The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-04-17
Terence
O'Grady's Ruse
How tie Saved His Head
From the Block
By NORA O'NEILL


When James III. was king of Eng
land lie would have liked to re-estab-
fish the Catholic religion, but he was
driven out. William and Mary coming
over from Holland to sit OH his throne.
Ireland, being largely Catholic, sup
ported james, but the English people
having become almost exclusively
Protestant. though the Catholic Stu
arts made several attempts to regain
scepter to which by right of inheri-
lance they We're entitled. the Protes-
tant Hanoverian kings became Il fix
ture and sit on the throne of England.
Ireland and Scotland today.
Terence OGrady's grandfather or
some one away back in the line was a
younger son. and Terence was not es-
pecially blessed with this worlds
goods. Being born gentleman. he
had little taste for hard work. and
this gave him abundance of time to
get into mischief. He was always seen
on the turf when race was on and,
being an excellent judge of horse,
knew how to place what money he had
for stake and always won. He had
also great talent for games and rare1
~ sat down to cards that he did not
get up trife richer.
Terence was generous to fault. and.
no matter how fat was his pocketbook.
he would divide with friend in need
He was very popular with men. and
there was scarcely Il girl within a hun
dred miles of where he lived but was
in love with him. Indeed. all the girls
roundabout had n chance to make his
acquaintance, for, poor as he was, he
owned one of the fleetest as well as one
of the most enduring mares in Ireland.
and instead of staying quietly at home
he was constantly flying about, never
coming from foray without bringing
with him new heart-not that he
tried to influence the girls in his favor.
but there was something about him
that drew them to him as flies are
drawn TO sugar.
There was one girl. Kitty O'Neill, on
whom Terence lavished all his bounti-
full affection. Kitty lived at Balm
garry. long way from Terence's home.
but that didn't matter as long as he
owned Bess and would rather be in
the saddle than anywhere else except
sparkling Kitty. The eighty miles that
separated them was no barrier be-
tween their loving hearts. and Terence
visited his ladylove frequently. In
deed. when inquiry was made for him
the usual reply was, you'll either find
him OH the road to Miss ONeills or
with her." d
O'Gmdy and his Bess We're known
everywhere. Many time she saved
him from the sheriff when that officer
came down OH him too suddenly for
him to raise money to pay debt. The
way he came to own the mare was
this: In a certain race Michael Don
Oghue, frequenter of the turf. who
Mad no end Of money. told Terence
that If he would name the winner he
would reward him with the horse.
= Terence named Bess. - Donoghue won
$1,000 on the race. bought Bess for
$500 and gave her to Terence. Her
new owner entered her for several
races and won enough money to set
him well up. but he either spent 1t or
gave it away. So in the end he had
nothing left but the mare.
Terence was not caught in anything
reasonable. always lighting on his feet
like cat after being thrown in the
air, till one day a Scotchman, Alexan-
der MacDougall. came to Ireland and
stopped awhile in the County Upper
airy, where Terence lived. No one
could find out what was MacDOugal's
business or what brought him to Ire
land. Then came reports from over
the Irish channel that Prince Charlie
had come from France, landed on the
Scotch coast at the head of a consider
able force and. marching toward Lon
don. was being Joined as he proceeded
by the Scotch clans.
1t was known To the English govern
ment that emissaries had been sent to
Ireland to rouse the people 10 assist
Prince Charlie To regain his throne and
that MacDougall was one of them. But
while the sympathies of the Irish were
with the prince there was no nucleus
in Ireland about which to gather, and
no movement was made in his favor.
This was fortunate. for at the battle
routed by the Duke Of Cumberland's
army. and there followed a series Of
executions that drained Scotland of her
best blood.
While these things were in progress
Terence O'Grady. who was in favor
of the movement To put Prince Charlie
ON the throne Of England. was as sure
to get himself into trouble as a frog
is to jump from a log into the wa
ter and was in constant conference
with MacDougall. One Hugh Handiside
had been sent out by George ii.
from London to keep an eye on the
Scotchman and nip in the bud any
effort he might make i'm behalf of the
prince. MacDougall soon got Terence
under his influence and the two were
in constant secret communication.
Handiside soon became aware of this.
but was unable to gain any proof OF it.
There was no rebellion In Ireland. and
the Englishman had been instructed to
act within the law or not Mt all. for