El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-14
CBy c. J. HnmiItOn.)

/ - URING the beginning of March in
the rebellion year Of 'sS there
! - were many signs in the south and
/ east of Ireland tFat a crisis in the his
/ sorry of the country was approaching
with rapid strides.
From lord Innismore's house party
/ went out on q dull March morning to
7 shoot over Dunrahcn mountain. The
sport was not good. snipe were scarce,
! and as the afternoon drew on the par
/ ~ separated, and one young English
/ militia officer OF the name of Harvey
/ Vevasour found, to his intense disgust,
/ that he was quite alone. His shouts
{ brought no answer. His companions
had vanished, as IL by magic.
9 he did not perceive that the ground
/ shelNed suddenly As he put one foot
/ forward, the earth gave way under him.
! 20 feet
Stunned and shaken, he remained for
Il minute half unconscious. He was
reused by seeing around him mass
+ OF angry faces. y tall man in a green
: uniform, with q green feather at the
I side Of his cap, called out. Silence,
/ boys; III soon find out what this
Then standing over Vevasour and
I shaking him by the shoulder, he cried,
/ Here, YOU, sir. what business have
are. I'll shoot you dead, by heaven L
I VIII, Speak the truth; who are you,
Ny gun ism I loaded. said NCvasOuT,
J VINO felt rather inclined to laugh; Il
| discharged il an hour ago. 1 am quite
Z pcaceG Die, l assure You. ] was out
/ shooting with party from lnnlsm0re
/ castle and L lnst my way That's all
/ viii you swear that its the truth
! you're after telling
IN swear anything you like" said
l XpNg9
What are you going to do with me
now" asked NevasOur. VIII you show
me the way back to Innismore castle
You're 10 Irish miles away from it;
/ YOU can't get back tonight. We II give
I YOU board and lodging for nothing
! Here, Pat Brennan and Ned Dolg, tie
| this gentleman's feet and hands hard
/ and fast. and carry him over beyond,
{ YOU know where, and leave him tn
/ called for. Wen relieve him of bis
! gun, it's a good one and viii be useful
I to us
As Vevasour was bound and carried
/ away, he heard again that strange
sound of many feet, with the words OF
I command coming now and then like
! pistol shots into the silent air.
They stopped at length before a tan
/ vi ite house standing by itself II nau
Z a forbidding aspect
I'd the wide oak staircase Nevasour
was carried, and finally deposited IN a
! garret with a slOping ceiling. me Two
I and with a coarse jibe went away,
I locking the door behind them
/ Presently a faint rUstllnS was heard
{ outside and the door was opened. rms
time it was a girl who appeared IN the
/ doorway slim and slight, holding a
| rushlight in one hand. She stared At
| Vevasour with her blacklashed grey
/ eyes and then she spoke:
| What did you come here dlsturDln 3
us for?" she asked fiercely-
1T was my misfortune not my fault,
Y
my way on that Internal mountain 1
believe it's beWitched-
We'll, and nOw2' she said
Now things are not much better
! Here I am. bound hand and foot not
able TO move, and as hungry as hun
ter without a bite to eat.
IF L Unfasten you, will you promise
not to try to escape!
Il promise on the honor of an officer
4- AN officer repeated the girl Are
you an officer, them
yes. a captain in his majesty's Royal
Berkshire regiment of militia
"Ah, and your name2
MY name is Harvey NeVaSour, very
much al your service. And your name.
my fair deliverer, what is II, that
may remember it in my prayers ne
bent on her, as he spoke, look OF
| undisguised admiration. she coIoreu
and answered hastily;
! NY name is MaUreen Connolly"
'Maureeni That is something IN
TT is the irish word for little Mary.
But you are not little" with a
glance at her somewhat tall figure
! II suppose I was once. And now L
will 20 and get you something to eat
No don't thank me yet Maybe j can [
find very much, but III do my best
in a few minutes she returned. car
rving a little round table. which she
pushed in before her. On II she placed
half a cold chicken, piece OF cold
bacon and a square of soda bread, with
a roll of butter and a glass OF mis-
[ That's all 1 can find she said re-
a meal fit for an emperor" an
/ swered VevasOur.
He is my brother-my only brother"
/ Connolly. too, I suppose!
I She nodded assent Now, II you
have finished I will take these things
40, no, You mustn't. Let me help
you" -.. .-o-,
this room you win break your word
of honor as an officer and gentle
man. Remember that
Three months after the night when
Vevasour was lost on Dunrahen noun
tain. Ireland was in blaze; the Eng
I lish militia was called out, and the
| Royal Berkshire, with NeVasour as ons
! of the captains. ives sent to lonely
district where a camp was hastliy
{ formed. One evening when EevaSour
I and his company had come back from d
I long and unsuccessful hunt after rep
els, he found that a party had just re
I turned from another raid, bringing with
them tall young man in tattered green
uniform, with bcdragSled feathers on
one side of his cap His head was
bound up with a blood stained bandaEc.
Here's one of en- cried the colonel
in great excitement; "a leader. they
{ say, captain, no less, The fellow
was hiding in a hayrick and they
dragged him out. Not bad setup
We Vevasour looked at him To his
I amazement he saw that the man
before him was no other than the one
he had come across Dunrahen noun
J tain. drilling his COmpanV-
Your name is Connolly, 1 Think he
/ said in a low voice.
yes. BeaUchamp Connolly" was the
! answer.
ITO be shot early tomorrow morn
ing" put in the colonel Don't forget
that Wen give YOU a soldiers death,
! though you don't deserve it, eh2'
And what are you going 10 do with
the fellow now, Sir?' asked NeVasOur.