The Irish standard., 1899-07-29

he repeated word for word what she had
said to Mr.. Robert the night OF the 23d.
when he came back to Butterficld Lane,
Bad welcome 10 you etc. One OF the
persons present with him then must
have been an iniormcr. After she had
been some time in kilmainham, Mr.
Emmett was arrested and sent to that
prison. DR.. Trevor had frequently talked
to her about him. but she never let on
that she had any acquaintance with him.
AT this time she was kept in solitary
confinement for refusing TO give infor-
nation. One day the doctor came and
spoke to her in very good naturcd
way and said she must be permitted to
take exercise i'll the yard The turnkey
was ordered to take her to the yard and
he accordingly did so; but when the yard
door was open who should she see walk
ing very fast up and down the yard but
MIR. Robert. She thought she would
have dropped She saw the faces OF pco-
pie watching her at grated window
that looked into the yard, and her only
dread was that Mr.. Robert, in rccognz-
ing her, would speak to her. but she kept
her face away and walked up and down
on the other side; and when they had
crossed one another several times, at
last they met at the end. She took care
when his eyes met hers to have frown
on her face, and her finger raised to her
lips. T[e passed on as if he had never
seen her; but he knew her well, and the
half smile that came over his face and
passed off in moment could hardly
have been observed except by one who
knew every turn of his countcnancc.
The doctors plot failed: she was taken
back to her cell and there was no more
taking OF air or exercise then for her.
"Shc was in Kilmainham a close pris-
oncr when Robert Emmct was executed.
She was kept locked UP in solitary cell,
and indeed always, with few exccp-
tons, was kept so during her con6ne-
ment the first year. The day after his
execution she was taken from Jail to the
castle to be examined, through Thomas
street. The jailer had given orders to
stop the coach at the scaffold where
Robert Emmett was executed. 1t was
stopped there, and she was forced to
look at his blood, which was still plain
enough to be seen sprinkled over the
deal boards"
In Kilmainham she remained for years
she, her father and all their family, ex-
ccpt two young children. Her brother
died Of Jail fever, terribly aggravated by
the horrible crucltics of Trevor She
herself was we'll nigh driven to madness
by him. The memorial OF the state
prisoners says: "He drives, through
evaporation, the mind to madness, Of
which instances have occurred. His
treatment OF all, but especially Of one
unfortunate state prisoner a female, is
shocking to humanity and exceeds cred
ibility." This was Anne Dcvln.
She was at last released, crippled i'll
her limbs, weakened in her intellect,
hardly able to live, without home and
with but few friends in the world. A
subscription OF flo, which was collected
for her at the time, enabled her to Sub
sist until she had recovered some
strengthened shortly aitcrward she
married decent poor man, named
Campbell, draynan we believe. Years
passed, years OF privation and struggles
and hard labor; and there was a time
then in which it was dangerous to speak
of "thc troubles" and another time
came, when a generation had grown
over the old hopes and hates of the
United Irisllmcn-and so all memory OF
her courage and her suffcrings had been
dispcllcd, when DR.. Madden, exploring
| for materials for his life OF Robert En-
met some years ago, discovered her
earning her bread as common washer
woman, in a miserable cabin in stable
yard off Johns Lane. To him Ireland
owes all its knowledge OF one OF the
truest and bravcst hearts that ever
throbbcd in 4 woman's breast.