The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-23
Terence {
lH'loaoney !
A Story For
s.. Patrick's Day
y I. 4. Mitchell

& He haA bat one eye
10 ogaa ~ By
On, murthsr. but that was jewl!
a fool
He made oe The siria this oToole.
Whoever was this Larry O'Toole of
Mr.. Thackeray's he was certainly the
counterpart Of one Terence Maloney.
who was born In the eighteenth GEN.
tury and died In the nineteenth. Ter
ence was about halfway through with
his mortal career when the eighteenth
century was coming to an end. and
with It the differences between Ireland
and England were entering upon one
OF their periodical explosions.
There was everything about Terence
to cause him to be beloved. In the
frst place he had fine crop of auburn
hair on his head that kinked itself int,
dozens Of little curls. Unlike Mr..
Thackeray's friend, he had two eyes,
brimming with good humor. His com
plexion was that mixture of white and
red which is never found in such per
lection as In Erin. His lips We're cam
60 cut, and succession of smiles was
continually cascading over them. His
figure was light and agile, his limbs
being seemingly moved by hidden
springs.
Such a combination Of attractions
might well be expected to make fool
of the girls. At any rate, not a girl
ever came near him without giving
him at least, part of her heart. But
blame seemed to roll off Terence like
water OF q ducks back. No girl could
complain Of his endeavoring to win
her, for he was in constitutional
state Of girl winning. The good humor
constantly bubbling in his eyes and the
smiles lowering about his lips were
considered 4 perennial supply which all
might Qua6. II any girl inveighed
against Terence for deceiving her there
were dozens to condemn her for desir-
ing to appropriate what belonged to
every girl in Ireland.
Naturally when the troubles of '9S
came ON Terence was imbued heart
and soul with rebellion. 1t is just such
persons as he who enter upon enter
prises without counting the cost. He
was not q leader in the true sense of
the word; he was rather a fomenter.
Not that he went about pleading with
his fellow countrymen to rise, but that
having taken up the cause of Ireland
he was 90 popular that every Irish man
or woman who was in doubt as to his
or her political part on hearing thai
Terence Maloney was a patriot resolved
at once to be q patriot too. If the rea
leaders of the movement desired tC
win over q town where old and eXpe
. rienced heads were influencing the peo
pie to caution they would send Terence
there. He would ride through the mair
: street, scattering smiles to the righ
and to the left, and the only oratorica
effort needed were the words, spoken IL
Terence's rich, sonorous voice, Are y,
wild us?" Whereupon succession o
Affirmative shouts would roll down th
: street, keeping pace with the orator.
Hence It was that one Peter Shaw
an agent Of the English government
sent to Ireland to send back informa
tion as to the best measure Of sur
H pressing the rebellion, wrote to Londo
that there was one man, Terence Ma
y loney, unknown to the government
who was doing more harm to the Brit
ish cause than the real leaders. SHAY
advised the government to arrest Ma
loney and get him across the channe
but he cautioned them against an
public arrest, since Maloney was $
popular that such course would Unfit
ence all his friends Shaw receive
= instructions to use his own judgmer
j.. In the matter.
\ 1t seemed advisable to the govern
ment agent to wait and watch for
favorable opportunity to eliminate NJ
Maloney. Not till the rebellion wa
coming to an end did he consider
j safe to make the arrest. And then Il
stead Of accusing Terence of treaso
he trumped up a charge against hi
Of highway robbery. Realizing VIII
y a stir 1t would make to prefer the 70
- mer charge, he hoped to allay the fee
ing by proving that his man was
= common criminal.
!, Shaw learned that on the evening /
\ fore st. Patrick's day Terence was
4 attend q bah in the town hall of |
native village. The agent got togeth
number Of persons in his pay W
were to lay trap for the young /
triot. Terence was present, scatt
ing his smiles as usual When {
dancing was at its height messeng
delivered a note to Terence stati
that a friend had been wounded in
duel and desired to see him imme
ately.
Terence left the hall, mounted
horse and rode away. In passing
n. place dsrkened by overhanging tr'
he was met by half dozen men W
asked him some questions, then. W
a cry of Robbery put spurs to tn
horses and dashed away in every
rection. Terence sat on his horse, W
NJ dering what 1t all meant. But 50
81 ton was not long in coming to b
NJ! He knew that Shaw was desirous