New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

give me for this she n1urrnured. no more than
for the other grlefs | caused him
THE next dav Murtagh left the house after break
fast and the two women sa" him strl.r- down
the great road to the village BY the sea II was rare
indeed for him TO leave home, and N0rteI was not
without the fear that he would not come back that
somehow he would win across the sea TO tne country
of his dreams But he came home after nt- l--l
came home in such gulse that his mother put up Her
shaking hands to her face and turned away from
him He wore the garb OF the COnstaoula-y. hate
fuI cloak and cap and all The old woman broke
What would you have" cried Murtagh 1e-ceIy
Would you have me owe money TO a wor1--r-
How you must hate me-" cried Mo-eeH- How
YOU must hate me, II you would shame yourself N
the sight of the village wld that dress on YOU
FOR many a week Nurtagh paid q bitter interest
on his debt to Noreen He had known that n
ioir.ing the constabu1arv he had IN a measure cur
himself of not only from his own KIN but from ms
own kind. His old neIghbCrs must pass nm no."
with a cold word His assistants must 1e those
with the Orange in them. or else Others Ike himself
who had sworn loyalty TO the EnS-Si. S'l. en-
rnent rather than their own brethren Inc .---1I
three policemen dIStruSted h1rn- IheE re- WIN
eyes upon him to see that he was ready 10 arrest
such of his former friends evadet the law ne
sergeant cynicaIly sure that the ostrcl7,1 mo
which Murtagh had fallen would make nm mar
tinet; but Murtagh was loyal. whatever ms lliil1l
might indicate. Any act OF an lr1sh1-lr vas O. ~-+
in itself so far as he concerned and ne Np--lI
have lost his badge had It not been Tor q i'--'---e
old Sir Patrick Morgan. a famous geoozisc and
a friend OF the Commando OF the Foiel@.- .-S - -
arnining the country roundabout. Ps-t- --s 0
mountain. The commander ordered that q %l-.og %
man be given him official guide. and S-- i----oA
chose Nurtagh,
Dav bv dav. in sun or shower. the Two climbed
the mountain. Sir Patrick pee-ed about WIN r--t,
sighted eyes at rocks and landmarks or ----- 81
At his specimens vt such moments A-.---- 81"
on a stone and glowered down toward ING ----SL
spot where the coustabulary building stood o- -1
looked the top OF the lilt-.lt-----
mothers cottage-no. Norcen $ c1-t,-e v..-t
over the treasure hollow of the h-ngS- an. =
Went every Sunday 70 see his mother --~---.e--L
visits they were, when neither ArcN "--.-- -o -
and the bond of their blood brought them 70 .o--
fort Moreen was never present and --- - -
wondered II he Was driving her from -1' 0
home -
Sometimes when Sir Patrick had wondered oI'
Of sight Murtagh would hide his face III MS ----l5
and shut his ewes against the vision OF -1e ie-L
from the mountain that wound down 10 l---- S-- - -
should never cross Now and then "hei 81
arose. the two would hudtle under d 9vt
rock or a thick tree. and then. perhaps. Ni--- -
fuI questioning, Murtagh would tell Nl-S gl 'N-l
history and legend, OF which the heart OF every
Irish peasant Is full
Gradually they, worked ylr' to the top of -tc noun
tain and one morning Sir Patrick fell with cage eS'
on the ancient treasure hollow OF the hlilSs
tagh sat near HIM with his b1cN tuTntu 90 'l-7
He could hear the voices of the women, ',-,e PC
heard N0reen calling 70 the hens. but me- never
stirred Some strong feeling was h htIrg IN ms lS
"A resentment at the mild Spcctdced man ".-1
tanned at the old stones and pccrCd down -'s ,-N
crelic,s and made himself fdmIiIarly at home 'A
the soil of his ancestors Everything mao -C1I
taken from him ms chance IN the new "G1 H. -3
home and thus his sense OF manhood -Ai"
Sir Patrick chipping away CareleSSly was l-lo ~ .
of the Indifference that had been shown 10 Ai,- anu
al his rights
SOMEWHERE, far off, he heard the sound ,.o, .,
~ voices that gradually swelled. 1t reIllludei nm
vaguely of that Gav when he had been going %