Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-06

tbesa ,,,..ip. ana not an q reward an,
Mn A,,Kn. De my excuss for intrudipy me,
- ~ truth to tell, l was rather douhsf,, !.
ssr s"e reception might meet with A. u, y
tr;.s nan proposes, and God disposesp T, I.
80 'ayig, but practical ons W..
III e,ie morning I saw the skv coua..,,
cla.., "'o 70 horizon by a leadep nalI :,
q, ~. whence descended an untroksn tl,rron,
49, turning the streets to rivers Of ,,,d
sna. plasnihg Oh the pavement fror
10y gutter, as II the deIuya -.
come again. Bogtrottinc WAS L, "e .'
"ea'ner' out OF the question. and r.s,,.. !
myself 70 the inevitable. thouob rel,,o.a.,.1.
IN tba rs wen mat when steady rain begin,
a ~ Iu county Westmeath in November Viii
will ~. "a, o'he.er, no man can say when Il
tho Up, p put | was scarcely prepared 10,
dav. ai OF that November. Ten who'll
10y y' !. continued without symptom ~ cassa
ss, ehen came break OF sunshine lats or,
n,osni' nne night, and again rain in tbe
o'lihs. When, on the fourteenth dav H.
mercury In the barometer that bpno II ~. ~
aa'eroom showed signs Of rising steadilv T.,
pace Oh Jumping up and down avsrr :.
uis' ana Che clouds thinned away and Lot =
watery glimpse Of sun come through ,va ~. :
an thoroughly tired OF inaction and 49,
water, was under
:, morning was glorious one with !.
o,e SKY and started on nv expeditiop
aiorie Inns time, as did not think Il s.;- -
a'k refer to accompany me. knowino nj.
.eeiings on the subject Of nv destin.tion -s
FOUND iocomotion very difficult. "a tha 49,.
80 aaA'e oeep in water In some places. and
oneo Thought seriously Of turning back: but
NY s1od intentions were too strong for ma
anu ! struggled on. About noon 1 nasaed
" cue zone tree" and came in sight OF Iouoh
"aniagh. 1t had become a respectable shee,
VI wafer by this time. The DEVILS Scrauoh
Ts quite covered, and evidently my friend
iurioughs engineering operations must have
oeeh suspended for some time past bv the !. r,s
Oh nature. The cottage still stood where last
%" IL, ana thin wreath OF smoke rose from
i. chimney, proving that the owner was at
nome The stream below it had become a
s~oiieh river, moving sluggishly onward
close 70 the walls Of the hut, having eyidertIv
hooded the potato garden and fields adioir.
ing. was pleased to think that had bro,,gh.
: lew Injuries with me, a pound or SO of to-
pa.co ana SO on for evidently the outcast
mai need OF something to keep his spirits un
III view OF the desolation around him.
having thus reflected looked again towards
me gloomy pool where had so nearly lost INV
NE. Curiously enough, it seemed larger than
When had viewed st few minutes before A,
tried to account in my own mind for this
felt trembling of the ground
beneath my feet; and, with dull. sullen
oar the whole bog, from Tough Galliagb
downward, split away, opening a vast chasm
iiied with black foaming water, and slid
way bodily toward the stream below
ew yards it thus moved unbroken, and then
plit in every direction into maze Of
Stands, all borne downward by resistIess
ush OF water, that had accumulated twenty
eet beneath the bog upon the impervious
MARI seosoil, and now bore away its load tri-
in roaring torrent, directed
traight upon the cottage by the stream.
AT the first dull roar, had seen-I seemed
see everything at once-the door of the
tut open and man standing on the threshold
boxing toward Tough Galliagh. Then the
ood broke. and cottage and man vanished
Ike dream in the stream beyond, followed
y the great masses OF peat, which choked M
he bed OF the channel and piled themselves
n the further bank like chaos l am not
shamed to say that | turned and ran for nv
fe There was no saying whether nv part
I the bog would not follow the other. How
yer, the release of the water had saved the
emainder of the peat; and l was able. by
laking long detour, to avoid that cbasm
here once was Tough Galliah, and to strike
ne bed OF the stream about a mile farther
own, where already a crowd of country peo-
lie had collected, and were gazing in bewil-
cred establishment at the devastation around
lem. One or two of the most practical-or
erhaps most apathetic-amongst them were
roping in the rapidly diminishing waters of |
,e stream, and fishing out relics of the fur |
iture of the cottage, which had been struck |
7 the first force of the released waters and |
lrried down the stream in fragments, before |
lie mass of peat had damned the channel.
"Hurroo, Johneen" shouted one stalwart |
'llow, holding on to q long pole with sal
ION gaff at the end of it, Il have q hoult of |
'mething weighty this time. Lend me a
and, and we'll have it out"
knew instinctively what was coming, and |
frank from the sight. The women screamed
I'D the men crossed themselves as the body
Turlough OBrien was raised from the
alter and drawn toward the bank His
ern face with its black hair looked
t and CHASTITY in death; and it had a
eat cash across the forehead, caused,
} doubt, by some timber of the hut
riking it in tie water. There seemed some
fficulty in getting the corpse out of the
alter, and it soon appeared that the right
nd held death grip of something which
0ked like bit of smoke Drowned rafter.
le salTon gait was again used, and the men
ised the body and its prize together.
'God be betune US and all evil" shrieked an
| woman. Sure, it's his own brother be
S hoult of! Throw him i'll again, boys, or
d luck will follow yez!"
Nonsense, said l, hastily, seeing an evil
Mt disposition on the part of the men to com
Y with the injunction. Surely that thing
Mt be bodyf"
It was one, however, shriveled and dried
like a mummy, but nevertheless
aserved by the strange antiseptic
wer OF the peat, SO that the features
ere perfectly recognizable A man In
e crowd identified it at once as what re-
aimed of Patrick O'Brien. Clearly it had
Ell carried cut of its resting place by the
water
As suicide, the priest refused to bury Pat
* 0'Brien in consecrated ground, and the
bic opinion against Through was so
'ong that they did not dare to lay him in
9 graveyard. After the inquest the bodies
re claimed by some man III the neighbor-
cd, who declared himselt-falsely, believe
10 be relative of the deceased. No one
red to dispute his claim, or ask what lie did
tn them; but have reason to think that
. country people buried him somewhere