The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-06
BESIDE IHE WINSOMB KERRY SHORES.
By EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
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..Tales d Ten rravelers,' serIes

and interesting order Of events, dtstif.
guishable only by sounds, followed
each OF these series Of rapptn2s.
Our host would stumble TO the door ;
open little wicket withi1oit; and then
aa II in great effort 10 adJ6re extraor-
binary silence, give vent 70 u
"Sh.h-h.h r. that could easily have been
heard for good quarter Of mile.
"rear an agesT" he would growl,
san who are yez, ye spalpeen, thatd
split tho mountain side entirely wid
yer crashin' Az tn dursw
"Arragh, We ould shamer, It's meself,
Jenny Dooley. from beyant tn Caragh
Tor Timmy Duffy, av tn pingle side; or
Jerry Cooney, av Drung Hill or Paddy
Doran, nv Coomasharn;) an its a
feathers weight o th' rale right sort I'd
be hayin', swate bad luck to yezw
"Divil q drop yell get here, We black.
mouth gaugeri Bat I'll not be oncivil
10 yez, tn hour o. night. How's the
woman that owns yez?-Sh-h-h-hW
"Better nor tn diyiPs luck penny
in yer own pursel-l'll go bail TO that
same, by the elevensl"
Then, as by this time the night trav-
eler had entered, came dim light from
n "splinter" set atlame in the shoulder
ing peat Of the fireplace and wedged IN
an open Granny in the chimney angle.
This was invariably followed by the
sound OF soft and musical gargling OF
liquid from some heavy vessel and the
silvery wimple OF the sani0 into re-
ceptacle OF lesser capacity.
Then heavy clinging OF coin like
that OF copper pence, suggesting com.
mercial transaction OF we'll established
character, would be heard; and after
this, d gulp aud hearty smack. from
the "partlng cup" with the mutlled
toast, "shuid.urthl (Here's to youL);"
when Jenny, Jimmy. Jerry or Paddy
would depart down the boreen, hum.
ming soft, strains OF satisfaction and
cheer; ut which our host would listen
and growl for a bit, when the light
would disappear and our potheen.mer-
chant would tumble heavily into his
bunk near the tlichering peat eu'5ers
beneath the hob.
These incidents, growing more fire..
quent rs the morning neared, finally 60
thoroughly awakened mo that for some
time laid listening to distant rutnb-
ling and roaring for which could in
nowise count; and as there was ladder
leading from the loft to the thatch OF
the cabin byre. and thence into the lit
tie paddock below, silently stole from
nv companions side and gained the
cliffs overhanging the maiu highway, as
the first tremulous grays OF dawn began
throbbing overthe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF the mountain above.
A strange confusion OF sounds arose
from tho gorge below.
At first ! could but dimly see down
there ghostIy jumbo Of moving
things, sometimes massed and accom-
panied by Babelic medley OF voices,
or again separated into struggling OBJ.
jects making at best only sleepy and al
lent progress toward the hamlet OF Ca
hirsiveen.
But as the low.lying fog lifted, and
the morning light flooded in upon the
wide stone road, the nature OF the all
night intrusions at the shebeen and the
cavalcade below me was clearly re-
vealed.
1t was Saturday morning, morning OF
the fair and market day at the old sea-
port town, and all the quaint folk from
the wilds OF Iyeragh, as was their i'm
memorial custom, were "trundling to
the fair afore the break O. day."
And what n queer, kindly lot they
wercl
Here was group of eth byes,"
wriggling along face to face, settling
questions of mountain honor in ire
mendous though friendly harangue and
dispute. Then followed cart, driven
by the .'ould man." in which were the
could woman an childer, slapin rings
round their swate selves" Many carts
there were with pigs snorting violent
protests and surprise; with geese cram
iug their needs in viciously.hissed de-
fiance aud Interrogation, and with
sheep bleating piteously.
All these were interspersed with or
followed by old women with braideen-
covered baskets; young women with
packages OF yarn or flannel; lasses
humping donkeys laden with creels, or
guiding recalcitrant goats and kids; but
every lass or woman knitting away Wig
orously, in time to step and gossip; old
men bumped aud severe, pegging along
with thump OF stick and puff OF pipe;
and all full OF whimsical importance and
gosthering, whether they had to sell or
the wherewithal to buy; and. OF course,
squad OF constabulary to remind them
OF their serfdom, tagging at their heels
or occasionally charging at a gallop
through the motley cavalcade.
Ny shaggy companion was shortly
ready for our morning march. We de-
scended the mountain boreen and min
gled with the fair-going people. Walk
ing thus to Cahirsiveen, we fingered
moment at the ruins Of the birthplace
Of great Daniel 0'Counell, ut Carhou
Bridge; loitered for time among the
market-day scenes beyond-where 1 saw
q face cannot forget until tho moment
OF all forgetfulness shall come-and by
midday wo were among the fishermen
OF tho southwest coast, at the tiny fab.
ing hamlet OF Port Magec.
II.
An Irish fishorman's cabin is hardly
q palace; but 1t often holds love aud
content, and tho one to which my new
found friend led me with rapid, home.
nearing strides seemed one OF this
pleasant, restful sort. Most OF tho hab-
itations Of tho fishing village we're
wrctched novels indeed. This ono was
not only clean. but from corrag to
thatch It disclosed the touch OF loving
banda.
AS wo neared 1t l could SEQ that
white founcod curtains showed behind
the tiny panes Of cabin and loft; some
pretty vines were trained about the
windows Themselves, and the little curl
nf nh,,nkn nl,n,.n tho kh nInlI trhinh told