Year: 1867

coast u ireland. About 3 month pre-.
ylons 10 the time of which | write, q
gentleman had been shot down az hIs
oWu gate IN Tipperary Everybody
knew that tie murderer was lurking
s0mwhere In my ncighborhood, IN hope
a obtaining passage TO America. An
unusually large reward bad been offered
fuF his apprehension, and the police
we're securing the country, night and
day. in every direction. One fine sum
mcr evening / had returned from long
days fishing in the hay, and was slnok-
ing farewell pipe for the night, when
/ heard The tramp Of horses feet on the
gravel outside, followed by ring ct the
bell. II was with no small delight that
/ recognized the well-known voice Of
Frank Butler. constabulary officer and
one Of my oldest friends.


when we had seen the horse put mp
a splendid hunter which had carried
his master nearly SIXTY miles that day
aud sat down 10 supper, i noticed Frank
looked more tired and careworn than |
bad seen him before II vas not long
until the cause came ont


"You have heard of this murder, Of
course, Harry" he said; shat is what
brought me over to night; il occurted in
my district, and the gentleman was an
intimate friend. / would have dined
with him that day, but was called sud.
denly on duty, and sent an apology at
the last moment / was told since that
he walked down to the avenue gate to
meet me. His hand was upon the latch
when the villain firhd from behind a
tree, aud he did not bring his life TO the
ground You know this country well2
he added abrutly


80 well that if the fellow is lying ont
any where within FIVE miles, / think /
could undertake to put you on his trek.


Frank sprang from his chair and
walked hurriedly through the room.


II would gave my right arm to be face
To face with him Harry. If you had
seen poor---'s wife; her weary hope
less face has been hauntingme ever since
| can never rest till the murderer is
taken, and have cetain information
that he is lying out somewhere. Every
house has been searched over and over
again, but / cannot think Of bringing
you into the business. One victim is
enough II it were known, you would
be marked man"


MAKE your mind easy on that score,
Frank; not one the fellows here viii
touch hair Of my head especially in a
strangers quarrel. My life is in most
of their leases, and the heir at law ID
not snch a favonte that they would
shoot me to bring him in.


Now for business. will get the map
and trace the plan Of our campaign"


Our task was not such difficult one
after all; the ground to be reached was
limited and tolerably open, consisting
chiefly OF bog, mountain and shore, with
every foot OF which / was acquainted.
i pointed out to Frank each days work
on the map; and without assistance,
aud hunting in couples, three days
would be amply sufficient to beat it all.


] had brace Of young settlers in train
ing at the time, and to prevent suspicion
it was agreed we should go out as if dog
breaking was our only object; accord
ingly, early the following morning well
provided with the ct ceteras for such
work, we started on our first days hunt
II proved a blank but the second day
showed us that our game was on foot
and not far of. In little wood we
came upon some artfully concealed
chairs, which were evidently lately oc.
cupied, aud in one Of them picked up
an old pistol flint that had been thrown
away aud replaced, as there was some
paper lying beside it, from which q
small piece had been torn, as If to cover
a new one. We tracked footsteps for 4
considerable distance from il until they
were lost in heathery bog, and dark
ness coming on, we were forced to give
mp tie search.


don't think either Of us slept mucl
that night. When / went to Frank
room in the morning he was already
dressed. One word, Harry he said
before we 20. This man is armed tc
the teeth and swears that he will not b'
taken alive, These fellows seldom die
I game when run 10 heearth, but he can
not he worse of, and may keep bis word
I Promise ne if there is any fighting, yor
VIII act as reserve and leave me Il
I deal with him alone


did promise, with some mental res
eryation, and We started. There was 3
long days work before us; all the likely
l places we had come across in our pre-
I yious search had 10 be visited, some o
T them miles apart Frank senses seem
Cd pretefnaiurally sharpened. No trace
however slight, escaped his notice.
red Indian could scarcely have displayed
more sagacity in following up his enc
my's trail Ii was then, for the frs
slme, that / learned how exciting a mar
hunt becomes under certain circnm.
stances


Towards evening we reached a noun
tain-our last hope There was only
one face ot it, over the sea, where maI
would be likely to conceal himself Thai
side was composed Of number Of per
I pendicnlar cliffs, separated from eael
other by green platforms, varying il
breadth from one foot 30 ten bat al
slopsng downwards at a considerable
angie, so as 10 make the footing rather
prerarsouS The cliffs gradually IN