Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-20

navy Is afioat upon rswhide. Than.
slaughter by land and by sea, while the
day lasts Fire and sword, rsp.ne and
- aiietsDablsct ,ns wa niSst MO. grass
left there that dlI ua
They set the departing ones - .hore
In silence and tenderly. No words couId
depict the agony of that separation. These
went forth to unknown dangers in nm
tried lands; those went back to hopeless
starvation upon the barren Arran Isles.
But not at once. Past old Closhmore.
past Ballynen. yes, past far Csher, the
currsghs and the dories and their motlsy
crews followed those that went, waIling
fsrewells, fercely shrieking grshs, and
straining their eyes until the last futtering
rays disappeared beyond the Connamara
hills over against ancient Galway. Not
until then did they, still waiting, turn to-
wards the novels among the bowling Ar
ran rocks.
can never forget q conveying" Incl
dent and Its strange outcome which i wit
messed, and indeed In which / pArticipa-
ted. had been visiting the battlefield Of
Aughrim, where, on that awful Sunday OF
1881 was battle such as we who have
been In battles know; where Ginkel's
hosts, in that mad charge upon lesderless
aoAOccs IDc IOEtuu6e OF L1G StuarI
dynasty; and where the whiriwind of
death which swept over Aughrim's morass
and bog set the final seal of servitude, but
never Of servility, upon the people of Ire
land, and, turning into the old Dublin
and Galway road, towards BAlllnssloe, was
at once one Of q singular conveying"
party from the rural districts of Kilree-
kill The strangest feature of this, 90 in
varisbly q friendly, procession, was its
double character, and its remarkably con-
tentious nature
Some tremendous excitement seemed to
wildly influence both lines of march On
one side of the way was q bright Irish
maiden surrounded and protected, rs IL
were, by parents, relatives and at least
two-score sggressively defensive followers.
On the other was smsrt-lookipg Irish
youth In a state approaching frenzy, sur
rounded and restrained from some violent
purpose by a like retinue of family, friends
and loyal followers. Dropping quietly
into line behind, among the nimble footed,
least partisan, and one might say commits
srstingly-blendei followers. / speedily
learned the cause of the otherwise mex
plioabls spectacle. Nora. the daughter of
a Kilreskill peasant. had been wooed by
and betrothed to Dennis, con Of PEASANT
of Bsllynoe. The Kilreekill father dis
liked the match, and, bent on iTreycesbly
breaking it off. had got Nora started thus
far towards America.
Dennis, wild with grief, had secured
Longford bsrony for friends, for rescue;
and all the way from Kilreekil the fac
tions had attacked each other, retreated,
parleyed, blsrneyed, scorned, trucsd; and
so 1t went on again to Garbslly hamlet,
when cheer of hope arose in the ranks
Of Dennis followers; for down the hill
from behind, q sight to do Cupid's sorry
eyes good, came a host of ''the byes" from
about Oghl and Keltomer. These rush
ing down and reinforcing our side-and /
say "our side," for in some way I found
myself giving an elbow to the cause of
Dennis-we made as fine rally and sally
as any one would joy to see; captured the
blushing and willing Nora; bore her TIL
into Balinasloe; aud had her
safely and securely married to Dennis by
an obliging priest within g glorious half
hour thereafter. EDGAR L. WAKKNAS.