Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03

! land he would have liked to re-eStab
Iish the Catholic religion, but he was
driven out, William and Mary coming
! over from Holland TO sit on 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 a
scepter TO which by right of inheri
lance they were entitled. the Protes-
tant Hanoverian kings beca me FIX
| ture and sit on the throne of England
Ireland and Scotland today.
Terence O'Grady's grandfather or
some one away back in the line was a
younger son. and Terence was not es-
pecially blessed with this world 5
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 a 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 n great talent for games and rare
! " sat down TO cards that he did not
/ get up a trifie richer.
no matter how fiat was his pocketbook.
! he would divide with friend in need
/ He was very popular with men. and
there was scarcely u girl within 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 fieeteSt as well as one
of the most enduring mares in Ireland.
and instead of staying quietly at home
be was constantly flying about, never
coming from fOray without bringing
with him a 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. Il 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 ladyIoye frequently. In
deed. when inquiry was made for him
the usual reply was, you'll either find
him on the road to Miss ONeill's or
with her"
O'Grady and his Bess were known
everywhere. Many n time she saved
him from the sheriff when that officer
came down on him too suddenly for
him to raise money to pay debt. The
NIax,
this: In certain race Michael Don
oghue, a frequenter of the turf, who
had 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 we'll up. but he either spent it 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
awhile in the County Upper
airy, where Terence lived. No one
could find out what was MacDougall'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 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 to 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
Of Culloden the Stuart forces were
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
IF the movement TO put Prince Charlie
IN the throne of England. was as SURF,
70 get himself into trouble as frog
IS to jump from log into the wa
ter and was in constant conference
with MacDougall. One Hugh Landslide
lad been sent out by George ii.
rom London to keep an eye on the
and nip in the bud any
,ffort be might make in behalf of the
prince. MacDougall soon got Terence
nder his influence, and the two were
n constant secret communication.
Landslide soon became aware of this.
,ut was unable TO gain any proof OF 1t. ,
There was no rebellion in Ireland. and ,
he EncllShman had been instructed TO
let within the law or not at all. for
he government did not wish to in
lame the smoldering sympathy with I
he Scotch movement.
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