Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-17

 whispered consultation, at the close of which one of the party, called Larry, left the other two for reconnoitre, while his companions crouched down beside the cliff. In few minutes Larry had re. turned.
 "We,ll have me sundowns in tn wink O me eye"; he exclaimed sleefully. ''They're dead aslape, yout-Teddy, I mane. You an Dennis take th' boreen dure-there's but two-an' I'll guard the wan furninst the sky. Aisy, now, an' let Dennis give thim th' word whin work me whistler"
 They crept to the cabin silently. A mo- ment of silence followed. Then came the shriek of Dennis whiatle on the still night air, and, as the men stepped quickly to the separate doors and bore softly but firmly down upon each latch, 1t was an- swered by woman's unearthly ecreech from within:
 ''Howly motherl-but it's tn bsnshee's cry sginl Childer, dearl-Nora?-Mau- rsenIEie-Alll"
 Then there was loud knock upon the borsen- side door.
 'sIts not tn banshee, ct all, this night, Histhrsss Dreen. It's tn stronger voice av th' lawl NIsthress Eileen Dresn, Miss Nora Dreen, Miss Naureen Dreen an Niss Ellie Dreen-she that's been psddlin' tn sthuff fur four year gone-we demand yer imme- jyate surrinderl"
 meanings now and the shufatng of bare, excited feet upon the stone floor, while tho wheeling, whining voice of Mother Dreen gave temporizfng answer with "Ah, thin, whatM ye be havin'I wid four lone craythurs, that niver harmed soul ,wid tuckin' an starvin', since tn dsy that iver they wor born?"
 "We'n have first yer four corpuses fsgranty, fur snug an tidy stowin' in Gal way jail, an thin, wid or widout your lave, we'll be havin' yer two purity sthills, Mis- thress Dresnl" came pompously from Dennis at the door.
 Four shril voices here blended in wild chorus of misery and despair. "Waste no time, thin, ladies dear;" con- tinued Dennis from without. "We're not ye twinty minutes good, t get inside yer traps-an' we won't peep, aythsr. Put iverything yer ownin' on yer backs, thin; fur its th' divil's own ride to Galway. Better put on your best togs, thin, darlints, an' have your best foot forsrd. Yell made lem all whin facin' tn judge, afore yer haugedl"
 Another chorus of wailings followed Dsnnis' Alppant advice, with sound of scufaings, embraoings, ,hurryings and ecur- ryings and the enforced hasty dressing and the groping together their wretched be- longings, mingled with the pitiful inter jeotions of despairing love and loving de- spair.
 Finally upon Dennis sturdy demands, a light was struck, and the men simultan- eously entered the cabin, where the four poor creatures covered and shuddered in the corner of the fireplace.
 "Have ye surrindsred fsirlya" demanded Dennis sternly
 "Och, murtherl-an' we have, thin, en- tirsly"
 "Ye'd better, mo sundownsj Don't ye lave th' place where yer at. Twinty can much as sthir, yell be blowed, cabin an all, bsyant Ballynahinch Come, byes, we'll have look at the beautiful sthills."
 They raised the Tagging and, with the lanterns they had brought, at once de- scended into the cavern. Mother Dreen, ever a coward before threatened danger, but who always rose to the height of hero- ism in times of actual conflict or advant- age, with . wild cry of victory sprang to
 the tucking table, slipped the heavy stone in its place and jumped scstatically upon 1t. Then she bade Ellie make haste to the Lepraohaun Crag above, for the little bag O1 COlh u10ueA OouohbA U C0E ta1A IOCh, duO whispered excitedly to Nora and Maureen, who ct once flung open the door toward the boreen and stood with clutching hands and heaving breasts beside her. s'Let us up! Lst us up out O this, ye ould bitel" came threateningly from below, with loud rsppings underneath the flag ging upon which Mother Dreen now stood with blazing eyes.
 "Wan at time, thin, darlints; wan at 6 time. We'd loike t be raisonin' wid ye 6 l little I'
 Consent was the imprisoned guagers only recourse. Dennis came clustering and putting first, half dragged from the hole l y hands that frightened upon his limbs l with almost crushing power. As the light was extinguished in the cabin he felt him. self suddenly swung from his feet into mid-air.
 "Aisy now, avicks. Toss him over aisyl' was mother Dreen's cheery command, se the Tagging was replaced and she calmly
 resumed her solitary guard.
 | A wild rush was that down the dark and
 stony boreen with their strange and strug. gling burden; and Dennis laid oath long
 after. that "'rwus into etarnity thought
 I'd swung!" But the two mountain girls
 knew every inch of the way to the fine
 shelving rock near the lower edge of the cliff, where the waters were deep and still.
 Thrice they went and came; and thrice | there was . cry of terror and @ great l splashing of the waters of somber Alligan | while Nora and Maureen had scarcely | gained the hut for the last time, to find Eue and her mother with some terrified consciousness of what had been done dswning upon their desperate minds, when Dan Msdigan came tearing up after them, all but bursting with laughter, but full of | woeful lamentations for the straits in which the wretched women were now placed.
 "Out O thisl-out O this. or livery moth CTS son O yer necks will bs stretchedl Och, bad luck t tn days me eyes will see it! But I'll save ye, me body an sowl on 1t, darlints alll''
 He grasped Ellie in his arms; walled over her loudly; hustled and pushed mother Dreen and the girls out of the cabin door and rushed them down the boreen; all the time while holding their misdeed before their now mortified eyes, gasping out the wonderful part he had played in following the gaugers from Galway; in running his horses like mad to distance them and give the Dreens fair warning; how he had missed 1t by the matter of four miles, only at last to blister his eyes with eight of murder done; and how now, blessed be all
 
 drous haste and do precisely as bidden, and If there wore not twenty and more un- drowned gaugers lurking about the bush to bounce upon them, he would make the race of his life for their lives and place of permanent safety besides.
 Then it was that Dan Madigan's wagon cite went whirling back toward old Gal way; mother Dfeen, Nora and Naureen snug within the straw, covered close with blankets, and giving vent to occasional smothered groans, as Dan, brave rascal that he wssl drew Ellie tightly to his side; while his eloquent lips for hours told her the tale of his love with running fire of warnings to the crouching figures in the straw, to 'tniver sthir c hair" for "th' divil's own gaugers" were surely after them; as at last they seemed to be; for tearing along be- hind, came long car, it's occupants shiv- eringly beating their bodies with their arms, but hallooing threateningly to those within the wagonette.
 ''See, darlint, how I'll give thim tn fine slipt" said Dan proudly to the cuddling Ellie by his side, as he dextrously swerved his team at fun gallop into 8 noiseless pit of sand, while the long car dashed furious. ly on.
 Tho wsgonette moved slowly now; and day as Queens Bridge, over the l
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