The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

the young man depart. only for a lit
tie while. Harry" said he, "and re-
member that 1 am your banker. Here
is your first quarters allowance IN
advance. My cousin. King Corney, VIII
be only too glad to welcome you 10
the Black Islands, and as for Lazy
O'Shane her time at the castle IS
limited and then 0 shall return.
He was truly sorry to part with the
lad-but he had seen the fainting OF
Miss Annaly when Ormond had ap-
peared covered with blood on the
night Of the "fracas' and this set him
thinking. Florence Annaly was Tor
Marcus, and it was just as we'll to
have Harry out Of the way mean
while. Where Sir Ulick's interests
were concerned he had no sentiment
Of action, whatever he might have OF
mind.
SO behold Harry Ormond establish
ed with Cornelius O'Shane at the
palace on the Black Islands. 1t was
la patriachal life that King Corney
lived upon his ancestral estate. the
islands were situated in a Tough, or
arm Of the sea-. and in spite Of the
primitive methods employed in tilling
ithe estate it was profitable and bore
abundantly. His house, which he jok-
ingly called the palace was a
strange mixture Of luxury and dis
comfort, Of elegance n %squalOr. AL
ways King Corney was making altera-
tons in it and it was never finished.
His peasants, whom he by
the hundreds, looked up to him as the
greatest authority and the greatest
man on earth-eXcepting the clergy
for King Corney stood by the old
religion and had his dom estic chap
lain like other monarchs-Father JOS,
educated at ST. Omars n a kind, good
natured, jolly person, who liked good
living, hOugh as obstinate as an oak
or a stone wall when it came to al
lowing any virtue to exist in the clergy
of the establishment" Father Nc
Cormuck, who was stationed at the
Catholic chapel on the mainland"
and who mingled freely in works Of
charity n in scial intercourse with
the Protestant clergy, Father Jos re-
garded as "tinctured with Metho-
dism."
In short. King Corney, his domain,
his subjects and his household were
survivals out Of the past-good old
conservative survivals without an
ounce Of harm in them and many
pounds of good. There was no owe
lost between Sir Ulick Shane and
ed to pity the King Of the Black Is
lands and to regard him as a bar
barian, while King Corney in his big
Irish heart, could find no place for a
selfish schemer, a man without Sound
principle. as he knew Sir Ulick to be.
They had little intercourse-though
when Sir Ulick thought of King Cor
ney's wealth he heaved a sigh to the
fact. 8.
When Ormond sent word to King
Corney that he had been banished
from Castle Hermitage and was COM
ing to pay his respects to His Majesty,
that monarch sent back by a runner
a letter bidding him hearty welcome e,
haillnS him as his son and declaring
that he was hereafter to be Prince
Harry. A boat with flags flying and a
piper playing like mad in the bows
took ormond across the lake, and at
the landing Vas a spirited horse, his
name decked with ribbons, for the
prince to ride on to the palace door.
All along the way the tenants, by King
iCorney's order and also because they
knew and loved the youth, were sta
toned to hurrah for the prince and to
make a frightful noise with horns-
much to the disQuietude OF the steed.
who put to a test Ormond's horseman-
ship.
Harry had thought over his past
life in few days Intervening be-
tween the shooting Of Moriarty-who,
by the way, accompanied him to the
Black Islands and his arrival in
King Conveys domains. He had seen
has faults. many Of them. and had
lresolved upon amendment. One of
MS faults. he realized, was an ex-
cessiVe Indulgence in drink. and he
determined to check himself while
there was yet time. They were mighty
drinkers at the palace or Corney
Castle. as the house of Cornelius
OShane was indiferently called, and
on the first night when the boz.
was gong around after dinner and
lCrmond felt that he had had eno,,ph
he arose from the table and sigrifed
his intention of retiring.
II a bombshell had been exploded
IN n middle Of the dining room King
icorney could not have been more
as1onlshed. Then he was indignant. A
gentleman leave his table after o,1,
a few glasses? It was an ou+rape
upon his hospitality! He abused the
boy roundly. and Ormond, feeling that