rose
zap. and plunged forward IS before, with
Is furious rush, and again missing her
SIN, received second blow on tbs horns
AZ violent IS The first.
s'Co1nc, old s}ae-devil, 49, half cata-
mount, half L7,cifer.~-fire up again; I'll
taa:I, you Yankee trick or two; come
ON, Old ratiiesnalie." But Mamie, it
seemed, was not disposed to renew the
encounter as readily as he expected.
Taking it for granted, nevertheless, she
would third time repeat hex naannu"
vre, OF running on before him and head-
ing him off. he resolved to benefit by
her loss of time, and have the start Of
her sor the Cairn. With This object 2n
view he nude all possible haste up fhe
hill, and had gained CIR her 81 consider
able distance, when eli OF sudden, and
without the slightest anticipation Of it
his part, something struck hin FROM be-
I,ind. and threw him back head fore
naost, down the bill. A. statute CT mai
bic thrust back from it's pedestal down
an inclined plane could not have fallen
more helpleasly than did Ephriam
Weeks The thud OF his body on the
1,eaten footpath might have been heard
distinctly at the cabin. He was now
completely at the mercy Of his enemy.
Twice he eseayed to regain his feet, and
twice did Mamie lay him Oh his back.
at length, however, he succeeded SO far
a. to scramble upon lis knees, and-aa
She poat, NOW in the heat OF encounter,
closed in upon him, no longer retreating
and advancing, as before--he finally
aeized her by the horns, and speechless,
hxeatl1ess, furious, there he held her.
But what was he 80 do DOW? He could
not remain kneeling, in that attitude,
looking III his enenly's face, all night,
amid rain and lightning. He was soze-
ly perplexed, for never Was he between
two such horns Of q dilemma before. 10
let go bis hold, and strike with the but5
Of his fishing rcd, would only enrage
her the more, without in the least ex-
trictsting him from his embarrassment:
aud to hold her with one hand, whilst
he drew out his pocket pistol "a weapon
ne always carried about hin) with the
other, wus more than he could accom-
piish. In either case, he was likely TO
find himself as helpless and PROSTATE as
ever before he could strike blow or
draw trigger.
s"rnrnation seize ye," lie cried, look~
inc iz1to the animals face, md shaking
s,er l,y 5h,, horns; ''are you man, or
beast. or devil or what are You?"
Mamie bleatea a reply. It was her
defiance l'outrance.
80, good heavens!' cried Weeks, i'll
accents ii despair, E'is there such az
Other country as this in all almighty
creationo Here I am on my knees,
pelted with rain, half singed with light
ming, and nearly beaten TO q mummy by
a goat, the very first day l entered on
1ay plans and specniations, ~
But this condition of things could not
long endure: and SO Mr.. Weeks, Mt last,
prudently determined to run for it, since
he could see no other way Of termina-
ting the fight. It was the resource of
the coward, to be sure, but what else
could be done? Making desperate ef-
fort, therefore, he threw the goat on her
side by q. sudden wrench Of the horns,
and then, jumping OF his feet, fed down
The hill, over the fence, and along the
road, rs fast as his long legs could carry
him, oursing Justify, as he ran, the un-
lucky day he ever had the misfortune
TO meet Else Cnrley Of the Cairn. And
here we must leave him to pursue his