Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-07-19
BOUND BY HIS CONSCIENCE.

BE this and be that say yen do no
such a thing! I'll have no plotters in
my family I'd have We to know. You'll
kape on wild your Fenians and your
murdherin' till the sojers have you safe
landed in the county Jail"
but sure. Misther Lynch. II yell
only say the word I'll lave the brother
hood and settle down TO hard work for
Kathleen's sake
If I catch you around the castle
again. me lad. I'll lay me huntin' whip
about your shoulders. ould and all as !
am, mind We that now"
Provoked at this insult Maurice ~
piled hotly:
Have care. Misther Lynch. what
you say, or mebbe yell have naythcr
castle nor whip wan Of them foine
days"
With this curt threat the young fell
low turned on his heel and walked
briskly down the boreen.
As the disputants disappeared little
weakened. old-looking fellow stepped
out from behind the hedge where he
had been an attentive listener to the
whole conversation.
AHA! Maurice. me bould lad-I
have ye now! have We now! Oh. We
think ye can thread on Feely the Fox
and crush him like wurrum, do YEP
Oh, no! an We didn'r even deny We be-
longed 10 the brotherhood On myi
oh my but you will look purity dancin'
ON nothin! Feely the Fox is olild. and
little. and wake. but he's strong enough
TO denounce you and get you stretched
I'll be reyenged on you for threatin'
me loike dirt, so willr'
Two hours later little knot of men
had gathered in Tim Feely's ''sheb-
been" and, after the 'eye wather" had
circulated two or three times. Tim
adroitly introduced Maurice McDer-
motifs name into the conversation.
Upon me sowl I'm sorry for the
lad" declared the willy little hypocrite.
"but he's that stuck up thin days ye'd
think he was lord OF the manor"
True for ye,n assented one of the
party. IAN if 1t wasn't for his brother.
the priesht, dacent man. he'd have
heard from the byes long ago!'
'Do you tell mePr said Tim, insinu-
atingly. AN is he that way wild the
byes, too? Well. well. be me faith.
the cheek of the lower classes il sur.
prisin'.n
When the little crowd had .,mo.@
dispersed Feelv drew lanes He,Iv ths
blacksmith as;Ja ,,,d toiJ a., ~. -
Was burnirg N ssr,o III .nnn,rw 10,
M long "a Maurice McDsrmn,, ,ys. :,
the head of the circle he would NOT io;n
&C. ,i,.na "a 80. r., " 80 III.
reply. "the more there Il ag;n lin ,hs
sooner he'll he mt ant SIRE ri maLs
Won a member to-n;gbt
This was agreed to readily f,r pe.,v
the Fox. rs M sobr;onst suyoests 10.
a cunning animal mi win iii l,;scr.t,
hs was not able 10 do The hnsin.ss ~ .
snv and inArnsr o,,t,,do 20 80 ~.
az men he yeas w.,ch;na "
A few week after tbe .orv,r...;,,
above recorded two n,smhars - H.
brotherhood belony;no - dc cH,s.i. ~
which Maurice and Feely h.Iono.d
were arrested and taken 10 Dnblin. In
their possession were found docpment.
which clearly established their mem.
bership. and from one to another FeeIv
circulated an ipsinuation Thai o,,lv m.
.sCentern himself could possibly have
given the information which ledto The
arrests. a. he alone knew Of thu .x;.t.
ence of the papers 10 onnortnneIv
found. To make matters worse ~
McDermott. both men belonged N ths
faction which opposed him ana were
friends Of Tim Feely and his syn,nathiz.
ers
II there ia ANYTHING an Tr;sbm.,
loatbs Il IL a traitor and n,ac;ng IN
this tran il was an easy matter for
Feely to form an irregular e,urt AT
which McDermott was tried ard ulti-
mately convicted of being British spy.
Maurice was sentenced to death and
his executioners were named. Tie three
men appointed to commit the murder
Brien O'Brien. Joseph Donahoe and
Michael Mononey.
1t was well known that Marice and
Kathleen Lunch, in spite of her iather's
still met secretly. Careful
watching revealed the fact th,t little
Patsy Healy, the blacksmith's boy. was
the medium of communication between
the lovers. So when one day Patsy
was returning from the castle. Brien
OBrienr an uncle Of the "gosoon.