The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-21

chief with his thousands of Rer.s has come
to give battle perhaps to old B.ola himself.
The believing herds are huddled in the
glen. The shriekinR women are herded
vade:s by land. Here, sku!kinR along the
bays and biahts, come the invaders BY sen.
Their shields are of rawhide. Their wnr
raiment is of rawhide. Their navy ia
afoat upon rhwhide. Tnen. slaughter by
land and by sea. while the dav lasts. Fire
the night. The grass grows richer in the
valleys for the blood left there that day!
They set the departing mes upon shore
in silence and tenderly. No words could
depict the agony of that separation. These
went forth to unknown dangers in untricd
lands; those went bnck to hopeless starvn-
ton upon tho barren Arrnn Isles. But not
At once. Past old Cloghmore. rast Bnlly-
nen, yes. past Tar Caher, the curraghs and
the dories and their motley crews that
went. wai!ing farewells, feroely shrieking
grabs. and stroining their eyes until the
last Tutoring rays Disappeared beyond tho
Connemara hille over against Galway. Not
until then did they. still waiting. turn
toward: the novels among the bowling Al
ran rocks.
can never forget a ''convovine' Incl
dent and it, strange outcome which | Wit
! had been visiting the battlefield Of
Anehrim. where, on that awful Sunday Of
1851 was q battle such as we who have been
in battles know; whore Glnkle's boats. in
Shat mad charge uron leaderless heroes,
ruined the fortunes of the Stuart dynasty;
and whore the whirlwind OF death which
swept over AuQhrim's morass and bog set
the final seal Of sorvitude, but never of ser-
Witty, upon the people of Iceland; md,
turning into the old Dublin and Galway
road. towa;d Ballinasloe, was at once one
Of a singular Conveying" party from the
feature OF this, so invariably a friendly
procession. was its double character. and
lite remarkably contentious nature.
some tremendous excitement seemed to
wildly influence both lines OF march. On
one side of the way. was a bright Irish
we're. by parents, relatives and at least two
score aggrossively defensive followers. On
the other. was u sma't looking Il ish youth
In q state approaching frenzy, surrounded
and restrained from some violent utpos
by a like retinue OF family friends. and
behind, among the nimhlo-footed least
partisan, and one might saw commisserat-
ingly' blended followers, I speedily learned
the cause of the otherwise incxplicable
spectacle. Nora, the daughter of a Kilree-
kill peasant. had been woosd by and be-
trothed to Dennis. son OF a peasant of Bal
lynoe. The Kilrcekiil father disliked the
match, and. bent on i revooably breaking il
off. had got Nora started thus far toward
America.
Dennis, wild with grief, had secured
Longford bnrony for friends, for a rescue;
and all tho way from Kiireokill tho factions
had attacked each other. rstreated. pat
leyed, scorned. truced; and 30 it went on
again to Garbally hamlet, when "a cheer Of
hope arose in the ranks OF Dsnnis' follow
ers; for down the hill from behind, u sight
to DO Cupid's sorry eyes good. came n host
nE sthA tunoS5 from. nhnuA Ilnhii n~l Hult~
mer. These cushing down and einfote,nu
our side-nnd ] say tour aide" for in some
way l found myself giving nm elbow to the
cause of Dennis-we made ae fine IA rally
and sally as any one would Joy to see; can
tursd tho blushinR and willing Nora; bore
her triumphantly into Balinasloe; and had
her safely and seou ely married TO Dennis
by an obliging priest within n glorious half
hour thereafter. EDGAR l.. WAKgNAN,
COPYRIGHT, 1892, by tha author.