The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-12-11

IN his discourse 10 tue pIAsOAcI, anu "aS
approaching the usual form of con-
demnatlon, when figure, pale. wild,
aud haggard in gesture and appearance,
appeared on the witness table. 1t was
that Of the elder Mcnamara. He raised
his hands imploringly toward the bench,
while his frame shook and his features
quiyered with emotion.
:'My lord!" he exclaimed, "stop talken
to the boy, for twas I done the deed"
A universal murmur of astonishment
passed through the court at this declara-
ton. A whisper at the same time was
circulated among the counsel, the I'M
port of which seemed to be confirmed by
the half-crazy appearance and demeanor
of the youth. The prisoner was ap-
pealed to.
'sMy lord" he replied with a mourn
full toss of the head, 81 wouldn't have
you give in to him-I won't say it was
meself done it-but it wasn't he any
Way
The young man was in consequence
! removed. as @ person whose enthusiastic
affection had affected his reason. and Gas
the legal phraseis} judgment and execn-
ton followed accordingly, in the person
of the younger brother.
The original character of the elder
Mcnamara was now completely re-
stored He once more resumed all, and
more than all. the ready violence and
! ferceness of demeanor for which be was
formerly far more remarkable than his
| dead brother, and seemed to exist only
in the hope of being one day enabled to
avenge the blood of the latter, against
his prosecutor, the guardian Segur, and
the whole of his family, excepting per-
haps the innocent object Of his own early
attentions. He now seemed to have
abandoned every other care but that Of
gratifying this single passion. His
cabin was forsaFen, his garden left I'M
! titled, all bis accustomed haunts ap-
pearea to be forgotten or deserted, and
he might occasionally be observed Gid
ing at night-fall like & spectre, among
the sally groves aud along the hedges in
the neighborhood Of his enemy. The
latter felt that he had deep cause to re-
greet transaction which rendered him
obnoxious to being SO desperate and
ill-conditioned as his prosecutor. He WAS
weak. sicbly man, OF a nervous aud
almost feminine feebleness of mind and
frame, and never dared venture out un-
accompanied by some person of strength
sufficient to protect him against any at
t'1npt which could be made on his life;
and even with these precautions he
found himself compelled to eat his bread
amid all the terrors OF insecurity. All
the exertions and persuasions Of his
friends, his niece among the number
(who calculated much Oh her own in
huence over the mind Of the yohng man,
if they could but find an opportunity Of
using it}, were Intellectual in restoring
calmness to his mind. His sleep was
broken by frightful dreams, and the
oath which his foe had taken in his own
hearing, that he would have "blood for
blood before the grass should wither OH
his brothers. grave" sounded forever in
his ears. After many fruitless efforts,
howsvar, to obtain ali opportunity Of ac-
complishing his threats, young Macna-
mara suddenly disappeared from the
neighborhood, and nothing more was
seen or heard OF him for several months
Better hopes began to break in upon tie
mind OF the object of his hate. aud he
ventured, after some time spent in many
vain endeavors to ascertain the position
Of his enemy, to resume his wonted oc-
equations about the farm without fear If
personal danger.