New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-05


1t comprehended some miles OF wood ana water q
grouse mountain q trout stream There was a
or ruinous dlsrepalr. 1t had acres OF grass, long
ranges OF outDuudlngs. Fortunately. oE A az
good as new. again. Inc place fQl of work
I @ss: the noise OF hAnmsrins FsS0undsd all DAY
as soon as few rooms were ready for occppa7
ton, Sir adrian had moved in he was Delighted
with his Irish property, none the less because ne
had bought it for song. His English friends were
sport TO be had The county was ready to receive
were his nearest neigh0oE the Prince Of ErFts and
| O. q ba oIs1tsJ - f1rfncaSS nr0nerIv mazda q
wedge in BalIinacarra land II was small wedge.
but 1t spoiled any chance of inclosng balllnacarra
within ring fence. 1t was a wild, oyergrown
place. wilderness by Ballinacarra which had been
at some time well kept park, and would be again
now il was an Englishman's property
with kindly heart toward ali its inhabitants. he
had no idea OF making Aab9tA Vineyard Of the
he WAS going 10 call on The rrlHce 10 ask him 10
Dor, Lazy Derrymors. walned MIN OF the indiscre-
ton he was ABOUT 10 coInInil-
DerryCes; AIS hostess mad been very KIND 10 him
In fact her irish softness o. speech and manner
MIN her devoted slave
i to dance, he said TO her with the little
mountain pony
LADY DerryImore looked the way ne indicated;
and extraordinarily bright eyes under a tangie Of
moment her expression Vas one Of the utmost re-
sentiment.
y aaren't do It," she said, laughing Why, that
Is 0 DriscolIs granddaughter, little katha!een-
Don't you know that they hate you Ike poison?'
blunt " May i ask Why,
because BaIlinacarra is O'Driscol land. Because
they are banished 10 the waste and aereMct oL OF
the property. Because you're restoring BaIlnacaTra
enon ms ns Fecsusevvou talk OF starting pack
of Ballinacarra included the deer. My dear Sir
Adrian the deer belong to none OF US. Occasionally
they swim the river to us and we might well call
them ours The Original deer forest the P 52s5 o.!
The deer were mentioned in the inventory OF
ali my project Of the hounds was DIM ana dlstant
one For the present am quite SATISFIED with me
fox hunting, especially since you nave MADE me
master. They might have postponed their hatred
TIL had given them cause 80. .a r,a-
more ''O'Drisco hasn't nut his leg across horse
tFe rastershfp It's no use telling them that we
couldn't afford to keep It ourselves they tnlRa
Keep the hounds cut Of an Engshma lima hands dis
They say ODriscon won't let the nu nj, cross ms
against you all over the countTg and Tir ia the
= never heard anything unreasonable" said
nv dear man. that's the charm Of u.s." said
his hostess flirting her fan.
'T'Il call on him and have It out
You'll find the door shut in IN your face
The memory Of the eyes under the golden. a1n
tange Of hair Sir h The 0 dance which
DESPITE LADY Derrymore's warnings. he had been
He had called at Castle Erris day two later
and found the avenue leading to the dnaRlq tsed
nv Ihe houghs and even whole trees of old storms
that ne W tb Entrance gate and do the rest
The door was opened TO him py an an ol pd man +ba
visitors his face assumed the odae5t dnts
Of comical peTPleEEii t and oogseo de'e'-
Thisper now. dear he said looking furtivey
6ehipf ve nl DameTs fortune IT'S one Of the
ters bad days He's stin with his foot l76 up IN
loader an if was 70 Ttnftop y9 he gvi5 me in
me- hack The divil lie in 1t
Since Sir Adrian Ingestre could not storm the
Prince of Erris in his own stronghold ne WaS I
Obliged 70 retire. not knowing whether 10 feel
angry amused
During the winter that followed there were sev-
eraI unpleaan incidents in Ttth b 1ne
hunting There we're protests bo bad never
objected before. Once or twice the riders were mel
o OF Unpleasant implements.
''They learnt the way Of it. said Lady Derry
been putting Il into practice since we qeGIa "a
peace ad an seeing all the employment you've been Civ
ing in the country but If it goes b on %e h4He
rest of us and take the hounds. It's al the oid
Prince Its s9geTs0g n Tne5 the people ne Badly
said Sir Adrian. with an outburst OF spleen Wnlcn
he had looked ike TO be as master
1t was no later than the Tuesday after that the
ginney gave cry again as they being led
home to the kennels The members Of the hunt had
man and the whipper in with few idlers. were all
that remained t n. W Welow leaves vet shiverg on
the trees since there hadn't been a gale to bring
them down. =, -. -,
spinnev The huntsman gave 'Tally-ho!" although
+bere were none but themselves TO hear IT They
suTan1 through the spinney and out into the open
country beyond then made for Bargy Woods
Down the side of ravine. UP the other, went the
hounds giving tongue. Sir Adrian riding behind
them. II rough riding for the woods were fun
of the stumps of trees that had been lately felled
and once twice Sir Adrian's mare stumbled with
him but regained her footing. Once he was down
T3v the time he up again and in the saddle ne
heard the furious barking OF the hounds at dis
lance They were evidently at fault the quarry
had slipped into drain or otherwise baffied them
Sir Adrian looked round for the huntsman ne
was not in sight. He rode where the yelping or
the hounds led him. Presently he came out In the
middle of little glade. The dogs voices were
deafening by this time. They were leaping IKE
mad below a great chestnut tree, their sharp ex-
cited Ia es turned upward the their tongues
hair tails going Ike mad.