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LONDON: THE BOOK SOCIETY, 19, PATEEN08TEE EOW- SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; ' HAMILTON. ADAMS, & CO.; WERTKEIM, MACINTOSH, & HUNT • S. M. HAUGHTON- WIMBLEDQt«' a w ' EDINBUKOU: PATON AND HITCHIE.' " DUBLIN : i'.'BOBKBTSON AND CO. I FRO ME : W. T. BtJTLEE, STEAM PaiNTING WOEKS. in TEODUCTIOlSr. Tho unadorned tale here presented to the reader is not one of r^ero fction, but of fact. Of tliis he may rest assured lor prudential reasons, however, it has been deemed wise to withhold names of persons and places ; nevertheless, the Author feels persuaded there are many living who wnll be able vo penetrate the thin disguise, and reeognise not only persons and places, but actual incidents. Tlie writer's object, when he entered upon the work at first was to narrate, in something like consecutive order what seemed on the one hand to savour more oi rcnancl h« r f -n "^'* ^'^'' "^vertheless, reaU-^i on the other, to illustrate two things: the first, by exhibitiua PoPEBT as " Tke Master, of m,uU!, ,•" and secondly aUW e^eca attention to a class of persons, who, mor "Cf overthrow that anomalous ».y.te3,,_-uamely, "X e IrM whtv, 1^ P"'" **""" *° *'"' S'^^'^ dangers, from which they never shrink, and which constitute W enterprise a« little less than self-immelation-seem tl h.m to demand more encouragement than they usually receive. They are a devoted, indefatigable elass"^ of m» and few can compete with them in the depth of vheir piety' the fervour of their charity, or a knowledge of the Jelt CUH that marks the ocean of life, as weU as the hC VI. DTTBODirCTION. When the Author dwelt in Ireland, these unobtrusive labourers wcro not always encouraged with that measure of Christian sympathy to which such an enterprise seemed entitled, but he trusts from the popularity of lay agency in the present day, matters of this kind are widely different Irom the past. Many of these good men were among his personal acquaintance, and their arduous labours are il- lustrated in the following pages. The Author's endeavour has been to describe as truthfully as possible the intercourse subsisting between the Priest, the Peasantry, and the Scripture, alias " Bible Eeader," in as life-liko a manner as considerable experience enabled him to do. The melancholy tragedy, its antecedents, and accompaniments, together with the actors in it, are all given, as nearly as possible, in the language of the time and place. Mnally— the whole aim of the book is to honour G-od in his humble servants, and to expose a system which tends to do him dishonour ; and furthermore, seeing that the Bible is sought in it to be raised to its high pre-eminence, should it be instrumental in attaining any one of those ends, no one will rejoice more therein, than THE AUTHOE. CONTENTS. Chap, i.— Tellg how Father Fogarty quoted Scripture without minding hi" stops ... Chap. n. — Shows how the " Bible Header " spoiled a prospective priest ••• ••• ... ... ... ... ,,, Chap. hi. — Tells how the leaven of truth penetrated the hearts of the would-be priest and his two sisters Chap. iv. — Makes the reader acquainted with a strange character, of whom htj reads elsewhere Chap, v.— Illustrates the adage—" No Penny, no Paternoster."... Chap, vi.— Shows how Mr. Brown defended himself after a storm respecting the fee for the anointing Chap, vii.— Tells about an Irish " Wake," and the way a widow's heart was lightened Chap. viii. — Acquaints the reader with a formal Excommunica- tion, and its effects on the Brown family Chap. ix. — Shows how Excommunication affected the poor Bible deader Chap, x.— TeUs how Father Fogarty fared, and how he, with others, got into " Durance Vile " Chap, xi.— Shows how the Bible Reader figured in «' Uncouth Rhymes,"— and before the Magistrates Chap, xn.— Fire !— Fii-e ! Where ?— At Stanley Hall. Attempted assas sination , and how it ended ... PAGE. 13 24 32 40 51 62 71 82 93 105 119 131 • •• Vlll. CONTEXTS. Chap, xin.— " though hand join in hand, the wicked shaU not go unpunished." Prov. xi. 21 Chap, xiv.— Tells about believing in Jesus to the saving of the soul ••• ... Chap, xv.— Shows how to cheat the priest to oblige a neighbour, though an Excommunicated heretic ••" ••• ••• Chap, xvi.— TeUs how John Brown, senior, was mortally wounded at a Bible Keadine... ° ••• ••. ... ... Chap, xyii.— Details the death scene of the victim, who leaves a holy fragrance behind him Chap, xvin.— Unfolds the first-fruits of the Martyred Convert,— Stanley, of Stanley Hall, takes hold of Christ ... Chap, xix.— Finds an owner for a lost finger, but the owner be- comes lost again Chap, xx.— Relates Mrs. Brown's last hours. She refuses every Priest but Jesus . . . ••* ••• •.. ... Chap, xxi.— Tells how persecution raged. The Misses Brown abducted! Stanley pursues ! Chap, xxii.— Relates a midnight adventure of the pursuers at the Bee-Hive Tavern Chap. xxiii.-Bravo, Stanley! Bravo! The Game is Scented ! Onward! Onward! ••• ••• ••• ••• Chap. xxiv.-Tells how, and by whom, a Convent may be successfully entered Chap. xxv.-Stanley's Coachman details to his friends certain " misondherstandin's " he had with his "master" Chap, xxvi.— Unfolds the murderer's remorse ! and a confession to the ownership of the lost finger Chap, xxvii.— The Murderer dies ! Persecutions continue,— converts multiply Chap, xxvin.— Shows that God " fulfils the desire of them that fear Him." John Bro^n, jmi., sleeps in Jesus ! PAGE. 143 160 171 182 194 206 215 227 237 247 259 270 279 295 310 322 PAOE. 143 ... 160 our, ... 171 ided ... 182 es a ... 194 t- ... 206 be- ... 215 rery ... 227 wn ... 237 the ... 247 3d! ... 259 be ... 270 CHAPTER i. Mb ^ob gut^tx goQuxtn motth SmjtTOMtimtt "Satan assailed onr Lord with tempting wiles, In blandest sophistries, and fawning smiles, ^-xertmg ev'ry pow'r of fraud and wit,— And even quotmg words of Holy Writ To serve his pui-pose and to gain his end, ae will to any stratagem descend : Pander to vice or vii-tue, good or ill, Keep conscience quiet, or with pleasure fill. VVith him, the means to ends, and ends to means. Alike subservient are, to suit his aims. Just so the P.«EST of Rome, whose end to gain, Will shape his means, that he those ends attain." E. RlGLEY. 279 • • • 295 ■ • • 310 lat ■ •• 822 B I ij\. \n WP^^' ^^o yo^ mean to tell me that the Church ^5 has always been in error ? that the Pope, the ►'^ Cardinals, and the Priests have for so many successive ages all believed and taught damnable lies ? —that the whole Christian world had been going down to hell from the time Christianity first arose till Luther and Calvin, who only sprung up of yesterday, set them right ?— that our own lovely Ireland, as well as England, never knew the Gospel of the Saviour until Harry the Eighth set up his religion to oppose the Vicar of God, because he would not divorce him frbm his lawful wife ? Do you ? Oh, heresy ! heresy ! bad scran to all heresy V The above warm interrogatories and fiery excla- mations were uttered by a young lad, who became so excited during the delivery of them as to fling from his hand into the blazing peat fire a copy of the New Testament with which, a few minutes previously. i B Church Pope, the so many ble lies ? n^ down il Luther set them England, [arry the of God, fill wife? an to all y exela- hecame to fling >y of the eviously. TELLS HOW FATHER FOGARTY QUOTED, ETC. 15 he had t^r^ gratuitously supplied by the very person to whom the language just read was addressed/ ^ ° 1 He latter sat unmoved during the deliverv of ihr. rhapsody, until the act with which it Tvt wound un the book out of Its perilous situation, very little thp worse for the rash treatment to which it had been sub jected; coolly remarking as he did so, - Thrblesskl Schnpthurs of the Lord have stood scorchin^ fi is a ' flames afore now, an^ enabled their readers to do thl .l/!)!! '""'^^ P'"''^''-^^^ *^^^* *^^ >^«^"g I^^d did not hear all these observations. He was one of those sincere and earnest persons who, while strongly and con scientiousy attached to an erroneous creed and no; behevang It to be so, imagine that when pushed for an argument, they can best serve their cause brlntfest mg heir smcerity in the exhibition of warm temuer When he who had saved the precious bTokfrom the flames, had blown the light turf-ashes from 1"' Its leaves, he turned to his companion with a ^orl natured smile, which changed into a fixed bok of affectionate regard; but neither of them spoke aL^^ mil: TdT iT '^"'^^ ^^^^^^-^ b/^he VaS but^hr.r^^t^^^"^' '^ ^PP^^^ ^« angry a poslble comLlThTS^^^^ ^^-,--t of self. he feared a like resl^ L. fT ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^d a iiKe result m that of his companion, to B ^ 16 TELLS HOW FATHER FOGARTY QUOTED whom, extending both his hands, and with eyes in which bright tears were ghstening, he said,— "Mick Tracy ! there is no man who comes inside these doors more welcome than yourself. I don't feel right on the days when you don't call in to see us, but I don't like or love your religion. What you say to me makes me mad; it troubles me on my bed, and obtrudes Itself on my devotions. No longer ago than last night, when addressing the Holy Virgin and her blessed Son, in my prayers, that tract you gave me last week about 'Idolatry' came into my head and so distracted my thoughts, that I was obliged to leave my devotions. May God help me, and forgive me and vou ! Holy Mary ! ever Virgin, pray for me a sinner, now, and at the hour of m> death. Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! I know it is sinful to doubt of my religion, but how can I help doubting? Father Fogarty says the Scriptui-es declare, ' He who doubts is damned.' I wish I had never been bom. God help me." John spoke these words, with all the distressing earnestness of a man who felt that the ground of the faith in which his family for generations had been brought up, and to which he had all his life blindly trusted for happiness, here and hereafter, was rapidly gmng way beneath his feet, and revealing a fearful abyss, into which he might at any moment be plunged. Mick Tracy listened with the deepest interest, and breathed a silent prayer that the work of conviction which was so evidently begun in his heart, might, at no distant time, result in his complete enlightenment, and full reception of the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Mediator between God and man. Mick still gazed intently at him ; a smile of grati- tude to God playing on his broad Hibernian coun- tenanccj for he was a man who^ though uneducated. . eyes in —"Mick ese doors right on 1 1 don't nc makes obtrudes ist night, ssed Son, ;ek about ictcd my evotions. ! Holy \Y, and at men ! I how can cri2)tures sh I had stressing d of the ad been e blindly 3 rapidly I fearful plunged. 3st, and mviction light, at ;enment, the only )f grati- n coun- iucated. SCRIPTURE WITHOUT MINDING HIS STOPS. 17 understood something of the operation of spiritual truth upon the mind, and doubted not but that God th« Spirit was about to liberate his young friend from the thraldom of Popery, and creature worship. "Mast ter John,'' said Mick, laying hold of one of his hands, "Will you let me teU you a story ?" "Oh yes," answered the youth; "you are %11 of your funny stories, Mick, and of course you have a moral m this one as usual. Out with it, Mick for I cannot be more unhappy than I am, though I wish now, when too late, that I had never heard one of vour stories, or read one of your books." " Mny the gracious Saviour give you thrue happi- ness through His atonin' blood, I pray this day," was Mick 8 reply, standing up from his chair during the utterance of the petition, and lifting his hat, such as it was, from his head in token of reverence for the Deitv But Masther John, you remind me of a story that one of our Hibeniian School Inspecthors used to tell of a driest that hved away down in the county Slieo I forgit the Priest's name, but it is no matther now for tJiat. A little imparfection in a body's mimory oughtn't to spile the parts that are remimbered. But it was said avhim that he was very hospitable intirely,-a8 TrvYrf/ f frf ^'''t' ^'' ^' know-an' he was very fond of the Inspecthor, so much so, indeed, that he often took him home to spind a night at his house, whm travellm' on his inspectin' business. "One mornin' afther breakfast they had some a^rable conversation whin the Inspecthor's heart con- WHl^f ' ^•''''' v"" ^^*,"^ P^"*^^^^^ «f t^e Priest's hospitahty, an' niver havin' spoken to him about his "i^VI'""^? ^^ said,— ' Father James,' says he, ^ would hke that you and I should convarse a Httle on the 18 TELLS HOW PATHER FOGARTY QUOTED subject of reli-ion. We are both ^o^viii' owld/ savs he, 'ajj mv t 9hm[\y lave this mortal scene. Jf \ve are wronfj V '- rarual tilings, it is bctthcr for ns to know Vfi\i hi . no , thin whiii it may be too late for us to lai'M, or obtaii any correct in't^ '^^°^ "^-^ ^° "'^j-*-' »» -^ «;: Taking John's silence for consent, Mick besran and read the chapter from beginning to end, John rcmlh g "N^w-^Sd mK''' ^'^^ rt P^fo-^"-! attention JN^w, said Mick, when he had done reading "if any man can show me from the plain manin' "'"those words that a man must be lost for admittin' a doX about the Catholic religion, I'll find a four-laved sham rogue for h.m, and that's enough to say about It. No" but there were thin, ist as there are now, mighty wake kinds o food, considerin' some clane, an' some onclane but the Apostle tells thim in the fourteenth ve^e' I W, and am persuaded by the Lord Jasus, that There's notlnn onclane of itself; but to him that esteemeth anytlnng to be onclane, to him it is onclane' BuUf a t"ateThrto°ff r °"* it, it is betther for him no? Tr7^,:v , ,'V"' P°°''^ake conscience damned or condimncd, which is the manin' there. He would feel his mmd loaded with guilt for atin' that whilh he thought was wrong for him to ate " mansions SCRIPTURE WITHOUT MINDING HIS STOPS. 23 o^ZytZf mi'^"' 7 '''^ '' '' ' ^-^^ -- lifted soun^IlfwL f i yo^ have urged, Mick, certainly sounds 1 ke the truth ; and I won d say, if we mav irifor pret Scripture for ourselves, yours may be-^^Tin S" the true meaning of the passage.- ^ ^ ^^''^' At this stage of the conversation, Mick looked out on the Avenue approaching the house, and perceivin-^nr rupted foi the present, he restored his '^specks- as he caUed his spectacles, to their former place Ms Bible lI.^ J^^ ^""^ ^1^'' y^ ^11/ shook John bv the hand and departed for that time. Mickys mind ihf^! on the road, instinctively recurred To all tTat Ustd nJZ! '.^'l '"'l^"'"^ ""^ ^^« meditations takiifg the pious and devout strain of prayer, he earnestly besou'h? the Lord to water the divine seed he had been sow n^ that in due season the fruit might be seen anTgath" t f ! CPIAPTER II. S|0hjs "lobi % ^^|iW^ ^^ahr" spiB a "In early days the conscience has in most A quickness \yhich, in later life, is lost ' Presery'd from guilt by salutary fears, ' Or, guilty, soon relenting into tears. Too careless often, as our years proceed, What friends we sort with, or what books we read. Present the prayer the Saviour deign'd to teach. Which children use, and parsons, when they preach. -Lisping our syllables, we scramble next Through moral, narrative, or sacred text, And learn with u'onder how this world began, Who made, who marred, and who has ransom'd man • Points which, unless the Scriptures made them plain. llie wisest head would speculate in vain." COWTEE. " But I would that je should understand, brethren, that the thints :m. h a erstand < things lerance pHN BROWN was the only son of a respectable, but not very wealthy farmer of the same name, residing near a small village which we will call Middleville, in a southern county of Ireland. His parents being of the Roman Catholic persuasion, he and his sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, were brought up according to the most rigid rules of that communion. It is usual with Roman Catholics of that rank in Ireland, to bring up or educate one son at least of the family for the priesthood of their church. They look upon this not merely as an honour to the family, but as giving them a peculiar interest in the prayers and other official acts of one whom they believe to be consecrated and invested with the power of forgiving sins on earth, and whose intercessions can lighten and shorten the 26 SHOWS HOW THE BIBLE READER preparatory 00^:^? etld .^^djft f TcwS ' siderable accessions of literary knowledee arLll those acquirements necessary for theTocafL L^^- ? he was set apart, and wa. tL idorofTc faX In pe^on he was a tall, handsome, prepossessing kJ' He F .^sed a fin« genms and undeitanding and .v.l devotcUy attached to his parents and dstrs all^ whom, as just remarked, nearly adored him as th'. P pective Priest of the family. At the W t^ the Pros- refer, he had been a few weeks at hnml? .^^"^ ""^ of his health, which had b^otc deUrt: ^art^! "^T^' S^ of a consumptive teuden:;!'LC%m^ "St'^alSi-^^^^^^^^ the same locality. He was about forfy years If a^ f a stout, muscular, square-built frame^-'^^S "n fn' 5 open countenance, a^ abundant supply Wldcomml sense, and a great vein of droUerv Lr nl common mnocent, but iemendousIyTS "uZ Xn his indignation was excited, as was sometimes he ^ase was^enabled to see its delurs,' t' t^^^^Z He had learned to read and write a little when a hov an acquisition which he found of incalculable use toTi^ m SPOILED A PROSPECTIVE PRIEST. 27 lall have ohn was trough a )1 within uch pro- with the 'o years^ ed con- well as T which ily. In id. He nd was , all of e Pros- [lich we benefit from a ly from called, and of ge; of honest mmon t part when 3 case, red in mercy from 3oy— 3 him 'W after his conversion from Popery, and which he after- wards improved. He became a diligent student, and mighty in his knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. A strenuous effort was made by his former associates to drive him from his country by persecution. Having however always maintained an 'excellent character for honesty and industry, the Protestant gentry of the neighbourhood protected him until the storm blew over • after which, a society in England employed him to travel among his fellow-countrymen as a ^^ Scripture Reader." His duty was to seek admission into the cabins of the poor, or the better dwellings of the middle class, as the case might be, and simply to read from the Holy Scriptures to those who were willing to hear him. Various was the success Tvith which his labours were attended. Some of the peasantry would admit him and listen with streamino- eyes to the melting story of the Cross, while others would watch his approach until they saw him within a lew feet of their threshold, and then rudely shut the door in his face. Others there were who, not so rude would admit him and suffer him to read, but would stop their ears on seeing the "heretic book," and never speak to him while he remained in the house. Some called him "A bloody turncoat;" some, "Judas;" and others would ask him, "How much money he got for seUm^ his God ?" But he still held on his way, and turned not tu the right hand nor to the left." When asked how he could bear so much abuse, he would say "I sometimes feel it very hard indade ; but 1 look to God for stringth, an^ thin I remimber that I, too, was as blind as any av those poor crathurs ; tiU the liord opened my eyes to ondherstand the Scrip- thures, thin anger turns to pity, an^ I pray as Jasus did, father forgive 'em, they know not what they do " 28 SHOWS HOW THE BIBLE READER ' .» cacif othoTi^'- ^'?'™' ^""'°^' ^"^ been known to each other for several years, the former having often worked on the farm of the latter previous to his ahan "sZeV ' ''TY' t"d "'though the famiS^o tt Slate House/' (as the respectable domicile of the Browns was ealled,^ were always kind to Mick and never jomed m the persecution raised against Wm, yet there was a coolness and reserve on the part of the old people towards him, arising from a determination res^ lately to ayo.d heamg anything which, in the language of t^^e zealous Father Fogarty, might induce them ?o seU their souls to the devil for filthy lucre, '-it beiu° the myanable belief of Irish Romanists, thit evl one of then, creed who renounces his former religious riews of the Pvnf f'T^^'^''"' of ^vcighty bribes^from some Their son John was not influenced by any such fears Comiug as he did fresh from Maynooth^eollege!"e felt himself more than a match for any heretic or ton coat controversialist in the nation. He knew S and respected his honest, manly character, ^1^ to exlnbit his polemic skill before his father's labouS '%U,1 ;:! l"" ''a^""'"^ ''"P*"^' ^° extinguisher on The Bible reader." An opportunity for this soon occurred Mick, seeing a number of these men at work™' StfntfLCuS."'"' '""^•'* """^ '"*° ^''^ " God bless yer work, boys !" said Mick as he an amotsf ttTr*" "^"^4 "^"^^^ f»- of sXS ZT^<< *^'^l'"™^ population of the South of Ire- land.-" And God save you kindly, Misther Thracv" they all responded, winking at one'iiother, and layL peculiar emphasis on the word "M.siher," as much af w SPOILED A PROSPECTIVE PRIEST. 29 known to ^ing often his aban- ly of the le of the iick, and ; him, yet )f the old tion reso- language them to -it being !vtry one )us views om some nth the ch fears, lege, he or turn- V Mick, ; longed • ibourers r on the 3curred. in Mr. ir over- their 1 he ap- utation of Ire- iracy,^^ laying Luch as to say, "ye have become a fine gintlcman, since ye dropped the spade and turned ' Bible readhcr/ '' ''Mick Tracy is my name," he quietly observed; and, turning to young Brown, said respectfully, " Masthcr John, I am happy to see you home once more, sir, although I understand your health is not very good. How are all at the ' Slate House ^ this mornin^ ?" " The family are all well, Mick,' I thank you. As for my own health, I hope a little nursing from my mother and the girls, will soon put me all right again. -"^ " Indade, Sir ! If nursin' could make ye ' all right,' you are in the right place for that same. Many a poor desolate wandherer, worn out with hardship and sick- ness, the same Mrs. Brown has taken and nursM ; an' I'm sure, she, who is so good to strangers an' even the beggars, won't be wantin' in attintion to her own, only son." This encomium on his mother's proverbial hospitality and kindness took John quite aback. He had been preparing something 'veiy smart and spicy' for an attack on Mick and the turncoats, but he loved his mother, and could not " find it in his heart " (as he afterwards said) " to say a sharp word to him, who had spoken so respectfully of one so near and dear to him." The two entered into a serious conversation on the subject of religion, which resulted in Michael requesting permission to read a chapter in the Bible, to which all assented. When he had finished reading, and before proceeding farther on his morning's excursion, he pre- sented each with a religious tract, and, with a heart lifted up to Him who " giveth the increase," went on his way for that time. He had frequent interviews with John, previous to that detailed in our first chapter, and found him at first c 80 SHOWS HOW THE BIBLE READER the 'old reli.4„.'" N'ctoi Zr 'T''^^''*'^«''<' 'i'h deal ™ore feshionableTnd pat onsTd h 1^'"" " '^°'"> wealthy; but, as he was norverv amwL^'"* "'"^ risk being found among tho e whorr„ '' ,'" "°"''l f^Xst'-^iiTuA^^^ departing from his joeose and wU*"" " ''"'^ ''"^"^ clining towards the wraZul mood ^» "'""I'' ""<• '°- the morning when wf fi, 1 " ? 'j "^ ■""" *e case on readers. EfrlJ «n tW T '?"''"'"/'^'' """" *" our a drive of a fel^^Ls '^J t'^ieT'n^^bi ^™"" ^"""^ became aware of this andsci,p?l rt "'='«'''«»"•• Mick absence of calmly and nuietTv f , **PP°''"""ty in their in which John^and himsel/haTf "^™"^"'"^"*' evenings before,-thc s^hWt t, "^V'^^Sed ^ ^w stantiation. Then it was ^ I, f"^ *'"'' "^f ^ransub- John the tract o" IdSry to wh.Vr'r'*''!''^ ^"^^ made. I„ that little trZti^^^ ^""'"°'; '"'' ''<'<'» utter discomfiture t at in -iv' '™' ^''''^'^'l *» '^'■hn's hosl he was verity gd^ or that eucharist or hoft wL L/ l™"' u'' "^'''atry/' if the " body, blood soul 51'!^!/?/ *'''"'™bstantiatcd into of Jesus CWst. Vow ^oworl-?"™'^ " ^'""'""' that the wafer, or " ICente " S^''*' '"^''"'^ ^^^'"i" for should the officiate PrLthr- ™'';'''"'"*'""^'i ; such as would hinder h"m h^^lt , " ,!'"*'' "^ "''><' substantiation, the coun^u" f '°*''°'''»S " ™eh a tran- no change has'takenTclfake pit r '""■"' *''''* In great perplexity and distress ofed John appealed I 1 jocosely, isficd with re a good g:reat and he would Igar as to and sub- hat Pro- ^ a series d at the tie while and in- case on to our )wn took . Miek in their ?ument, I a few ransub- he gave as been John's ii'st or ■yjr if 2d into odhead certain tiated ; ■ mind I tran- i that SPOILED A rROSPECTIVE PRIEST. 31 i :t^ to Father Fogarty for relief, who strove, as already noticed, to stop his enquiries by mis-quoting a text, namely, " he that doubteth is damned.'' The interview was brought to a summary conclusion, for Mick, observing the retm'n of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and apprehending a more abrupt termination, took his departure, somewhat after the fashion described in the close of the first chapter. pealed c2 CHAPTER III. ITU- -..X » "The on unto tlie sim WM-wn ;:'r "> ^^.-wl'^aer Sata„ or God , Tor if onco he butlntlvi J "* °"'" "'" K"'": There wa, »«/„, "i^^SSrtaXafa-d' f^ Siif,- -' When the glorious gospel was taught by the Spirit A^^^f *^f '^' ^°^-^^^ ^«« Savfour alo^ne ' r!, • ? f ?3»g «^cure in his infinite merit ' He girded himself for the work to bTdone." Feom the "Bulwaek." Htm, Drstanding iim. n. r'n. JBK, Y readers must not imagine that, during the con- versation detailed in the first Chapter, our two . friends were the only ^lersons cognizant of it or the subjects embraced in it. The zealous Father Fogarty, knowing how contagious heresy was, had repeatedly warned his various parish- ioners against all " Bible Readers,'' '' Tract Dropi)ers," " Soupers,'' and others, whose object (he said) was " to rum people's souls by perverting them from the religion of their fathers." He had told Mary and Elizabeth (the sisters of John) not to stay in the room whenever that disciple of the devil, Mick Tracy, or any of that swarm^ of locusts from the bottomless pit, entered their house. This injunction they most righteously ob- served; so that Mick, whenever he paid a visit to the Mate House, could barely see their figures retreating to the parlour as he entered the kitchen, or main room of the lower story. It is said that '' walls have ears;" but while I never knew an instance of its truth, it is very certain, nevertheless, that young ladies have them. Walls and partitions, however, have chinks and holes in them sometimes, which Mick Tracy may have percoived 34, THE LEAVEN OF TRUTH PENETRATES THE HEARTS to be the case at the Slate House ; and not bein- certain that he was over-anxious to restrain his voice lest anv of Its beanngs might escape through those chinkfor 1.0 cs I shall say but little on that matter The vun^ girls heard sufficient at times, at all evcnts/to a ouso Ittentlo~^ ''"'^ ••"™='*<''y *o «W theVZp Joh.freti^.ul',;-''""'*"'"' °" ^"^ ''"y ''tove-mentioncd, John retired to his own room. Mr. Brown went to see how some of his labourers had prosecuted S work and Ins wife was busily engaged in some other way so ?W the girls while employed at sewing and kn tti^g ct tered into a deep conversation. Amongst thei? own ^dtlWuild?^ T-T"'^' ""^ "^™ blown as Bts^ and i-olly undei' vvhich names we shall introduce them to our readers m the following dialogue. aftl; a'^e^CS^"'"'"' "'""' "" ^°"^^"'^*'- "Why, Betsy" I declare I , >er knew you so sUent as you are of late; this evening particularly „„= ^^A-^ ^"''5'='^' P«"y •' *"'<='■« are two of us in that cas^e. A penny for yo.u. last thoughts." '"* x-olly.— " I have been thinking that there is some thStfufaTr^ "" i°'^K^ """"J' '''' appears ™; thoughtful at times, and sighs as if he were unhannv uneares!"^'' "' ""^'"'"^ ^ P-''^"'^ ^ ^^^ P„?'~l^^?"''?S' "Why, I can scarcely say: vou know Polly, he has been devoted to the Church ever sLe hi was born. I wonder whether he ever regrets hsvoca Z'<:^m"'''rCTf '■^'^ *° ehoofriome z ; way 01 lite. I have lieard, and so have you of vmin.. men altenng their courBe, very mueh affithe ^ of their parents and friends." ^ P.-- Do you think that what Mick says to him has 1 ,1.- ilARTS OF THE WOULD-BE PRIEST AND HIS TWO SISTERS. 35 g certain lest any jhinks or le young o arouse sir deei) ntioncd, it to see ir work, ; so that ng, en- sir own is Betsy le them 3rsation silent in that some- 's very happy, ^e him L know ice he 1 voca- other young washes m has any influence in unsettling his mind ? Father Fogarty says, that there is no person safe who tampers with heresy in any form, and that any person who dies an apostate from tlie one holy Catholic and apostolic chiu'ch need never hope for forgiveness he?'e, or hereafter/' B. — ''Well then, Polly, as you have asked the ques- tion, I will answer it as well as I can. I do think it takes great effect on him. My father and mother know that it does ; and I heard them telling lather Fogarty so, a few nights since. My mother told him she almost feared John would become a Protestant altogether.^^ P.—'' She did 'r E.~'' She did, indeed V P.—" And tell me, Betsy, what did the Priest say ?'' B.— '' Say ? Why he said, ' Mrs. Brown, while your boy is your own, go down on your two knees to him, and beg of him," says he, ' by all the souls of the faith- ful departed never to tliink of the like. For if once he took that step,' says he, ' he would be no more related to you than the naygurs in the West Ingies; and it would be your duty to turn him out of doors, and let him die in a ditch, rather then to OAvn him as your son. This may seem hard to you, but the church in her wisdom has decreed it, and all the world knows,' says he, 'that the church is infallible.''' P- — " And what did my mother say ?" B. — " Wisha,''^ she said nothing, only cried as if her heart would break." P.—" What did my father say to that ?" B. — " He was out seeing after Curly, who was fod- dering the horses at the time." P. — "And tell me again, Betsy (drawing her chair nearer), how did Father Fogarty seem affected?" ^- — "You know very well that no one can make observations on the clergy; they are obliged to smother • My dear. 36 T„. ..,VEN o. TRUTH PENETEATES THE HEARTS breathed the blath o'Ti e L^f r"''"' '^ '"' "^ "'^^ and about to die on the .^ I ,- 'r'"'" •" """'derer, I'im frorn Lresy I pray " "'*'"''''^ ^"^ '™ ^"^ S"»d the iws, i^voZ'ttZ:.: hi':r' ''°'' ">'■"« - ourselves off from ill hnJ V .J"® '-'"irch ; for we cut stroy others aW^^il'h tSsT' ^'"' '''=^'-1'^' "- you; religToTby Sminl'T/.'""; /'^""^ "^^^^ *° -'"=- out of doors, do vou ti „^. T n'?'' f "• ^^ *«™<"1 to God, setti;/j;Lntii ;rout ^f tr' ""'■ """'y I were to sutfW mv n„„ „ .""^ °"t of the question, ii any assistanLTryhave ftt '^ *° '"" *°^ ^"""^ "^ lier?" ^ '"'^^ '* ™ my power to render nev'er\t^'Sef^a ^'Yr'' ""^P*'" ^'''^y '-" eiety; had ah^ L "nVe "l T' """='^^ »" and never till then, oerhans 1?J ^f.'^'-'t.onate terms; their feelings to uelT a to W?:*'"! ''"'^" *° P"t silent for some JnuL miv n^ T.^^'^ ^'^ ^"'^ question.-" ^' ^ ^^^ ^^^ answered my ^.-{Apparently very mueh piqued) "I must say. ^f'V^ffll^FT^y ARTS, right of )) her own 1 as ever urdcrer, , (which Blessed d guard ^^er was ring on 'ime so we cut ps, de- ;o alter turned r duty tion, it ant of render y had '^S so- 3rms; ;oput been again i my say. OF THE WOULD-BE PRIEST AND HIS TWO SISTERS. 37 Polly, that you pay me no gre: compliment by supposing- that / could change my religion. But my answer IS, that the Church knows best what is right and what is wrong ; an' I hope I shall never have the presumption to dictate to my spiritual superiors. '■' P. — " I really had no intention of hurting your feel- ings, Betsy, by what I said; but if you like it better let us reverse the ease, and put me in place of yourself B.— ''We can converse very well without any un- pleasant suppositions, my sister.^' Thus far the sisters had proceeded, each tryino- to sound the other's views ; but now both hesitated fbr a moment to go on. Popery has so managed to delude the consciences of its votaries as to make it '' a duty to hate, where Nature commands us to love," and causino- the nearest and dearest relatives to act as spies over thS words, actions, and even the thoughts of each other. ^ Alter ail, said Polly, again commencing the discourse, 1 don t beheve that God requires me to violate the closest of ties, because those I love best may have fallen into error; and (looking steadfastly at her sister, as if to ascertain whether she might fully confide in her) vou could not do it, say what vou will, Betsy " B.— ^andeed,'' replied Betsy; "there is no use in making any pretences about it. I am sure neither of us could; but-God and the Blessed Virgin protect us ! ^T> LTx^u^'^'^."'"'^ ^* *^™^^ ^'"""^y "^uc^^i disturbed." /;~I 1, ^* disturbs it, my dear sister ? You may safely tell me; we have never had any secrets from each otner, and let us not commence now.-" ^J'~^-l^ ^''V^'' the whole truth, Polly, I cannot help thinking of what I have heard Mick say to John at times. I strive to banish it from my mind by saying a double portion of prayers, but it is of no use. Asleep and awake, the thmg troubles me. And what made me I! 38 T„. ...VKN OP XR.XH PE«.X„.™s THE HH.HTS £LTt%t'erk;TiofCber™"^^^^^^^ «-* toot l.ou«e, and found, thruTtu^derthrkS"'",'^'^" '" *« tract called "The Conver ed So,dit " 'V "■' '/^f enough to disobey my Priest bvT-^M,' •* .v "^ ^''°''«'' beginning to end- and thpn t i ^ '* *'"'°"g'i from tempting^n^e, I i'/iUnt^h^^fi'^^-g'^'l "Po^it for B:_'' Yes Tr°\vr^'"'^'^%^"y«™gof it, Betsy?" about eonve ^ions!'! t^^TtT J 'T'' l-°l''e tall^ turning Catholic or a P^rtlV f^"'' """"' "^ Protestant but thi^s soldier was^Xa; atotSr ' He"""'^^'^"' ' wicked man at first iml ^j^roiestant. lie was a very altered his comle by meats n^^'p "'/'°"'^''= ' ">"' ''« who used to visU hL ™d%l,/ f ™''''*''"* elergyman reading and pray n2^' ? *';'^" ''.'' "P""* his time in and gife up Sf ^^ r^^Lr Tst ' V^''^''* long, yet he neyer altered his ^rdfgioSwaray "^ "'^ heJSertStSr « -" -SSetsy^^ -that IrufrdSrai;::^ to'h'' """^ '' '^^ ^^is from a mere outward SSnn ''tT'*"^ ''iff'^ront Catholic; and ylt'^ can T 'dr?'''f Jl ^"*^^""^' "^ prayers since that time than I nil J ""rt ^"'"^ ™°ro the more I say praCs tlf. t t . *? '''' '^'^f"™; but takes place in me™^ "''' ''°'"' ^ f'^^' ^ov no'ehange -^;:'isTi"tSf fS' "rv'''"'' ' ~t, the road with a ston"' restSg"t frtheXst^r '^'"^ "'^ gone, but it says,— ' ^ "^^* ^^^ves are sinl?tL''bXt';r^sS W:7 Ti*"^"' ^" ''- pleas,u-e in approaTnlToH '"'',''"'=''"''='>« feels Bomanist repeal tt '^fmi^rtr ^ Jtfr a gl^ i ;* 3ARTS that took 5e in the r, a small s foolish ^gh from ion it for Betsy?'' ■ talking otestant testant ; IS a very but he rgyman time in ) repent iay was Jetsy?*' 3e this ffereut ant or more 3; but f« OF THE WOULD-BE PRIEST AND HIS TWO SISTERS. 39 by number; the Christian asks of God whatever he feels he is most in need of, without reference to the number or length of his petitions. The Romanist ad- dresses prayers to beings who may not be in heaven, and may never hear a word he utters ; the Christian prays directly to God through Jesus Christ alone, who ' ever liveth to make intercession for him.' " When she had done reading this extract, her sister ejaculated, " May the Blessed Virgin be our shield ! Amen !" Polly devoutly prayed, '^ May the Lord Jesus save us by His precious blood ?" While this conversation was going on between the girls, one equally serious was being held in another part of the Slate House, for which we must make room in our next chapter. :hange ment, ng on 3s are >r his feels the again i i CPIAPTER ly. Quoth Ralph,-Kot far from henoe rinfl, i i, That deals in destiny's dark ecu .se s lo whom all people far and near. Un aeep importances repair ; When brass and pewter hap to stray And linen shnks out of the way ^' When cattle feel indisposition. And need the skill of a physician; A^ hen murrain reigns L cows and sheen And chickens languish with the pip ^' When post-boy does refuse to come/ VvLZ ^T'' '"°''' ^"'^ humour ome. 1 1 om these by merited degrees, He d to more high advancement rise ; lo be an under-conjurer Or journeyman astrologer • lo letch and carry intelligence. Of whom-^n6. what-and tokere-aud whence:^ BlTTLEIt. '^i X, 0f Mm ^N the return of his father and mother from their visit, John retired to his own room, which he paced up and down, now with hurried step, again mth deliberate tread. The Romish mass book was lying on a smal' table open at the '' Litany of our blessed Lady/' The New Testament so lately saved from the flames, lay open beside it, with a corner of one of its leaves turned down on that particular text which says, "There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus/' (1 Tim. ii. 5.) John was so absorbed in thought that he did not take notice of his mother, who had softly entered the room, and running her shrewd eye over the two books, had immediately perceived the direct antagonism of the sentiments. Bursting into the most passionate exclamations, she thus broke silence : — " I say its a lie, an mfarnal lie. Holy Vargin ! did I think it would ever come to this ? that a child o' mine would be guilty of dishonouring the Mother o' God by puttin' a heretic Testamint beside the blessed 'Litany!' O John Brown ! John Brown!"— falling on her knees and clasping bo^h his hands, which she kissed passioni*tely, — " John Brown me darlint, are ve sroin' to brake all Ml 'M 42 ill ri MAKES US ACQUAINTED WITH A STRANGE 1 I: ye ^t^7 r^'K "" yf P""^ '"»"«='• tl'-t loves Fathm* Oh ,77/™'" t'"' thrue religion av yer Oh whnt °1 i""?* ^ 'r " '^'P'" t'"^ blessed day ! .101, _,,„ ta„„ii ft, „, i'";,'" ^ont what? Father^'' ^nir\ Jr.hr. >.o- • i- i ^ .other from L CeS'Sluf^ tT^' an"tti^!f ^'^f '•'^%''iftl>ig>t think of her that bore ye mavourneen, and don't sell yon;^':^^ 'o^f^ ,m' for aU the Protestant goold in the counthry " ' Does mj, father thinlc that I could be a hypocrite?" partnftld T^ '" 'K"^"^'^ ''^ *''« spe^e'^i o his parent and stamping as he spoke. " Sell my soul for gold ! for Protestant gold !' perish the thou-ht ^' and lie agam paeed the length of the chamber up and down Father Fogarty let your mother an' me L the sTcret this mornin', so he did Tl,o Tfr.„i; i, sacret givin' five hmt^Wi if -fc-nghsh government are Cake ll P ~l > S™""^ *° •'^'■y Catholic that wil' hT slim fS ' '" >'' <'"""*'7> ""' his Priesht, and tftat slim, fau'-an'-aisy-goin' apostate, Mick Thracv that often warmed his shins ^t my'harth whinTe' ""■' ^"- I t^"^" or ray mmost heart. 1 at loves av yer !d day ! cursed i' talk ! ho^y to doting )or) lie hat in n grey nd his grief, pause, ilmost her to re ye, rords, these, divil, ite?" f his il for ' and own. nan; icret ; are will and acy, L he CHARACTER, OF WHOM WE READ ELSEWHERE. 43 had no fire av his own, an^ ate many a good male o' vit^als oft' ly kitchen table, is to get a cool hundhred down in his palm for turTiin^ you over. Bad scran to him an^ all thract-droppers like him ! — Not that I have any charge agin his honcsty. He worked for me many a year, bafore the oivld Boy took possession of him ; an' iiidado, if it was not for this, I think he isn't a bad sort of a man afther all." Here the old man paused^ and wiped his eyes and forehead with the sleeve of his coat. The corner of Mrs. Brown's check apron was made to perform the same duty for herself, when John, finding the storm a little lulled, ventured to slip a Avord or two in. " Father and mother ! you are my dearest earthly friends, and kind aftectionate parents you have been to me. Early and late you have busied yourselves to sus- tain me, and the curse of Ham ought to pursue me, were I wantonly to stamp another wrinkle on the brow of either of you. I appeal to you both, if I have ever disobeyed you, or ever did an action that would lessen the pride you have both evidently felt in acknowledging me as your son." "Never," ejaculated his father. " Thrue for you me own sweet boy," said his mother, falling on his neck, and kissing the cheek which burned with a ragirg hectic hue, prophetic to all but herself and her husband, of their son's early decease. " Well I knew the thrue blood o' the Browns an' the O'Don- nells was in your veins, an' that you would nivir disgrace it," she exclaimed passionately. John ha ) inten'upt his mother, knowing full well that in her p. . le of pedigree she would run on and on, ad infinitum ; tracing her genealogy back through the Milesian prince O'Donnell, and from him back again as far as the Noachian flood, and from that, nobody knows 44 MAKES US ACQUAINTED T^'ITII A STRANGE ;ng. my parents, ].e knows bit i tie "f M " ?i *" cci:i y t^ ueccivLci, 1 can assure him." iiut what business has that turncoat MiVl. Tmn.r " Mother/' said John in return "a-^i i.„ i v against those errors, if I Tnot W Jhem 1^"^' IteSXtT ^"T --'™Vler„s reiri MinT '-if '^'"' ^""^^^ ^^^ a^ Stake. As for uoor been greatly persecuted." ' yo^^elves, that he has •' Amen a hierna/' the pious father renlied « Pnrno I NOE roole" the I sixteenth igines that t acqnaiiit- in Brown, fcating rc- )cculatiou, ck Tracy ler asked dedicated md sa^ ed, 1 college ; )inions of : religion, therwise j lave one, [f^ on the member, for poor >minded and my ;rtains a ave ever ; he has t o; this assioned dust on " Come . Sure CHARACTER, OP WHOM WE READ ELSEWHERE. 45 "The good God, I trust, will presen-e me from sin and guide me in the right way,^^ was the son's calm reply. The parents withdrew, partly composed because of having let off the redundant steam, and partly assured by John s cool, yet affectionate manner towards them " Much as I respect Father Fogartv,'' said IVIrs' Jirown, as she and her husband descended to the kitchen " I would rather he was betther implovcd thin in listeniu' to gossip about my son John; an' if' he was to come in here this blessed minnit, an' not be a Priesht, I'd have a good mind to tell him that ' the blood of the O'Donnells and the IJroAnis^ is as thrue to the owld faith as ivir a ulirop that runs in the veins of a Fogarty " - Whist ! Whist ! ma colleen," said her mate in a suppressed tone ; '' be keerful in spakin' about the "^h,'rm keerful enough," Mrs. EroAvn retorted sharply ; - I was not goin' to be cauglit so aisy ; I said if he wasn't ViVrie^hi." ^ Her husband allowed that she had spoken with all due precaution; and they went to see aliout their House '^^ occupations in the business of the Slate When John was left at liberty to pursue his medi- tations undisturbed, his mind reverted forcibly to the point on which it had been occupied at the time of his mother's entrance. - O le MEDIATOR \" said he, - but one mediator between cor o/V'^r"/^^"'i" ^^^"'^l* ^''^'-' '^^^ i« the re- the Wn 1 ^f f'l^^' T ^^^^'^"^^ acknowledges to be ^le ^ ord of God, but the reading of which she guards with so many 'provisos' as to amount to a virtual pro! hibition, as far as the bulk of the people is concerned; but here is another book " (taking up the Mass-book) i> 40 MAKES US ACQUAINTED WITH A STRANGE ft whic t clissera.natcs far and wide, and which teaches us to address ourselves to as many mediators, as there are saints m the calendar, and angels in heaven ! Why lay any restriction on the reading of the one, if not from a connction that ,t vvouhl expose the teachings of th^ other to suspicion ? There must be ' 8ometI,i,rg rotten^ somcHhere, or why should Father Fogarty try to terrify me from inquiry by misquoting Scripture ?" Thus he soil oqii«ed,-his mind running from one theme to another in connexion with the points of his creed which he was previously afraid to question, because of hU damned." '"■ ''""'^ '""'' *''"' "'° "l™'^' '^ *" ^e His reverie vU again disturbed by his sister PoUv calling him to tea, which summons he obeyed with an cHor to look as gay and cheerful as possible ; which ettort was shared lu by every member of the family Despite all this show of carelessness, in the way of hemming, coughing, and remarking about the weather and also inqmring as to the probable effect thereof on In n\';™T-Mt u™' ^'""'"■' P"',"*"''' ^<'- *'"''•'' ^>''^ still an unmistakable reserve at the tea-table in the Slate House, that evenmg. Mrs. Brown, who had blown off all her ue, endeavoured now to banter Mr. Brown on the renewed juvenility of his appearanee-the said metamorphosis being the effect of a' Lw wig, purehcS lor him during a recent visit to the c ity of C- and exclusively for Sunday wear. She even called in ^be tt,f ^f,'^y ""-i P°"y "' «°»Wing her to detem ne place m the chapel where they attended Mass, and who. It was alleged, had been a very great admirer of the senior Brown, when he was ranked amongst the jmiio^ I teaclies IS there \ Why ot from of the rotten' > terrify rhus he erne to I whicli of his J to be r Polly ^ith an which family way of Bather, eof on IS still Slate wn off 'Avn on B said chased -, and in the rmine r cap- ertain [ who, >f the iniors CHARACTER, OF WHOM WE READ ELSEWHERE. 47 as peculiarly handsome. Luckily for the conversation, it was prevented from utterly ilajf^ing and falling' to the {i^round by the entrance of a well-known pcrsona^'c, called " Donaj^ha Buckaugli," alias ''Dennis the cri^jple," who approached pro formd. The aforesaid '' Donagha " was one of those persons, very common in this country, who manage to make staple commodity out of some trifling sore or ailment, and by studiously avoiding any such thing as getting well, or even a little better, quarter themselves with- out ceremony on the farming popidation, as persons unable to work for a livelihood. Donagha had managed to get a small sore on his shin, which, being nightly irritated by a copper coin tied tightly thereon, and daily bandaged with several yards of dirty calico, he made to resemble '' elephantiasis-/' and thus exciting sympathy he spent his time in going from one cabin and farmhouse to another, where he was (according to custom) received as an object of religious charity. Persons of this class in the south and other parts of Ireland, acquire such influence over the peasantry, as to possess themselves of the secrets of the whole community; and, while covered with filthy rags, they contrive to accumulate money by giving inforn-^^ion to the excise against per- sons dealing in illicit uaffie, and carrying messages on love affairs, &e. The young Donagha, on the present occasion, limped boldly mto the Slate House, and, taking his seat in the chimney corner, uttered while doing so, the salutation common on such occasions — '' God save all here.'' '' And you too, Donagha," greeted him from both sides of the table. "What are you goin' to take, Donagha? in the name of G an' his blessed Mother," inquired the kmd-hearted " misthiss " of the house. D 2 48 MAKES US ACQUAINTED WITH A STRANGE " Wisha, ini take a blast o' the ' dhudhecn ' first and foremost/' he answered; ^^ that I mightn't sm, but It is mate, dhrink, an' elothin' tS me these cow d evenms'/' at the same time thiustinj^ his right hand into the breast-pocket of a soldier's cast-ofF jacket, which hung in ribbons about him, and drawing therefrom a short black tobacco pipe, eyeing the table as he did so, to ascertain how the comestibles were likely to agree with his appetite. " Dhraw up to the table an take a cup o tay,' Donagha, 'twill warm '' Arrah, let me alone for tay," said Dennis, blowing a long wreath of smoke, and shrugging his shoulders^ that I mightn't sin, but I'd rayther have a bit o' bjicon an cabbage, wid a few pratees, an' a dhrop o' whiskey to wash them down wid, thin all the tay that ever was brought from foreign parts." - Eveiy one o' them things you shall have, ma houghal (my boy), but whisper here,— have ye any news?" '^'^ News, IS it ? faiks I have, plinty o' that same." A I'l m '11'^ ^^^ ^''^ married ? or goin' to be ? or dead ? Tell us ; I'll be for listenin' whilst I'm gettin' yer supper ready, an' a snoring hot tumbler o' whiskey punch afther it ; that is, if ye tell a very good story." linn as that is the case, I had bctther have the punch ftrst, for may be ye wouldn't think the news over an' above good." " What does Donagha say at all at aU ?" inquired the Avondermg hostess. ^ '' Misthiss Broivn," said Dennis, with great dogma- tism of maimer, - I can tell ye what news is goin.' I'll not add to it, or subtract from it, as little Paddy liooney said when he pulled the cheer from behind the schoolmaster an' let him down on his poll. But (the Lord an his blessid Mother, an' all the saints an' angels CHAIL\CTER OF WHOM WE READ ELSEWHERE. 49 me o purtect us) they tell me the whole counthry is turnin' Protestants/' " They do, is it ?'' Mrs. BroAvn said, lifting up both her hands, and throwing herself into a posture of affright, as if she had seen " a spirit from the vasty deep '' '' Who are they at all at all ?" ''Why now, there's Tom Flinn, avIio towld me an hour ago, that the Mother o' God had no more power to command her son than I have ; an' there's Barney Finnegan, an' Thigue Looney, an' }3ill iMurphy, an' a power of 'eni besides, througli all the counthry, that says they'll nivcr confiss to a Priesht any more, sccin' he has no more power thin any common man to forgive sm " They do, Arrah ?" again escaped from Mrs. Brown, in a tone of greater astonisliment than before. How long her amazement would have delayed Dennis's supper this deponent saith not, but young John had to remind her that the said Dennis had finished his smoking, and might be in good tune for eating. A substantial supper, flanked by a cruiskeen of whiskey, was soon submitted to Donagha, not before he had informed the wondering jNIrs. Brown ''that the whole blame was at- tributable to Mick Tracy, an' tlie rest o' thim ' bloody ' Bible readers." He also informed them that he him- self had been offered a large bribe if he would sell his " poor sowl ;" but no, for his part he would rayther be poor, an' suficr " cowld, hunger, an' hardship, in this life, than to ride in a coach to hell." Mr. and Mrs. Brown applauded his- pious determina- tion. Polly and Betsy looked significantly at each other, as if they would call in question the sternness of his religious principles. Master John looked as if inclined to smile, until a cough volunteered its services to relieve his embarrassment: fiiul .ill as if bv t"^!!""' -^..-....f I i! 50 MAKES US ACQUAINTED WITH A STRANGE CHARACTEE. il&nd l^h^C^r -^ - *«= -■ >< cabbage, between the whiiis to "insbse" Mr/S' ""'"ag>"g household speedily Mowed ''^'""I'lc wh.ch the ' " l 1*^MH.JiWJJI.;.. HARACTER. , cabbage, ussed and managing s^n, as he ^stantism, igning all ^ing to do 3arce, b^it ir, which ^his style common a- had so >f all the ! he said;, lich the I QiJ CHAPTER V. "For gain ; with quackish ointment lieal'd the wounds And bruises of the soul outside : He with untemper'd mortar daub'd th'e walls Of Zion, ,ving "Peace," where there was none. Ilie man who came with thirsty soul to hear Ui Jesus, went away unsatisfied; For he another gospel preach'd than Paul And one that had no Saviour in it. ' I; • M.^.( a Wolf', in clothing of a 'hamh, J i^M, ftoie into the fold of God, and on xm blood of souls, which he did sell to deatli r,m';/« .-and yet, when any would have turn'd Him out he cried, ^^ Touch r.ot the Priest of God •" And that he was anointed, fools believ'd." POLLOK. OME weeks rolled away, as weeks ever ]>ave done excellent wav " TlVi , ^^.""a"""" '"r "a more learned f2; Po/a ryrr:,;'!™? "' /'" '"T^ """ endeavo,u-s to stem the torrent nf ^^ «'''""«'"1 in his it, but without avail He trLl r 7'^' "^''^^i''l«^ Hrst, h„t these would no^oX^t^. ^^l^! ILLUSTRATES THE ADAGE, ETC. 53 done, V aud then more '•> and n liis ailed icule end- ation to '' the fctithful " to be cautious of books tcachin"- heretical floctrihes ; which ^\ as followed by a perempt tory command not to listen to Bible Readers ; and this agani by ecclesiastical curses, with bell, book, and candle, against every one who admitted those books and tracts in which our holy mother the Church was lield up to ridicule, or made the subject of animadversion or attack. All these modes were flanked by a mandate to the said faithfnl '' to avoid all apostates, giving- them no food, clothing, or lodging, for love or money, and to hola no mtercourse with the excommunicated either m the way of giving or taking, buying or selling, borrowmg or lending, or even speaking with, or to them/' lint despite all the zealous Father's endeavours people would read, doubt, and hesitate, and eventuallv decide, that Popery was a system of delusion, and that a vast number of the very Priests themselves believed it to be so, and held office only for a 'Apiece of bread/' 'Dungs were in this posture when an incident occurred which tended moi-e than anything else to rivet a con- viction of the thorough rottenness of the system in the niinds of the young Browns, and to awaken it in those oi the old people too. John had frequently mentioned to liis sisters, in the presence of the old folks, various arguments used by Protestants against the principles m which he and thev had been educated, giving likewise full weight to every thing alleged by controversialists on their own side. He liad also evaded, without positively refLising, to proceed again to his studies at Maynooth /a circumstance which contrasted strongly in the minds of his parents, with his former intense desire to remain there, even to the sacrifice of health. His motlhjr, on comparing notes with Father Fog- arty, agreed that it was best for the Holy Father to 54 ILLUSTRATES THE ADAGE ii rv !li promised hi.n h,^ "iTnM rf af '^ T "^'^'-'^'^y' «l>e swam in the river Lee "and til fnirAu"'™"" "^ "" as good whiskey as ever ran ^hi V ""' '"'"'^ ''''^'" «f keep the salmon Ld meC fe / '^'•^'.J"^* *<> " Priest's trot," up t^- ^p ' . 1 ^- ¥ "' ^''''''""l » road to the Slite HoL; "^ '^''"" *>'<= "»""' eve':^::;„tS";vtr']-'3 s*';^ ^""^r ^"^-^'y-- to sueh an engagemcn ' as tW %''' "^ ^'jithfulness plenty of whiScev nor did >, " ^""'^ ''"'"er and Priests for good thin°^ 1^ ?. ""'" "^"'^ *''='" «ther BideredthatTv^rySof ""L'!.;;/^ f^"*^'''^ ''°"- those "who knowToV to ^'.^p f''^'" «°"«umed by was so mueh removed out of thw^'or^" "'' "^ ,"'" "''fcrt^o'^^^S^^^^^^^^^ svnm Uvin^'a^^d'dStTr/:^^^^^^^^^^ whisked puncT" He hnd •' r**- "'^fi ''^'>i^o^yed, in and wa^ engaged in a verv n ""'^/^ ?"^-^'''' t^^ler, to prove that the duty ^f all t" V^r^T? "«"■"«"* J)erform the penances nndli^°°'' ^'•"'olies was to riutiesof their sSa,,!^ •"■■ ?■'"*''"'"='' ^itine theii- propriety '^aSnrr' ""'^"""^ ^''' ''««'^ti"g that doultet^is S»d'^ %T'' ^"'S'"^"' "h! -solution to aothetStgfor^LSrpti^Si: fe NO PENNY, NO PATERNOSTER. }) d as bacon ist-day, she ion as ivir ime skin of ^, just to •aising the beg to ask the eapa- aown. was seen ^S on liis Ireland a the main ?arty was thfulness nner and an other My con- umed by le of it," rresolute 3 strong, "should in alive, ij when wed, in ;umbler, •gument was to routine oubting h "He s pious lioners. 55 whom he generously relieved of all trouble on that score; and he was particularly anxious that young John should allow him to act as his proxy in that department. The latter had desired information from his reverence as to how it could be, that, while their church professed apostolicity, many of her distinguishing features as to points of doctrine, were comparatively of modern date ; for instance, invocation of saints, dating only from the seventh century; purgatory not absolutely autliorizcd till tiie fifteenth ; transubstantiation till the thirteenth, and so on. Father Fogarty sighed from the very depths of his soul, that so promising a youth should' become the victim of that '' abominable heresy, the right of private judgment'" in religion; a sentiment, he averred, "which had sent more to people hell than all other Satanic inventions put together.'" He remained silent for some time, engaged in deep thought, making sundry figures on the polish of Mrs. IJrown's best parlour mahogany table, by dipping the handle of his spoon into the punch, as if it were ink, and then writin*'- his cogitations as above described. *^ How long he would have continued that learned exercise cannot be stated, as an accident occurred which interrupted, and relieved him from his embarrassment. A man was seen to ride past the parlour window of the Slate House, at a furious speed, so that he passed the door a great number of yards before he could pull up his horse. He turned out to be a messenger despatched in hot haste for the Priest. He had been at his reve- rence's house, and was directed by tlie housekeeper to the Slate House. The object of his visit was to find Father Fogarty and take him off" to the cottage of a poor labouring man, who worked in a quarry, and was " kilt out and out, by the falling of a mass of stone, so that his 56 ILLUSTRATES THE ADAGE reverence urged the particulo/ ^^ ''""'' '™''- His Slate House, reeommend n" t,-'"^"^''"'"' "' "*« a'Kl find some other IW^ ■ • '"«<"-,ger 'to try go^ou the following iomiui'Tt'^P '^ ''"^'"'^'7' *» not to be put off- ,mi f5' ."' *''« messenger was lability o/a eo^pla^"^' ^^^teX/"""?^^' '''" 1- the worthy Father ,vas obL^r/,"'' °! "'" <'i°«se, further supply of thr,wiS i ^"^ ""^ '''''"«'" '■'"y t'- '^'^d^i'le o/the sSrand^f;^^^^^^^^^ «i- '« felW; STerriSi^ ^e^l ^1?— f ""* *"^ "- footsteps of the Priest ",p ' '"°""'-- and quick on the minutes after him and f2f^l "''"''^ "' ""^ «•''''"' a few heart-rending so";,' tLuffl V^'"'- °''«°"fu«ion and '"»" lay gaspiugTtL ,of "'''rr*''!""- 1'''^ 'lying a floor, on which he htl h,f "^ '''■'"'*''' stretched o5 of the accident and fr™^;",,f;;"?>'^'' fr»™ t'-e scene moved without ieeelSg re'it'frorf VS'" ^'=- His licartstrickpTi ir,f« f / ^-^it; iiom the body. ■lool, rocking Wlf' btl^:^?^ 'f '" '"'," °" ^ '"'^ one at each side, hu.,/from i,?' ™,'' *"'° °''1«'- l"»bes, concert, " Don't cry m-.m?2 T T^' -""l '•^Peated in A ^'vdof neigh-bouJsTadl r* ??' """"my-" as to fill it. Mr. Brown and hk'f i""' *''« ''"W" ^ m elbowing for themlehes a 'T "^ ^T' '"'S'^^ty had succeeded in onteri^^,^ ti,J ^."''/"'l ^"1" " they crowd saying, .< G.T^ t t^^'^.r' " *''' f •'iit^ poor, yer riverincc ! '; or else he time. His nt at the ^or -to try cessaiy, to ^enger was it the pro- ic diocese, almon any • repair to the poor -k on the hin a few ision and 'he dying tchcd on he scene t be re- )dy. >n a low tid from fy hus- T o' my ^ing in- t which ' babes,, ated in abin so fficulty ri they in the rince I "no penny, no paternoster/' 57 '^K\l lT»'^ '° ■ni^forthin' an' sufferin' i„ this world To which Fatl.er Fogarty replied, "I tell you the Chureh has fixed our dues ; I demand no more than m- SVor llim?;'"^"' ' •""^' '"™' '^'"''^ ' -" "" -'.v- No sooner were these words uttered, than Brown said, l.ather iogarty! holduig out tlie coin at the same time) here is the necessary sum." It was soon transferred to the pocket of the Priest, there to iostle jvith otiiers of tlic same genus. All the preli mi, arts having been completed, a motion was made fortCth to dear the house for the "anointing;" and in a twinkling the Priest and the patient w^re tit; oiilv ...mates of the cabin. A simultlneous praTcr wenruu from he whole crowd, "May the great God an' hi^ b cssed Mother purteet, guide, an' guL you m' your Mr Brown ! lyni' down an' risin' up, by day an' hv mght; 'tis yerself that was always a friil to the potr labourin' man, an' by the powers ! ye're not haKs good as her that owns ye; blessin's for ever rest down on ye both, an on the eliildbren that looks up to ye " in. " P°°""''7f.7oman clasped his knees, cxciaim- iig, I knew that if you wor here, you would not h-t "irew hT' oti f ^""f r *'!<= f"' ™>- Cliurch* X luiew It ! Oh I knew it ! an' the Blessed V,ir.n,i heard my poor prayer, an' sint you into the hou"e*'a the right time, she did, she did '" A few minutes sufficed for the performance of " the ntes which consisted, first, in the Priest whisnerinl a eat'"iuklu *^?" 1 *'"=• '^•""»" "-' -h« - direauy last sinking; then drawing from his Docket » small silver box, containing a pellet of greasy cotton lint, he applied the latter to t4 nose, ears, «iumb" 58 I' I 'Ji! ILLUSTKATES THE ADAGE \ and great toes of the suffcrpr ^^,1 „t ^. muttered some eabalistic wont it ' ?'" "'""<= «'»<= Kestoring the /<«fe to irnoeket''" ""''"°'"* *°"*''"'^- nag, which almost ™ecL„ aS^tarted off "a'tT"*?'' -'"f trot again, and left tlie Pvnit,,,! „ ? . *' ""^ clerical tlicy could, of the son-ow »„K T"^ *■" «<=' "''' »» best I'is unmixed cnielty ""'•g"''t"'u occasioned by ''SinJ/''attli;i; Pr"1^ t'^' ">««""! of This is done by mmiL^f^ J^TV^^y "' the dark." selves of all tLlnZ'Vlr"'^'T'''''''''^ them- they do byalteriir;o4t.oT"'^ and swearing, which of a word in an oath o™e,n^c tr ?""' ''',""' o>- syllable the iieiialty of .thf;: L^eTsio'"' 'oiflv'r'^ t "''"' with the peasantry, can know ?,^'; V ^ tliosc who mix this evil, in the deothTof f "P"'^^" "f the extent of The in^ment of dl«i arrfvld "'''. "'"' "'^'^dness. regret passed from mouth to 1' T " T""""" "^ ^eep house ejaculated, ■^lU'^'lTfCot^yT''''''' " ' on his poor sowl.'-' ^ ^^^ ^^^^ mercy Rrin, gating ^afteV the reeedW nr.V T i"^ ''^^'^""^ " dimensions, rolled ud in » ,, f I^™'''„ "''^'^ "mp'e hroad cloth, contrasted ?t.t PY"""? "^ treble-milled and haIf.„aLr™efeonf^ •'"'■? ""= P"'"'' '"-^d, the miserable hovd 0"^^ wlT^/" S~"P« "^^d breathed his last! " w'u F»?., p^"'* *'">* '"i°«te Priesht o' God • but if v» ,!' **''' f^^aity ! ye're the • May you nivlr' i^mlllZT'^KV: ^1' ^''^ ^-y. tagh,TeroU'^^^^^^^^^^^^ voices; «Mur. Priesht." ™'"^" ; you've cursed the " ^" =™''' the Priesht ?" said Murtagh. f( NO PENNY, NO PATERNOSTER.^' 59 5ame time ^n tongue. untcd his he clerical d^ as best sioned by nethod of le dark/' ail them- ig, which 1' syllable to avoid who mix extent of ;dness. f of deep thin the e mercy of the hysteric ample 5-milled ill-fed, around minute J're the i'd say, clargy ^Mur- ed the (( }> Yes, thin, ycr own four bones. " Ah let Murtagh alone for that,'' rejoined a iollv lazy-looking fellow, with a short pipe in his mouth ,• lie saved himself well, didn't ye hear him say, < If ve Averen't so an' so ?'" Jf ^'^^^ 2 Oh ! did he ? Thin he's safe enough." " Well, wisha," said a poor beggar woman, with a c nld of two years old tied on her back, and another of about as many months, in her arms. " Well, wisha !" '' Wisha, Avhat ?" said Murtagh, drily. " Wisha, I was a-thinkin' " said the crone, '^ that it IS mighty quarc intirely, < if there's a God at all, at all, that the poor have to suffer here an' hereafter iist be- kays they haven't money.' There is a boy lyin' dcid now, on a door widin that cabin, an' a betther frind to the poor wasn t on Ireland's ground. The last day I come this road I called at Father Fogarty's for relief, to H 1 \>' ^' *^T^ T '^^'' (^^ ^ ^"^ ^ «"»^«r afore A\ here did you git thim childher, ses he ?' < In lawfu wedlock yer riverence,' ses I. ^Well, whether you did or not,' ses he, a have nothin' for ye, ses he ses' fo 'T.'' '^' '¥ "^' ^'' ^"^« '^'^ poor-house,' seshe.^' ^'' ' ""''' ^ ^"^'^ *^^" ^^^«^^ *"«/ maSn'si;;!'' '"' """"^^ ' ^^"^ ^> ^"^'^ ^^^1^' rr^in '> ^.^7^'^ f' }'\ ' ^^'^^ 'wouldn't let ye spake to the " What answer did ye make to that, Peggy ^^" in- Seher ^^n"'\"^^^l^"^^^^^"^ «^ the^'ground ueside her. Here, take a shough o' this pine it will keep the cowld wind off yer stomach." ^^' 60 ILLUSTRATES THE AD.\f;E M 1 niver pron.isedto be onc7"'''W,{i^ZTp: """' "" can.' It up bv mor.. tl,.,., „ i , ' ^"^Kgy/ was a he-,rty LJl^'her';™ f/.T '"°""'^' ''">'"'"« "' " .Fhat did the PriesJjf snv 9^-' «.oo +i 'f A ^ T'^ • iit.?,iit say f was then eagerlv askod =,SiS.'t:'/s:'?t Sf-'- lives in the Slito ^T,^,, ^ ^^ x ^ ^^^^^ *^^"i ^^lat laviu' tL Mess ^'^^ un- [idvfn'^ft.r'?''"-' "^"^ •'*''- ses he. ' Turu in here ' Ves he ?s,f /'f '<=^^, '.° »«'• ™aJi»»ai.awM j iWa« ' nftcx u N. [aMMEDIATJvLY aftor tlie dc^parturt) of Fatl.or 1 1 lH)-arty and the Jirowim to the eotta-e wIutc •^ the poor man lay, Mick Tracy was seen to -i.) prcch the «hite House: Mrs. JJrown was the first o perceive him • callin- her two dan^^htcrs she said, - Here comes that httle puo-nosed, cantin« -ponded, irony; "it ouirt^, 1,! .i,- m "> .™""' "'^ contemptuous Mick'doi°^e':.v:ls'^::w7orrmn"a°d'''''A''"'^ you see^he wears a ^^r.yrnJ.'^^Z'V^J^ ^' T-rn,.o T Xr 1 / ^^^ *^^ ^^^^ reason or other '" of Ifc Brown °'lf "^'' ""' ""' ■"»<''> ^^ *'«' i^-^-ty o dy a b^ of .;dl, ^''^■•Pnf- of manner to Midc was dcdaruff 'ZfLl 1 ?r hurst nito a loud laugh, one dav in f K "?■ """'f '"="■ ''"""'"' ™or« «i" durfng a"?fX'tred'?he;tSr,frt:^t"Yr'^^^ voiee to tl,e eoaxin/piteh, saf ng to^Mil" " WeU n"" W.11 ye ate some salmon with-us,^M°ek ?" ^'" °°^' " Well thcn'^r"'"?" I> ''»<^ ""y -^i™"'" able to ye." ' " *'™'''"' ° •"^"^''' '^ '' - »g^ee- " Not a diop o' that same, nor the stuflf it's made of. ELF Mick/'' >ouded. 'ly so, I mptuous I thiuk. . Don't ite bail- or Mick J same; m sure, 30, only other.'' I Mick, she re- in' me f Lim- e, after gravity ck was Father lau«fh, luring rayers sides, d her i now. Lgree- ileof. ^1 RESPECTIKG THE FEE FOR THE ANOINTING. 65 will I ever put down my throat, Mrs. Brown, thou-h 1 fed as much obleged to you as if I drank a full gaUon Mick^'"" ''''^ ^fi^^^f^cf^^ ni'\vbo, at what I said to ye, '' Not a bit of it, :\f rs. Brown," he replied " AV^ell tliin why not take a dhrop jist to show that re bear no malice nor hathred in yer heart " ^S\risthiss, agragh! don't talk o' mahce. How could I hi^nv you malice ? You an' yours have befrinded me an mine, many an' many a time! The blessed Kedeemer bore no malice to tliose who murthered him • an how slmuld I bear malice to those who have sue- covred me ? "That^I mightn't sin, IMick Tracy, but if I sit listcnin' to ye, Im afeer d you'll make a Protestint o' me" ]Mrs. Brown said this with a laugh, starting off, and running up stairs, ^ ' you," was Mick's devout wish. fT,'^S''!*r?'"''*H''^'^'^i'''^^"''^^ Mick and the girls at the Slate House talked about the late accident, nntil the Sss ' ""'"'^ '^^^''^ ^'^^^ *^" ''anointing- theVlIhen "''' ^'"""""^ ^^'' ^''''''^" '^'^ ^^^'^' '-^^^drc^^inS aZTlT!\ ^""'il- f^''- ^'""^^^'^ ^^" "«^^"^ '^V^^'^^^ fitting Mr. Tracy again " retorted the latte^ with a laugh. Mini! ^/"h I f ''' '^%^^ '''^' "'^ ^«^^«"^^^ ^^«»/' «^iid ^y wiy?" "^'^ ^^^''' ^^^"" ^ offindcd ye, in " Fll tell you what, Mick Tracy, I niver said or did anything to hurt or harm a hai o' yer head, an' (( (t GG snows HOW MR. BROWN DEFENDED HIMSELF il R |! lit lu. wouldn't now ; hut the truth is the hcst, I don^t like on^ rTl"'^'""r •/'' ScripthursaA there^soi^' one God an one Faith, an' one Baptism, an^ if so there can^t be tin, or twenty, or a hundred." True for you sir V said lAIiek, " true for you ; hut - " -"'^1 ^71 *^'^ ''^^''^^^^ ^* ^^y ^^*c/' ^'-^"1 ^^f r. Brown ; mint of eMra?ne unction. May God be ^ood to u's al] ^1 Amin, Aheinia !"^- Mick replied. " Amin V responded the whole family "Tell me! John Brown," said Mrs. lirown, buskin- down stairs, " was the Priesht in good time '>" *' " He ivas, very good time." nvw ''J ^-^i!' '"'''" *!'^^ '^'''' "^''^^ ^"»^' ^^thout tlie say- crammt, it he was m good time ?" f .//v^\!vr'''^^ ' ^Y'"; '"^^'' ^'"^ ''^^^"^ ^^«0"s ; how can I tell r* Woman, djn't catechize me about it " Now it so happened, that Mr. Brown wanted to con- TTo .1 r I l^T\ ^«""^^*^^l ^^ith that transaction. He did not want the heretic Mick to know about Father 1 ogarty^s cupidity, and still less did he like Mrs. Bro^' to know that It was her half-crown which had been Ibrtanee. ^ '"^ functionaiy, for the said' pe" r.^.M^^^^^^'^^^''"''?, ''-''' "^"^ ^^ *h««^ ladies who would not be baffled; and her curiosity being once roused, there was no leadnig her on the wrong scent. If there was anyt lung which Mr. Brown wantc^d to keep her ignorin of, that was precisely the ix>int on which she was sure to become enlightened, " by hook or by crook," as she hei-self termed it. She saw him anxious to conceal * Saviour, LP m't like re^s only a if so, 3U; hut vifc, an' i^rown ; savcra- y us all, ;he truo u?*liug le say- V can I o con- action. Father Brown hern i per- Nvoulfl , there 'e was lorant s sure s> she >nceal RESPECTING THE FEE FOR THE ANOINTING. 67 something and that something slie would uncover and drag to hght if possil)le. Mr. Brown, on the other liand, was as dogged in his determination not to fnrnish the information sou-ht His rib had to put all her strategy in requisition, and consequently tacked to windward a point or two '' Were there many people there ?' she askea, with an air of apparent indifference. Z wf "" ''^^.^"^^ ?^'^"^ ^ ^"^"^^ many," lier spouse rejoined Who arrived first, the Priesht or yerself ^" " The Priest did, to be sure ; he left this afore we did " V 'i>'\,f \ ""^ after Father Fogarty arrived, did he aie f Mrs. IJrown asked. " It might be a quarter of an hour, perhaps " '' It could be no grate sayerit thin, his not anointin' him afore you wint there." '^ Och ! an' I didn't ask any rason, womrn ! What do 1 know about the Priest's business '^" This was thrown in angrily by Mr. Brown, seeing liiat his wife r^oi^/./ ferret out everything about the affair, to the scandal of the Church, and ])erhaps to his own ner- sonal annoyance. JNIick Tracy, however, had licen behind the scenes in such matters himself, having formerly been given over' by the doctors, and -greased," as it is vulgarly called, by a Priest, whose payment had to be previously raised by the sale or pawn of a blanket off his bed. With a degree of affected innocence, accom- panied by a sigh, he ejaculated, "Indeed, Misthiss Brown ! I darr say, there might be some little delay in findm tlie money to pay tlie Priest for the anointiri/' f • aS 1, , ^^^ ^.^"^"^ '^^^^"g ^^^^^ly opposite to his friend Michael with his head between his hands, his body bent forwards, and his elbows on his knees : a sardonic curl played on his upper lip, and an unusual briUiancy hghted up his eyes as he observed, " Well )' 68 !u;! si; ; i!. I^i SHOV,. HOW ME. BROWN DEPENDED HIMSELF good urne, but t/.-mo!:^^!^'^ ''^ *«" '" ->7 to show liimsolf off T ,1 1 1 ' '"P"*'^* f"" «' monov, you have" aL^tiuJ Vc^l rsbalZ' r ' ^^r^ thought on that occasTon that "dt o?- ''R'"-'^'" '"'ve part of valour " A n =7 • . """ ™t'oi' '■' as the better let him iuto he .ecret^ff{f'";f "'^ *"'''"'y ^«-"-' '•.,[ where sh,. rouldTotbe h l'"' ^^T'' ""^"''^ ''« ' »a-c«l, " curry with the r ■ " ' ■ v' ? '"^ '•'''°'^='' at oaee to «Tjrt ," . '- "' as the hostlor,^ -a 1 ^* ^'^^ * bckase ve *he pd'or. an' S;; hid "''''' ^' *'"'" "^ ''""^ ''^»' to St Jm^coTpltinnd rlr- '"' '* '""<''' *'- ™-S conii., to I'rellan th^ iooT" T'^'^''^'^- " ^ "•"«' breast of it." *°°' '" ™<''='' *" make a-clane BrZ'"' '"''"' ''"''"'' ^h"* i« it ?" asked Mrs. ^r^'^ylt:oiy7:^i TuT^ '"' y^^'""' '"'haviour; ' ye are not theTamTAfc f^' !^ ''""'* ''^'l'"'™ it, niother of ^ychMhefrhat^^Ji;;, *■'''* used to be the Well, weU, Miek Tracy, an' childher, aU o' ye listen you are in very nd had t, '^av of the money, it right ni!/ nd rxs. was o litive better s hii.i oaxed, net to there world ; h.'ilf. q' the ise ye art to rising must clane Mrs. iourj n itj the sten RESPECTING THE FEE FOR THE ANOIXTIXG. 69 to my schamin^ owld villin of a man. Arrah, John, what did ye promise for mc T' ' ^^ I promised before iverybody there, tliat if the widow would smd down to my house, that ///y W'//6^ wouhln^t see her or the htt e ones at a loss for somethin^ to wake Paddy dacently wid. That^s all I p. oiniscd.- Vo./ »/•?!■' '''*^"'''' marhree, your word shall be kept. /?o/ UJora dirty Vdtlc half-crown, I won't let it throuble me mind a minnit longer. The Chureh must what Avould do us no good, shure.'' Mr. Brown was now assured' that the storm was cffeetually laid for the present, and thought ireould venture on somet liing joeose; so, recolleethig her pur- 'I'strnf f ' '"^'^ ^'' -^^^^\n\y: -Indeed, owkl 'ooman, tis true for ye, one would not be long layin' out a do/en times as mueh foolishly. I haven't a hair of mv o vn between my head an^ heaven this many a dav, aif' ,^>u were so mueh afraid of losing me, that ve paid thiZ sMMs last week, to put a thousand of 'em betwee me an hat same plaee. Miek Traey, ^tis truth I tell ye she thinks I am beginnin' to look too owld for her uw so she goes an^ gets me a dandy wig. Betsy run upstairs for it till I show it to Mick- ^^^^7.1*"" Betsy ran as directed, produced the barrier which on Sundays and holidays was to interpose between he^ father and heaven, as he expressed it. The whole lai 'h was tiirned agani^t Mrs. Brown and her danger of ri X ship from the lady in the gallery; so that Mrs. Jirmn finding herself single-handed in the war of words was ^^pl'ig rid!'^" '''' -'' - .ood-humouredi;:: John had been ruminating deeply on the scene lately witnessed, whde the conversation aforesaid was proceed I •'^'''-■iMl 70 snows HOW mr. brown defended himself, etc ing. Mick ratlier guessed the channel in wliipTi Tii« thoughts were running, and in order to rll. f asked, ^^ Are you sick,%rastei John''> '" ^''" ^"" ^"^' iNothing worse than usual,- he replied. feomethin' must ale my poor sloh " hi« .r^^fi • i "tp?,\!"°"""' •' «»™'^tl>ing surely rfoe* ail me." "W l-Xr^r f /""'' Ma,.ln-cc"* she added. anomtnig, or he rfo^^ „ot believe in it." ''^ "^ other " """' ""^ '°"' '"^ """^t '''1''=™ one or th' y IMii oi religion. Gracious Saviour ! Could I miftW to Jitt up his eyes m silent thanksgivin/ to heaven . to leave John Brown, senior and T^l... -n ^ y ^ together with mother'arXda'ugh erl to nonZ'^ ''"T' logieal onslaught upon Father Salt/ made ^^^^^^ presence by one from whom they iS c^eted iVu incontrovertible proposition. "^'ected such an • Son of my heart. I ETC. CHAPTER VII. " iV^'"/^^",'''' "* •^'""'^''^ '^^'Tse ; how pale, Low wan '— I he tace liow ns the door, owL" ^et .prwtiei; t" 'Mro.:t°"™tf '^ *''^' V^^''"^' cf a 4 '^'::^ - iLTti:roa^^"-tre ' handy fellou" has piaeed stones a few fcasunZ to enable expert jumpers to gain the doolw. v, ,™tW,ut genius did more, he plaeed'a rZ'nd sto^," in' L deeT 'va^ mmseii, and all the lovers of mischief Seited on an old chest, o..tside th. dooi, m.-^ht be si , aholl *• eountry lads and lasses, ripe for fu^n Amon^ them Us the author of tlie stepping-stones, enjoying L t^ort rf « AN IRISH WAKE, ETC. 73 seeing his friends bGdaubed; : 1, while otliers were in makfthc least uoisf '"°^' '""^""'°' ''^"'- S---".v Our licro, after a series of gallantries, further amused the company, by an affecte.l ellort of cltchi,,.. S • ,? r T'' •*";• :? ""'y "" "' l"^ril of spoiling tfe.irm.erv sxMs^l.'^r *"e. shoes, ..^cfa":f;t;s a htdl ""t.;™ ''f™ ■^'" '"'■'^'y "'- '«' "^ '"Ok about a It Ic. I he cabin ,s composed of two anartmenf! cal cd respectively the " ki. ifen," and the "Tom " Let us enter the latter. I„ that corner Tcs the corpse. Six mould candles liavc been kept b" r^i„ ' ,i! t aid day, ever since he was " foirf «,rf," three davsi^ There is no mdow to admit light or air to thc^erowd Mo have managed to stow themselves in the apartmcn "'e soul oj ..e rhparted." repose of Here all animosities are buricrl i-vm =„„ • and profess forgiveness LoTpf;.. ?? .f^^mies come has jLt walked" in X; a long Sou net Hr'f ' '''"' to thrash a dozcn^of the Cou^ B^L'^r Sm™ 4fil ^I'> i 74 AN IRISH WAKE, AND HOW lif' 11* i i; hassip^, at the fair of Castle Martyr, is now stiff in the embrace of death ! His eyes fill,* his face contorts, and he waxes warm; but he stnijrfi^les in silence and over- comes the emotion ! Noble fellow ! A friend fills a fjlass with Avhiskey, and places it silently in his hand ; he drinks lialf of it, and pours out the other half as an offorinj^ or libation to the " manes " of his friend. The whiskey seems to give him utterance, and he exclaims, "Well, Jem Dempsey, y( a'rc cowld an' stiff* on the flat o' your back. Ye were as innocent as a child, an' as playful as a kilten; but if ye had jist half-a-pint o' ' Tommy Walker '"^ in ye're hide, an' ati oak stick in your fisht, whew ' my darlint ])oy ! wouldn't the Con- nelly Bwees fly> aiore ye?" And' he falls prostrate and kisses the corpse ! A group in another corner are playmg " Shuttle the Brogue," alias, " Hunt the Slip- per." Another group has gathered near four men, Avho kneel on the mud floor round a wicker basket, called a " pannier," turned bottom upwards, on which they are playing cards, each of which, in the excitement of the game, is brought down with as much force, and with an "ugh" as loud as that wherewith a woodman brings his axe to bear on a giant of the forest. At the close of each game (for games of all sorts are Icgitimatiscd at ivakesj, a long discussion ensues as to the ability of each player, and his skill in managing a bad or indifferent " hand o' cards." Their stakes are buttons f(/ilt it may be), which some of them have to cut from the coats they are wearing, and which must appear at the ]\Iass before his reverence Father Fogarty, on Sunday, minus those bright appendages. That young fellow in the corner, whispering to the damsel with half-averted face, his hand raised and forefinger pointed, as though what he was saying should carry all the weight of a demonstra- tion, is accounting for how it happened that he was seen * Whiskey of a celebmted kind, made by a man of that name. t i ! the A widow's heart was lightened. 75 walkinfj home by moonli-ht with Wuh^ct Finnicane Me IS clctcj-nimrd to tatitulizc him a bit furthor ; for her lips pout and her eyes are east (hjwn ; ])iit, somehow or other, su; sees her friend Judy Lcary lau-hi,,^; at he r and, as haufrhin^^^ to take a .smoke and compose ^ J]ut we must now go ])aek to the outer apartment, or kitchen, o the domicile ; for several stentorian sets of lungs arc there and at work. " Make way there will yeesf' an clear the flure/^ -clear the flure," "clear the flurey -clear the flure, will yce^s?" is shouted again and again. Mick Murphy (a famous player on the bagpipes) has been brought from a distance of ten miles, whither a special messenger was sent for him w.th orders to bring him - dead, alive, or on hossback '' and now he tunes his i)ipes in the corner, and the young coni)le, so lately reconciled, stand ready to lead off the c ance to the tnne of - The wind that shakes the barley ; but Mn-k's pipes don't please him ^at all. at all ' this evening Some one suggests that perhaps they arc too dhry and a glass of whiskey is brought, which wets I^l-ck s throat instead of the pipes. Still he com- plains - tlKit his fingers arc stiff' wid the cowld, from iiavin travelled so far, and that the first drop reached only to the points of his elbows -/' another libation, however, sets all right. -The wind that shakes the barley s(pieaks out from liis "chanter/' and the younjr pair dash "down the middle and up again /'— •- Hurra !'' - vvhc • * whew ! hurra V ^ All hands assemble to witness the sport so ill accord- mg with the solemnity of death. Oh, sad scene ! but lather logartv can cancel it all ! Gallantry seems to require that the young man should not have a friend . s A widow's heart was lightened. 'J'J amonj? the spectators, whilst the most extravagant praises arc lavislicd on his blooming partner "A pnrty dancer, she is,'' says one. "You may sing that, if you have a tunc for it," adds another. ' "° " Tliat's right Macollccn * keep it up an' you'll tire nm out y.t; l.e's befviimin' to ^nve way a' rcmly ; look Imw his »h,„s thrcml.k. o,»lhcr him," 8ome one Shouts from the chimney eorner. " Now, Judy, if lie fails you'll he sure of him " ' Aira 1, what nonsense you talk ; what does 'she care for liim ^ was the response to the latter. T ^i'"i "•'! !l'" l"''"^'"«.'""l l«"'tcriiiK would not do ■ Ju.ly k'^ ■out iVlick was a pat ent follnw i,« i i j "lucy. caught si,ht of thi des^tute w d; w e ZehedTa ""' i>er, bendmg over her sleeping infant I J' ■ T" way through tlieerowd, heLat himVel?^' a?""^''1 P;^n.earher,w.henthef„l,owi„ge„C;^^^^^^^ hanT"'' '"'" ^''"' ^'•'- ^^"•P'^y " J'C said, taking her th^ SltToHw '^ L"t t ,"" ^'^"""^"' *" y^ ■' b «. b^ory Dt to hm holy name this night, A widow's heart was lightened. 79 "rife!;'""' "' I™' "" "" ''»» ~ ".■ li. whl.l, /°°'-/»™'"= could answer only by her tears whicii flowed eouiouslv until nfto- „ i ' tears, said, " r know tW T ,i'„ ' ■ ," '°"S pause, she \Zv J V . "C'^i've punislimint for mv sins h.7L r T"' •'''"' " S»ne, there is nothin' betLe .^ but cowld hunger, an' hardship in this world W fi good pod «on't „.ake us sufti herrarhii^T 1 Jw"' P™P»<'y'" said Miek, shakiuR his head ".Inn'f look for forgiveness of one sin, bekase , f Vnvtl • may suffer here, or in the future wortd S,n T. "J^ ^°! away by one means, an' only one Kv fK «" '?'' ''"* o«e spotless eharaeter, t^sl o' Ond ™"'""^ "'^ for; an' whoever has faith n th™ atolement'l f uT'^ Kuen by God, though his sins were TmonnS % we trust to anythiiiir else \f ivHl h« '"^""'^^""s. If me tell you wha't I laVec U,; f^^ /:r::„rd ^"\ 'f ai?o, Mrs Dcmnsov T fi, i II ^^^^ ^^^^^ awhi e is-'for those ,Zlus H o^e^to ™;;-f '''« «'"'g '* being, cxeept the Lord J 1,7' nw':"? *'""^'."'- any me, JO will the rotten fn .•""'' i"''''"''''™™dl'<'r oue or the othcrUomid7r "' ^'J^"!,* *d ' f "''' - .1. tux, iiiua as 1 was. 80 AN IRISH WAKE, AND HOW I' tiU K f { IK r 1 I If *r ,^ '' PI 1(1 But I wanted to say a word to you, Mrs. Derapscy, on another subject/' " Yc will be at a loss what to do for yerself an' the childhcr for awliile, until ye ean look round ye. The infant, of course, must remain with yerself for some months. I met Masther George Stanley this evening an' towld him of the accident ; knowin' that he wanted a boy to look after his pony, I mentioned your little Tim to him, so if you sind him over to Stanley Hall in the mornin', he is purvided for while he lives, that is, if he is honest an' sober; an' he will be qualified there to sarve any nobleman in the land : an' if you sind little Ellen down to our cabin, she can stay a year or two, or three, till God purvides for her, an' take share o' the pratees or whatever else we may have. There are nine of ourselves, an' her bit won't be missed among so many of us." "Glory be to the great God above," burst from several women who were intently listening to what was going forward. The exclamation was accompanied by a simultaneous clasping of the hands and looking upwards, as if they could see God in the provision made for the widow and orphans. " Well, why," says Mick, rather jocosely, " I have not finished my story yet, Mrs. Dempsey. Just as Masther George was puttiu' spurs to his horse to gallop off", I sings out, ' come here, Masther George, it isn't that way you are goin* to leave me,' (just as bowld as I would to one of my own class ;) ' you ought to considher,' says I, ' how that poor woman will want somethin' to make herself and childhcr comfortable,' says I, ' an' their purvider taken away from 'em.' ' Tracy !' says he, ' you schamin' thief, you want to rob me ; you know very well,' says he, 'that my papa allows me only a hundred a-year for pocket money, and that is next to nothing.' ' Poor i Mf \ A WIDOW S HEART WAS LIGHTENED. 81 n gintleman/ says I, ' but you didn't say ativtliing about the five pound notes an' the tin pound notes that your mainma sinds you every now an' thin to college, whin you're in Dublin/ says I, 'unbeknown to your papa; but I know it/ says I / ' for I put many of 'em into t])e post otfice box, an' you ought to be thankful to God/ says I, 'to have it in your power to do good to the poor ; for vou an' they will have to stan' before the same Judge yit/ '''Hold there, Traey/ says he; 'upon my honour, I m very mueh obliged to you for reminding me of my duty. We arc all alike before God,' says he ; ' and i*t was very selfish in me not to feci for the poor woman. Take this to her,' says he, ' and tell her I will make a man of her boy, if I live, and I will sneak to my mamma and the girls to do something for the family.' " At the close of his narration, he drew from his jjocket a bright golden sovereign, the gift of Master George Stanley, of Stanley Hall, adding, "See how the Lord keeixs mmdin' you, when perhaps you don't think of him, Mrs. Dempsey." ^ The i)oor woman clasped her hands in ecstasy, exclaim- ing, "May God forgive me my sins; 'tis but little I think of him or his goodness ; an' may he bless you, an him that sent you to lighten the It'ad that's on mv desolate heart this night." Two women were overheard talking in whispers, one of whom closed the discourse in words loud enough to be heard by many present, " I tell you what, let Priests an people say what they will, the Almighty God has a hand in that .^tick Tracy, so he has." Very shortly after Mick's appearance in the liouse, where he stayed (according to custom) the remainder of the night, " Dennis the cripple " was observed to take himself avi-ay, which gave rise to incidents that must be brought to light in the succeeding chapters. iii 1 1 -' CHAPTER VIII. aim, nnh iU tMn on th '§xoka family. " S.r™^*'"*''^^' ^•'^P ' Around the heights Ot the emp;^Teal rolls the startling cry Of Martyr'.l myriads, " Holy Lord ! How lone '" Ihnt cry, up-swelling like the roaring peal ' Of mighty thunders, has been heard at last ' 1 J)e Lord of martyrs from his royal throne Hath said — " No longer !" Lift your blood-stain'd hands, And supplicate his mercy, ere he strike ' Or if ye dare not thus jjold up to heaven Ihe witnesses of your initjuity, Cease to provoke a greater load of woe, By giving up to him lienceforth the right Ot ruling over conscience ! Impious men f Hath he who gave the human heart its warmth. And bade it love him, handed o'er to you Authority to dictate, crush, and slay ' Deceive yourselves no longer ! Ye have made lHo very demons wonder at your guilt." Db. Lkask. i -%-^ >^v;- mm- aih corpse in tlic interim liad been conveyed to ^ itM last resting place. The widow's boy liad been conducted by Mick Tracy to " the Hall/' where a tailor avtis soon to be seen taking his measure for new clo hes. Ihe httle prl may be seen playing with Mick's little ones, where there are so many already, that " her bite an suj) are not missed among them -/' and Sunday morning has dawned upon MiddlcviUc, and the Romish E - ".r i V^-' "^?"" *^ "^^^ ^^'' ^'"''^^ ^f Early n ^ /^?.^'^^P«1 i« a large cruciform structure, ca- pable of holding two thousand people or more. It has a gallery too, which is well pewed, and accessible to all who are previously furnished with silver sixpences, to deposit on plates held at the bottom of the staiVs by men stationed there for that purpose, and who rudely repulse every person not able or willing to pay ^ ^ These buildmgs arc rarely wanting in ornament. In- 84 f* ii III I A FORMAL EXCOMMUNICATION, therefore, eencrallv nTfi^l^ »Dd hearing, and visitors, Middlevi lefSo™. of^ •iT"*''^ >'■'"'''' '"«= cut orieTCeo;tfni„;^^''H"Jf;?J^r" ^^"^ T flio oif ^^1 "^ ^^S^ ot the cross, pass on, bow first fo :Mre\«ra.s of &e., &o^ m'^^^^^i^:^:^ lad rings a little bell, until at last the " HoirFalWr ' II 1% m i) AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE BROWN FAMILY. 85 reverence is out of humour ; his lips take on a purple hue. All other faces gather blackness during the long pause which ensues, not knowing whether they arc going to get a "scoulding^^ or a "aarmon/' At Icn^rth the suspense is ended, by the foUowing edifying dis- course, briefly report •> here :— .. i"^ 1^?.^?,*,'^''^* *^"^ 1'^"**^^ ^^^^1 continues to be infested by M^ible IleadciV 'Tract Droppers,' * Soupers ' 1^' and others, who, by means of their bribes and other devices, are perverting the people of my charge from the ancient faith. I now warn all the faithful who ^^ hear me, against those traps which are laid for their poor souls. If any of those messengers of the devil ^^' eave any books or tracts at your houses, do not i)ol- ^^ lute your hngei-s with tou .ling them ; ])ut lift them with the tongs, and put them into the fire : and I tell ^^ you furthermore, that, by spmking to such persons, ^^ you bring on yourselves the anathemas of the church A few misguide; creatures have lately sold themselves ^^ to this cursed delusion. By the authority of our ^^ bo' oreign Lord the Pope, I command you to have no 'Svhate-' """^ ^''''^'' "'"^^'' """^ circumstances " Have no intercourse, citlicr in buving or sellin- ^^ borrowing or lending, giving or taking. Don^t open ^^ your lips to them by way of salutation ; and if thev speak to you, make them no answer. As for that apostate wretch, Tracy, who goes about poking his nose into decent people's cabins, the vengeauceof God wdl come down on him. If he provokes me much more, I will make an example of him ; so that his flesh ^^ shall wither oft his bones, and he shall know whether he can transgress against the Church of his father with impmnty If there arc any more perversions from the Old Rehgion in this parish. I will send the :1] 'ii '♦I . a 86 €( A FORMAL EXCOMMUNICATION, I (( names of the jKirties concerned, together with Hm.„ " by "cV tTat ^'•^'?,' ''"'* 'Hv n-a/ul, rcuS "^ ocii, oook, and caurlle: and whon Tria it r candles are now qiionehed and ^mt oiVt F ^"^ ■' :r to 'irr •'« -^^^'^-^^^^ "7)li«-ht nil ' . "^^"' . ^'l" yon see what a terrible lli^lit all those are m, for this world and the novV who give heed to those seducers/' ^""^^ Ihe zeal and eloquence of Father Fo-artv carried him on to a much greater lenj,.th than ^ivTirabovp TT \^ canon law to oTer the aacrifi" oVthe jissm T'f suppose th.t a r;, ;r ['If f:r"'5, *?, ""r''' *« beinirs feM wifl, . ^ ^^est lecls, as other human ith those leir ruin, 3e cursed Holiness on tlioi- >ffice, the r they be as these )mniuni- ►ody and tcrriWe he next, fied him . How c Mouhl enough )w, that bound ?) in a ! Mass, Lieh, to human I. We s night mpper. 8 been in two g; for b'ather I fury, 3anon. 'opery irders, it 00- AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE BROWN FAMILY. 87 curred on that memorable morning. Whon he h.,1 tsdf m consigning to perdition thos. . were tiW to obey him, by seekinjr truth. ^ ^ at tlie Slate House that moriiin- wI.ot, fL 4- i assembled for breakfast. Therc« of Wrv luHoI been growing with the P-rnufl, ^f t i "^^^v "'"i not favou,. i„ the eyes of hi. sil e« Th " had ^:r h"'!^ Betsy, dear ! how did you like that ytn^ gintleman MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 4.5 1^ 1^ tiS. us tubu 12.8 3.2 m i|4.0 2.5 ]2.2 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 A APPLIED IM/1GE inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - OJOO - Phone (716) 288 - 5989 -Fax 88 A FORMAL EXCOMMUNICATION, with the Wig, who sat in our seat this morniner in Mat!rwxt^:;:;;t9th^:^ "fr*'"= «""«- --'- forsaken housed or'^hltt '" ^ -^"'y ""<' ^i ,ath mother, or "rife' nr .1 'u '^°' '"' f '"'"•^' ^ f"tn'^--. or sake, shal ee h^^n luS 7, T*"^' ^ ""^ "''-e'' everlasting life 'see lir-/*^:/"''' ""'' «'>^" inherit a small Testt'ent from Ver'nlw ^""'--'l. taking passage. pocket, and reading the «.; must' bi r; Sei?'';'"' ^'^'^ ^''^-i- - ««-'y hinder t! e readL^ oTood's wJ^^, T" ™'*'«*^« "l'" ont comes with s=uef ett^S^^^^^ afeeTrnf ■; AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE BROWN FAMILY. 91 }} or as if nothing could turn up to us but it meets our case tu ly. 1 tlimk It says in another place, on the same subject -^shal receive all these ^ with persecutions, and in the world to come, life everlasting." Mark x 30 John stood like one who had recently been metamor- phosed into a marble image. He had known nothino- ot the process gomg on in the minds of his sisters, ^Im themselves Had become possessed of God's holv Word and made it their daily and nightly study for weeks past so as to outstrip him in a knowledge of its contents- quietly submitting their minds to the Spirit's unfoldings of that truth which .aves the soul, and makes « people willing m the day of His power.'' ^ ^ In an outburst of agony, he mning his hands, and gave utterance to his troubled thoughts. ^' Wretched youth that I am; wretched! wretched! Have I in volved jo<^ too in my misery ? I could bear the world's frown for myself the forsaking of father and mother: but for you hoth to be cast oft for my sake-Oh, it is too bad ! Why was I ever born ?" "Tell me now, John," his sister Betsv inquired, don t you think it a mercy from the Lord, that he has opened your eyes, and brought you to see the errors you were reared in ?" " Oh ! yes yes," he passionately exclaimed ; << but then /am able to bear scorn, neglect, persecution ; but what IS to become of you ?" " God is always the same," she said. " His merev to us IS as great as to you ; for it neither knows measure nor end; and whatever He allows to befall us, shall be welcome for Jesus Christ's sake. When I think of the innocent bleeding Saviour, and how He suff-ered for my sms though He had none of his o^^^l, I care but little for the sufterings that I see in prospect for us, although eome they will, I make no doubt.'-' " 92 if FORMAL EXCOMMUNICATION, ETC. ^irl.i^ T if T 7^'''' deli^^erate convictions, my dear girls ? John asked ; - or are they only taken un ht causo you are determined to stick to me v- ^' ^'■ Ihey are our deliberate convictions '' f).n,r i. u rephed; "derived from reading ttr^reeLT litte volume by stealth. We found^it by fhe 3 sk i whore some person by God's providence deposited it bnt' hav. had no conversation about it, excJ^.t tuh *'eaeh "God for ever be praised/' he said; "I can do onv thms now; suffer anything for Jesus Christ's "ake."^ 1 1\ ny dear up, bc- y both s little ad-side, ^ it, but h each do any CHAPTER IX. Sl^okH ij0to % fe0mmuntrjiti0jt nMt'b t^t poor One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Psalm. " Had not tbe Lord, may Israel say, Been pleas'd to interpose ; Had not He then espous'd our cause, When men against us rose, " Their wrath had swallow'd us alive, And rag'd without control ; Their spite and pride's united floods Had quite o'erwhelm'd our soul. " But prais'd be our eternal Lord, Who rescued us that day, Nor to their savage jaws gave up Our threaten'd lives a prey. " Our soul is like a bird escap'd From out the fowler's net ; The snare is broke, their hopes are cross'd, And we at freedom set. '• Secure in His Almighty name Our conftdence remains. Who, as He made both heaven and earth Of both sole Monarch reigns." Brady and Tate — Paraphrase. U 11 m/ 1 I I I !' I 1^".!^!' t '"^ '''"'? d'^'^™''"! at tlic close of tlie last I c aptor were bemg emoted at the Slato House proeeeaii'tJSjZrSant^'::^.'^ V f for whom U mTs todea'"' "^"'^ °"^ "^ "^ P-'-^ I SHOWS HOW THE EXCOMMUNICATION, ETC. 95 own words) " all that the Church prescribed for a soul sick of sin— had fasted— repeated prayers— went ])are- footcd— attended holy wells— lashed his naked body with knotted cords, and was more miserable after these exercises, than before/' The two had been en-ai.ed in earnest conversation about soul-matters, when, turnino- a sharp corner of the road, they perceived at a shor^t distance off, Father Foj^arty, comin- from the chai)el with a loi;sta- meiit, without seeming to take notice of the crowd. ^ Father Fogarty was riding at the head of the proces- sion, and pulled up, when Alick approached to within a few yards of him. This operated as a word of command to the others, Avho instantly and instinctively halted. Oui- friend saw there was something brewing, and ceased reading. Stepping to one side of the nxid, he civilly touched his hat to Father Fogarty (that bein'>- the usual way of salutation in which the Irish peasa^ntry acknowledge their superiors,) and endeavour ' to pass on, when he heard the holy Father say, " I knev he was afraid to meet me, the turncoat.^^ The crowd immedi- ately closed round Mick, so as to render his passing on impracticable ; on perceiving which, he turned to Father Fogarty and said, ^^ No, Sir, I^m not afraid to meet you or any other gmtleman, in civility and friendship. \\hat crime have I been guilty of, that I should be airaid to meet you V " Good people ! How innocent he is," said Father l^ogarty, whining at the same time, so as to turn his ad- g2 *iiii .11 96 SHOWS now THE EXCOMMUNICATION Bcllin, your own L ^^c Cl ?o%re\rr?'. "'* must be leading other, the .a^^^'ro^d' Wt ^y' '„^" /IL" way ot having comnanv \VI.«>.« ^"urscii, oy before Luthe?, an7Sry tl EhX^ Eh - '''^''■'''"'' me that !" and his face „aL witlT ^c ' ' '"'^"^ My rehgion, sir !" Mick answered " h.. ),„ • 1^1 sill, hake. JLuther niver invinfori « ^ 7. " l.ut he called attintion fcarlesVv a Th„ , " * '"''.'^""'' departures which had been fr,. ^, • "^ '" *''" ''«' the o«,« religion a, tanthf f.'^J^^'^g place from which he uJ^tS:,^^^ """y ^^""' "- parted ?,"m'"the";S ^tillT' H "" *'"' ^'"'^"'^ ''•■"» ''<=- again. That I^Vs fe' M L thrbXV° T "" "«''' to God, and is now burX in llll ,vl ' ™° ^"'^ like vou will be oSnflf '"/""' "'"''•« yo" and all confeLd msetf that -, bloody soupers;" "kill the 1W, 1 ,^°"''' '""' the blessed Mithc;, an't le t'c -r™fC " ^'"' ""'the of the more moderate amon"st th'.""'''. ^°\r'-" ^ome proval, and partly through f?r of tTi'""'"^ ^'■'"" ^"^"''P- tcrposed between him aSd .if., • "^sequences) in- him through the crowd, tij^outal"'' '° ^ *" J°^*'^ mjury, »«««* his coat hat nnd P PSfraoncnt bodily a pair of black eyes cut forcTen ,^'^'\Testament-^/i as the torn clothes remairt^fi'- """'^ "' >""* ^ater the mud. remaining on him would absorb from arbt;:ta^^:;f™7timtdee1 ""^^^ ^'"'"^ » *•>« and conversation, tTr^i^n'rover te^f ' '? ''"'"^'" their son's affair to each otlielL i ^T ""'' '^''«« of conclusion, that there mi,?hth; n P".* ? ^^'^'l "' ^'e right after all, or at a^'rle thfr;*"''^ °"'' being should be dri4n to theV^r hi. '^ ^™"«' ""'' *ey Wm,they ought n^t thrmust not'd^-f -'"T"™? Ho ,m,M ,e. retrace his^errr by^'a X-co^u^Hf ti, T^ sJSii.'^S^; If the APFECTED THE POOR BinLE READER. 99 tuibcd their consultation; and, h.okinjr towards the quarter wlienee the sounds issued, the/saw .si.'ns of commotion, (people running, from all points of the com! pass) such as any one accpiainted Mith an Irish ro^y nmst be pretty siu-e will be likely to end in bloodshid^ and, perhaps, in murder. ""n- ntci, Mrs Brown looked in the direction of the noise c apped her hands, and called out, - John ! John ' S he love o' the blessed Vai^in, what is that goiV o down he road thei..? Is it a fi^ht ? or what'is it?'' Mr. Brown looked in the same direction a moment or two, and determined on runninjr to the stal^le fn,- a horse, to go and ascertain Avhat it was. His son, scein- him pass the window so hurriedly, hastened out afte? him, ascertained the cause of his movements, and in less than three minutes, fatlier and son were wcH mounted and charging at full speed in the direction of the crowd, and the sou foremost. He had not proceeded more than a quarter of a mile when he heard a renewed shout from' the crowd, and perceived that they were pursuing nome person who w^s flying from them as fast as he eoSld travel mIo^ ^^'^''''''''V''^ ""^T'^' ^^^ recognised the gait of Mick Tracy, who was all covered ^vith blood and dirt and, by a glance of the mind, connecting Father Fogart/s sermon with the plight of his friend! he con' o ^he mob ' t' ^fr "^^^^ ''''' ^^"^^^ "^^« ^i^e hands ot the mob. Luckily pulling up his hor.e, he helped Mick thereon without speaking a word, and urning the ^nmal s head at the same moment towards the Slate House, gave the word to his faithful -Fly away^'- A I?''i"'( ^"^"^ °'^"" ^^^^^^ ^^"^^^ a^fl ^ence he went aoor, as it by instinct. 'Hi if i I i « 100 fl' 'im SHOWS HOW THE EXCOMMUNICATION Mr. Brown, senior, saw the movements of ]„'« c« taneousi; with Jolfn arrivo^rn i " ^''\'^' ""'' ^'"'"1- Kea|;tS.trre!'':e^^S.;ri^ *'-' "^'-'^ «^"« Bro"°" **" ^°" ^'""^ '"= ^^ "'^'«?" i"q«ircd Mr. T),!i'f^"'"'''''''J*-, ^''^■-■''^^ knows it well enough Did lit wo see Masther John take him „„ „„ i . °"Sh- '""And :,Ti''^ '''"' ^"^ S™ be;,i;.d'',Zr^ '°^^' nia„Se1a1chhi'm%"''"* *° "" ^"*'' *'- --fortWnit wm f »;.;'j;rS^^^^^ ^^'"--'''>''. so we the;e;e"l(uro'^e\S?l^^^^^^^^^^ hariU." " ""^ ondheratood him, from his \e. Pries! teilaTe 'in m':" "5' ''■! '"'= "«* *° -'"'' "hat a rriesi tells ye on the road; it is only when he is at the i! / AFFECTED THE POOR BIBLE READER. 101 altar, or in the confessional, that what he ses is bindin'. You must not harm the man howiver, while he's under my roof, I tell ye that once for all/' '' Indeed we will not touch* him, Mr. Brown, in your house, but well stay here 'till he comes out to us.'' Mr. Brown rapped loudly at the door of the Slate House, and was admitted, and what was his astonishment to find Mick Tracy habited, pro tem, in a suit of his own clothes, the torn and dirtied garments lying in a heap near the back door, and his son John cutting the hair from a gash on one of his temples. His two daughters were occupied in wiping the blood off him with linen rags, and his good wife, who was death and daggers agamst all heretics, and ready, ])ut half an hour before, to turn her only son out of doors to rot on a dunghill^ there she was, towel in h.' 1, washing his wounds with whiskey, and vainly persuading him, to " swally " a good dhrink of it, to keep the " cowld out of his heart " '' Michael," said Mr. Brown, (subdued by his dis- tressed appearance, "What bad luck came across yer path this blessed and holy Sunday mornin'?" " Oh, indeed, sir, nothin' but what might have been worse ; but thank God 'tis not worse." "Did ye say or do anything to rouse thim people ?" asked Mr. Brown. " No, sir; I was walkin' home, when I met them and Father Fogarty, an' they stopped me to have some talk. The Priest got vexed and rode away, and then they at- tacked me. If it had not been for JMasther John, thev might have caught me agin, and perhaps kilt me." * Mick's wounds were soon dressed ; not one of them was of any great consequence; and, being recovered from his flurry of spirits, he said, " The Lord Jasus prayed lor his murderers, let us kneel down here, and ask God to forgive our inimies." ' The two girls dropped on their ht i*i 102 ^4 SHOWS HOW THE EXCOMMUNICATION flung a pair of scissors from hi^s h^'"' '''"' J?hn "Pray for them, the murdelg ruffians'. "Tt'™'"f; want prayers badly, before I do s'uch a tb n^T?^ ^ "'" thefrtaSettifil ^ r?^^^^^''-'"^-n • by tbe broV„e\rt rrttS"of'r*'''''V country to wbieb he belonged He slid n ?' T '■ ™Ca^tt'ht^'^oJ^r *'A~^^ " I praise thee that whbTr n™ ''"' *''^'" *" "«• " those who ?his men n' tW%'' ''r*^ Persecutor, like " didst lead me to Te ft If ',!'• (""."y '''°°'', thou " for sin an'^raCenet a^Ttw'^l' *'^°," '"''' «I'«»ed " the comfortinTore thai mv ™ '"'" '''''^* ^"^ ">« " forgiven, through'^ the me"inf"S T^' ''™ "'^ ^" " my marciful Patbpv 1,T *>' ^''"- An' now, " poor blinded ptpte ' ^^l^Zm ^f'^'' f «"■» " serving thee, whUe exeentfn tl ^ '"='"'^'= ^^^ ^^'^ " intherested leaded an' n?I^ • "^ P"?""'' "^ ^"^^d " O my God, forgire ?him tt ' T" ''''"''^"' ''^^^s. " do. Let thy holy" Word o?ti>rt7 J"""" "?' "*»' «'ey " from time to tLe 'nnf f ''''"''"'•'''''''"'''ngtWm " accomplish th ""which hou"^:?, T '^!' ^°^' >>"* ;: the th/ng whereto tht h stsiS T-\\"^eTtr t ' -atrdo-siHr-SK^^^^ " They have -ften benTfiTrd t; / *'"'''' ^-^^itation. -au' have now Wr^an^^, t^J-^; -JH^ AFFECTED THE POOR BIBLE READER. 103 ;; him from i,y enemies an' his. Save thlm mv « ^aviom- ; .1: ., thim how thou forgivest sin, for thy ^^ Son s sake, imputin' to the sinner a righteousne/s -as Mr. Brown's rejoiX ™ "" ""■• ^"^ !«"?/' Christ ?" ' " oe a glorious thmg to be like Jasus 'ng only had been WToughfi^^T' ^1 ."°'^<=r^t='"d' was convinced of sin '^ °"' '"^ "onscience gars J:i;rM"lf - at-ar " ^r, ■" ^'"-^ »«~ window to setT ,, ^1^™^^ ^^^f ^ ^ '^ ^^^ die, an!; dashcTil fte ousc li"f ^"T'' ''■°'" "^'^ ^»d- said he, "let me look at rnnSw^f ="•?""• "Tracy/' that you were dead Liftle Tim'^ t,'t "' ' '^''^ ^^^^ ' like a mad thin.. „„ throu-h tl,n 1 °""''' "■^" y«""ig the girls were ont tak2 fU k a\ "^ "''""""' ''"d that you were attacked ard M ed l! ^'"T^ fr°™ l'«r Father Pogarty. Mv horse w I Vi," f"''' '"""''='' ^y I waited for nothin/w f f '"''"'"^ ^' *« door, so -alias Pistols-Zf y poek^t^ ? I '"",^ °^ ' ^'^''^'^S^ ' •^erc. ^tisuowaKfe,:^r;alT:^tid 1 c t] ii ■J>K }} HOW FATHER FOGARTY FARED, ETC. 107 affray for (my sacred honour) ! if I harl Pni.n.l.f .i su£7;e„7ea'h Usdf ,WtT- .'"" ll'^f '''' ^^'1'^^™- dictions on his hWm e Olf v" r'V!''''^'''''^;' ■""'"- you'd t,.y and foil" hLexample'::tdo''7P ' n '''t if aifr ;ti;r.:s"S^^^^ give you my word of hon" .r "^ on'e of 7s Sri^' ' in the coiintrv ATr. at- i ^^ could live the doctorsV.itc/is the best I^TtrVr''''' 'f "^ Why is it BroAvn >'h^ -1 1 ? ^^ *^^^"' comphiint. "fW i/fi ^"^"^'"^ ^6 saul, addressing the old niin clargy " ^''°'^^' ™ "^"^ especially with the "Yes, sir; the only one I have/' iif 108 HOW FATHER FOGARTY FARED, AND HOW HE, "How do you do, Mr. BroTvn ?" said Mr. George, lamiliarly. ° ' " Not in very good health, sir, much obliged to you,^^ John answered, evidently with his mind pre-occupied "Just now I think of it,^' continued the young gentleman; "mother has been often wishing me to come down and invite you up to the Hall. Come up and see us some day when you have leisure ; I under- stand you ride well. I wish you would turn out with us when the fox hunting season comes on, we would sliow you some sport I dare say, and knock the blues out of you. Say when you will come up ? do— pray do '' John respectfully declined on the score of health, and Mick reminded Master George that his mother would prefer conversation on sometliin' else than fox huntin' especially on the Sabbath day.'' ' "There now, Trrcy, preachment again; nothing but preachment when I come home. If I run away from mamma, to get my ears a little rest, I run smack on parson Tracy, or as we used to say at school, ^ Incidit m i^cyllam, qui vult vitare Charybdim.' Colleo-e is the place, after all, Mr. Brown. If a fellow studies hard and comes off with honours, why even the clergy don't bore him much about religion." " Ah, sir," replied Mick, ^^ I'm afeer'd you an' the rest of you up there in Thrinity College don't think much of religion. Whativir your studies may be, ve don't study that much, I'm afeer'd." "Nonsense, Tracy; you mil still be preaching. Now you know, Tracy, the Bible says there is no use being righteous overmuch,' and it does not do for young fellows like us to be shut out from the innocent gaieties 01 society. The dialogue between Mick and Master George was prolonged to a very unedifying length ; for while the WITH OTHERS, GOT INTO "DURANCE VILE.'' 109 jj I former put forth his best efforts to impress tlie latter with the tnith whieh ^vas desi.nied effeetuallv to lead mm to Christ, the ingenious student of '^T.C D'^' evadod the force of all his appeals to the heart and 'conscience by raillery and wit Poor Mickys school was tha of the closet, and his lesson-book the Bible Although the young heir of Stanley Hall and demesne was impervious to the water of life as administered by the poor unpolished peasant, he was, nevertheless a gencTous-hearted youth. He superal)ounded in ihe overflowings of good nature. Li these he had an examp e 111 both parents : on the maternal side it was overruled by sterlmg piety, and on the paternal th^re was an exuberance of the most undisguised benevolence without any pretence whatsoever to the smallest admix- ture of the religious element. Both were frank, open sincere, and sympathizing. ' ^ ' Both father and son were Protestants of the most unmistakable order, so far as hating the Pope and his myrmidons, and loving the union of Church and StatT It IS matter of regret that many otherwise intelligent Protestants m Ireland, both professing to belong to and dissentmg from the Church establishment, and 'who maintam a truly loyal attachment to the Sovereign and Constitution, are nevertheless bound up by party feelino- apart entirely from vital godliness. There are perhaps some extenuating features in their case, not the least of which IS, the minority in which they are, compared with their neighbours. Added to this, is the intolerant, bitter and restless spirit of the Papacy, and the merit ascribed to heretic ex irpation. On the one hand. Popery de mands ascendancy, and on the other, the sons of Kin^ William of immortal memory, refuse to yield it excent with the life-blood of the last representative S Stanleys were of the latter school, and they gloried in it! H I 'I- ■ 110 HOW FATHER FOGARTY FARJD, AND HOW HE, In the eountry surrounding the green fields, flats, and hills of Middlevillc, poor and rich, Protestants and Komanists kved, and were known to each other, the former considerably fewer in number. Added to 'this schools were few and far between, and wherever found' belonged for the most part to the Church, and supported either by bequest, uv sustained by private subscription About the period when the scenes of this narrative were being enacted, an educational scheme for Ireland was in process of trial, which, like Maynooth, fell into the hands of the Priests, and from which the Bible was ex- cluded ; and in the one case as well as in the other Protestant statesmen were found to advocate the claims of each. These gentlemen, from whatever motive ren- dered little service to the intellectual elevation of the peasantry. Priestcraft, intimidation, and exclusive dealing, were broadcast throughout the country, while ■ the demagogue and political marauder harangued the people, declaiming against landlords, parsons, and the very '' powers that be.'' » ^ From what has just been stated, the reader will readily judge of the peril m which the lives of Protestants were irequently placed; located amidst sworn foes, and often without protection. Nor will it be matter of much wonder, that young Mr. Stanley carried pistols with him on such an occasion, when open hostility was shown to exist against him and his on the side of the Priest and his party. It is plain, too, that the case before us shows the unaltered character of Popery. In Ireland it is un- changed, and if It ever presents an aspect of moderation, that aspect is a mask, which it puts on and puts off as circumstances render expedient. ' The dialogue aforesaid, between Mick and the youn^ student, being brought to a close; embracing as it did details of the mode in which young gentlemen spend I I- I WITH OTHERS, GOT INTO " DURANCE VILe/' lH tb dr time at College, and the simple opinions of an un- sophistieatcd countryman upon the same, and also the ardent impassioned feelings of a young Williamite against a persecuting Priest-all this coming to a clo c %^e!^j;;^'^ ''^'' ^-^^^ ^W with- it is oWable in this episode,on the one hand, in what nofTT^"^.^ ^^f^-^^^^^o Priest and hi. party acted. 1 here 18 nothing open nor generous ; no, nor even manly about Popery or its Priests. Among the laity here and there a man of virtue and integrity may be, and often IS found, and so may there be in heathendom ) but tha virtue and integrity does not belong to Popery the man IS vir uous and honest in spite of his religion But on the other hand look at the manliness of the voung \2 of S an ey Hall. See his courage and daring, thieh merit admiration. And then view the poor peVsecu cd peasant whose virtues transcend and dim all the others Noble Tracy! You deserve to rank among God's Princes. . t, v^uu a the Browns. W „le speaking. I,e noticed a messenger in haste and said, " Here comes a servant after me mamma fears that Father Fogarty has turned her son into an ox a sheep, or a ehest of drawers, perhaps, but I must go to convince her I am still the same mischievous ne was out ot sight in an instant. Mick, feeling himself a little recovered from his wounds and contusions, and the crowd having dispersed o their homes, thought it most prudent to'leJeJest they might have drawn themselves off merely to get reinforcements, and perhaps attack the house of his friends on their return. He had not proceeded far when he met Master George returning', "^^^^^^^ h2 112 row F.nnER FOGARTY FARED, AND HOW HE, i .. '■> ■ I'; > •rron ,., , },y his father, the Ilonouraljlo Augustus ^Jh lu . mpuiiy with a Police Officer, and a whole posse of mounted constables. Miok touched his hat respectfully as a salute to the mnim x\Ir. Stanley, as he approached. "No sir sruencc • """^^ "" ^""''^ scratches, not of much W " Well, just come up to the Hall, and Til issue a warrant for that reverend scoundrel, and the rindeaders of Ins pack of harpies; Til show them whether the peace of a quiet neighbourhood is to be broken, and human hberty and life rendered insecure by his excor municatmg sermon. Owing to such sermons and ser- monizcrs, Ireland is constantly in a ferment, nor will it isd^M^^ power of the Popish' Priesthood "Papa,- said George," how I would like to be Commander-in-chief of the forces for one brief day.- One day, indeed ! that would be a short military career, George. I suppose you fancy it would be a very glorious one.- ^ y^i^ vZJ'^^'i^T'^ '^''''!^ J^stdraw up all the Popish Priests m Ireland mto single file, and order the military lot into ttC -^-^"^' "^^^^^ ' ''^' -Ik ^he whol^ "Capital! Capital!" shouted twenty or thirty Orange- men who had jomed the procession, "the pure drop taintecp" Thf T '""^ f '^'' ^''""^'y^ '^^^ ^^ve? tainted. Thus they moved towards the Hall medi- tating revenge on the Priest and his party, and v..dy to execute any .^ngeance, legal, or illegal, in r -. i^-1cH lor the insult which Protestantism had" received n the person of the humble Mick Tracy. Mick, nevertheless, had " another spirit in him •- he WITH OTHERS, GOT INTO " DURANC \ li E." 113 disliked devoting any j.art of the. Lord's day to other purposes than those fur which it was instituted, and tried to think of some means whereby he nii^lit be excused from accompanying the patty' to the HaU liesides he was averse (from ,>rinciple) to tlie doctrine of retaliation in any way, and looked upon le-al i)ro- ceedings m this, and such like cases, as a speci'es of revengeful resentment. AVlien they had arrived at a place Avhere the road blanched off, leading to his own humble home, he wished to go, on the ground of not having had any breaklast that morning as yet ; but this Avould not do Ihere was plenty at -The Hall,- for all comers and goers. J heii~" he had not seen his wife and el ildher" since the all' -ay, and did - not know what state of fri.-ht they all might be in.'' This was overruled by Mr Mauley sending a special messenger "to assure 'her of her husband s safety," so that Mick was obliged o ac- company the party. Arrived at the Hall, his firs* en- deavour was to see the " Misthiss." He knew th.t in Iier he nad a wise, Christian counsellor, and he wished to advise with her about giving his "informations." Mrs. Stanley was as anxious to see him, as he was to see her, and to ascertain that his wounds were not serious- but their meeting was totally interdicted by her son George s interposition. As soon as he knew by watchin- her movements that she was bound for the room in whic^ Mick was bi-eakfasting, he clapped his hands, as if r totally new idea had struck him ; " Papa," he shouted if mamma and Ti-acy put their heads together, and get to preaching up forgiveness, and all that sort of thing, we 11 be totally defeated, and unable to get any mformation laid against Fogarty ' the Priest '" " Right, George, right ! I see you are a wide-awake boy. Come along with me :"— and away both 3tarted ii 1 1^ ' 114 HOW FATHER POGAKTV PARED, AND HOW HE, to the servants' dining hall, where they found Mrs Stanley attending to Mick's wants, and inquiring S Son'wm"' "''' ^'"'''"^ *° '^^ ^•'°'^''* attaek^z^ade "A prisoner ! a prisoner !" both shouted at once ' Girls ! come, help us to take this prisoner up-stai?s " laying hold of the good lady by the arms. ^ ' Come, Mrs Stanley ! No tampering with mv wit- ness. Come this way, the servants will attend t^Mlek They won't let him starve, no fear of that " "Ah now, Stanley ! don't be rude, just let me talk a bit to poor Mick about his cuts and braises." \our talking will do his cuts and bruises no good " was retorted. "Come, you know I am a m^Jtrlt- toother, I know you will be too deep for mc; but I'll baffle you for once. Come along, Mrs. Stanley T 1 teach ' FirebaU Foga^y/ that neftlier the.voZles.o( Iws tlmeT ^°'^'"^'"<"' °f t''^ -ints will save him "Now, Stanley," importuned his loving partner "there s a fine fellow, don't be rash, Stanley; don'rhe rash. Treat the parties with Christian meekness and tlCieT^^T' "^'^■''^"^^' ''-'' "^y ^-''^ bles'sing, " Repentance ! Yes I'll pledge you my honour they wUl. Kepent indeed I If I don't make some of ther^ repent I'm not Augustus Stanley, that's certain. No? Mrs. Stanley, when Mick's informations are laidfa,^' sworn to, you may then have bundles of prayers as long not 't"m then ''°"'"""''- ^°' '*"' "^•=''' ^^- »*""%! "George, won't you plead for your mamma?" she asked coaxmgly. " "Now, mamma, you know I am up to your sly { ■»- WITH OTHERS, GOT INTO "DURANCE VILE." 115 tncks. Oh ! bless you, you are such a peacemaker ; but mamma, those people must be punished. Come along, mamma, I'm able to carry you,'' and he lifted her in his arms with a huzza and a cry ; " Papa, we have conquered." A commotion amongst the police in the yard drew Mr. Stanley's attention, and he rushed out. The officer of the party introduced a messenger to him, who had come with great haste, and whispered something in his ear. His horse was ready, in the stable, and without any explanation to those in the house, he shouted, " George ! follow me, quick," and was off in a moment, at the head of the police. The servants could give no information respecting the sudden move- ment. Little Tim Dempsey, the widow's son, was called to lead Master George's horse out, but the lad was not to be found anywhere about the premises. George performed that office for himself, and quickly followed in the direction whither his father had led the way. Mrs. Stanley and the household were not alarmed at Mr. Stanley's departure, because his duties as a magistrate frequently required him to leave suddenly. Mick had full opportunity to lay open his mind, and seek .Airs. Stanley's advice, on the subject of swearing mformation against the Priest and his mob ; a thing to which he expressed himself exceedingly reluctant. ^^For we^know ma'am," he said, '' how forgivin' the Lord is, an' how he behaved himself whin he was on the airth! Ought not we to be guided by the same spirit that he manifested?" "Most assuredly we should, Mick," she replied; and I am very thankful to the Lord who has taught you as He has done. A few years since you would probably have acted as those deluded people have done to-day, and you can never see too plamly that it is grace alone 116 HOW FATHER FOGAKTV FAEED, AND HOW BE peace of socipfv nnrMiK«v,+ "r ^^a iuctiicr. i\o\7 the the subjecnlv; bSf21r°'"'"'"' "' ^''" »' "^ this matter The protect n?!-"^,''"'' T" ^'''°" '» our persons an 1 prSt'e ?n h f *'";"? ='""'"> yourVsceutorsfZ hi'law t''"/''5'"'Pl« "I'on by calls upon vou to „nint !.,t !? ' *' "'■l'"''"^ majesty, rage. 'M/^^jr^;:::^^/:^^^:^ ^^^onl brearl, nf T'=. ■. • "P°" y°" *" ^stify as to the tZhtX^^'jUr' 'T^'^- -lutyf Miek? and assistaneeTTnd state vw"v '"'''"^V" ?""^ *» «'«r matter. ThTs vou mnJ 1 ' •^?." "J ^'''^ ''"°^'' "<' ^e whatever. If It haTbeon T^^\^'V unholy feeling between yourself and n„nl *"™"' l'^''"™"' ^""^1 then youC^f C'e nrifn to T^ "^f'^' this and the case in nuest^on ,1 ff ^ to psrform, but Mr. Stanley request! ^Z i^J \J''"^''^y- ^^ "« country/^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ conscience m the '' Well, ma'am !" said Miolc ^^ TV. +1, i i;. i WITH OTHERS, GOT INTO '' DURANCE VILE." 117 fJch1u,;.erjJ™ °^'"I'^^^^ -'^-'=1 -'!-, with A plan it appeared had been matured amongst the people for the purpose of getting the widow to° sVear young Stanley, and her daughter from tlie comfortal)le of Mic'k 'Z:'™"^^y "''?"•='' ^ ''- -t"^ the ehiS ot Mick Tracy. This plot they tried to execute hv going in a body to the widow's cabin soon after the on- ^laiight upon ilick Tracy. They represented o ?he damnM°r;' "'"^ '?'"' ''"' '"' ^hfldher would be damn I, bekase of her surrenderin' 'em to heretic taehm' an' that it would be betther for her to tal e 'em all, an' go a-beggin'." This logic however failed t" work conviction iu the widow's mfnd; she could iio see that people so loving and forgiving, who fed the hun4y and clo bed the naked, who southt out cases of eon.' her forW r'-r"^ '''^T' *,''°"S''ts turned on her and hei forlorn family,— when her own Priest refused her poor man the " rites o' the church" in his dv"n.tmo mcnts, until the money was first paid for Is a-no"Stb "' -she could not see that such people were much mor'e in danger of hell fire, than those who boasted so much of the antiquity of their ehurcli. Finding her inexomWe dren by force, and to come at night and burn her dwelling over her head, if she would not swear ever to leave the true church, as they feared she was Xly to be induced to do by the presents sent to her from "Tl c Hall, since her husband's death Snatching up her baby, she followed them some dis- tanee towards Tracy's house, where they fell hi wirt little Tim, so nicely dressed out in his new clothes d at they scarcely knew him, and carryingTn his arm 1 great basket full of provisions, which thicook a sSey I »■ *i fl: 118 HOW FATHER FOGARTY FARED, ETC. his safety at '^The Hall '' ^lusband, and ot fosed they threatenedrb^Ae h 2 oT t LT but she was determined to hold on and trast in r!,? CHAPTER XI. R; L J "Exiconnter'cl thus with enemies-without,— SS;;:^ H •^"''i"' *^'^* ^^'^^^ ^pp^^^^g winds Toss d by the waves, and driv'n by the storm ■ But still the Pilot, ancient at the hehn, ' Tae harbour keeps in eye ; and after much Of danger past, and many a prayer rude. He runs her safely in. So was the man OfGodbe8et,~Bo toss'd by adverse winds; And so his eye upon the land of life He kept. Vii-tue grew daily stronger, sin T^l'^'V^T^'/f"""''^'' ^«i>«^'rf, retired, -^ 1 111, at the stature of a perfect man In Chnst arriv'd, and with the spirit fill'd, He gam'd the harbour of eternal rest." POLLOK. lit if Pi Hit 'liji fer^i ,• ^^/°"?"'"S that ou which the " arrest- W fTi:- ''/, ^^ P'^°P''= <^»"'='i 't, of Father IVartv beyond n^/'""^"''*^'^ ''™"^^«''' ^^^ » ''''«« g denop^i nf ihn Aifp X "^ • prison to the resi- f^tz%^z et;ffe- 3 cles ttS;"tr\°™'''"'"*"^ '^''' missives and citemen , accompanied at times with some apprehtmion' ttr^rp;icd"wuh'4ireraudli^ '^^'"^s"^"-' for services ^Lderedrh'f^^^^^^ state bordering on fren.y. Ballads of the vflest Wnd HOW THE BIBLE READER FIGURED^ ETC. 121 were printed and sung about the streets, tendinis to em- bitter the minds of the deluded people against all who strove to do them good, by enlightening their minds and even relieving their necessities. These " worse than doggerel strains/^ found numerous listeners, who pur- chased copies of the trash, at " the low price," as was averred, " of one ha'penny." Take the following as a sample : — ° " Ye Muses nine, wid me combine, Throughout this Irish nation ; While I sing you a song, tliat won't be long, I beg your approbation. 'Tis consarnin' of a turn-coat thief, His name, 'tis Mickey Thracy ; Och ; he sowlt his God, to cat roast beef An' to live, an' fair, an' aisy. ' With my rig a dig, dig. He's like a tithe pig. Is that same Michael Thracy. His Bible he takes, an' the Mass forsakes An' sells himself to the divil ; ' Gives up the spade, his lawful trade, An' spakes so nice an' civil, But a turn-coat niver yet was good, So beware af Mickey Thracy ; Nor let him delude ye wid his talk, Though he spakes so fair an' aisy. With my rig a dig doo. He's a builaboo. Is that same Mickey Thracy. Och ! our lawful Priest he did downface. With his quotations from the Scripthur • But we're the boys that tanned his hide, ' An' made him run for shelter. An' now to our Priest we will prove thrue In spite o' Mickey Thracy ; ~ An' he an' all, the Protestan' crew, Will go straight to damnation. With my rig a dig dig. Won't he dance a fine jig. When he goes straight to Satan. 122 HOW THE BIBLE READER FIGURED IN '^UNCOUTH Now to conclude an' finish my sonff Don't be deluded by ]nm • ^' Our Priest is tuck-up by the Orange ganc Wlio soon are goin' to thry ium ^ ^ But rally round the Coort House, boys An pray to our blessed Lady • ^ ' To command ! or Son to set him free. An she will never fail ye. With my rig a dig dum, Come away boys, come. An conquer Mickey Thracy. 1 o me now pay attintion ; An not forgit my words at all In regard to the thing I'll m'intion. If the magisb-ates will not let free, Ihe holy l!>rie9t o' God, boys ! ^ijr^^f dothebestwecan, An Bpm tJieir Orange blood, b^ys r Witli my rig a dig dee, ^ Bad luck to me, If I turn my coat for lucre. boiht™ ^uiilfif *';^ rr "^^p* ™ - ^*^te of at the timf ; Jrcat dlSn!' r'"' ^""' °^^^''°'" ^^re together, wfe" hte^ hev mr^ T'" '^^ «"* consultation con^dnced tWn S ^ ' '^ ^""^ mmutes' which they ou»h" not to T.1 * "'"^/matter with required to be brought ^1"''' ™™™arily; but which bnngup the prisoners &■ exaction " J! f "■*'' was forthwith obeyed ^'^ammation, which order m^t^sl^^i;^di joStT?^'^''''^ *° '•- «- every effort to i4.trth'el?rm;^f 'TA" *^*' '"'"''' The fourt opeXlCtSntrthltXr, of re ot ?s' th ;h 3f :o e e RHYMES, AND BEFORE THE MAGISTILVTES. 123 dXsfc:^^^*"^"'*'^ >•'' complaint/' which he u'l «'*' J ^""^ ^vorships, I was walkin' down the road ou last Sunday mornm' towards the village, whin I see a FTtler Fr°P'' '."' ^" ''I^T'"' '"^"^ "^ I "bsar^d J/ra^e --- Constable ! Arrest that man instantly ^ho interrupts the Court, and put him in the dock.- ^ Constable.—^' I have him, yer worship/' wlS'^'^^'Tr^"'^'^^"^^- ^««^^^^^^-acy; tell simply what happened when you met the Priest and the crowd.- T / T ;;~ y^''' ^ '''''^^ ^^^^^in a ^ew feet o' the Priest Father logarty pulled up his horse at that, an' the people halted; but I was for passin' on, whin I hear'd £ Priest say, I knew he was afraid to meet me, the turn- coat ! So with that (my dear life !) the crowd closM said. No sir, I'm not afear'd,' ses I, ^'m not afear d to meet any man in civility an' frinship. I've been guilty of no crime ' ses I, ^that I need be^fear'd to meet you.' So with that he mimicked my voice an towldmel was not satisfied with sellin' my own too V\ ell we had some more conversation hin he said he could, 'by one word spakin',' mther up my right arm, or send me creepin' like a baste on aU fours I that it would greatly convince the poor ignorant people m 121 now THE BIBLE READER riGCRED IN " TOCOCIII Of the thruth of their religion, if he ™ul sai,?! ho wu, gom' ^ Judascs, not to abLe, b'ut to quest on" th^wSr ''ZT proceeded bv askino- tr, n \. n i ^^^^"^^s- -^ie then V/,0 and lUar^U pray ,'""''°»" *°'"= "-"l ^'^1'^' il/jci.— " Tiiey call me— ____" ^T"?<';~" ^, "''^'='1 y™ «-/'« are you ■>" Mick.~- 1 am Miehael Traey by name " (^unsettor.—" JVliat are you ?" Mick.—'- 1 was brought up a day labourer " Counsellor.-" Why did not you^stick to it ?" (jii u^ 126 HOW THE BIBLE READER FIGURED IN " UNCOUTH Mick.— "I cho^c to be employed otherwise. Why did not you stick to the tailoriii', what you were first put pnntice to V* of th^W?"*" ' ^"^ ^°'' '"'''''' ^"^ '"""^^ "'''' "" ""^^^"^ Mick.—'<^ot at all. I hope you don't consider your origin any disgrace ?'' ^ Our tyro felt as if he had met with more than his matcli, and was obliged to pause. Mayistrate.—^' See, sir ! Ask the witness any rele- vant question you please, but don't trifle with the time 01 the Court any longer.'' underTtand'^'""'^'''' are one of those Bible-readers, I Mick-.<' Do you ? Which Bible-readhers do you mane ?" ^ Counsellor.—" Which do you think ?" Mick.— « You said 'those Bible-readhers:' which did you mane ? tell me, an' I'll answer if I can " Coww^e/Zor.— (Flinging himself back with such a look ot contempt as only such men can do) " You wretched apostate," he exclaimed, " you may go do^vn • we'll meet you at the assizes. I see you have been driUed into yom- lesson." Maf/istrate.—^KaYC you any^vitness in court, Tracy?" Mick— '< There are many here, sir, who were in the crowd but I suppose it would be useless to bring 'em Here a strange gentleman entered the court, leaning on Mr. George Stanley's arm, and was introduced to the magistrates, as likely to throw some light on the subject. ° Magistrate.—" Let him be sworn." The clerk administered the oath, and the witness deposed : — ' »! 128 HOW THE BIBLE READER FIGURED IN " PNCOPTH FatJ^^Ff"";' ™™f >t;ly gave the required bond, remwled n^ ^■•^■"'"^v" ^"l ?™''J"to'-8, however, ,verc remanded to pnson, where, being either unMjle or un will„,g to find the required sureties, they „'ere obliged to remain. Any person at all conversant with IrisU affoirs, whether at popular contested elections, or where a Pnest or an agitator gets into the hands of the police can only form a right opinion of how matters stood Tn this case. 1 he peasantry were ready for any mischief on seeing their Head marched oif to a stronge" house he'd fr.toT- ?' ''""'"^ ''"'' ''''"•™'-d •--ge of learned that leather Fogarty could not he released, el eept under heavy recognisances to appear at the forth- that the trials were over, and a conviction and sentence of Mve ,mnM imprUmv:>nt was the result, tlie whole country was in a perfect t , iiado of exeiteme it. Every Roman Catholic might be seen with a scowl upon hk brow, as It meditating the highest pitch of reven|e and various smothered threats and in„«,does from the Pa- pists, gave the Protestants to feel that some terrible commotion was near at hand. - ^'•"""e Traey and his family had to be taken under tlie pro- 1 , ' . Protestant farmers and gentry were com pelled to fortify their houses, and to keep regular wateh of nS ' "'''=" '""P"^"' ^^P'^-''^''^ '^--'S tl- h^u- vtT^ °\ *''° subsequent to the assizes at which !)/;f , *nf y 1?' «o.nvieted, "Donagha Buekaugh/' ahas "Demm the cripple," made a call at Stanley Hall where he was sometimes in the habit of receiv- ing food from the servants. His ostensib c bSs was to see Mr. Traey, and the Mistku. of the PM . it H )l RHYMES," AND BEFOKE THE MAGISTK.ITES. UQ ingly followed hiSo L stabtTaTcr'n"'" r""'' meuecl the private iZ:^''^tfi^"^^'T- Thracy, I wants to 'turn' -inrl T i„ "' ,/Y's"'" best man to tell me what t'o ,b " '"'°^ ^°" '' '^'^ *''« tumP*'~"^^'"" ''° y"^' "'-""=' Oi-ni''. by wantin' to Dennis.—" Jlane ! Och I sure nn' 't;» „„ii , what I mane Ai-ml, T,,.,V .i ^''" J'"" "^^^ows in airncst ',terl fi i ^"^ y"'' 1"™!'"'' mo- I'm ■ pSnt/MJek ?' "' ' ""• ^"'-^ ^ ™"'^ to t..n Vr^^l^::^!^''^^^:^^ ^ w^on, im. J//,./t -- 1 v,f .? if'''^ ^^''^'* ^o^ that." such ™Wn^^trr ^SSs^'J^^^^^^^^^ -^ that yon had 'iS;' "e^lriS'i "^ .t^JlJ^ff -" ye an tm-n yer heart, Dinnis." ' "^ ^"'^ ^'"^"' Mick abruptly withdrew to the house wMeh l,„ tered cautiously hut .u.f i„.(' '"^^' wlucli he en- drcadful leer Ski ^alZt n ,'"', '""* "''^''''^'^d " of some deadly dcl?u a Ln?'"" T^' expressive municated to Mvf If ' i '"^'"nstanee which he eom- ordcrto leave [he n el '^ •"""^diatcly, who sent him which or/cr Lt.^-^-\:S"' ^ ~"'^ '^'^"'^' Mr. Stanley was at this time absent at C-k, and was 130 HOW THE BIBLE REAPER FIGURED, ETC. m expected home ear y that eyening, the circumstances of the country rendenng it unsafe for any Protestant (more Stft ^ h 'f "** """^ ""agistratlj to be out 7ft r nightfall; but being one of those daring fearless men who care nothmg for personal risk, and slem to r.S scenes of danger to keep them from falling into a s?ate of utter hstlessness, he took but few precautions, other than going well armed, and more frequently re urned home after midnight than before it. " The Hall " l,e always said, "is well secured ; all the doors and window- shutters are bullet-proof, and secured by iron bolts md other fastenmgs, which no available for°"g«' to The Miek prayed for the family of the Hall, th.at they naight long be blessed with the means of doi ,g good to the suffering poor ; that " the Masther an' all the fami y might know the sayin' power of the thrutli as it " n the blessed Jasus, an' be as mneh admir'd for holiness as he w.-^ for beneyolence an' courage; that Ma ler an'ald tn'hi ^'T'', ""t' ''"^ '-mother's Savioi^r an add to his natural and acquired endowments cvcr^ gift an grace of the Holy Sperrit; that the father might return in safety to his family, 'an' know an' We his great Presarver an' Dcfindcr " tlJijosndSXV"'','''' enemies, and the enemies of tlic gospel, that God would turn their hearts to one another, an' the Sayiour of sinners, who died for tbim an' rose agm." Nor did he forget he poor Pr e t "o enmity to the gospel; nor those poor uneducated souls present, who had long been blinded by Ponish dehisinn nor the family at the Slate Housef tl.Tt God wZi graciously carry on his work commenced there "au" bring them all to Jasus." ' Shoitly after prayer, the whole of the family retired ^■ith the exception of two seryants, one of whom sat up i i m u 134 pire! pike! where? at Stanley hall! ui nis Horses. Ihe latter was doz ng over the kitnhpn fire abou midnight, when he was stJtledbyThe sound of a whistle ; he asked the maidservant if she hearT? ? she answered in the negative. He was s^e he htl heard the whistle, as if from a distant room"indow in one of the wmgs of the house. She overT^d hk opinu,n on the ground that no strange ^eioneould possibly be about the premises while thfee viglant Xs were constantly on the watch. She attended to hS business, and the man again settled him e?f for a nap An hour elapsed, after the expiry of which he a^Z roused himself up, stating that h^e w^as distiibed in mZ i * V f ■' '""' ^™'^'' ''^^ «"t the •'ause o™ "t t .ceeding to reconnoitre the premises, he beheld ?o his flames" tr^"™* •*' 7'''^''' ^""S "^ the" ng in flames! the very wing too, in which Mrs. Stanlev and her children were all sleeping ! He dischlied h\= musket, and shouted "Fire I" when iriif^+i^ n alarn, and confusion about the Hall-eMS^sWlLr ^d dependents-all running i„ the utmost dsoXl l^^;if If ^ 7^/'"' "'■''"""S "^^^ carriage and horses' to take the children away to a place of%-ifpt^ T^^' rrirroS^ Mick, J the g'rouVtKrinJen! fliaries (01 their accomplices, would most likely belvin^ m ambush to shoot them, as they ran from the fire He counselled that, as there was little wind^ and thTt little blowing so as to carry the flames away from rathe* than towards, the body of the house, they should 'remain Jw rt r'"^" part thereof, until morning, ifneed bT that the flames, doubtless, would be seen from the house of a neighbouring gentleman, as weU as by the sent^ s" eTtme to""^'" '"^'"'^ ^^^'-'' -^oZ^^e '^xz^r.^z =;h?^ot;?4 act 11 k' ake care kitchen le sound eard it ? he had ndow in led his a could nt dogs to her • a nap. 5 again n mind ! of it. d to his iing in ey and ed his all was rvants, )rder ! lorses. This incen- J lying B fire, i that 'ather imain d be; house entry Id be 7 and ne in ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, AND HOW IT ENDED. 135 remo.'ing all such valuables as could be laid hands upon from the house to the yard. Master George and he together with the butler, strove to enter the room whence the flames proceeded ; but the door of it had not been opened for several months, and the key was mislaid, and out of reach. This was certain evidence that the incendiary, whoever he was, must have entered from without. Examination disclosed a scaling ladder under the window, and a further discovery was made which showed clearly and sadly, that he had unwittingly kicked it from him after ascending, and must therefore as a matter of course,-be still in the burning room. How could they secure him alive ? was the question they were deliberating, when a voice from the window was heard overhead,-- Boys ! for the sake o^ the blessed Mother o' God, save me ! save me V' Those beivath said - Jump M^ The o.vner of the voice did ^ jump;;^ and lo ! a dark body was seen to fall from the Avindow. A heavy flump followed ; and there lay disclosed by the light of Mick Tracy's lantern, - Denms the cripple ! - his features dL- torted, and scarcely recognisable, in the agonies of ^death ! Oh ! reader, what a sight ! and what an They picked him up, and finding that he breathed, laid the unhappy man on some straw. He opened his iyes, adll tnfhJ^ ^^^^^?^^^^-. .^^^ gl^re of the lantern added to the unearthly hue of his terror-stricken coun- tenance and some one asked ^< if he wanted anything ?> to which he replied, - Bring me-the-Pr r-eeft " jy. :cst he would have said if he had been able; to the pnest s anointing he trusted, in that late hour, for heaven; an hour when he was entering eternity with tVTl 7"^'T^ 7^^ ^th the blood of a score con- templated murders ! Oh ! what a passport into the I ■ • I ■ ! ' 11! >r I 136 FIRE ! FIRE ! WHERE ? AT STANLEY HALL ! world of spirits ! and what a delusion in hn}\. t. murders meritorious f "Elusion to believe such (by a merciful pS4%) to ei L i'? /"^ "'J^^ disengaffinff himself from }Z ^^/^e to lose, and less at his feet ! He then pursued another who wL ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, AND IIOW IT ENDED. 13? rS7-''">* '''"'■"» '""' t"" ^"ift Of foot, fircl .,,,1 panioii, who was un- icd himiorl l^irr^^^if • . the barricade • but "pVt - ! ^''^^ "' reniovinjr >vliere was e^9 Mr ^.^ i ^^'^^^^^^^-^gcous coachman, travellinrcompanio ;a'^^^^^^^^^ '''ToV'' ^'^'l '^^ ^"^^ was a lif?lo ri 11 J I ■ ^' ^"^ former, however an' do me best, mastlier dear "" ''"' ^ " ""■>' feulp".::^ we U7;.!'etrei"^^r''st'^ ''"^T jocularly. ^ ^ ^^^^- Stanley said, giutlemin." ^'"' '''o fire wouldn't, you ""'-.ot^ttem ''^ Thfl^' "^'""y^ "-^S ^O" birds when fined the Western ZTTf T""'^ 'f^*' '' '^ "»- East, and besidlrtirarTpI^V ? ^l e " ^"^ '''^ J:tuSL7-rthta';i?::r'l^^^^^^^^ the gentlemen rode bStf «ie ^vrtTsl'^'^J ' '-«^Mtf** «w i Kij'a>n If \ 138 FIRE ! FIRE ! WHERE ? AT STANLEY HALL ! very short time brought them to "the HaU;" and oh ! what a sight ! A gentleman in the neighbourhood had despatched a man to a small town five miles off, where he knew a fire engine was kept. This had arrived an hour or so before Mr. Stanley. The flames had been so far sub- dued that little danger was now to be apprehended; and seeing Mrs. Stanley's excitement, he determined on not mentionmg his terrible adventure until the mornin"-. He accordingly cautioned his companion and Pat not to hmt anything in the slightest way on the subject. Still It was impossible for three men to have been recently engaged in such an affray, near a country village of some note, and not to exhibit some traces of excitement more than ordinary. " You appear greatly flurried, my love," Mrs. Stanley observed to him, with a " woman's wiles," as he sipped a glass of brandy punch after supper. "So I ought," he said; "we travelled very fast from the first, but particularly so when we saw the fire in the distance, and guessed its whereabouts." " Your clothes, too, appear very muddy, my dearest !" "Well, yes; we rode behind in the servants' seat ; and the wheels threw the mud up, and spattered us." " I know you are concealing something. Now do, Stanley, tell me what has happened ? Are you wounded ^ Pray do tell me !" " Me ! Wounded, my dearest wife ! Why I often tell you, you are a silly woman. Come here, Fanny, and help me to knock some sense into your mamma's head. How I do wish she had more sense." " Now, papa ! I know you are hiding something from us all, which we want to know. Do tell dear laamma." "You are a saucy little baggage; get away to bed, and don t plague your poor tired papa." t , u ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, AND noW IT ENDED. 139 Fanny still persisted in " plairuinir " n^„o . ^ mam„a slipped out of the room'T "y^ and' C'm t^ of the magnanimous coachman, the cause f tl,^^ i nn Pnf *= 1 ' 1 . Without a good deal of fenoiiio- on l^ats part, and of ffeneralshm nn fV^o/i- xi ^^"^^"S ^^Sil^^^rZ^^^j'^'^' Pat! what rniT",}V'^ '"^'"'^'^ '™ ''™' not airlyer." cause "~ '"^'^°''-' ^"' ''"' ""='•« ""^t he some other meets somehody late an' aidy" " ''"'' '™ "^^^y^ p:l-y:''ini:i^h!ri;i:L*^^^^^^^ P«/*'"T/^^^ ■""'', ""t™ '''=™ ^'''•y silent on all sides " eno^lhTnUe' hTu^'dS.^^ *"'"^ ''^^ ^^^^ pu^'lirLy Zth'ef SIT "J^ 'r^'"^ ^^o -" '" whiskey puncr;olr', l' pottneTovcf Paf 1 • f coud solve aU enigmas, and ^e&rtle seer "ts'of which he was possessed. She accordingly observed, hat 140 FIRE ! FIRE ! WHERE ? AT STANLEY HALL ! he " must he cowld, not haviii' had ' a dhrop ' since he left the eity/' an opinion in whieh he fully eoincidcd. Now his master charged him not to tell the cause of delay ; but the spirit began to work, and he was just as communicative when the whiskey was in, as he was re- served when without that stimulus ; but he hit on a most amusing way of accounting for their detention, without actually explaining the true state of the case. "Well, now,'' quoth Pat "I'll tell ye the whole aflair. When we reached the top o' the mountin, the snipes an' curlcAvs kiek'd up such a whistlin', ses I to the Masther, ' Wouldn't it be as well for ye. Sir,' ses I, ^ to step out an' warm yerself afther thim birds ; an' maybe you'd shoot some of 'em,' ses I. ' Agreed, Pat !' ses he ; so out he starts, an' laves meself shivcrin' in the cowld; an' sure enough, 'twas himself that nivir failed to kill, whin he had the game afore him; so down the three of us wint, to pick up our game, an', believe me, we had as many as we could carry along wid us, an' sure they nearly filled the inside o' the carriage." The cook fancied that a carriage full of birds, snipes, and curlews, shot at midnight, too, must be a great curiosity indeed ; and accordingly she made some excuse to go out, and getting a lantern, repaired to the coach- house. She opened the carriage door, and out tumbled the legs of one of the dead assassins, followed by his body ! She threw down the lantern in her consterna- tion, escaped to the house much more quickly than she anticipated Avhen leaving it, and poured out a copious volley of abuse upon poor Pat " the desavor," who very pugnaciously adhered to the point that he " didn't want her to go where she did." Mrs. Stanley arrived at the kitchen just as the cook was trying to manage a fit of hysterics, in failure of whieh, she revenged herself on Pat " for tellin' such liM ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION A\D Ifmv x. ^nu.M, A.ND now IT ENDED. Ml t'Sri'' "^^'" "'^ -'»""« *'- '^"0.0 fag,..,, to ™tcu d„gs, Lt'o„e of w^^i" fv r;.io''.', '"' r-^' "^ *'"^ fundture of the ™„" 'r e l;o . ,;^C "afc r "'^'" '1''^ samo wav that he entered • wl f '^^''"''^^ '^^ "'<= person approach" It" ^i^esenn f "^ "",'"''* ^''""t ■■"'/ reekonin.' on ^ «1,„ ' T '^'f "I""S from the house; thus ««c^.*'>of "staWM "af '"''"■' "*;*''« "^W the "6y,„.c/V' to Sch i intendedXl'tt'" '"'"""' *» property of the said family i t „' """ •"^'^''"^ •''"'' ;'"'l dependents, shouirbe'oft i '"'™"''' '''''">"<' holocaust ! """' "1' as "■ meritorious bodies of the fo"r\„cnZer^^''*^ '*"«'<=""'' the prison, and a eoronn," ' "fe't iZTn *? 'i"' ^ '""?« which returnc - their vmllt^M''''' ';'"' J'"-? «f their deaths ujuie loinuJ n.r' ''™'^a*'«l eame by murder tl,e JI ouS^ ."'''"'8 "" » conspiracy to family." They\rc" ur :dtn1'''*r •1'''"''''^ =">'! ^^ of thejail, and tl'edecoZi't Ifn'^lT''^^ *,'"= P'«"»cts by thro,v,ag quick-HmcoCih!^™ ""•'"■ ''^'"^'^ ''-'"-d pie? ■pik:ft;^,rilf!^^*^- Stamcy found the nip. belong nlto the HofeWr,',"^ ^7''^\ *''=** ^"""^ PerZ the seiel and Ld teVbrile;^''^;^' f'^f^ ^- « deceased, or some other mS " d hT i'''^ ""''i' *'''' them .neffeotive ; although th^^^l^V r/;t^l1 -iae Irish for Protestants. k 143 FIRE ! PIRE ' WHERE ? AT STANLEY HALL ! restored to their places, the better to conceal and carry on the deception. Who the party to this branch of the business was, could never be ascertained, so thorou«-hly Jesuitical was the whole murderous affair. ^ In following the matter up, evidence was obtained which implicated persons whose position rendered them little suspected of so desperate an undertaking. That a conspiracy existed against the Protestant gentry, there was no doubt ; nor was there any, that those who had left Popery were marked for vengeance whenever oppor- tunity presented itself. The next chapter will unfold part of the plot, and the legal consequences which fol- lowed the diabolical outrage detailed in this. O Ireland! Ireland! priest-ridden Ireland! Thou art cursed with intolerance, ignorance, and superstition. Beauteous country! Oh that the day may speedily come when the gospel of Jesus Anil penetrate every heart, and every peasant be made to know the day of his and her merciful A-isitation ! We cannot help think- ing that the sun of this glorious promise begins to burst the clouds. CHAPTER XIII. mi not h n^inmljch:' " S;';""^>*^-'«s no mean part of civU State prudence to cajole the devil • And not to handle him too rough, }\ hen he has „s in cloven hoof! lis trno indeed, that intercourse Ha^ pass'd atween your friends and ours • llmt as you tnist us, in our way, ' To raise your members, and to say, ^^ e send you others of your own, Denounc d to J,a„r, thonLlces or drown ■ Or, frighted at our oratory, ' To leap down headlong many a story • Laid out our spiritual gifts to furtS ' FUT.r^ T'T' «»^1 ^ven murS. Ynn 'f^^"^^ f?«0'^ Offices, You .shall be free of all distress. 1 I set you down in safety, where I have not time to tell you here.'' Butler. i '. k2 r mm ^»|W0 miles from Stanley Hall, lived a man whom mMi Z^ T'l^ ^''"^i^ '"^ *^"' narrative as Bill Mullinane. ^«^^ He had a Avife and two children, and was looked upon by his neighbours as one of the welLto-do class of small farmers m that country. His farm was most pro- ductive and good, and was held under Mr. Stanley at a long lease and lew rent, so that Bill Mullinane ought to have been a happy and prosperous man. In addition to the advantages mentioned, he came into possession of a considerable sum of money by his mfe, who had spent many years in the family at Stanley Hall, as a trust- worthy and confidential domestic, to whom there was a strong attachment, by no means an uncommon thins in Ireland At the time to which this part of ouv talc relates, Mrs. Mullinane, or -Biddy," (as the Irish people ol her class usually address each other), saw a great change for the worse in her husband^s manners and habits He had been for some time keeping: very irregular hours, sometimes staying out all night, and II W (( THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND, ETC. upon Jam to be out so oft^n Y \ \ °^ "° ''•'"■^"' '=''-'™ business trausacUons mn,^ t^ '^, •*"' '•■""' "' ''" '""I "o arose, he Z.\nanfu'''"iT 'V'"^' »'' "hen he account of hi „ "n th cT'''*'"" ^"^ '"''^- "i-ldy'^ souran\,urivto°er W °T'""' '''"'' "'»' "''<"™^ she ax'd." ^„,S hL "h /"ff'" '° ="'>' question and nothing like L int 1 r '''"?°" ^™^ ''"^'•«''' "sed to sec. In fac mZf ' ''1'"^'*"'"' ^"''h as «he company, which had cn^e^l ?*'"Scther spoiled by bad and disagreeable hours '"' P°"'' '"^"^ ">any l^-nely m^y. life f SaTrS;! *'" 'r ••'''°"* --. »"1 a table opposite to C ''"''*"""« l-ou.se,rifc, stood at cI.'M-en s-irm, . t 1 ' °'""!'' '""" "lothcs. The two >; ..tn sat on a stool near them bnfi, „<• ■ i /^ <^- -u- of arousiuc their "dn,l,l™).' '''^""'' *° «l'<=ak ^o oe a terribir?ommoH„!''''^ '• ''"S'''-- There seemed husband; for his frcTwrrT'"^, "' ^''^ ^""l "f t'-e the consequence of the nrnl "l,>'»'«"cn. 'lonbtless wre bloodshot and bf/r f "'*?'" <"'""*^''''- •'« eyes I'C had to lean' fori ^'T'"' *''?''«='l «"''ard, that hands,tolesseTtherX i? ^",T ^'^ '"=ad with both current that rsh^dtfoilfe^^rfarlet^^^^^ was more mental than physicll ^n,^?^{; I ' ' "i'^"''"' more the exterior of a riemnn rt '""''.''"''gcthcr, he had The stool on wh°ch H,!^^ i ? "" '^ ''"'"'"' '«='"?• auduneq„al,yUIa"eed1':„1^^:oVttru™'''''^™''''''' hand something? to his mZhl *''®"^^"POIl rising to Ir 146 " THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND ; THE WICKED "If you don't stop that sarragchown's rsaracen a torn, of reproach ) mouth, ril kief him into the fi^e! so™ mn Bidt y Hew instantly to her child, saying as softlv Im: Bin V I?"" * ^^1 *\P°» babe s^ief an ug y c t; z^zL ^:x or/o-r r„tf neither" "" ''"""' '"^■'' '^' ""* f» t>'e beS Bill 'felt the edge of this brief lecture kecnlv • and as there ^as nothing in his wife's manner SdeUS It which called for increased passion, he remained IS and became meditative. As better fecirgrgradua J :ri:!:^rsi';:hrarrttraif inei s arms, and the next, was in those of the f-itl.Br who vainly tried to conceal from Biddy's care in^ glance, the oozmg tears stealing down his^hardv cWU^ a circumstance she judged it ,viLt to reserve to W,f' In a minute or two. Bill stood up witli Cui-ly and went finislied, but natural affection seemed to 00^0^0" -ind " If sadly thinkin',— And spirits sinkin', — Could more than drinkiu,' My cares compose, — and. SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED/^ 247 A cure for sorra, From sighs I'd borra Li Jiopes to-morrow Might ind my woes." see'htt'L's^^dhri^u'Tm'^rh" ^'^'^ *° herself, "I panv, together Vv h la o In""'' ' '"'""'^.' ""' •""! <^<"n- Poo'r Bill ! ij h from ^v '' T ™'>" " '"'^ '^"'''"""I. the song was eoneluder J?^ ''f- ^'? '' '''"'''••" '^^'heu in the &e, anTk/slttndi; ty.f .^^^ *7'"'-T I'm sorry I scowldcd ye." TleTttW.Il/ "'''}"* ' this treatment was new tJ,r7. f i • ""'' *" ''''"»» father's neek, pressed Is lM?f ' ''™' "''"""'1 '"« aiHl wept aloud for iov ''i,"?/'"'« ''S'""^* his eheck, could „i longer eon;.KerfS;:'"arrr"" *'"^' threw herself on her knees ™ 1 ?„ '• ,' • ''"'^' <'"'' ^^aid, "O Bill MuIlinaneT ifTl T ^a?^'"! '^''''''' 'o7e' e^rt ^^1' 3^*^-- 'that fSf^ Aisy! now; aisy i^id^t'LthK.'"' ""'*' f 5''' ^'"l- here alongside o'nie"^Tn tl '^"'"^^n' sit down answer than "Whit'hav! T ' I '""'""^ "° "t^er nane ? Oh I d" tell 2 \ ?"?, *° y""' ^i" MnHi- forbid I should aeaeve of 'Z '^°i)^•" "««d '••not ye indeed, theTo^ a bi "^*S J" ''f'"' manner whieh touched Biddy's 1 ;art '""' "" ^ besmTh^Tlld^'rki':fg ;^f- T^' *e took her seat maybe ye'r^siekffillTftT'^^''^'*''^' "^^^ll thin, to t'eU L ; s^e 'a^!' f ^fif -„^,";;^ -' ye'- afeared tha. will do ve eooH iL f n '^ *?^™ * anything the Hall for it! a^^^^s.^r^^y";^-;^^^;^ l m i ^.r-h ; !!■ Jt' 148 "THOtTGH HAND JOIN WH.NB;M^,„eKK„ soon as she would to her own Iini-n «;ef„- ■ "Yes Biddy, in „ manner/' BSe^l^'^l a manner." phasissavourinn-stronylvnf>r^ ■ ^!,- '""' ''^ ^^• ye what, tl,e e% not mS rf "f '"'?' "^*^" without humblin' thLrwho need t anT '^''Fl'"^' their ginerosity on such term, " "ni i T" ' '''■'™ Bill/' said his^wife," for T lived „ ' Y' '"^ """' family from the time' I 'Z a tfe t rlTn^t W alw""' threated me with care an' tindernesf W^Y T^^- "* any favour from either Masther or M? ^i," l""" f '""'* ahv^ys towld me I've onlv to ax ^^if ""^f' *o.v have reply to this, but arc.e from^his seat as if hi I "^^ •"" in quest of a job in the earryiZ trade aln f ^f •"? he gave his time when favm\™i '"^ '" '*''''^'' "An' how long arJ ye Jd? t™h^ '™' not pressing. Biddy; to wlih he^rerponded "nT^ ' '"l"'^"' aisy about that, I'll be bKton as i e"an''' '•'^T an' rejoice trielrts I' T'tr \ ^^l^ ^°™« ^-'^ mothei." The ics^nse tn t ■ '''"''^'"='" ""' t'>eir voluntaiy sigh^Zch escaned n'J' V"", ''Pr^""^ '"- unnoticed by thrke™ S '"/*""=''jely. but was not wife, who 7arrowt wateW^^^^ "^^ "^^^^ ™°t'>^'- and dered all seer" ^t^If ow„ 4™T TT'"'' ^"* P""" the^cor., she ^saw him :^ .et^^tt S to ^: t're':f\treS^t r-'^^^^^^^^^^ from the words he had I'n^f l™ ! i ^ her conjeetures infatuated enough to illol h '' ,? TT' ", *"* '^^ ^"^ I 1?, aanner/' an em- (< I tell Le gintiy n^t have jay that, ' in tliat r always nr want cy have lade no ■e going o which I'essing. aquired yerself ^'Do, L^ com- e airly, their tly in- ''as not er and t pon- round sleeve curing stures le was , and 3fthe land- man lalled SHALL NOT BE UXPUNISHED/' 149 solemn oblio-ations "f,";."""!"'' together by the most -^f^^x^^Jl::.^^ wu to, aud humble%lwe 1^ "''°;'^^/^.°"l"f 7 ^'^bin^-an.l wineh washed «alls, was elan and ofi "' T^ ""'' ^''"t"- with the fumes of a seTsoned Zf ^^' """'•=' ™'' ™'"'™t and ehicken, sttcdtoXrP»T''"f '"''"« "^ ''■■'»" of improvem'ent, the a/o a of a'stS^'e 5^ ""^ lumglcd with tliat of the aforesaid e,^.^^ "offec-pot ^>as to supply the place of -in nW^ V 1 '"' ' '■""' *'"» Bill returned not to mrticinate h? I "™'"'S«- Hut and she was left to s 4 and fr J T T"? provisions, before. The wea.-k-d h.hel ./ ' "','''•= '"«' "^en done go to bed; arenucst thl "f "' ''""P^' »"« just 'then, wa more thin ir T^?^^^'' ^^'''"'»^ emotion almost ehoked h-r Then .'^ff'-""'' ''^'' simplieity repeated the woJds upo?,W,ie'i, '^ -'f' ^1"''' burst of grief relieved th„ ™l*i^^ t "'" " ^''olf^"* out- before sfe commardefLTe ent' /* ""' ^""'^ "'""^ aceount with little Curlv W 1- ™"'''' *° ^''"'e the of her pleasure at heat^i rli°"" ^^^ ^'^P^^^^i™ youboth by an' by wheTgetm^s i?. ""^^'^'' ""^'^ '"- and tt;%7hertS' '"* "'"^^ "°* -'--d, The lonely son-owM S ddv?"/5'" 1P°" *he table tr . . r,% 150 {( THOUGH HAND JOIN IN HAND ; THE WICKED tions Ihe night we arc uow recording was eloomv anri dismal, and darkness surrounded the eotta4 in wUch there were many conflicting thouLrhtr ItM i A . ooked out, and Lened botg alXe^'dt-r at' v^nd^:'! the w-nd'"^ T^/f ^r"' '^-^™1" the whistlii g ;^ Lue ^\ma m the distant trees M loo+ ^ , ttfm^Tf ';-^' .-'eh"'«". and "exacting ' ( iTlatr the most fatiguing of all,) she laid her varied fi nine upon the bed, hoping to forget her trouble a short dme :-« d= tr =Tf t :? -r tt- ^'^ became doubly sui-e; for he could not stand s^advhn? managed withal to divest himself of his olnfnl,l ^^ r down on the bed, soon after which he fTZ^ r'" awake.-drcadmg to sleep, lest he might turn over on his face, and m his helpless condition be smothered He lay tolerably still for about an hour and ti^on starting as if in horror, ejaculated, loud enough to S heard some distance, '< I can't now T f p1 1 t^ ^ . I? , the short an' long of it.- ' ^^^ ^"^ ^^^^ « J^ ^^\ ^^'^'^ /^ ^^^ ^i" ?" inquired his wife - T "1 ten Ve l\Sr;>^^' '-'"'''h terrific Tmphasis X tyi yo 1 can t If ill the man whose hrparl J\rf ^ i. nearly all me life; an' what's more?ruZ i Tf' """ resdv^dr notr,: tt'^:fL^^'r^\ -'"^ 'Biddy made by eompa,.io1is:he tnl ^n^ty^ t aT^l^ ^.passioned mood, " Very well if it is : sK me thif ^ ye hke, an' any tune ye plase. If I did itVe^ the "of Hi SHALL NOT BE UNPUXISIIED." J^J !!?: • ?!.* ^ ^''''' ''''^^ '''^' i* ^^asn't fairly dhrawn • for lay his hand on the one that sliooted him Oohf voiirneen! ve often hnnrVi .Z ' '""f" ^^P; ^ch ! ma- botther brofe nor k p> ^ t "wl^ ''^^^1'" ^f -^^'^^ thrue now " Ti ^ • ^^^^* ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ii, is hefeltTound l^rV^^"'"' f^^'ting up in bewilderment, accents 'mntTf .,'?''''"' ^''•''^ '" smothered -too thrue t''ll'' "^ ,''''' »''"°™'' thrue !_too tl.rue! Wife's anxiety by savin^>- ^^Tnf f ,1 -ii . ^ V "^^ be maUiu; a^U o'Te^elS^f ^/.TvT'Bt" she sa.d, "promise me one thing, an' I'll be sati.fie;i an' never upbrade ye irith the uast" « a ^^^'^*'<^' like, me bei fnnii • i ^""^^P^O" fireside at night to gr^ido'ttr'] ra^li'^ari k7" It clane an' comfortable for vc lT,n?ni '^ • f ^ wid such as I heer'd outsid/thp A ^P'^^y"" "'gl'ts stead o' bein' .id' '0^ wlf^ ^d ewJdhe'r tmoTth "" woman can stand. Promise mp ;,, fll'r 1? *''™ niver to lave me at ni<.ht aLTn " "W t ^."'^ ' .""""^ Bkldy,in the Lord's tmf''' "Now' tif""fii"sf ' ^I'm satisfied; may God bless ye, Bm, Ind'rn:* yf^o sou™:rt an^ThcTl^er" buThf" 'T ?"°*''^' ^'"■"^-' navt nf !,=„ f \t ™ii«iplied kindnesses on the pait of her former Master and Mistress, from her gll! 152 "^''o.o„„..„,o.v,.„,,„^,„^„^^^^^ Boul within her revoh^d ft thoh''"';^ ''',' *'"^' ''^^ 'ei^ would be so fov^ctfTofllfV'^''''^^''''^ ''erhusbanS ^ to suffer WmS fe?eZeedtv''7 ot" in.hdgenee, a'i'l with them consnire^'^fw ?^ ^''"'^ "^ "'W»s, wl.o ,vas at onee 7i protlt^* *l\'"'1 ^^ ^"^''"^^ people. protector and benefactor of his ieJ?oi;«':"„,f^rtdZ:\""''''f.'^™"«'>*'-''-p- shed it., rays abroad, shred*'rt,^'""? <''«>%>'■■ ''-1 V something. " H„si, „ ° J,"' ' ''"'C' and was disturbed can that be ?" . Pe,] an, it i '^"^ '" ''''"•™- " What tion answered for heT'^It'^^'^^rV' T^ ''"■''^""- pa««ng traveller, early on his 1^^°^' ^''^ ^^^'^'''P "^ a «leep ! That human formTwl'Pl"'''"^ *" ^^ 'ocked in ^ Mrs. Mullin.,neTeaneTon yj'°^?,,«°"ld it be?" breath almost to suSon; 'n'd sawt'hr' """'^ '''' ble amazement a stately fori wittl ■"'^''Pressi- t<-ead, pass the window a seconds measured military front door of the eottrge Whit rthn'"lfPr^* '^■ this mean ? " ""* • thought she, can all an riSt^oS?"' 'I'^Z^f^^ .^"^ asks, "Is by the second in command both . "f' '""^ responded understood by the ini«ated „ rV^ '"^ '" ^ t""" '^''•1 w. again asked; and the respotrZ^^r-^t^ buS^nal tr'eht/'^-G'^'' ^"^^"*^ «™'y' trouble to the woman and ehMren^aU^f SuS KED for Biddy Iicr very ' husband lulgence, \ villains, friends, Jr of his le sleep, igli' Iiad istiirbed '' What magiiia- tep of a ! Ha! Imman . Ah! 3ked in M her pressi- lilitary ch the Jan all ce Is onded ewell led ?" one, rmly, ssary ice is SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED." 153 Witt, no" s ?;% Sv r"? "/ "T '"T" ""'"•' •-' ™<>' " BiU/'le sac "? ,.', I ">1 t'""'"'"' '"■" '"'^'t'°''- here are the pXu^." ^ '"^ '" *'"= Masther; Oh^JorBill .''" ''""'^ '^'' "ff'-'S'^odly inquired. ;;0,rtsi,le the door," Bi,""he tdXA'l'' '^ "i ""T'." ^'''■" «'"• ^.^^An jou thmk he has some marey, BilU"^,^;,, h;, fej: s: itteii'^^^i^VH'rt'^'tf,'' ■r'-"' = -»" > Let me open the door " ''* '^""''^ "" '«='"■'• Another knoek louder thin ti,a r ^n^pajned h, the si,ni«et"dl\5%;::, ^S qu^ti? re"r *^ orhrei^theri'''^ - oX^t th^letl^of;^" 5%r thlet^o^'d Ih^ prisoner. No tfme^^as ,o "In r/n'/'"^^ '° ^^ "■■"• '''^ the dupe of men worle ami mn.^ '"'^','^'.*'''' '■"""'""'^ oer'»w'the';w':'S"?.rin"" r ^°'"^' -' «- °ffi- bed, and likeTvlfthe netw ' f^ °" *''^''- '™«'''« sl;"'^^ idF -t^^' ^^^^^^^^ 154 f< ".ouoH.uxx,,omi.v,u^„; thh wicked bcfor,. ],i„, tear., cLcwhlrbctokpn.? >'""'« "'™'= man of the finest susecntibn L, , ? ''"" *° '"^ •'' tender, mingling generoX .?' fl ^T", "' '"= '^^ Whiie the subiect of tE '"fl«'''l>"e duty. poor woman, I "H^ ^bTuX'T^' '"' ^"''' "^^ tur' ugyou at this earl/hour bu mv .'""'•'"^ '''''"^- Ifeel much for vou iml „ ", , ^"'"y '^""Pcrative. your husbandba 1 e'nn vedr* V.'P "'"'^ins that if Bcem to have done, ths sad nr"'!/-? T'^''""}' "^ y" liave been spared you and me " P""""' ''"^'"'^^^ ^«>Jd . "Intleed, sir,? observed the -.ffliVtn,! jver you an' others may think or str'"'"';." 7''"*- you had better do so at Zo ^ p° -Y*^ "''^ "■• '='">dren, to eat something: I sec tb. ^"'fP J"" »ould like night is still upon the ta?llr "f "''"'' ^°' '•■'«* partake of it, if so minded " " ^"'^ '"'""'''^ ^^'^ terrible feelings whic Wwt.^>^r,'lrr ^™"* "^ the father and mother first onf.i*^'''' ^°'°'"'''''t''eir he might kiss them • and the .' *f" "'^ <'*'"''•' *at lusion seemed quTe'unmannpJ ■."'*™°*'P"^«% de- he did so. Alllas nTeomnlet!;!^'' "T^^^^l™"', ^hile off to the nearest Bridewdr ' "'"^ ^' ^"' ""^^ed huLTeTotl^ttbi^of'T^r ^t J~^' ^"% her the two ehildren The ro^'f"""! *"'''"« "'* woman was still in bed- b,,t T^ n ''''%?% and the stand upon ^^r.^on'^^X^&^iZ^f:^ ED m; and ' scene to l)c a lie was ,"My of dis- !rativc. that if as you would what- iband, esses, 1 us; dren, I like last sand ifted rthe heir that de- hile hed Idy ith the to ler SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED. )i 155 friend [Mrs. Hanigan. The door was opened; Biddv on- tered,and moderatnij^ her exeitement as muchas possible proeceded to request leave to plaee the two ehildren' !i!'7 w ""'"'' '" ^'^' ^''''^^^^ "^til the afternoon, as she had to go over to the Hall, and JJill had j^one from home Ihere was nothincr muisual in this, as Bill often went from home, and Biddy often went to the Hall leaving Curly and Jemmy on other occasions with Iici- neighbour Mrs. Fhuiigan. Beep grief, and the most oppressive forebodings, aided in accelerating Biddy's speed towards Stanley Hal It so happened, a friend n!.. was travelling in the ;ame direction, kmdly pe^n.itted her to ride upon is c^ which very mu^-h r. li.ved i .r. She reached the Hall about seven o'clock, nud aoked permission to see he -Mistliiss imniediatcL .- in answer to which she%^^s ordered to walk up stairs. The Misses Stanley am their mamma, were at the time preparing for their mo/ning walk, but Biddy^s visit delayed them; and they must hear what brought her so early ^ As soon as Mrs Stanley made her appearance, Biddy threw herself on her knees, and sobbed aloud. S e tried to speak, but utterance failed her. Mrs Stanlev was greatly surprised, and entreated to know what was the matter? -Was either of the ehilcb-en in^' ''"' mere?! out. ''''' '^''^'"' ' '"''"'' ^^'"'^ *^'*'" ^^^ ^^''^"^- ^^ Well then has Bill been taken ill ? and if so don't be alarmed at all, and FU send round Dr — _ to visit him immediately.'' ' " Promise me, ma'am," the poor creature answered— life"d.-' ^ ^'''"'^' '^'' ^^^*^^^ '^ ^^^« hi« "His life spared ? spared ? why woman, you must |)e beside yourself. Sit do.vn here,- said the generis. : : . '■'■ ' j ( f .; . 'J '< ' t' ■y •; i Bill been hi't in^'^'ly"^, -'-' »■- happened. Has took In-m'Lr/r^a":;*/* »". =" »"'• >>"* the Police "I "ish lic was ma'.m V "'^*' '"^ '^ "moceut " r- Biddy ; <. hut wh™ 'the 'i::,,'"^ '"''''" ^J"™!" ed ■Sl't to take him, an' hilc thev ? """'' ''^'"'■^ '•v- li"<.sc, he tould me to eo fel, S <^"1^.' smToundin' the (ti.epiaee!n^i:u^r^;"':t,vr'"ir' *° *'- '"'--■y. of Ins mornings,) where shT "i" '^ '1"'"' » Portion occupied in addls '' "Jt'^ ^ '""■ i'"*""'' f""y magistrates of the cSuZ u, o„ T" f '™ '•™tW "e was aware that liili J^J^",, "" T"'™' '^"'*i"e«s. ;vould ho arrested tl.at mS ' :, T'i'' '"■"'''' "'•"'■•s '-f :fK^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lady, .have you ^\ot yet, exaetJv," he s-nVI i \ t «omethn,g ahout him ve^ strti ^r^f^'"^ *° ''^^r goes a polieeman past th^v.- \ ^■~^''' ■'» •' tliere ha>"l. I dare "ayZy W f?' "'"' " ''^tter i„ his be» des, and this CS,g: \frn,sTh "'"' ''7'''^ "'>'«"« " Now Stanley nonr Tr 1 1 ^- t''" '"^ws." herself on her knees an,I t,'^i' ^'""'ey, "and threw i^li f :ked ^cd. Has ^e Police ti^ among ^. ''lean ocent/^ iaculated ore flay- idin' the dastlior, library^ ])ortion »d fully brother isiness. others -paring out of ^e you estion > hear tlierc in his •tilers md '' hrew tcful iorry ould fit. SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED^' I57 me in the presented "• *'""' '"" y«" ''""'' S<^' over and ";;: ve^ritrtoo'^^ '" *'"' '"^ """"' ™y -3- = finetol,r;;;4t:'l^^!.rvf-™''^^'' WchalUee. This illustrate tl,e^v"™i, 1 iSe"s",rr'i' •'""1 "'"'^ ''" *" benefit and Vr'^'^^Z^^'^^ ^^^'J::^^ ^"^ absohitclv necessarv ir, moK^ '' \ country, it is companions will h,vp tn ! .""'""»« ""•I «ome of his others. Tl evhad a 'lot l3'^'' "' '""'^^'^ "'^"'"I'l^ to proprietor I Z loul'^l^ ^::T^71 '''"""' who attacked me .;.„• other ni"ht Vl !f, T\ ? ""^" an escape with n , lifo Tl.!^'' ' i ^ '""' '° '""'"■ow me, my' dear H thoV i ^ •"^"' "",' '''1"='^' '" '^^'^^ape mined'to W them out "' ''''■''''^''' ^'"^ ^eter- wisl/nf nlf" "f^ '"' mistaken in some respects T Now AIrs"^f ' f";™"''' ^l"'"'^ '« BiddyT ''• ^ spctZoi'tr iSd "S r'"'"'^"""'"^' «- 'ong disposed to see ;^?r\o row stn": "°* """"''""'•• "'- forthwith ordered ler into t ,: n " "?"'^"' "'"' '^"^ agree.- ' ^ '^'^ >^^^ '''''^'^^^ ^vill be able to "Oh, sir!" she sairl 'f rlr.,.'*- <:• yehearwhatIhav:t;.;r-Xintr'^r;! _SE2 iiie Was at stalrp t i,^ disguise; and I promise vrml 1 n ^^^ '^'>^* reserve or band for the worse Tf Jl? ., *'"'" "»» affect your ),,,f at present." °'''- ^*''^r f'an that I eannoKl; ■Biddy proceeded to tell all =i. , conspiracy, and the means t Lrel ^T V *<> ^''^ting quaiutod with it. Mr stii ''^''"' ^'^'<^ became ae partaking of a hastrbreaSf' ^^^ faring aK the place of mteting, tre,amlrr''''l'' ''"rtl.wi h to MuUmane and hi., al eled rnT ^^^ '''"S«^ agains? their true friend and SordtnTP'r*°'^' *» aurder that gentleman, Mulliuane af ' '' '''"'° confronted bv acted in the attack t"! "T •'""fcssed the part hi beguiled into habits of dkr"' "•" *at he was first "ature of the me5ings"ret^?*'''*' hours ; and 'be houses. The next thing that iwf. ^^ "'" "^ ^"licensed company he was drawn in tllT'';™ 'he infamous ^ho plotted mm-der and oth' "i"^* °^ "ribbon-men » committed himself to ?bL ? '^''Predations. HavL either abide by them?or l^l^ti^'f '?^^' ''"--? pi^who^aVK"^^^^^^^^^^^^ «a not, take "^l^-,^^ he wLZ^! fed^rTt^f h*: t 'rbffi"ef '^ ?™ "^^ "^ -e eon- the plot that was la^d Th^ T^-m ' "''^" fr"™ his wS secrets were bounr^oleiM™^ ^ """'^ "^^ ^hich tS ICKED 'ght thing, 'ment, as if > and then reserve or your hus- 3t promise e existing 5came ac- ^ alJ, and thwith to * against murder 3nted by ^ part he ^as first and the licensed ifamous -men/' Having e must nhfe; ny the Id not, trans- 3 con- wife, their liJtjr; until ' his rates SHALL NOT BE UNPUNISHED/^ j^g h>m as "King'., evideTce " IT/ ^°''f ""°«"tacccpted issued to fy^th. conspirators all If""/ ^""""i'^'"" "as f"jlty, and sever.,1 ofVhom wpIp / ^:'^<""7™ found All these sentences ^ere hmv^"'" sentenced to death ! Mpnsonment or transrortaZ ' T""'"''' '''*'"=>• *» guilty were several weaCfarm'erT tT"^ *'"= •"°^* which these proceedings weretTff ' ^^ "S"" ^'t'l th.s "ribbon" eonspira% so tW^n "T"^^"^^^ ""*<'d many other instances the m^v • , *""',' "^ ^''<=" »' in tl.e law too stron/fi' them^ ''""^ °^ ^"P'^'^ f<»^ not. He could not w™e ami L i '^""S""' ''"' <=°»W We, because the eye of evert onelT "°' \° "^^^ *« and woe to the man that irave l.T-T "P°" '"' bellow ; cause the game to escane^ A If ^"'' Y""?"*'"" ^^ w«uld take part f„ the intended assldnrtl ^t^ "^ *^ '<" *« i-ar]^ld!'t"re aZn?"'"^''^ '•"-*-"''' to his completely'rec^ove;; h Thrract™' ^''^*.'''''f "ee, h: after remarkable for sobrttv « ^ ^'','"'"' ^^'^ y^ars asked some year« subseque" t i'fi V'"''"*'^- ^hen "k;^«^m opinion wasTrMrV i '^?'''=g<»ng events, rephed, " AH I ean pretind ta V! '^ * '""''>'<'« ^" h« |s,-whcriver that gSman ° v 7 "'"'"* *•"= '"''tthcr he has the right .^T^^Z^'^^ P^7»«. I'm sure help me, I've none at all at a]"" ""'"''' ^°'' -.isteS rstt7h'j:f,;"mtt?~',.-!><> ""I "een Mdered ofthe "right sort!" ""^ ''''''S'"" ^^ con- 1.2 1 '/' ■f m: CHAPTER XIV. laWlT_0 ^is He IS beloved or not : 550 God IS disposed to you, My portion, my Lord, and my ALL " Newton. li m 'f '^;»frt 3N. > Slnwf ' ",' '"" ""POtifnt to return to the ' what wT'' 'r' ^''*. '^ *'''™1«<^ "f ^''^t i«. and It wilTt .r f t^'an^Pmng there since we left it. It will be proper for me here to inform them that at this particular period of our narrative, an aSon ,n,on !nHirt°5-°^ '''*'* ^^ ''t it« height. The pre ts and the leading members of parliament at theirdde „J the House, denounced the tithe system. The clere^ comhmed, and enforced the payment by militar^ af/ and consequences followed that leave dark daces nnon the history of those proceedings WitL, 7 . ? minutely iito the mat^ter 3"it to sav th^t ^'"^ rr-r.rf '"^ -en to ^otestntil ; :y L etej; glad If that question had been settled without an anS Cet''''''"f ' ""^*.H *°°' ^y ministerrof reE Kecent events at MiddleviUc made it unsafe^for ■il 163 I?"' f ! i Si mis ABOUT .. BmEVIM I„ „SU3 Slate House. ^ "' ''''™*^' ^^^ P^id a visit to (he Hitherto he perceivprl i t t, spiritual progress, but on the occasU!!?'^f- ''?":^ "^ was very much pained and L, ^ .°^ *^"* "«''. lie harshness, andL abr^t" K""" ^.'''^'•<' ^^^ <^ ob».rTed before, accoSS' li.^T'''' *"<= ^"^ "ot severely with th'e e,SS ed foTf of rw"°""°" '" ^«»1 bad of late confined hi»3f "^ Chnst.aiiitv. He the oirde of l' "u>nuint!l '^ """"'' *°*'^ '«"ie, aid belonging to d,rS Crll" TTf 1° f ™ Popery as a nr;-.cfu<.v,i.„ ^l!i ■ ^ ^^ *akeu off posite opinions. ^< It lit! T' ,''?'' '^i'^^'^ op. nost, wrtb «nrcefr' fe^'aU.e^ 'enoul'^ f ^' '^^^ '"^ ''' wing enough to n'v Tl Pnli r^^ • '° ''°^<=' '*- or became a stumblinglbkek to htr'"'''"! '"P'"' ''««*. to many <,thers; and "the 0^' T '^^^ '''"' been them he reg..,rded as a pol deal W?. ^^^'"^ ''"'''"■^^d founded upon Christian^ but II^^"! '°"' P^^^scdly il>e basest acts." He had hppn i„f f ^ " P'"'^'^^* for a bn.ty view of pas"ng evcntr-^olir?" ?''"^' fr'"" the one hand, and me^^ZT P^b'^f"! agitations on gether with "the effortsTt e" T *' °tber,"_to. reformation ;" aU these nl^Lf,,'''''''^ *° P^^ote the When Mik entered fhTt"^,"' " dilemma. The girls remains tp:te'h '^"^1'^ ^"''''^r''^- restraints of PonerV • fr.r^l? ^ '"'™ *hrown off all would pass. ^^' ^"^ *''«y ^solved to hear aU thtt inquL* Wc LTili*? \ ^^''" -■! Mick, « an' progress ye a^^ mlkl' t hrkno^Tr *'™^^' -' -b"t divine tbines All thl i Knowledge av God, i,, ^ • "^ *« l'^g"«ge addressed to Ch;.' .a,.^ TO THE SAVING OP THE SOUL." especially quiet for ought iie sit to the sigm of visit, he 'e was a had not • to deal ^y. He 'ise^ aiu'l persons iken off ted op- ing its it, or tithes, I been iforced 3ssedly ;xt for '', from onson ' — to- te the drew. DffaU '. that ^^an' what ii' in 163 m the good Book expresses th idaya (idea) of advan- cin : movm'-walkin^-runnin'-fightin^-lgrowin'l are some of the terms, an^ all is for u^ " " I don't know, Mick,'' said John, peevishly. '< It KTo '? ""' "" '^ \^' ^'^"^^ *^^"^ «f religion were a fa ce to deceive, and rob, and murder people. Fatlier Fogarty, and those ike him, have not the law to enforce their claims, and others have recourse to sheer humbu- and delusion; the Protestant clergy can enforce thei? or sXe.^' ""' ' *^'^ ''^™'^* ^^^'' "^^^^^^^ ^^'l "I see whereabouts ye are now, Master John, avick," M ck answered; -but the Lord will bring ye out ay that ; glory be to his great name." wariSy!^ '''''' ^'''' ^""^^ "^^ thoughts?" John repHed, " Och, indeed," said Mick ; - Fm no prophet, nor the son ay a prophet, but I know that much, an' a little more too. May I tell ye somethin' about y;rself, which perhaps ye thmk nobody knows but yer own self?" teUing, Mck'^ "^"^^ ^ ^"''^" ^""^ ^""^* P'^^^^^ ^^^^«- "Not a bit of it, Ma^ther John, but to begin: Yer judgment an' mtiUigmce has been enlighten'd of late an yer conscience convinced av sin, an' yer necessity a^ a Saviour. Now thm, instead o' comin' to this Saviour as a guilty creathur, an' castin' yerself simply on God's promised marcy m Christ Jasus, yer heart ha^ rebelled ^hZM^' ^'"^'^^^ P^^" ""' '"^'^'^^ by grace alone Where there is an earnest an' sincere pur^se to know an' do the will o' God, Popery presents a much tZ offinsive way av reconciliation with him than the Scrip- thures do; bekase it leads a sinner to rely on his own dihffmce in duty ; an' consequintly makes him, to some extent at least, his own Saviour throu(/h the Church, I f ■ ^ I 164 if ■i Ml mi In-: ': TBLLS ABOUT "„.UBV,.VO ,x ,Bsrs a" this has beenpS J ,^ouT'v5''*"'S'- •'"•■"."■at may nivcr have put it into ' ° f ^""f ™'"''' "lough ye M o' losin- his '^.l ''; ""''' ' ""' now, Satanffear! stances to fill yev Si'JZiT T- °^ '"'<=^^i eiroum- troaehery of th^e 1."^^ S'r!"' '',""''*«' «"'""« those things to escape from eon v, .'•'"'/" *" ""'"'ge Jolm, avonrneen !* don't "eT;?', ,^"*' M'^ther Resist, „-m, m ,,„„„' L ' l.e-Tl C 'f ' "^^ *''" ^'vel. be afear',1 to know ho,v sijk on' 1. f '^'''"" y"' ^^O"'! for C ...ist ean hale it, f tt. sa t?, ^°",I"""- ^°»' *'' J «« ■ >»; yes, indeed he cin '• """"^ "™'^^ "« bad JJui-nig the deHvcrv nf n eyes on Miek wInmfzemeTt "n'^ '"''" "^''"^ hi« himself in proximity wmT \ Ji" ^'='=™ed to feel purity he Z more1i,an h ,;,S'-' ''?-« of wh^e' May tl,e good God deliver me f''^ "*' "'"'''' man know what you have toW m„ '"''' ™"'<1 mortal inspired. You have tnW "'' """'' ""'ess he wera thoughts which I have Z ""^ ^'-^/''oughts, Mel sistere." '"'"^ ""^^-er revealed even to my suehZl' Wn''pre?ifely'Xl'"*° ^'"^' ^'"^^^^S that wondering how UieTcouId 1 1 °T '*^^ °^ m"'^, and "Know it !" said C- " W,''rT/r">"'"'g of ^t. by my own exparience of 'th„ T iH"''' ^ ''"ow it only l^ft; It is 4sS ab*;tir?'^'''"^^^ «'™e ow^ but e< can desave itse™ Now if;, "^'J ^"^ "°"'m' av rehgion as God teches it Tn I • '^'!'' *'"g *« J>«lge another to iud.^o av if T " '"* '^'essed Word an' an' g,overn,^en&! aJ' mal^^T^r^tl "'"<"' ^^t"' Vou look at Father Fog^^^^.f-^ fu'Ta" '^^ ^^-'i*™...^,^ TO THE SAVING OP ME SOUL. 165 'go not the religion .iv Christ.' You look to Arch.lacoii lour lipart tells ye, ye are a guilty sinner, an' thin Satan wluspers, ' Oh, no ! i„«' - they are'united to ^r scvci d horn, this or that communion; for^ettin' t! ,f by cCeies '' " "'"""'"°" ^'"^ "^ '^""'O'^lged " Well Michael Traey," said Betsy, " I hone it will S of Ir ' '\!'"' "^ f- ""-" /- eomm'enc d o speak of those matters under this roof." Her sister S V^Tfrr-r^ "" ^°"^ ""*'-• - " eon" . sation, the result of whiel. convinecd Miek that the Great TEAcHEa had been at work on the minds of the „?J ° ^ '■';""' '.'" ™"^<'' ^o that their father a.>d mother might heai- in the adjoining room; and many direete I as to eonvmee him that the answei-s intended to be elicited, were for the especial benefit rf the "old people;" whom they had frequently overheard of late i.'j I 166 4l^ \l'l ill ffinn 1 1: TELLS .BOUT '^BZLlEVX.a X^ ,,«,3 and practical way ^^ hr . '^mmentiiig in his plain the first chapter ot f he Jipisti; fn ?f t^^^ ""^^^^ P^^'* of showing how tho } nostle h!.r ^V^^ "^^^^ at Home tW ri^"^ """^ i^^^^^d it merely fo. l^^ ' • ■ Imve come to Thee w tho^t 111 ''"•'T' "■"""•■• »>>«" or any person to ^Z'^ZCT'lC'r ""^/'""^ look for the mercv Tlj„ i.„ » • ^ '"™'"' J biit I :: Christ, and I doll ' ve'-n " , Cr'''''/''~"«'' J«»« " m.se even to, ami i„ „" " ' '"'*'''" "'•■" l'™- tear:''?:^^f,Tof "^^.-l;-'' •'-t mto a flood of iMteadof"moun,in.r-." tL" ™"'"?" K*™" I'™, the place of the " W;'f f i K^'^ent of praise " took f-m his kne s, tli" Ion rr.'7'" """''"■•« I- rot si'T t ,vas subdued, an anenif'f'rr' «'"-"S''t"ous d.se,,,le uttered the new-Ln , rv ' f '''^y/'^' ^J"'"-? n« sKsters likewise, to^ctl ej w/t^^l"., ,^**"' ^''"'^>- ■"' were, ere many weeks I'oilpr T ' '" "^'"^ V^^eiMs, "good hopethL,XLace » tr-i' """'" P'"-'»'^«''^ of a and obstinacy whie Ind ?,„ 7''"=""? '" the blindness minds agains^God and lili';^'='' *""'',' '^"''"^ "'«'"• friends and relatives wli st I / "'H '""' P'*y'"g f'eir and to "the wor? «-it^. themselves. 01?i whTtH. ' """f '"^^ I'^^akei^ . C.mverts from Popery Ljfr^''" '''''Slate House! -derably i„ and aroS feevi?!: ^t*?, ""'"'P'^ «"»- of which was, that perseeiZr, / "^ consequence both openly and eovertiy '"" '"'"' <"^ unceasingly. adoprdtfe^t^cltrheTi""?^^"* '^ ^''-^^^ were others who comcilnt^^ i ^"1 ^^'"''^' ™d thire course, each " being SterSde'd "^^'f. » oPPosite her own, "mind '' ^ persuaded m his own," and ■Inquire,., also, .ultiplied, and eve^ person who TO THE SAVING OP THE SOUL.'* 1G9 took a special interest in tlie movement, found plentv of employment. Miek IW's hands we;e full / for ^lay an night he uas sought for, to direet and eomisel one and another in the way of truth. He did this as manv others did m the simplest and plainest wav ; nvl-uZ lie Word Itself the basis of all doetrine. Iifdeed M iek had the largest share of the labour; for seeing ma^^y >vere awakened through his instrumentality, th "y natu- rally came to him for direction. ^ Nor was the spirit of power slow to water the Divine seed. IIuml)lc as were the instruments, manv a giant Gohath was prostrated by the sling and stone taken from the river of the water of life; and among the a lie of the Slate House He had, at the period where we Ihe blate House was now a trulv happv heavenlv home ! The family therein was a trulv hi w fomilv hi which - the candles of the Lord shone briilltV '^ fr/ t there was a tabernacle for God, upon which the Shekinah hovered. But the path to glory in their case, as in mul- titudes of others lay through much - tribulation " 1 he Christian barque, although she does crest' the wave buoyantly, has often, nevertheless, to take her place ill a deep recess between over-toM ering billows tt^l?]? 'VT'''f'-'^'^%^^^^'^"^^^^ ,,^,1 hidden from the light of the glorious orb which illumines not only ho Sl'?o"fT o^^r ^rld It was so with the heads o^f the Slate House ; tribulation, pc rseeution, and reproach awaited them, but the light of heaven's glo -v shone imon their path The ship was about to be^ tosse^ She Divmo Helmsman was in to guide her. Whether on the wave or m the depth, with Him, all are safe for the K T^'p ' W^T^''f^"'S ^'^."'^* • ^«^^^^^^' Boble souls? The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power 1 i ■ / 'I I i III ,. » only faithft.,. HeTh'o'hoTd' "hJ^A^'fi' T" "^^ iet loose so much as will nrovp ilT . ^^*^' ^^7 but He stavs the proud wavpllV°''T,°^>^°"^ ^^aft. and brings^ her wThlen Je^trX^? ?>^^'' ^^^'- peace. "In the dav nf fL« x ^ , ^ *^ ^^e port of Phet, "He sta/etM tgrlfj^.' T* *■"= P- asleep m the vps<»p1 • T.,,^. ^ ^ ' Jesus may be onl''t&%aTfcTat'H " *''^'='"'P*- - going Ireland was exempt from rtV '^'''"-^- ^° «l'ot in place the pricstsTere in „m! ""n""*. and in eveiy priests themselves bel eved 'nd »h "f "^^ °^ " "'« book, in order to preaeh Jo^ *'"'"i°°"' *c Mass- tor between God am man w^ ?! ^''^ T'^ ^^ia- leave the eountr, in oXVtl sX? J^he^:! *° !:-ll!' ..*i CHAPTER XV. 1 fi a%jtiglr an nmxuh j^mtk TT 1, . , , " ^^^'° ^^ *'^« honest man ? He that doth still ami strongly good pursue, Vn ' "" neighbour, and himself, most true : Whom neither force nor fawning can Un-pmne, or wrench from giving all their due. , " Whom none can work or woo, lo use m anything a trick or sleight ; i? or above all things he abhors deceit: His words and works and fashion, too, All of a piece ; and all are cleare and straight. .'• Whom notliing can procure, When the wide world rnnnes bias, from his wiU lo wnthe hmbes, and share, not mend the ill. Ihus m the Mark-man, safe and sure, >Vlio still 18 rijht, and prays to be so still." Geokoe Herbert. f I hi *; S ^^sl i ■ • , 11 1 Ir: . f ^ .1 ■ UCII as the people of JriddlcviUe believed in tlio : miraeulous power supposed to be possessed v eeelesi„:Srdc:;&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ s:;f':StTi:t^r!''^^-^''-— ^r^olldT amnle'i'fl '?:","''''''■"" "*■ ^'''^ ^'""•'='' '"^•''^ved, for ex- ample that the priest could eouvert a tbousan 1 «afWs ntoas many Jcsns Cl.rist., in eael.of wbieb there o ,1 I)e Ins real eorporeal presence !" " whole a enti " "ne nn e.l " tr't''''" "'f''^ f *'"= '"--' '-- ed f'ln. *" ' ':'"'■,'" ''''"'ity, these nnmermis Jesn, «>v. I ' T'. "'"»'t^t"'"li"Jt, but one Christ ! altl ml swa owed by a thousand individuals, eaeh o f w on ^■nlows the sauK. Jesns Christ " wb ,le a d en e " Sueh was the teaelnuK of lather I'^arty, ab.nrt dd, many an, senous^donbts were entertainei n Mid 1 . ' I'l and elsew here. Nor were these doubts eonfine.1 to t Is Mction followed, and truth prevailed. Before in juii'y \V.» I tlic I hy nisli +; ex- fcrs >uld ncd ■siis igh oin 3 I" icli illc his )ii- ODLIOED, ALTITOUOn AN ACCUSED HERETIC. 173 tliey believed that tlie priest couhl, if he chose, chan^^c a man into a horse or donkey ; although nobody ever saw either horse or donkey that had previously been a man. They also believed he could bring souls out of Purgatory, or keep them there, just in proportion to the money paid for masses. No money ; stay there. ^loney paid, masses said ; dcliverjinec was alleged : but the proof of deliverance, where is it ? Nowhere ! The man who wa« believed to be competent to do all this was in prison too. How was it he could not com- mand bolts and bars to yield to his pretended skill, and thereby visit his faithful flock periodically at Middle- ville ? It never struck his poor benighted', but bigoted adherents, that this boasted power Mas mere gaseonade ; and now that " private judgment " was coming rapidly into fashion and re([uisition, the old tricks of the priest could no longer be practised nor endured with impunity. The dim flickering light of Popery is soon extinguishe(l; but the light of the glorious gospel has this peculiarity, the more it is sought to be blown out, the more bril- liantly it burns. Father Fogarty had been impor' ined for some years to keep a curate, but on one pretext or other, he de- clined. The necessity for some one in that ca])acity, now became imperative. Application was made to IMaynooth, and a young man fully fledged, and duly ordained and initiated, was sent. lie literally burned with zeal for Mother Church, and met with all needful co-operation. Indeed it was said that, when application was made to thij Bishop for such an oflficial, he had influence eno\igh at the College aforesaid to have the ordination of this young man precipitated, because of his supposed adaptcdness for the sphere in which his labors were re- quired, to stay the spreading plague of heresy. M ■ 174 m I: -V ! i r t- , A PRIEST MAY BE CHEATED ANn A NEIGHBOUR had been 'Hsch^d bT^^/il^^^'nT "^ ^"i^?^ adjacent parishes.^ On ^thc fourth SnT """' °^ ^^^ waso„« sceandt'rtttr.^'l^CKn! carbuncled nose the coln!^^"'^. T'' ."'''' " ^"e^ casioiually-liko the ,cnor cHnf "A'f'' f'*'""'*"'' °«- -between red/l L rd 1 1 ,e H. ' ''^'"If ''°'''''"'' his well-formed less and 3^ 1 generally encased supposed to add to the symmcLcTfCf"'"'' t^V'l' regard to dress for the "jS man h ' R^ ^ "5 to say "he never diso-n.- J/l 1.: T"' ., ^'''^''''ence used able inno, a i^„L S , P , ["' ' ""''"" ''''^'""='"- preferred the Zre me lent !^^":'\ ™' "■"f"™'^ This garment the revS 1.Vh ^ f^' .'"Reechks."' * knee button, Te^S'l/^t O^^^^^^:^ f It/' ))} I OBLIGED, ALTHOUGH AN ACCUSED HERETIC. 175 taste, tlie material being double-milled kerseymere His ordmary eoat was of the most antiquated sWe .in" e William Penn " cut. His white neck-cloth wi, I,, wafrScdlr? ''"'' 'i;'-t-"-li„,bet'ati;:hi was a qmltcd pad, designed, according to his lo"ic to keep m the warmth, and keep out the cold. The ™.t coat was a model coat, requiring as it did, eigh oTten yards of blue treble-milled cloth to produced .nd thl again was surmounted by three or four elt^'^Tpcs of 1 to tl?„ I "l^^" '=°*'--'°P«l in these ample foldings up to the cliin, and mounted upon his "rev m-iro TlTn -ould have the hardihood to inluate th^ ti "ver^nd Father s courser was not a " w-eight carrier ?'■ I S whenever his Reverence appeared in public on occasimis of duty, riding to say Mass, or proceeding to a " statbn " he was always attractive, especially on a winters dw and muffled up as here described; a sight Xch on ™^ Z, f i'ather I-ogarty," he said, "reminded me to day, of a huge churn, sent out to take exercise muffler tip in a ,,ale of blankets to keep it from ke chin' cowld " I athei s mare. I cannot pretend to offer the reader ttLs^'Tuif '""; P\'''^T' "^ ' "■" ""' skilled ii si" things but as to height, form, and limb, she was symmetry itself, and knew her owner and rider^ well as another quadruped which shall be i "me Is" fZ i: ?r?.°L!,'l!,i-' were . orSS from the bit to tlie crupper ^n J. 1 . -' --.V. v.iu|jpLi as iiie trade ironor any tolerate : and ,vith regard to the saddle ^epe cmlly It w** «, a,„trived as to be m easy mfon It X'::^;;s^^ "'^'^ ^"""""""^ ^"*'' '- ™ m2 176 A PRIEST MAY BE CHEATED AND A NEIGHBOUR 4*1. tenons. "°'' " """^ °' *"'' "'"'"* P'''''^'- ^"S^^f^ locum lather Connartv, as wp will mU +t,« Blender; and dS accU ,? to tL"" *"" "'•'' out from beneath the white ' ^'''P"'^' £3='.-- -. ii, Sir w^diLys irascible temper, and love nf ^im « j tlungs" of this life, estibli;hed hin, at onee in f. • OBLIGED, ALTIIOUOn AN ACCUSED HEIIETIC. 177 formly washed down with a strong tumbler of wluskey _ The Reverend gentleman when occupied in soei-! or, joyment, was, in addition to these, a gr^at m m for tee ' jng up eertam " old sayings," one of whiehTrpartieuVa; he was known to repeat immediately after dinner everv day; namely, that "a bad dhmer ie^uired a glass of pmieh, and a good one deserved it ;" so that, hisSers forg^t^er" ""'" """^ "' '""'• ""^ •-"''•' *- ™ ver of rt^'j •^""""'•'y; ,■?" tl'" "tl'er hand, became the idol of the Class wl,o nguUy observed the rules of the clmjch and bated Protestantism and Protestants as mue as lather logarty did; but who, for pru* of t/mper, whieh'they ca P%r "no hi ; J^'""^"'"', '^'■.'"'^ P^"^™* "' loa^t. have ::^:r'!^i^rr„;^:itrtunofa^^^^^^^^^ A day or two after the deliverv of +>,io > ?» ^°^ J^^ """II' "'^ ^^^^^5,^"<^ they won't spake to me, nor tell me the rayson why tliey refuse to do my work " Hn-n- VT^^u*''/*!f "^'^ I'^^^^^ t^^^t has put some- thm' nito their heads." ^ '^ I'm not snrpris'd at it. Ilowsomever, the CTound Mick. Ihe Lord above alone knows wliat is best to n ?"?;T,n ^. ^^''"^ '^ "^ ^'^ ^^''^»^^«- Stay now," he added, -I'll jist go down fair and aisy to Tim Iliggins an ax him to lind me liis plough; I lint him mine last sprmg, whin he was in the same purdicamint that I'm 111 now. May the Lord put it in his heai-t to oblcege me. ^ No sooner resolved on, than Mick began to act upon his resolution. Off he went to Tim Iliggins' cZ where he found the very man he was in quest of, stand- ing at his own door, his shoulder resting against the framework of the same as if to support it, and his son url ^" ^ ^^^^^^'' position at tlic opposite side AT- 1. '. ''^'''^' ^'?>, ^ ^'""^'^'^^ t^^i« mornin'," said Mick : me plough is broke, an' I can't git anvbodv to mmd It. Will ye lind me yours? an' mayb7ffid oblcege ye another time." Tim made no answer, but rolled a bit of twist tobacco between his hands to loosen it sufficiently for his pipe — Jhich he held firmly between his teeth,-without e^^en deigning a look at the heretic Michael When his tobacco was sufficiently untwisted, he blew tin ashes out of his dudheen,* and proceeded very deliberately to fill it witliout speaking a word. Mick m the meantime, kept urging his plea with all the elo-' quence he could command, and Tim acting as though he heard him not. At length Tim turned to his son, • BJiort pipe. II f 180 A PRIEST MAY BE CHEATED AND A NEIGHBOUR fti. I TvHei^ V" ^''''^^•^' ^"""^ ^''' '" ^^^ yesterday momm/ Pat.—<' I was indade. Father, with the help o^ God '* Tim.--'' You hearM Father Connarty's sarmoii 'l suppose?" "^ ' Pat.— ''1 did indade fegs, an' have it all he hart." . T ^'' *^" ""^ "^''^^''' ^^"^'t he let us spake to one o the ' convarts' at all, at all?" indTffer"^t." ^' ' '^' '^''^'"' "^ '''''^' ^^'^' ^"^' ^' noiw%*~~'' ^^l^^r^ s^y e'er a word about a feUow they call ' Turncoat Mick/ I wondher ?" ^ Pat.— «Och ! niver a word about anybody's name • only pass em all by, an' have no quarrelling wid 'em' an' no spakm' at all, at all." 6 cm, Tim—" Why, thin, that same Thracy was not a bad neighbour to a poor man, afther all. That I mightn't sm but last Spring, when I was in a hobble meself, he lint me his plough, so he did. But tell me now, Pat you re a betther schoVi.rl than meselfl Now, sup^osin' Mick Thracy was to . .,r.8 here, an' take my plough, or my bosses, withoiii .3.y lave or licence, must not I tell him to lave 'em where he got 'em " Pat—- Och ! now, I'm bliss'd, father, but ye put a hard case to me mtirely. I know nothin' only that the pnesht said you musn't open yer lips to one of em." Tim- ^Wisha thm, 'tis meself that will nivir disobey M- I. tF' ^^' ^^'"' ?^ ^ ^''^y li^*l« plough ; an' i M.ck Thracy was to take six of 'em, and the bosses too, 1 11 not thransgress agm the Church. Why should I ? h^el7s us?" '' '^ ^""^^""^ "" P'^'^'^*^ if we don't do as Mick was not at all slow in comprehending Tim's logic, so that, seeing the plough, he very soon yoked his Horse to it, and was m a short time engaged in plough- * My son. OBLIGED, ALTHOUGH AN ACCT'SED HERE 181 ing up the rcmaindiT of his jrround with 1 /s plougli, no one presuming to hinder. Tim considered that he had not disobeyed the priest in any sense, and Miek Tracy was o))liged on the principle that " one good turn deserves another." The next chapter brings us to the Slate House. )i MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 1^ 1 2.8 2.5 yn '^ Hill— •^ m 2.2 1" *" 1 3 6 - 1^ i^ 2.0 •- u b.uu. 1.8 1.4 1.6 ^ APPLIED IfVHGE inc 165J East Main Street Rochester. New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288- 5989 -Fox CHAPTER XVI. i nt n gibk litKhhxQ. '' This Book, tliis Holy Book on every line Marked with the seal of hi^h Divinity ; On every leaf bedewed with drops of love Divine, and with eternal herahby And siprnature of God Almighty stnmp'd From first to last ; this ray of sacred li"ht, This lamp from off the everlasting throne, ' Mercy took down, and in the night of Time Stood, easting on the dark her gracions how • And evermore beseeching men with tears ' And earnest sighs, to read, believe, and live. And many to her voice gave ear, and read, Behev'd, obeyed ; and now, as the Amen, True Faithful Witness swore, with snowy robes And branchy palms surround the fount of life, And drink the streams of immortality, For ever happy, and for ever young," POLLOK. v::i;;,:;;li,!li;y,i"pl^^^^^ '} i l^gBOUT a year elapsed from the date of events last ^M§ ^^^o^f^^f^^ to the scenes set forth in this chapter. i^Mm A year ! What a short period of time ! and yet it forms a very considerable portion of a man's life and history. Who can chronicle all his own thoughts, Avords, and actions, during a single year ? Who recount his hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, plansj, pleasr.res, and disap- pointments, within that period ? Much less equal is any If iiii' ' 181. now JOHN BROWN, SENIOR, WAS Ig for one to the task of making a similar reckonin another person. Great indeed were the changes whieh the hand of Time wrought m Middleville and the neighbourhood withm that brief space. *= -Juuiuooa, Conversions multiplied amongst the people • and in order to stem their progress, craft, eunn^ng^^ and st^ta- Ihe old-fashioned organizations were revived under the Son "^""f f r ^ namelj^open persecution and intim dation, flanked by secret plots and disguised hostility endangermg life and destroying property. Every form of inquisitorial machination was had recourse to'^calcu latecl to errify and awe the people, but to little p^. pose • for the p ague of heresy continued to spread despite all these ma ignar t and wicked proceedings. The Cple nothing daunted continued to read the Bible; and its Autnor as wont, continued to make it effectual in ac^ complishing that which He pleased; enlightening d^rk minds, and setting at defiance the puny, though S^atan' e ''^f/nf, «V^^^^^'^^'^ «elf.interested men. ^ Ihe faithfuV^ as they called themselves, held their noses and shook their clothes, when passing by any of the -Turncoats- in the streets, to signif^^ that Th-v mfv fh.f^r T^^ *^^^ '^^' '^^ ^* *^^i^' ^-'^rs, to sig- nify that their places were to become a " desolation ^ their sheejD and cattle had their hamstrings cut at ni^ht t us rendering the animals worthless :^he tailsTre cut off their horses, and, in some cases, the tongues also were cut out ! The village shopkeepers never^ad any TatL'cs aiTdTh/s^^^^^^^^ P«^^^ P— "d creatmes and the Scripture was literally fulfilled. ^^No .}3 MORTALLY WOUNDED AT A BIBLE READING. 185 Affairs were in this posture, when a large eompany of believers and inquirers assembled at the Slate House, one Sal)bath evening, for prayer, reading the Scrip- tures, and mutual edifieation. Our young friend, John Brown, commenced the exercises with extempore prayer. He then read and expounded the tenth chapter of the Gospel by :\Iatthew, after which, our friend :Mick formed the whole company into a class, and, selecting the chap- ter which had been expounded, asked questions all round the assemljly, with a vicAV to ascertain whether or no the incidents were remembered, or the doctrines con- tained therein understood. Many of the answers were ludicrous in tlio extreme, exhil)iting the sad ignorance of Scripture in which the people had previously Yivcd, Protestants as well as Romanists; but now't>iat a spirit of inquiry was abroad, both parties were on the alert. I cannot undertake to -ive a lengthened, nor indeed a consecutive report of tlie questions and answers which occurred on this eventful evening ; but the reader shall have a brief sketch of a country " Bible reading " in Ireland, a» between the "Bible reader" and the peasantiy of that day. "Can you tell me, Billy SuUivan," asked Mick, "what Sodom and Gomorrah were, as minehin'd in the 15th verse of the chapter read ?" Billy (hesitating).— "I don't know, sir! May be they were priests or somethin' !" Mick. — " Priests or somethin' ! I wondher at a smart chap like ye, Billy, to make such an answer. Can you tell, Paddy Dempsey ?" Pat.—'' They were two cities full o' wicked people, sir ; an' God destroyed 'em by fire from Heaven !" Mick. — " How do you know that, Paddy ?" Pat.—" How does I know it? is it? Why I knows it i 186 ! . 1. 1 t HOW JOHN BROWX, SENIOR, WAS an doesn't the Bible tell it plain very well. Sui'e enough, sir?" ff.-" Very «-elI, if it docs tell it, slmw me where '" J at (turning over the leaves) .—" Here it is sir I Gen X.X. 23r.l verse,-' The sun ,vas risen ,,2 the earth when Lot entered into Zoar; then the Loi rai, 'd heaven -■" ""^ ^"""""'^ '^"""'"'"^ =""1 ^'^ «""of Barney. ~^< For their wickedness, sir." G^ft^^'^Tl ^' f '^ ^^^. f ^"' ^^^ displeasing to t^od s n IS, and how he punishes it in this life an' tl.P impnutent w th eternal punishmint hereaftL; in 1 e day of judgmmt. But in th: t terrible day some 4ill be punished more sevarely than others. Tom Flinn, will yon tell me for whom the greatest punishmint is res^rvM accordni' to that text— Matthew xi. 21 to 24 " ^■\~7n\^'\'^'''^' sir -No ! for Gomorrah." Tom.—^'^YcW ! I don't know, sir." ^j-^'ll'Sf"" ^^""'^ ^^^^ ^''^' I'^^cl™ O'Toole ?" i^/nL— VV lioever refuses the gospel o' Jasus he will be worse off thin Sodom or Gomorrih, bekase t^ ^^^^^^ greater blessin's an' more light than the people thi? 3Iick.~<^ Thvne for you, Phil, my boy. Now would any of ns like to stand in that man's shoes who pen is peope from readm' this blessed Gospel that S of our dear Saviour an; of our danger an' oxir rimedy " A httiej/irl.—^ Btit's Fader Fogarty, I tink, dat tells people not to read de Bible, Misther Thracv '' 3/^p^ -Whoever does it, does wrong. Now from he SIX eenth varse it spakes about peLeut'o^s, ai? the conduct we should exhibit whin sufferin' for Cli^ist's II ill .rncy i' to the I MORTALLY WOUNDED AT A BIBLE READING. 187 sake. Christians are as sheep; the wicked arc like wolves or mad dogs, ready to devour and destroy thoni • still we must be wise, an' cautious as sirpints, not to give unnecessary offinee; an' be as harmless as doves so as not to retaliate, even whin everybody liates an' persecutes us. The dear Saviour m, towld all these persecutions, whin he said/' (ver. 21) - The brother shall deliver up the brother unto death, and the father the child ; and "-— . Here further exposition was in- terrupted by Mrs. Brown throwing her arms round her son s neck an|l sobbing aloud most convulsively. When she was a..le to speak, she said, " Tell me, Mick Tracy — do you think the Lord will ever forgive me?" '' Indeed I hope he has done so ah'eady ; Mrs. Brown but what makes you ax me ?" ' " ^"^y^ bekase I'm so wicked. This blessed book tells all about my wickedness, so it does. I'm sure that twenty-first verse about parents hating their childher is what lather Fogarty used to tache me, an' my Husband, that we should do to John here ; may God for.rive him an turn his wicked heart. Do you think he ever read the blessid book himself, Mick? An' sure every one that reads It, must love it." This was said with great warmth of feeling. ^ thinlfso*?''^'^'" ""'^^"^ '^''^'''' interposing, '^why do you -Bekase, my child, it tells o' tlie love o' the blessid Redeemer m givm' himself up to die for our sins. I niver read a word of it until lately, an' now I think it is the greatest treasure m the world." "Then, if you love the Saviour and his Word so much, why doubt his love for you, mother ?" asked her son. " Bekase I'm so vile an' unworthy; sure, I used to liate to see the Scripthures with you, my darlint." I m !i 1^ 188 HOW JOHN BROWN, SENIOR, WAS cc Very true, mother, but God has mercifully brou"-ht you to a better mind." ° "For that rayson, my child, I want to desarve his goodness more." " Still the old feeling, mother ! Wc cannot deserve anything from God, but his displeasure. The merits of Jesus are the only ground of confidence that will avad a gmlty sinner before God, and render us acceptable." " John," said Mr. Brown, the evenin' is goin' fast • look at that thirty-ninth verse, ^le that findeth his lite shall lose it, and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find It." Isn^t.it a delightful thing to thhik o' the Lord Jasus continually watehin' over us, and causin' everything that happins to us, to glorify himself an' benefit us, so that if his enemies do kill our bodies it is only what they did to him. Glory be to his holy r ime for ever ! but they cannot kill the sowl, though they try to do it be cui'sin' poor people." He was interrupted by the barking of one of the house dogs outside, and went to the door to ascertain the cause Hearing a deep groaning, as of some one in distress, he returned for a light, and proceeded in the direction whence the groans issued, but could find no one He was in the very act of tm-ning round, to enter the door ot ins own house again, when those within heard the report of two shots discharged in rapid succession. Ihe truth flashed immediately on Mick Tracy's mind that the groan was oidy a feint or trap by which to allure Mr. Brown out of the house; it being well known, that he never turned his ear away from the sound of distress. Follow me he shouted, when the whole company rushed out, and the assassins, finding themselves un- equal m numbers, secured their retreat, and escaped. Uh ! what a grievous interruption to this happy meeting I MORTALLY VVOUXDED AT A BIBLE READING. 189 The bleeding man was speedily borne speechless into the apartment ,vl.ieh he had quitted only I few m nn e" fi:fuf;;S"sT'''^'' "'"^ ""^ '"^ ^^-'"'° -f«' -"J t-ri: After a short hurried consultation, it was deemed most advisable that none should remaii but those onlv who could be usefully employed for the fan.ily '' !,„ "i J^"7 '""' *°. '"'■™' *''« proceedings. "Boys " Yor; 'o ld° M ' '""'"^' ''" ^''^"P' *''"^'' I have na,^ d. lou would all be anxious to stay, I know, but that would only cause confusion in tlu' house. 'The poo Masther will nivir spake agin. Take yer last look at him an; pray for his mmvlerers. My advice to yet a, the Saviour said ,n the twenty-third verse, ' When thev perseeu e you in this city, flee ye to another.' Go to Jingland or to Ameriky, as many of ye as can where ye needn't fear the bullet o' the assassin ; an' there wm be enough o' us remainin' behind. May God bless a ' presarve every one o' ye. Amin." John Brown, junior, having ascertained that his father was dangerously, if not fatally wounded, did no wait to know the real extent of his injuries, bu mount- ing himself on one horse, and a servant bo^ on anotrer both rode with the utmost possible speed to the v° S for surgical assistance. In a very short time a sur"eon was at the Slate House, who examined f woundS "hTtaki^erf"'^'' r^-'^'^''^ '"'"^'" -«"" had taken effect;" and being unable to render anv essential service to Mr. Brown, he turned his attention to his wife and daugl^ers. Mrs. Brown and Po ly had recovered from the first shock, and were able to find relief m showers of tears, but alas ! for poor Elizabeth I her ease took quite a different turn; she'^spoke not, nor Silf an^^f / "■' ir ""^ 'j°"l ^''^ ^'''°'- Sl.e sat, pale, still, and statue like; she heeded not the boisterous N 190 now JOHN BROWX, SENIOR, WAS lamentations of her agoniaed mother, nor the affectionate solicitude of her sister! she yielded, however, to Joliu's persuasions in most cases, and of him alone did she appear to make any recognition. The surgeon tried in vani to arouse lier from her torjjor, but departed, givin*' httlc or no cause to hope that reason would ever again resume its sway over her mind. An alarm was immediately spread through the country that Mr. Brown, of the Slate House, had been assassi- nated ! Rumour soon lent her lying ear to the report, so tliat by the time it reached Stanley Hall, the whole family of the Browns, with their friends and visitors, were said to have been killed, and Mick Tracy's body to have suffered most horrible mutilation ! Al)out three hours after the catastrophe in which Mr. Brown met his death-wound, a violent trampling of horses was heard approaching the House at full speed ; the riders waited not to open the gate, but cleared the fence at a bound, the clattering of horses' hooves, and clamour of voices, spreading a second time among the inmates. :Miek listened a moment, and discovered, not the voices of a rabble, but of gentlemen in earnest con- versation. Could he be mistaken ? No ! Above all was recognised the voice of his friend, Mr. George Stanley « Didn't I know it," said Mick, with the confidence of a man strong m the assurance of help being soon sent from some quarter. '^'Tis his fathers's son that couldn't be backward to perform a kind an' ginerous action.'' The door was unbarred, and George, with ten or a dozen of his college friends, who were visiting at the " Hall " entered the kitchen. Mick !" he shouted, " I am glad we were deceived ; the report that you •" Mick's hands were raised, imploring silence; he shook his head significantly and pointed to the chamber. '' Where is your Papa ?" Mick asked in a low voice. " My Papa iiiig of MORTALLY WOUNDED AT A BIBLE READING. 191 and t«;o or tlirec other mafrfstratcs, will be here In n ew ™.u«tes, but tell me, ho.v many ar i^e '•'" ° J wi I mver spake agni, I'm aieer'd." rt« i"':Y"'' " I';'!'<"^' »*' "s were here quietiv readin' the Sen,, „res, wh.n the dog barked, and Mr Bro™ went out to prevint hi, injurin' any o .e. He was not long out, ,vi.en we heer'd two shots fired. A fewf.f 1 ran out and picked him up, spaeheless Ah - oolc a bm, Masther George, agra ! He will know yo^ sir foH"'" '""' "P"""^' ""= ''-'- «■''" '•'> not'h"^ George with three or four of his young friends a, ohamb:? Tbii " '"■""''' "''^' - tiploe Tnto the liflTtfJ; f u?,?'"^ ™?"' ''''''» ""'1 composed, with life s tide fas. ebbing, and its fliekering light -Towing famt and lamter still, lay i„ a state of ev dem eon^ seiousness, and meek resignation; his wife and .Z" daughter, sat on either side his bed's he-,Ttl " > the foot ^ ^ "' prostrated, and motionless, sat^at rJf'"'' '1^1 Y^] ^'^''^' P"^««^"^ ^^s throbbino- tern pies paced the bed-room backward and forward "" The sight was too much for the impassioned 'but ill directed generosity of the youno- gentlempn wl,T . signal from Georg ., simultJneouslf S/^^^^^^ "" and betook them to the garden It wn frll ^'^^ saying My lads, what is to be done? There is no pT^ 'if ]v' "' P'^P^^^^ ^^ '^^ ^«^^try amongst this Popish rebeUious crew. What is to be done^- There s'Jdt'ore'^f h- "^^'^ '^ ^^^ *^"-k^ NeLan^^'he said to one of his compamons. '< Think ?" replied Mr N 2 n 192 HOW JOHN EROWNj SENIOR, WAS ;f'i. Newman, ^>ith apparently frantic indignation : '' I don't wait to think on the subject; I am certain we shall never liave security or peace in Ireland, till we throw law, and magistracy, and everything of the sort overboard, by executing summary vengeance on the priests." '^'^ How will you do it V asked all in a breath. '' Do it,'' he repeated, " shoot the ruffians in open day light, aye,— and at the altar too. Let us all here agree now, to shoot one of the emasculated vermin, for every Pro- testant wliom they assassinate, and in three months, nay m as many weeks, there will be an end to arson and assassination in Ireland." "Agreed," cried one and all; "who shall be the first? Pogarty or Connarty?" "Ah ! then, Masther George," said a voice from behind the hedge, "I'm ashamed o' ye intirely, so I am ;" and Mick Tracy stood revealed in the midst of the priest-shooting party. " You ! you little canting ' swaddler,' what do you know about it ?" *^ "I'll tell you what it is Sir, an' ye ' collaygians ' aU around me. 'There's a bransh o' larnin they don't appear to tache in Thrinity CcUege, an' that is, the meekness an' patience o' the blessed Redeemer." ' " You go and preach that nice accomplishment to my mamma and the girls, Tracy, at the Hall, for a month of Sundays ; it will be a nice accompaniment to their lessons and crochet work. Presto ! fly ! begone. Sir '" and seizing Mick by the shoulders, he playfully ran hm outside the garden gate. '' Be oflp," he said, " but don t let the Honourable Augustus, my venerable papa, hear you, or My word of honour ! he'll cram a dozen ball cartridges down your throat, and blow you to atoms^ like Friar Bacon." ; from ', so I idst of MORTALLV WOUNDED AT A BIDLE BEADING. 193 one o' ye, niver to entertain ZtZLlct'^ZZr T'^ iMLUgt, SO iiiat iUick mcntioucd .lothino- m.^^^ i- ^\ circumstance for that time ^ "''''^'' ""^ *^^® detection of the assassin; and i " the nev 1 '\,'^ associated with the chamber of death? '^"^ '"' i CHAPTER XVII. t ^m\\ Srm d \\t ©Mm, hr|0 lakK a f 0lir «' The chamber where the good man meets Lis fate Is privileged beyond the common walks Of virtuous life :— quite on the verge of heaven. Fly,— ye profane !— if not, draw near with awe." YOUNO. " Ah ! why those throes — this waning light ? Enfeebled pulso ?— and feebler siglit ? Quick closing scenes, — receding breath ? Fast ebbing life ?— My soul, 'tis death ! But 'midst it all — there Jesus stands, With out-spread arms, and bleeding hands : — Going home .'—Friends, the wonder tell — I'm tilled with joy— Farewell ! Farewell ! "Jesus! our Savionr— Brother— Friend— Our Hope— our Rest—our Way— our End : The source whence all our pleasures spring ; Our Leader— Teacher— iVt6's«— and Kino. To all the oppress'd,— thyself reveal, The fallen raise — the sin-sick heal : Triumph grace !— Jesus conqner'd hell ; Earth, eai-th, adieu !— Farewell ! Farewell !" E. lilOLEY. I'j' ^ l0ltT pm Honoiirablc Augustus Stanley, witli two other magistrates, quiekly arrived at the S hte ; House, and were immediately usiiered into the chamber of the dying man. On beholding Ins knllord' who had always been kind and indulgent to WmMr Brown wa« stimulated to exertion, so ts to ree™er to ome extent the use of his speeeh. In a low I, ■' ;iis tmet voice, he said to his son, '< John avick ! ge cheers for the Masthcr and these gintlemin " ^ John promptly obeyed, and Mr. Stanley sat near hi, tenant s pillow • taking the cold hand in\is own L eyes filling ,„th tears while he spoke to the dyi°ig ma 196 THE DEATH SCENE OP THE VICTIM, '!■ 1 u:l saymg, " Jack Brown ! You are my 'foster brother.'^ The same breast nourished us both in infancy. Many a time you liave got black eyes, and a bloody nose iii youth, when espousing my quarrel against boys bigger than myself; and if I don't hunt out the cowardly ruffians who have made this attempt upon your life, and cause them to end their days dancing between heaven and earth, may I disgrace the blood of the Stanleys. Who are the rascals ? and how did it happen ?" " I know nothing, your honour,^' said Mr. Brown "but that I hearM one of the dogs bark, airly after night-fall, and took a lanthern to see the cause. I was not long out whin I found myself wounded, and fell I beared no shots, and I remimber nothin' more until I found meself in bed bleeding, with the doctor trving to stanch the wound." The magistrates asked him several questions, to elicit, it possible, whether he suspected any party or parties but without effect. They inquired of some of those who were m the house when the event occurred, with a similar want of success ; and Mr. Stanley was thereby maddened almost beyond control, " to be thus baffled '' as he said, "in the hope of detecting the murderer'" The wounded man beckoned towards him, and Mr Stanley applied his ear, the voice being low : " God forgive 'em, an' pray God to forgive my own sins, for his dear Son's sake." Mr. Stanley would have left the room, thoroughly overpowered by this appeal to his judgment, and the simple Christ-like patience of one but young m his knowledge of the gospel, but he felt the feeble hand still grasping his, and was too much overcome to tear himself away. "One word more, sir," said Mr. Brown : "my half year's rmt was due a month ago ; I have a hundred pounds of It m the he use, an' was waitin' tHl I should a f! f ^\*'^?,*^'"«'? «^ t^e Irish gentry are uniformly put out to be nursed: a foster brother is son of the woman who nurses (sxs " uCiI a Case. if Wro LEAVES A HOLY FRAGRANCE BEHIND niM. 197 Serirk 1,„ *"•'" ''"' *''''P<""' °'''i'=^'= gentlemen here, and tlii, docu- "oZtoo n *'"" 5'™'' Z"*^' ''"■«« »<= notl'ing." sec n * whi *h'Y'°?",''^"' ""'' ^'r' '"'° " «°°d «f tea?s ; Dravofl ' m' n ^f a^ 'T''' '"^trembling hands, and saw nn ^^Z^".^ Almighty rcvale to you the wav of Sen me."'' '^^■'S'™ y™' ^^r, as freely as' you have ir- WW ^fT V''''^ ^'""^y *° '"^ fr'ends, " let us try some S i^lfc"\*'"''' miscreants; if we sta^ Zl long we U all soon become saints " J '- 1 he gentlemen mounted their horses without a word and rode sorne distance from the Slate House beforl w ge:Sat :&deS him '''' ^"'- ^^^'^^ *" '^'^ adZsed'"^"''Tr'''K''^* ^T.^ "'''" ^''i'l t""^ person addressed. I have been thinking of your last obser- thal^rtn' i^'"'tT '' ■ ^ 'P^*'' ^« """ch at random w|th ?oS,ro;»^/™^ --''-'1 « -y-g of mine " You said before we left Brown'» room ' Tf ^« ^ here long, we'll all soon becom^^ntsT™! wisi Je^wc^^ all like him m view of rlp-^T, t +i, t.!^ >vi»u wl >vere a year ago, and I elLlht^gltfullXt^^^^ desfr'eforTheirZn"""''' ^''p' '°^^'™-- oFothrrrand Qcsire lor their happiness as Brown evinces Mv onI„ anxiety was the selfish desire to escape puSmenI i 198 THE DEATH SCENE OP THE VICTIM myself; for although I try to laugh at the idea when in health, and say at times, < No man can prove to me that there ^^ a future state of punishment/ the simple truth IS, we all feel there may be, and cannot be hapi)v while such a possibility exists, unless we become what we know we ought to be/' The friends again rode on in silence for some time each seriously pondering in his own mind the su])iect on which they had last spoken, when Stanley remarked, 1 ou are quite right, Farquhar ! There must be something better worth living for than the harum scarura exciting life, we country gentlemen lead. I feel there IS a great difference between Jack Brown's death- bed, and what mine is likely to be. May the righteous Lord forgive my sins, and prepare me for himself, ])e- tore I am removed from this world. But here is our gate, you had better all turn in with us to-nio-ht • we can then consult about the best means of detectino-' the assassins and what rewards to offer for their apprehen- sion. They all turned towards Stanley Hall, where ser- vants were m readiness to take charge of the horses : and although it was past the hour for retiring, Mrs. Stanley and the children felt so anxious to know the extent of the injuries inflicted at the Slate House, that they determined on awaiting Mr. Stanley's arrival He informed her, as far as he had ascertained, of the circumstances connected with the assassination, and also of the certainty that Mr. Brown could not last more than a few hours. Was he conscious when you spoke to him ?" Mrs Stanley asked, anxious to elicit something respecting his state of mind. & r b " Quite conscious, my dear ! and I assure you I never saw anything so truly impressive as the whole scene. Une of the girls appears stunned by the blow; she does WHO MAVES A HOLY FRAGRANCE BEHIND HIM. 199 W VT T?h "^ <'™'^ ino""- She sits at the foot of an" If ''A Y' .""' ^"«> «•«'• «y». ™cks herself to and tro. All else m the house >yas grief and commotion you no,v, (wicked sumcr that I am) "I should rcioicn ne IS. You ,.ould imaguie that heaven had alrendv commenced with him. Oh ! it was sweet o hear W pray for his enemies." "^ Mrs. Stanley was surprised and rejoiced to hear Iier husband speak thus ; for she had iiever beforrheard him refer to the subject of religion, unless Tn the ™y miX be "7'"'™'- Still. Bl'c feared the impression might be only ev;anescent, and therefore .she rejoiced at the Hall for the present, and pay another visit to ascertain how matters stand at the Slate House no,v that the gentlemen have withdrawn Immediately after the departure of the Magistrates M^dc Tracy again entered the chamber of the dying in 'rt^'i*';? ^™™'" '"= "*"'' "tl"=re are several people .yer o'wn a'n'ailTf"^ °' l'"" .^^™ ^'^™ -orkpeo'plTof yer own, an all of 'em have been benefited by ve in some way or other. If it would not disturb yer mind too much, they would like to look at ye for a miZk but wiU not distress ye by talkin' " ^ ' " Let 'em come in," he said ; " I would like to see 'em once more afore I go." They were admitted, and quietlv took seats or stood '? .*' ""Jnr ^"™'J' ''™""d the chamber "Now sir!" said Mick, "ye have been a good frind to ml' on many occasions, an' I would wish to do anythL^n my power to sarve ye or any one o' yer famly ft is usual ,vith people in this coiJnthry, /e know, a^ir, wLn 200 THE DEATH SCENE OF THE VICTIM, ' i r ii mi they apprehind danger to life, to sind for some clargy- man, 'to prepare thim for death/ (as they call it.) Have ye any such desire ?" " As to havin' a priest," said Mr. Brown, " ray gra- cious High-priest above is with me already. His sacri- fice is the atonement for my sin. Plis Spirit's tachin' is all the anointin' my poor sowl requires ; an' His pre- paration alone can make me fit for heaven ; an' to Him alone I look,— I desire no other. I have no objection to a clargyman, any more than I have to any other Christian, who can convarse about heavenly things, but Jasus Christ is my priesi'.'' The eyes of all present were suff'used with tears, while their hearts within them were strengthened and encouraged, at beholding, for the first time in their lives, a man dying in the hope of the gospel, though not anointed by the priest. " Mick r added the dying man, "I treated ye cowld- ly in my ignorance of God. Forgive me, Mick ! May God bless ye; ye have been the manes of savin' my poor sowl, and the sowls o' my family. John Brown ! my only son ! be kind to yer mother, an' my two fatherless girls. Tell the people everywhere ye go, about the precious blood of the adorable Saviour ! Friends ! all of ye 1 fly to the precious blood of the Lord Jasus, an' put no confidence in priests, they will pocket yer money, an' enslave yer minds, an' " here articulation failed. The exertion of speaking was too much for his wasting strength, and he motioned with his hand to have the room cleared. The people withdrew noiselessly. He uttered the word " Pray," twice with distinctness, and folded his hands across his breast. Mick and John, with one or two others who remained, knelt down, while the former addressed the God of all grace in prayer. After J }i WHO LEAVES A HOLY FRAGRAXCE BEIIIXn IIIM. OQ] a few minutes thus spent, thev arose from ih.- i and mquired if the siffer^r wTnteTanyC.*^'"o^'''f his wants were over he hnrl nlrn. i ^ ^ Oh, no ! Masther r "' "' '''' "'"'■'= P""' f°'' *•'« poor owld John mstrueted his friend Mirlc to «axr +^ n t, that while the corpse rTmainod h. .T i ^" ^^ ?^"*' should be. ample refL\rnrplSefat a7h J^? day and nio-ht for i-hr^^^ f„- i , ^^"^^ ^^ all iiours of butthat there sCldh/' !•'',''" '"^ ''' *° """"d, nicate the intelliffpnf.fl t^ ti.„ • Y? ^' '" commu- the surrounrg St ° On^f fh°'™ "f ^"''"* '" call James, overtook an o1,i;. • 1 •""' ■"''°'" ^"^ «''*" on his ,vay tTw^^" Ac ll^'irrd.rr r '''"'''' forgetfulness of priestly orderr .^' "^'^oljedience, or tion, which was I subrnce "s ^0"::-' " ^°'^^^"''- 202 THE DEATH SCENE OF THE VICTIM, a Darby. — " A fine morning James ! Glory be to God. James. — '' Very fine indeed, Darby ! Did ye hear tlie news T* B.—" What news, a yah ?" /. — "Why bad news. Darby. Mr. Brown, of the Slate House, was kilt last night." I>. — " Yea ! and kilt is it ? Tell me, whisper here, was he kilt dead ?" J' — ^' Oeli, he was, fegs, all the same ; he died airly this mornin\ He hear'd some noise outside his own house last night, and wint out to see what caused it, whin some one shot him !" I>. — '^An' tell me, James, agra! had he time to have the priest itself?" J. — '^ Och yes, piinty o^ time for that same." D. — " Which priest was with him ? the owld priest or the young one ?" /. — " An owlder priesht than either of 'em." B' — "Is he so? Then he must come from some other parish. I suppose our ow^n parish priest wouldn't anoint him bekase the Bible-readers do be goin' back an for' ad to his house. But who was this owld priest ?" ./. — " Och, the owldest of all the prieshts intirely. Do ye see that mountain before ye ? He's owlder than that or its great grandfather, if it ever had one." J). — (Looking Avith amazement at his companion,) "Be gawnies, I b'leve ye have forgotten yer brains this mornin', James, in yer hurry to be up airly, or yer mad, or somethin' of the sort." J' — '' Not a bit of it. Darby. I never had too much brains, but I have all I ever had. Don't ye think the Lord Jasus 'ud be a good priest to have with a poor body whin he was dying, especially whin he may not have any money to give for the 'nointin' ?" D — " Och ! as for that, the clargy must live by WHO LEAVES A HOLY FRAGRANCE BEni.VB „,M OQa the only priesht I want.' " ^'^ ^""^ ^"^'^ '» the^;^:^^"' "•■" ""=' J"""^"' "ill they have any wake "77 ^\;<^&ular Protestant wake be iif I ' !• i f I " A safe strong-hold am God is still — A trusty shield and weapon : He'll lielji us clear from all the ill That hath us now o'ertiiken. The ancient prince of hell Hath ris'n witli puqwse fell ; — Strong mnil of craft nnd pow'r, He weatetli in this hour — On earth is not hip fellow. With force of arms we nothing can ; Full soon we were down-ridden But for us figlits the proper Mnn, Whom God Himself hath bidden. Ask ye, — Who is the same? Jesus Christ is his name, The Lord Sahaoth'a son, He, and no other one, Shall conquer in the battle. •' And were this world all devils o'er, All watching to devour us, We lay it not to heart so sore — We know they can't o'erpower us. And let the prince of ill Look grim as e'er he will, He harms us not a whit. For why ? his doom is writ, — Immanuel is liis Master. •' God's word for all their craft and force, One moment will not linger, Bat spite of hell shall have its course— 'Tis written with ]:?s finger, — And though they take our life, Goods, houses, children, wife, Yet is their profit small, These things shall vanish all — God's city still remaineth." A Hymn of Luthee's.— (TransZafed by Carlyle.) p.-essio„ssetforriTcre„? n' "' f'''""^"- of the im- tenant ; a^l i "^o fc to'sS "/ *''' ^'"'^"'^ °^ ''- '')''"? point, I ,vm now nroceert 'n '^ ^^ f""°*''y ■-' t'"^ happened. ' "'"' *'' "^^l""'' ^''"it subseq gently faXt.rr;,th'';e»^"''''-'^«^^^^^ ofvario,,ssortswe.:setn;o„ he 'S b:,';'" '"'' -^^ "'''^ disposed to avail liimself of t n rei't •"''■°''''.''=' ""''^ drink." Mrs. Stanley and ft ^'-ff "' '""tation < to books .men before iZT! ''''"'''™ '"* ^"t^ * 'cir J 11 ^ o i ■ < 208 THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE MARTYRED CONVERT. (Icrtake on bclialf of liis fficncls to say, that tlicy would be pleased ^\itli tlie exercises. '^ AVe were conversing familiarly on tlie seventh chap- ter of Matthew," Mrs. Stanley said, taking up her book, the children eagerly resuming theirs. '' Charlotte, my love, please to read your verse ; the eleventh." Charlotte (reading) " If ye then, being evil, know how to gi^ e good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask him ?" Mrs. Stanley. — '''Now Sophy ! What do you think is the meaning of that verse ?" Sophy. — " That God is much more ready to give good things in answer to prayer, than you or papa would be to give good things to us." 3Irs. S. — " Can you, children, tell me what is meant by giving ' good things ' ? Is it everything that we may fancy we want, and wish to have ? " Children all. — " No mamma." Mrs. S. — ''Tell me then what we may safely rely upon, as ' good things ^ in this sense ?" One replied that repentance was a good thing. Ano- ther that faith in Christ was a good thing. A third answered, " Forgiveness of sins through our Lord Jesus Christ." And a fourth replied, " Everything that God has promised to bestow on us, is and must be truly good." To which their mother added, " Luke records the same saying of our Lord, to which he adds, ' He will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him/ which shows us that all other good gifts are secured to us, as we may need them, being minor considerations when God im- parts the greater gift of his own Spirit. But, my dear children, it is now time for you to retire for the night ; it is half-past ten o'clock." Theophilus, a little fellow about five years old, had RT. y would til diap- er book, )ttc, my low how 3I1 more to tlicm u tliink Lve good ould be s meant wc may ely rely . Ano- A third rd Jesus lat God ■ good/^ le same give the lows us wc may jrod im- my dear J night ; )ld, had ST-IXLEY TAKES „0tD OF CHRIST. 209 papa, wliat makes you cry ^'' "^ '^ ^'""^^ It «-as perceived bv J.is ^om^ei t), '. /'"""T," *''■•" perliaps not designs of a v f„,^ ' «'"' ",""W<'. a.ul s;s.l.o■*. Le visitors, "Tlieo! my sweet W S " •*'""''>' "'"I sinner." ^ '^''' ""J' y"»>' I'-ipa is a wicked poi:SM.tLfit'er'at'hir;!'U^W^!''^'\-'fi''™-'. gravity, " JJut I know vo w M "' '"?"' l"-"'»">,d before you die " ^ " '"' " ««»'' "i'"', l«U>a, l.is harchXCeilt''"'' "^ ""'■""«^" -gerly gasped will ,iv good thCctttt; r HL^^^^^ """ ^"O deSt 'l';r et M'tr ?"^ ''"T'" '-"a transport of tried to i^,iZiL Th: '•""^''.^te'- tl'e mSre I,e l^iend Fari/uliar, anTfrom im7o T'""..'"'''''"' *" '"^ that when the maid wl o T.l v ' ?""^'' «"^*''*> s" to condnct the ddWren to tl ""° '"*'' "s'lts ready her young cl.ar^i 'sL ob or d "trani,;"'''',''™" ^"'^ complete " Bochim " ^^'^ *"^' tlie parlour was a nat«V.''2'KsT:nt\r 7 """''• ""' '"' "««•-«- frankness, aid rnarentdns;,"f "'■/°' ^""^ '«™n«^^'l "Excuse me, Ss'f'^ '"'■'"''*'''"' ''" '"'''' respect refebn of court '^^ "^ ^'''.'"fe' "^ 'l"estion; j shc^ild. I tCklTo ejy" rak7ir''-''''^'"'»'"' •— some religion establislierl • if i "eecssary to have aeeorous I. ^^J^L^^X^ 'tC^ 210 THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE MARTYRED CONVERT. are many things in the Bible very mysterious, very hard of belief in fact." " To what do you refer particularly ?" she mildly asked. '' Well," he said hesitatingly, '' I refer, for instance, to prophecy. Many of the prophecies are utterly am- biguous to my mind, and in fact some of them appear as if they never can be fulfilled." To the inquiry whether he had ever taken any considerable trouljle to satisfy himself on the subject by reading works in favour of, as well as against them, such as Sherlock, Winston, Newton, &c. ? he confessed that all his read- ing on that subject was confined to the opposition side of the question. Mrs. Stanley quietly observed, "That until a man had taken pains to study both sides of so great a subject, he was not in a proper position to pronounce judgment, but that in her view tlie prophecies were continually being fulfilled, and that two very important predictions had partially met their fulfilment in his presence that evening, in the very matter which was giving them all such concern." The gentleman opened his eyes wide with amazement, and inquired which they were ? when the lady took up her book and referred to the passage which says, " The time will come, when he that killeth you will think he doeth God service," and again in Ps. viii. 2 we read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou or- dained strength . . . that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." The sceptic now bit his lip, looked into the fire for relief, muttered something like a determination to take up the matter at some future time, and was evidently very glad to let the subject drop. Mrs. Stanley quietly observed : " FeUx, when trembling under a conscious- I' i \U ! :rt. Ty hard mildly istance, rly ara- appear inquiry iu])le to orks in lerlock, is read- on side fian had subject, Igment, tinually dictions ce that liem all zement, ook up , '^The liink he (C read, hou or- enemy fire for to take ddently quietly iscious- STANLEY TAKES HOLD OF CHRIST. 211 come:'dt;^^^^^^^^ ^^ apprehension of ^ wrath to matters t^Tro?e':r ^^^^^^^ f ^^ose record of his ever hivi'nlf^' f 1 . ^"^^ '^^ ^^^'^ no afterwards - To tlifs.^o "^^ *^^* convenient season night was far adva iS ^ ^^i^^"""' "'"^^^ ^^^ ^« the thS intimation tSett^^^ ''^'^ ^^^^^ of ever they might ^^1 t^lZ o^lU:^^::^' ' '''''''" come over so early, Tracv '' sho'.-nVl .? ^ ^ ^^'^ ^'^^^ -nt when that tc^kble'eSanS; ':^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^' circumstances af b f^e detaV'f T'^^ '?^^ «^ '^' Brown met with his dcath-tn^^^^^ nnder which Mr. doctor had been at thp S ol iJ ^^"^ f^'^^^^^ ^hat the the bullets, ^Stero o?n^ House and had extracted ''crowner'> 7ctonerTwas ov?^ ""'"'^ ^^at the diately, whicriatter ZZ ^ ^ f '^"^ *^''"^ ^^"^^^^ i^^^ie- Stanle;^s p^enc^^ circumstance might caU for Mr. ''How are the widow and the jrirls^^' Arr« Qf i an'V'^lJ'^r'lXf,;;:?'' ^'i; "*>>« poor owld ooman night, but sat wefuin' 1 f^ ^^^^ "Z™' •"''^ down aU as to i^oor Betsy iTn'ttnn^^T'' ^°"''' '^''''^'^ ' ^^' or to notice anything that TsT„i,?o„ ^'i"^ ""^ P«>-T corpse without a sigh or a te J »n°tL ^'''/''r on the -est, euough^o" t; t ^S£tJ- f ^ ■OaBHUtt II 212 THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE MARTYRED CONVERT. that always did the ginerous action was there List niglit, an' made the family a present of a clear resate for all the rint that Avas due on the farm/' " My dear Stanley/' she exclaimed, clasping her hands with delight, " where would be his equal on earth, if he only loved the Saviour ?" "Why then, ma'am," said Mick, fancying that he was the first to communicate the pleasing intelligence, " I do think the good Sperit of the Lord was at Avork with the masther last night. Oh, an' if ye were only to see how he struggled to conceal his feelin's, whin' he was spakin' to Mr. Brown, an' especially whin he heard the poor man prayin' for his inimies — an' sure enough, ma'am, he prayed almost his last prayer, for the mas- ther, so that " (to use his own words) " he had to run away for f^ar o' being made a saint of." " But that is no secret to me," Mrs. Stanley observed ; "he told us all that; and, more than all,*^he and his friends would remain and hear the children read and converse on their Scripture lesson. After we had re- tired last night, he made me pray with him, and I be- lieve he slept none all the night ; for I awoke two or three times, and found him engaged in prayer. O Tracy ! do pray for him, that the Lord may graciously complete his own work in him: speak to him about his soul ; for you know that a poor man can speak to him, with as much freedom, as can the highest dignitary in the land." " Me, ma'am ! Is it me to ondertake to lecture the masther; an' sure he couldn't resave any information from the likes o' me. I'm contint if the great God makes me useful to my own aiquals." " Now Tracy, that is not true humility. We should be ready to bear our testimony for God before the highest powers on earth, if his providence called us I STANLEY TAKES HOLD OF CHRIST. 213 proaohing. * """^ ^ ''''" '"^ footsteps ap- " Wliere are all the servants, mv dear?" said ATr Stanley, before he had reaehed o witlfn sever'! v.,vk " I eanlTfi'Y' '''T" '"^ ^""^^ *I-- s"an ri t ;■ , zrsr?':::ir;L"- f" «* '-kfast m tlieiro^^Ti HnlT T 1^ . ""^ ''^^ ^* breakfast in who He entprp;i"'nn/'"' V'"',"-"'" "«"™iatiou, 1 dare sav." to Mick ' " '""■'"'S ""'"'' ''«W °"t his I'iud no'more"^"''"^'" '''''"'''' "^ ^"PPOse Jack Brown is lui mm, an while we were on our knees 1ip w«e +„i ^ up : — Avp flirln^f +i„'v.% 1 • i , i^utLs, ne was taken "I Thint T ^ ^' ^'* ^«"^"^* ^as so near " son.lii'ti;r~;tJt'^^;^ it^vlr^'i""^ -y,.s worth nothing, and ean/otX&ation'r an''™ Sf ;atatio^n:t*tb°''•"'•■"*^^t^--' Jasus is worth somethrr ' "»o !, ?'''"'"?"" '''«"• "' ail price, and has^^.tll^/Jr ?S^;^i;: ^^.^Tr^ rr^r ■— M»MI assse 214 THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE MARTYRED CONVERT. " Oh dear !" said Mr. Stanley to his wife, " how simple and beautiful that is. I declare, without knowing it, I have been looking to the quality of my repentance 'to save me, instead of looking to the Saviour. ' Obtained eternal redemption for us.^ Strange that I never thought of that before ! Where is my friend Farquhar? Surely every one who hears that must love the Lord Jesus Christ. O Mick ! praise the Lord for his mercy to me a miserable sinner.^^ Mrs. Stanley could only sit, and, with the angels, weep tears of gratitude and joy for the mercy shown to her beloved and devoted husband ; and motioning to 1 racy to put their thanksgivings into words, the three knelt before ^^ Heaven's Eternal King'' while the un- lettered peasant thanked Jehovah that while '' not rnany rich not ma7i7/ noble, not mamj mighty are called," the Cjod of all grace had glorified himself in the salvation of another from their exalted ranks. He prayed that grace might be given him to let '^ his light shine," that m his elevated position he might witness, especially amongst his equals, for the blessed Saviour; that all the children of the family might know the God of their parents, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. The party had scarcely risen from their knees, when a servant announced that the coroner had arrived at the Slate House, and was anxious to proceed with the inquest at once. Mr. Stanley's carriage was ordered, in which Mick was invited to a seat. The other gentlemen proceeded on horseback to the scene of inquiry, whither we must follow them and chronicle the proceedings. ilil! ERT. 3W simple rving it, I ntaiico to Obtained I never 'arquhar? the Lord lis mercy e angels, shown to oning to ;lie three the un- Qot ?na7iy Icd/^ the salvation -yed that le/^ that specially it all the of their d with a Bs, when ed at the vith the CHAPTER XIX. Ii«b. m, mm for «,,•< gi„,,, . j^j ^^^ ®bsm htmus lost aciain. Aftcct the pious «oul,-'ti8 shorn vou thoro 1 In folds of wavy silver round, aiul clothes^ Then passing, leaves her in her light seSe !" SoUTHEy. If 3h Mick raceeded we must ikl iiiii [ST is not necessary I should detail to the reader I K^ the rormalitics of a Coroner's inquest ; suffice it to say that, on the present occasion, a Jury, in accordance with usage, was duly sworn, after which they proceeded in a body to view the corpse, in order to satisfy themselves of the fact of John Brown's death. This done, they then proceeded to hear evidence as to how the deceased came by his death. That evidence will be the subject of this chapter. The coroner informed the Juiy, "That in conse- quence of the deeply excited state of public fecHng, he would make no preliminary remarks ; more especially, as the intelligence of the Jury was a sufficient guarantee to him that they understood the duties devolving upon them, and would act accordingly." nxDS A!, OWNEK poR ^ lo^T FINGER, Etc. 217 The first witness sworn was T.^.i7« iv Doctor of Jledieine, and S W th "C^i";^ h"' of Surgeons, ];vas proiected from t?„ ""f =, *'''' "^''ges thei,. work more des ruet Ic ami P' ""? ^''"^ ''"'der diffienlt The balls had en^r^J^^Tr ft ';Tt°, "<'^'= passed through both luno-s and l/'r i ^'S*"' '"■<='"**' shoulder. 'Ae wounrinfltt] fcl "'i^" *''^ '-^^^ death Mr. Brown, although advanced , ' "'T ■ °^ a very healthy man was fmm Ti. ' /""«, being made on the ^inds of the stgeot Str""f '"] for many years to com p in tl,„^ i- ' ^ '° ""^e lived Michael TrTcv Tas tt !""'^' '""^'^ of "atui-e." deposed, "Tharonthrp^io„rUTt"r ^^"^■''- «« at the house of the deceLd w^tl ^^ '' }" f *' P'''=sent aU of whom were engaS t tX' 'a^^j^ToSS i| 218 FINDS AN OWNER FOR A LOST FINGER, together on the Holy Scripthurcs. Mr. Bro^\^l had been engaged witli the rest of the company, whin he obsarved tlie dogs ])arls and, immediately after, there was a groan ontside the house. Whin he heard this, he at onee proceeded to ascertain if there was any person in distress. Very soon," said tlie witness, ''those Avithin heerd two shots, and on rnshin' out, found Mr. Brown lyin' on his face, moanin'. They brought him into his own house, an' he, (tlie witness), remained with him till he died." During the delivery of Mick's evidence, the Tfon. Augustus Stanley was o])served to hold the bullet-; in his hand, and turn them over, and examine them very attentively. When the Avitness had concluded giving hi?, testimony, the coroner asked, ''Have we any further evidence to go to the Jury?" Mr. Stanley said, "I wish to be sworn in this matter." The oath was accordingly administered, and his testimony taken. "I think, Mr. Coroner, and gentlemen, ' he obsened, "it would be wrong in me to let this matter go by, without saying something. My behef, on oath, is, that these bullets were fired from a double-barrelled pistol of mine, of peculiar structure, which I purchased when last on the Continent, and the like of which I never saw anywhere I have 1)een. I lost the pistol in question on the night Avhen my house was fired, in the en- counter I had with the assassins who met and at- tacked me on the mountain. I did not tell any one that I had lost the pistol, thinking that by keepino- silent on the subject, I might sooner discover the pos- sessor of it. I am satisfied there is none like it among any of the gentry round, or in possession of any person authorized by law to keep or carry fire-arms. I suspect the pai'ty in possession of that instrument is either a principal, or an accessory to the murder." BUT THE OWXEtt BECOME, LOST AC.UN. 2I9 arotL""trirt''cr.rt^r;^""f'^^^'''--f"-''» wl.ioh caused the CO, om.r "'.'"','" '""'' '■''"'"ifr. "silence." T1.C 'oi«e bci /r?'''"?'y '" "'"""•■"" proceed from ^ J p sl^'^o," oV wf' " "'" '"'""' '" constable, the other a vo n, °^ ° '""" ,'™^ " ''"li™- clresscd in black/, ho •)ivf,vTt^'',frr'"';?' «"'""^^"y called hin. by the equine , ^.'^'il^ru-'^'-iS^'' -/=' coroner very severely reprimanZl tl ^'"'"'- ^'C bcnif; a party, he said <■'! "Tf i • "^ ,'^^°''>''"'''« '"i' even did L after heS c He 'tr'''""fen''^'•>"•'' •■""' instantly aiding in suppress ," it » -n ""•'=' "'stea.l of and very respectfully anolo.l^eVl ^'"^ '^"I'^'able arose ^orrj., your Honourf to'Sf ft,r i, v™"'"','^', "^ "■" have got some proncrtv in ml , • •""' '"'''"''«'' '"" I belongs to Mr. iSt^ "^ 17^'^-^»'«"V'"eh I think ''t'"sir"='r^''''""^-3-'"~^ '" ""'■'^'" a pr^p;; timet *";*/ J,' ^T -»"''* to select turb this Court. A most 1 *l T^f"'"' ""'• "«' ™S';-ssar,^ But .l.at makes you ask, mJthefdear?" ' '"'i""'=" fatlJhl Stt'indfe^^^^ in' tin thousVr tmes I; ^om^;/;, •'"?'• "i'-'f ' '"°'^- youngdays; an' 'tis hilX Zhe 1 " '" ''"' "' '"^ m all the whole eouuth, v roumf 'J}t •"'"''' S"""™ an' sure the ladies hiX-,r^T ^ gfacious goodness I il ; I 4.1 Tj 1 rl p2 hy where his fatlicr I •• 224 FINDS AN OWNER FOR A LOST FINGER, Li! 1 lived, jist for an excuse to get a look at the ' han'some young farmer/ as they called him. But I'm wandherin' from my story. I thought he stood there an' looked at me a long time. ' In the name o' the Father, Son, an' Holy Ghost, John Brown,' says I, 'Is that ycrself?' says I. 'It is indeed, asthore machree,' says he; 'an' I'm come to tell ye,' says he, 'to prepare an' come along wid me in a fortnight,' says he. ' John,' says I to him, ' wouldn't it he betther for ye to cum back agin, an' take care o' the childher?' 'Oh no;" says he, makin' answer, ' the good God that cleansed my poor sowl, is able to guard an' guide Vm,'says he. My poor darlin' man ! Many is the scowldin' I gave him wid my wicked tongue; may the good Lord forgive me.' Oh yes, John Bro^vn, the likes o' ye Avas not in this world, or out oi it; barrin' somebody that was a saint intirely. So, my dear child, he walked out, as I thought, through the door, widout ever openin' it. Do you think I'm goin' to meet yer poor father, alanna, so soon as that ?" Polly could make no answer, except by sobs and tears, which were at last interrupted by the entrance of Mick Tracy. "' I have come," he said, "to tell ye that Mrs. Stan- ley will be here to see Mrs. Brown in about an hour or so, whin she gives ordhers about dinner, an' sees to some poor people who want relief in the way o' clothin,' an' food, an' various other things. I declare there was nearly a regiment of 'em waitin' for her outside the door whin I came away." " God be good to her," Mrs. Bro^vn replied ; " what would people do, only for her an' a few like her. But did she say that she was comin' over here ?" " She did indade," said Mick. " Isn't it very condescindin' in her to come an' see me, a farmer's wife, or widdy, as I'm now, God help me I q/ an' BtTT THE OWNER BECOMES LOST AGAm. 223 but Mick, alanna f^ I'm r,i„ i j to talk to ye a httle I^v? ,//'?■! """"^ '"' ''°^ ^ ^'^^^ over an' over a^in for tl; , .? "" y" ''»'-g"''=»ess about verreli.,ioSa.,°wr ''"/ *,"""' ^ "'^"'^d ye may the ffood Lnr >'"''P'"g ^er hands ,vith fervour? sak^; I Ic,CV:^,1 nZ^erthrhi'lt' "^"^ '™'^ ''""Mr? t^ ^^ -r. t a s:.v""' Whativer ilUemper yl her ,,. w *" ■"" ^"' ">inc. the score o' relii^on Vn' 1^' ^"'•'"■''« ^e was on opened yer own'eyes' trbeh7, l'- * ?'^ ''"^ g™'"»>*iy forgiven ver sins T»„ 1 ■ '"' ''''^^^ed tlirnth an' bet'nne us' k ^^^ota "^„^:"1^'"-' g~-•' ""^ adorable Redeemer S Mick a^^hn""? f" '''^'"' '» °»' yer heart as bi- as a ™^.l T'' ' •'°'=™ ' "* swell sweet Saviour prVTngf^rWs?' '''''™/^ *'"'' "' the Mick knelt ot J, ^ "^'^'^ murderers ?" to Oid ,n W b halT thr-sr** P°r'=? -' '- -«1 "glorify God in her remainin'Tifr'^^', ''\''"'''''''<' *» " He who had saved herSan' f f '^'^^}' ' ""' *•"" " similar blessin's to TcZIa ^'"'^'^J'y^''^^ vouchsafe " in the grave, an' prena""'±'''=';^ °/ 1'™ ^o lately laid " the judgment-seat" '^ ^ ^"^ '"'°'1«' before We ! isi't Prayt -rKlkTn-^lTllS P;?P'e • Child. ''"•'■ i' f, . 1 ji; 1 1 1 1 226 FINDS AN OWNER FOR A LOST FINGER, ETC. t( ! in j1^ ,'i ! ' ' : ( ; p' f ■ f i' ii That is exactly what we do in prayer/' Mick observed. " An' tell me, Mick ! How is it that whin I used to repate so many prayers, 1 always felt it a punishment for my sins?'' " Bekase ye were not taught what prayer really is. Prayer is not gabbling over a form o' words ; it is, as the apostle says, ' makin' known our requests unto God.'" '' Thrue for ye, Mick ! Well, Mick, I'll soon be gone from this world, an' I feel somethin' tellin' me, ' It is hard to leave yer poor sickly boy, an' poor bewil- dher'd girl, to the marcies of a wicked world.' Is it a sin, Mick ?" "But," said Mick, laconically, "to whom do ye leave them ? To God, or to the wicked world ?" " To the good God, Mick, to be sure," she eagerly replied. "Thin," he added, "'tis aisy to see where the thought came from." " Thrue enough, thrue enough," she shouted, clapping her hands, " it was a temptation. Oh dear me ! is not Satan very wise ? Well, he knows the tinder point the poor woman is in with respect to her childher j but they are God's childher, an' he will purvide for 'em." Mick requested she would try and take a little rest, and keep herself as quiet as she possibly could, in order to be strengthened for Mrs. Stanley's visit. He then withdrew to await the arrival of that good lady, the particulars of whose interview will appear in the next chapter. xn. CHAPTER XX. if int Jesus. •• I WANT no priest but Jesus To save my sin-sick soul ; I want no hand but Jesus Put forth to make me whole. The i^riest may lull and cheat the way But cannot light the dying day. " I want the love of Jesus Enshrined within my soul, Now that my footstep presses Where Jordan's waters roll. No thought so sweet, no grace so free. As Jesus died— and died for mo ! " I see the hand of Jesus Holding the lamp of light ; I see the smile of Jesus, Like moonshine in the night. Could priest have power, could ought but He, Make that dark pathway bright for me ? " Dear Erin, think of Jesus, How he hath loved thee. And how he bore thee on his heart, When bleeding on the tree ! Long years of coldness, years of blood, Have never quenched that welling flood. Come then, blessed Jesus, With all thy glorious power, Make Erin's sons and daughters, Ripe for that happy hour. When round the isles the song shall be No priest but Jesus— none but He ! The Imsh Peasant's Dying Sono. »-^- i I' ■1-p If' '? 1 ■ I 1 i ICK Mas at the Slate House when Mrs. Stanley ? arrived, occupied in close conversation with Polly . and John, their mother being at the time in an easy sleep. When she awoke, Polly and Mick entered, the latter took a chair at the lower part of the bed near the door and was there when IMrs. Stanley entered with John. Mick remained for a short time only, but previous to his mthdrawal, John and Polly left the room. After a few words to Mick, Mrs. Stanley addressing the invalid, said, "Mrs. Brown, having heard from our mutual friend here, Mick Tracy, how very weak and ill you have been lately, I have lost as little time as possible, m coming over to see you and the children, but I am especially concerned for yourself. Is there anything I can do for you ? Let me request you to send over to ^ The Hall ' for whatever you think you would like, and if there is anything I have not got in the house, I wil take care it shall be procured if possible, wituuut loss of tune." i i^^"^^ mley :>olly n an bed, ered but the nley ving how >t as the Is you you b in [ if MRS. brown's last HOURS; ETC. 229 .. T^f Ii ""^ "^^^^ ^^^^' ^ *^^^^^k ye kindly, 'deed I do " " should ? 'J' • ^ ^"^ ''''^'*^^"- ^"^^- ^^^1' ^vhy '^ "above ir ]'• ""'"i ^"'^'^^ "^^^ '^'' "^'^^^^^-^'^ the -Lom abo\e bless him, keeps open house ahvavs to comers and ^oers, an' ^ ^«.^ mzvA/a^V^/.^/ (tl oSic s << round "Tr:^^ r t' r' '"^ i^"^^^'' ^^- -^-1^ <^^y round. May the Lord spare ye Ion-. Whv minv nf the poor o' this eounthry would have Terr n Lh -poorercnlyforyerselfan'themasther." property ''Tr^rsf T''""'? ''l''''''''^ '''''^' '^^' lord's to aistiibute It for him, amongst those whom he has not intrusted with so mueh ; and I desire to 1 !^^ flh€^ in the disehargeof my trust, knowi ^^ th^t th^W wdl soon look for the aeeounts; but wL do you t hh k 'aWe'erM"!t\vr^l^r\^'^^^' ^'^j^"^^^ *^^« ^'^^^o^> 1 m ateer d it would be hard to earry on here Mn son John IS very wake, intirely, an' notable to ^ee to thmgs; besides, our little manes is redueed by the fai hire of people who borried money from mTpooJn^an tTrnl ngs^^^n^^^^^^ i'-'^ ^^ ^^^y^ ^ followin; himta^f ^;net\^^^^^^^^^ '^''^ '^^ ^-^ And are you following him beyond that ?» inauired si;iouiV^^^^ "'" ' '''''' ''' ''^' ^-- to be Xlhe ShtwhinTth'r.kT.w''^-'V.^ '^'^ ^^'^^ «^ ^^i« Son^ un. Whin 1 thmk of that, my lady, I can leave all airthlv things wid my gracious God. Le, an' Tn't a "t!^ 230 MRS. brown's last HOURS; II : :C Iff j f family snatched out of the fire ? 'Tis mcself that thought we were all destroy'd intirely, whin our X the tunc that it was my duty to turn him out o' doors topcnsh May God forgive me ignorance." 1 hat IS a delightful thought indeed, that of havine r^:i"""'y ^" '^!;™g''t to Christ/' said Mrs StanleT How wonderfully the Lord works ! M^hat a great «:!;/ W'tlfe end>" " ^°''*'''='' °^ -•"■<=" ^^ -"? "I try to be resigned to it," said Mrs. Brown "be- ctrri::t^^^:;?°"^ ' ''"* ' ^^"'' - -^^ -^ '''-^^* "Well then," rejoined Mrs. Stanley, "you must bless the Lord with me, and let us magnify 1 is name together mi. .?t"f ??■' 'l'"^ '"''', "" <^*^'^'=* °" Mr. Stanley's Z t » ?.r, ^r '° """.*'"= ' ™''' «'"'^ tl'^y brought about a to al change m him; and not only so, but seri J: rf „T" "' """ -q"-"tauce have become' vciy senous, and often come over to 'The Hall' to read and converse with him and myself on the Holy Scripture^'' Poor Mrs. Brown held her breath with amT™t fo ft! 'rS^ T° ^"- ^'^""''y'' ^^'=''' -Wle listrng jt^o^^to*- rtur, 1-fett f^ A u .. ^ '"^^^ "^^ P^^^ ^a^ ^as taken from me ivw i "'^^''^'^ *^ S"* ^^« forgiveness for all the I knot wdl?^ ' "^' ^"^ '^' *^ ^^" ^^-* ^^ ^-g-e me! elf that ur poor >ught at o' doors having Jtanley. a great sense, ve may 1, " be- blessin' it hless ^ether. Lsband, anley's rought 0, but ic very id and ures." ;ment, tening band's dpos- i, she 8 turn 'e is a mur- I me. II the e me, SHE REFUSES EVERY PRIEST BUT JESUS. 231 ct evil m all our hearts; but we never know that until l^T" V" ?l^ '^T^^ ^^"«*- He not only for^e Z rht' ^' '^''"'\' ^^ ^^^^*« fr««^ the lofe of sm, and the impu-,.y they have contracted by beinjr ^mofTf Pnr'"'^ Ti ^'^T'''^ ''^ should take it as a proof of God s mercy that he leads us to see it because we can thus come to the fountain for cleansing Yo^ vou diZot V'"^'> ^"^ unbelieving before, iitho.^ renew W '" 'li ^"^.^^^^^q^ently did not seek its d^U tS l^'Br^.^' ^^^^'^ ^^ ^^^ ''^'y ^^-^ *« '' Vm mighty ignorant intirely, me lady, an' niver iTJ^'-lYAf' ^^^"^^ Scrlpthurcs, S.td JcTy but sure if I s ick fast to Christ, he won't fail me Do ye think he will, dear lady ?" "Certainly not/' Mrs. Stanley replied. -If your hfe be spared, you will grow in the knowledge of yo^ were TnfantYT'' ""t "°"'^^ ^^^ "^^^^ ^^^ ^^iC were infants, leave them to be poisoned or burned tojeath, because of their ignorance of poisonTor ;;God forbid," Mrs. Brown replied warmly. Has ^z::lz^j)i^^\T^ r^/Svou" no^i.!Ti''^ ^^ '^''^"^^ ^°^^^« in the adjoining room caught the attention of Mrs. Stanley Ld the sick Z ^ ''r^'y P!""'^ *^ ^' *^««« «f the young Priest Fat. Connarty, and three or four of his friends accompanying him. menas Presently John Brown entered his mother's room and, bowmg respectfully to Mrs. Stanley, knelt do^ U u i- Ml I ■ :f'i, m mi ' » 232 MRS. brown's last HOURS; by the bed-side, saying, in a suppressed tone <' Mofli^^ did ijou really send for the priest ?" ' Mother, hav?nc! f^fr "}% "''"'"^ ''''^' astonishment, -I priesh I want' "no • n7 ?'^'"^"^ ^'^^'^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^7 iniK.Mii 1 want. JNo! No! alaiina machrce MiiM „<• my I^art,) I sent for „o airtl.ly priesl.t" ' ^ ^ "^ Inni;. V.l°° "•■' ^^ '' '"'"' ^"f' half-a-dozen ill- ovitsme. iJou t be alarmed, madam, (tuniinff to Air, Stanley,) I suspect it is only a bit of a vme to intimr date us, so as to allow l,im to euter the room tlmt 1 ^ may Lave some eolour for publishing amon^t^is flock that my mother had recanted, and sent fori o ' nW the Church,' as we used to call them formerlv Tlfc men arc not armed, and I apprehend no dani'e; what ever. I want to be able to tell him positively before" h s own witnesses, as well as others, that my mother had no knowledge of his intention to come herT and that she had no desire whatever to see him." ' Mould It not be better," Mrs. Stanley said "to admit him, and let him licar for himself your mother's disavowal of having expressed any desire^t all of that mo't&' " "°''"' ""^ ^="^y' ^*'" "J" you think, room." ■' "" y°"' '"^' ^^^^- ""u^' »"= i-^ the John immediately informed his Reverence in th,. presence of several persons, that his mother dkavowed having in any way sanctioned the sending for hi^? adding, that if he particularly desired to fee her Si ing the door, and admitting him Then bv » ,^1- ^ ^ lus finger attracting Mick^ n^iee^' itS' iC mr. REPrSES EVERV PRIEST BUT JESUS. 233 ^^^T'r^'^:^ ■' r- on the ,.ee,s church required that ,, , /; ■ i '^ observed that their jn the apJtme't'of V'^ek^erTor }'r"' ""^ "^f " his mother, and asked her '"iZl • ^" "Pproached be alone with Mr. Conk.r^^>^''\T ^Tjl^^' ''' audd)ly answered; "I am thank f„l * ' '''"'''' ^''« comes to see me, i inuirin' .ft . *", ""y ""e "I'o LVire.^."- the ^^^::^ ^^'T^^^^^^ a -dTtr d^St :;;f "»-'" ^« -P'-', "from are infiuenees about them ti''T™'f- ^''"'e there mi.uls, they speak in one^v.v /""' ,*° ''"P tLeir and liis elnfreh, thev sne.k M' "V '''™'= ^""' '-'"'l "Mother," Johf Zin *f";T''?' """•'' «'early." alone^for a few mtatl?" "''''''' ^''''" '^^ l«aveyou supplie"atfn7y.''"'D™'\:r;V''r'"^ ",P ^^"^ ''-"J^ know T/hat will be renorto ™^" vf^''''- ^'^ ^^ do, ye able to eontradiet it r™ . ^ "^'"oved, an' uL in the marey o' God throutr?! ^'"r^ '""'''• t™^'™' me sins to in. alone hot lb e"to f""'' '"''''="'°' this I do in the presence av ye all tlk fT'%'"' ' ""' holy water to keen devil, iwf '''•>'• ^ ^^antno Saviour keeps them at a dst»l'".'°P' "'^ blessed the Spen-it o' sra™ isalr^l, ' "" *^ """'"ti"' of stands in need fv " ' "^^ *'"' "'«="°'i »? Pocr sow! "blt^'t^Lele'^eetnuth"''" T"!''"^ *>«= P™st ; wUch those blessi^iTe promStn tt'"'^'^ ,""°"Sh by cutting yourself off from the ^ I ''"^'''' ' '""'' -If off from all the ,.oZ.X^- ~t ,o„. I H 234 MRS. brown's last HOURS j i !.. yet too late to return. Our Holy Mother, the church, still invites you to her arms." " The ])Icssc(l Saviour says, ' Come' to me/" the dvinir woman rejoined, '^ ^and / will give you rest.'' I take his precious Word for it ; the channel of his Holy Book IS authority enough for me ; but Vm weak an' i-no- rant, an can't argee; me time here is short, an' I wish to employ it in prayer an' praise to the Re- cleemer. Anxious to relieve the dying woman, Mrs. Stanley resolved to try how slic would fare in controversy with a skilled disputant from the far famed college of Mav- nooth -Don't you think sir," she said, -that'it would be better to direct the attention of people, while in health, to a study of God's Holy Word, as a means ot enlightening their understandings, and purifying their hearts and lives, than that of leading tlicm to depend upon the efficacy of mere external rites, both living and dying ?" ' He replied, -The established church, madam" eyeing her severely, - teaches as ive do, on these sub- J<^cts. Kegeneration by Baptism, confession to the mmister, and absolution on that confession, in the same words that our church teaches it. Where did she get It but from us? and by Avhat authority did she start off and set up for herself? It is clear that though she retains t\ie rites, she does not possess the power she professes; for, having separated fvom the parent stock, she must have a special revelation, or special delegation, of spiritual power, direct from Jesus Christ. Now she does not claim either one or the other, and consequently cannot be the true church." ^ ^ Mrs Stanley was one of those spiritually-minded, earnest. Episcopalian ladies, who devote themselves to the active and benevolent duties of the Christian life m^mft^ir^ a SHE REFUSES EVERY PRTPst utt™, ^» lilt I l-KIEST BUT JESUS. 235 may also observe here tK^t. ,! '""■'"''""' '^'"»-- I same comm,„,i„!, wC are A " ?f ""' '' '"'^^ ^^ "'« and rcovatbn ', the fnL ■'■''''''" V' ■■"' a't^'atioii cimreh, i„ order om-.f^T''"'"-'' "'"' ',''"'•«>' "*' "'« times „e live in Amrrf, ' .,"""'^'"'"l""' '" "'c Mrs. Stanley /di sat sHo,l f? . ','"'" ' !'"S-^' ''"»■"<''•. were safe, ^.^ing^UI't /.'fe iSe"'?;:'' "".''."'r however, never anticin-.fr.rl fLol^i ^ "^ ^'""^^ ^''^^^7, defence. ""^ "^ reproaeh, requiriu- her ",he^"r«.rtj''^a:?iton.^„rr ''""-' -. church, agrees or disagrees ,dtlf"" ' °\ """^ ""'^'' you are an antl.ori^ed tea r "'%v;r'' "'' ",'"'■'' Bajitisma Kewneratlnn f.,„* . "' ''''^'"■'1 to ments; be<.ause hm.°v^; ' "'''' "*'■""='''• than argu. the fj.et ^taTer;^ rf^Ze^'tiXt"''"" "'^■•"•>'' rounded by A««ft--(,,/ ;,,«2/.,^ I •■' "'"' '™ ""'e sur. you, and agaC^tf Kr''eh,rreir';w"'™ '''=t^' believe in the dogma Itw, "i, ,-. ,^'''° *'''y they believed. As to ZVoifn,! ''''"""';ty> l>y whomsoever both, but deny tC •! er i?» "'.'i'"'""' I ''eb' ve in Christ only, a,,, the kZ n^r™'"""' "'" ''"'■^"er to leelarativef but not absolu e c'hn't tT"''""' "',"• solver, and disnonspr nf f^ • ^^ *^^ g^'^-^at ab- Respe'cting tt' >l ^'^r ^S ^f' ""' ^^F-st. yom- person and office, apart f-omtl,.'- "^^'^^'^'.'"8 » church ; may I ask wJ.Tt v • , '" the episcopal persons'absolved onJ hive to b"''"' TT" *'"'* *^'« or a thousand times oft ren» t !. "''"''"'•* * ''""''''C'l before they have "nv ti>leT^ ''^ '""' ''* *''" ^nd, unction Ji Purg7oryTnolTVT%''''''^'"<^ spokeuof ^^^^^^'^ ^ot completed the quotation. He adds, after confess your ^m^—^io^one another-' not a word about doing so to a priest-, ''and pray for one another, that ye may be healed.' Now, sir, I ask vou as an honest man, is there a single word in this text to justity tlie adoption 'Of auricular confession, even in the sense taught in the church of Rome ? Is it not rather counse ling Christians to acknowledge their faults to France ?- ^ ""^^ *"" "'''^""^ forgiveness and for- Mrs. Stanley had never before encountered a priest and, perhaps he had never before encountered an Finding things disagreeable, and not having read his daily por ion of the Breviary, he made as speedy an ea^it as he could He was somewhat like Satan; he could not stand the Word, and so he disappeared. Poor Mrs. Brown did not long remain an inhabitant of this lower world Soon after the foregoing scene at the Slate House, she entered into the presence of H,m who redeemed her by his own blood, and made he; a fellow inheritor with himself. Nor was the poor sufferer disturbed by the debate between her friend and the obtruding priest; because, although he was cahn SHE REFUSES EVERY PRIEST BUT JESUS. 237 and imperturbable, he was, nevertheless, to all appear- ance, fully conscious of the weakness of his cause, and far more anxious to make his escape from argu- naents which he felt to be unanswerable, than to con- tmue a contest in which his defeat was only likely to become more and more apparent, not only to him- self, but to those by whom he was surrounded, who would naturaUy listen eagerly for his replies, in order that they might judge for themselves how far he was to be depended on as their director and guide, when they, too, should be standing on the verge of the grave; while, on the other hand, the lady was per- fect mistress of her feelings, being strong in the consciousness of truth; and while he was cold, she burned with a holy fervour to proclaim to others the sacred truths which had been so blessed a source of consolation to herself, as well as to the martyred convert so lately sacrificed to Popish bigotry, and the mourning sufferer before her, who was fast hasten- ing to join her beloved husband in that bright world where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. What a lesson to the bystanders ! The last act of the solemn drama was as peaceful as could have been expected. There was the gradual sinking, with patiently-endured suffering; and on being questioned respecting this, the reply invariably was! My Saviour suffered more," and when H length she feU asleep in Jesus, the Slate House ^as, indeed! a house of mourning,^^ and many in the neighbour- hood truly felt that they had lost a friend. Mr. and Mrs. Browi. are now safely landed in Heaven, and their children remain behind to struggle with the tide of persecution which still raged around them; but not alone— they were under the fetherly i 238 MRS, brown's last HOURS; ETC. " Who watches every numbered haii-, And all their steps attends." The next chapter will serve to illustrate this con- solatory truth m more senses than one, and to show mt "".>.' ^' T^""^}" *^^ ^^*^ «^ "^^^^ t« praise Him, the remamder of wrath He will restrain/^ her to con- show praise CHAPTER XXI. Ms \tfys '^mtMim rajgA -- %\t •' Thus hand in hand through life we'U go • Its chequer'd paths of jov and woe ' With cautious steps we'U tread • ymt Its vain scenes without a tear, ' Without a trouble or a fear, And mingle with the dead. "Wliile conscience, like a faithful friend, bhall through the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dj-ing breath ; bhall,--whon all other comforts cease,— LiUie a kind angel whisi)er peace, And smooth the bed of death." Cotton. \m$ i I' 11 ' I jHE last chapter closed with details of a remark- able controversy, and the last hours of Mrs Brown. Three months subsequent to the death of his mother John Brown accompanied by his sisters, walked out from the -Slate House" to pay a visit to scenes familiar from childhood. A train of Providential circumstances had opened up his way to an acquaintance mth a gentle- man residing m Dublin, and which led to his employ- ment as a missionary to his countrymen, in a district formed m that metropolis. Dublin was therefore to be the place of his residence for some time to come ; and there he was about to repair m a day or two, m company with his sisters. Their mother had been laid beside their father, as a tenant with him in the last narrow lodging for human beings. Without any absolute understanding on the subject, they silently shaped their course toward the churchvard m which the remains of both parents had been deposited in quick succession. The evening was such as is not often enjoyexl in that or, indeed, in any other climate. Ihe frmts of the earth were ready for the spade and the ^i! THE MISSES BKOWN ABDUCTED. 23' sickle ; the broad fields of com waved before the ze„hvr bre-zes wi h the gentlest undulating motion, as ,£ the ocean " slumbers like an unweaned child," and oX now and then heaves a gentle swell to sho tha°1t £ not altogether lost its momentum. Wild (lowers glittered in their richest luxuriance and greatest variety. Birds carolled, as if determine to'out do each other in vocal skill ; but none of nICc's elnrl m any of their depressed bosoms at all likely to meet with a responding vibration. Their trouble Vas deen Betsy's mental malady seemed to have yieldcU litttc?- she would now and then enter into a short eonversa on' when suddenly aroused from her reveries, and waTdaTv' givmg indications of retm-ning reason. Arrived a tl^ TheT/ ^*^'^ '°"^''* *''" ^^°' ^° '1<^- *° theiAffect ons Ihe turf had become grecu on their father's grave bu^ the mould was yet fresh on that of their mother Z John s directions a young yew tree had been planted at the uead, and two rose trees at the feet. A chas e slab ™ tvirthlf ''°f '"'^™™ '""^ y- tree :!d te graves, with the simiAe inscription : ^*^ERECTED IN MEMORY OP OUR MURDERED PARENTS, JOHN AND BRIDGET BROWN, WHO DIED RESPECTIVELY (the dates we omit.) THIS TRIBUTE OP FILIAL APPECTION IS RAISED BY THEIR SORROWING CHILDREN JOHN, MARY, AND ELIZABETH." ' " Whose graves are these ?" Elizabeth asked: while she gazed at the tears that rolled down her sister^s iheek Polly tmiied away her head, unable to command com posure enough to speak. ^m" oskcu, John."' *' '^''''°" "^ ^"''' ^ t'^'^k, sir," replied ptefc^ !:- ^^'^'^ *'«' c--' -<• for t>^e\t^ " What do you think wovdd be best to be done, love ">" addressing Mrs. Stanley. ' tlrd^eTrel^Ti'Jr'-'-- ^'^"'^^ ^^^^^ "Excellent advice," said Mr. Stanlev. "Just as T thought myself. Well, Georgo, teU pidy to Jet t,-o carnages ready, by the til' we hate C Tupp 'r roaTLS.!""" T-l y«" «- t-ke the WateXrd road, and drive yourselves in turn. I wUl go the wav of Cork and Clonmel. If net successful in d?her pkeT I will proceed to Dublin, making inquiry as I go abng' If you do not succeed, come on to Dublin alsofand jo£ I 246 TELLS HOW PERSECUTION RAGED. mc at tlic ' Gresham/ Meanwliile, watcii the news papers narrowly at the liot .., as you pass along, and wnte a line or so from ever^ stage to which you come onThe^'road!^' '"' ''^'''''' ^'''' ^^""^ ^ ^"^ ^'"^'^y *« ^^ Supper was not long in being despatched. Very httlc preparation was made for the journey; and the carriages were speedily at the door. ^ Mr. Stanley saw the two " boys " seated in their carnage before he entered his o^vn. Placing a bank- note in Brown's hand -to meet contingencies," as he expressed it, he bade them " God speed." Pat put up the steps, and held the door open for some seconds, as if dc^btful whether to speak or be silent Lome, Pat ! his master said, "Don t be fuilino- asleep. Mount, my man ! Mount '" '' " Arrah thin ! is it forgettin' the pistils intirely, yer honor 18 ?" said Pat, in a desponding tone. ^ ^ Drive on, Pat, my hearty feUow. The Good Lord IS a better defence than thousands of pistols " " f efs he may," added Pat, - but by my own word, —an that is no great oath, for it is not worth much,-! 1 d rayther have both for purtection,"— saying which a.' t^A *^''u r, ^^If^y^ "^^^^^^^ ^^' b«'^' muttering fj ; '^^^^ ^^?^ ¥^"^' '""''^ ^^^ P^rtect us from all i new8- ig, and Li come, iy to be ',.1 ,1 Very nd the II their bank- as he r some lent. falling ly^ yer L Lord word, ich, — vhich, tering )m all ne to. CHi\J>TER XXII. ^ Mi^m¥ ^^iJtnixxxt rf % '§mHnm at tin ^tt^ibe %nbtxn, " From his lurking place, Vr;jiau. ithypace, Through r long cIup ber he b'^gins to crawl, As you se a at wal, on the top of a wall, When ^t'8_^:.k lull , • glasH. and she thiAs she shall fall. — 1. •■ 7ivv.,eas to feel For La Hint and steel, {An invention on which we've iiaprov'd a great deal Of late yeara-the substitute best to rely on Is what Jones of the Strand, calls his Pyropencion,) He strikes with despatch ! ''' His tinder doth catch ! But where is his candle ? and where is his match ?- Tis done, it is found ! n iu V -^^ ^**"'^^ "P ^"<1 looks round Hi«l ? * u ',* ''"'" ^^^^ °^^^« I'is nerves quiver ' Fv!» r« *""» '^^^' ''"^^ hi« li°^h« to shiver ? ^ Th«^.n ?^-' '!;' ?°.*y * ^''"^h «f the Hver,- Ihe «'Boy" 18 all right to work the " intrigi!ier." Ingoldsby Legends. 'i n ; \* n i 11 ■.M i^jMi J DRIVE of an liour or more, brought the pursuers "^M *^i ^ f^^^ ^^^^^^^ *'^° ^^^^^^^ n^ct a^id (liverfrcd, at ^^.^v which they respectively separated; Mr. Stauley, senior, taking one, and liis young friends the other. It was now growing late ; the peasantry were all re- posing after their day^s toil; and no travellers were met with, who either could or would afford them any in- tormatioii as to the object of their search. We shall leave the elder pm-suer, and inform the reader of the progress and adventures of the juniors. About twenty miles from their starting point, and close upon the hour of midnight, they arrived at a place called '^ The Cross Roads/' ornamented with a few thatched cabins aud the usual appendage, namely, a shebeen housed from the gable end of which was sus- pended a swinging sign, giving the following iiLorma- tion to all passers by. On one side it read :— ^" The best Whiskey a- d Porter under the Sun. N.13.-Entertainment,forMauandHor8e,by Patrick J^iNNEOAN. Letters written on love, business, and marriage, at Gd. each/' A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE, ETC. jQ On the reverse—'^TiiE Bee Hive" was nainfprl ,•„ " Witliin thia Hive, we're all alive, Good Whiskky makes us funny • If you are dhry, step in and thry, ' The flavour of our Honey : And don't forget to pay do^vn ready money. N.B.— Boys ! Thrust is dead ! Bad pay kilt him " trvh!!' llTr. f''''^' "^Z ^^^^l^borating, determined on tryirijr tlie flavour of the honey," and the nuiHtv ot tlie -entertamment" at tlie -f live" for nirtS orses," and thereby to diseover, if possilde, wh cirof Tliey knockol at tlic door wiH, their wliips, toes and leck „, rapul s,.ccos,ion, „„til they had nearly Ime to tlie conelas,..,n that the h,n.se wL deserted/ Ifter fifteen or ti.cnty minutes thns spent inefieotnal v 1he! re-n,onnted their vehielc, det ern.ined to 1^ ^^h. ee ecHle as to whu:h road they should follow: and ley had just seated themselves to start, when they observed someth.ns hke the head of a hun.an hei«s, t^hr s on of an aperture where there was doubtless forn^ly a l.ane ,rf fedass (but whieh before the head appeared was partially hile.l w,th straw,) the owner of w!,feh head asked „. ayawn.uK tone,-"]fthev wanted any hi , ""' He was mformed that bait was wanted for thei se, ttk Wt'' till l'"'''"-;'^ 'T'^T\ " "-y -""I'l '"i ' little bit, till he put on his clothes," which done "he won d eonie down and let then, in." They ha t<', w'it until their pat.enee-a commodity of whieh Mr S an cv junior, had no great stock_„a/ nearly exhausted lie-' fore the re-appearanee of the owner ot'the lu^ad wh, lost another .juarter of an ho.u'or more, looking for „r if f| if M II 250 A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE OF THE PURSUERS ' 'j| ! 1 1 1 - --m mi I ' uJl m '. pretending to look for his tinder-box, match, and candle. An equal length of time was absorbed before the ''Boy'' could be awaked, whose duty it would be to take charge of the horses. When the said " Boy,'' (of full fify summers,) was produced, it took quite half an hour to find the '' key" of the oat-bin. I am sure the reader mil agree with me, that the travellers were greatly to be pitied in such an emergency ; ar d I am equally sure they were entitled to great praise for their decision; for they quietly agreed not to show any undue temper at these vexatious delays, nor even appear anxious to proceed. With a view to throw the " Boy" off any scent he might have, they conversed about fishing, shooting, riding, and jumping, and every ordinary thing of which they could think ; and before him and the landlord of the house, they were as cheerful as cheerful could be. Making an excuse for walking out, as if to enjoy the beautiful moonlight, young Stanley took hold of Brown's arm, and when at a convenient distance from the house, where he could not be overheard, he whis- pered, " Brown ! leave it to me, my bov ; leave it all to me. We are on the right track so" far, you may rely upon it." "Wliy how can you possibly decide that?" John asked eagerly. " These delays, John, are all intended to give time to the other parties. I wonder you did not perceive that." " I really did not think so ; but it does look omi ous. Iherc IS a strong show of probability about it ; 1 am positively struck with the force of what you say." '' Well now, Brown, just keep counsel, and hi me work the 'cari. ' " - • - all , . „ - I wish you to do is, to observe these icUows narrowly and vigilantly." In a short time they returned, and found a blazing AT THE BEE HIVE TAVSBN. 251 turf fire They sat them down to read some papers thev had with them endeavouring in the meantime to keen their ears on the alert, so as to deteet, if possible anv the"" W" trf-'°"T''*'r '"'^''" t"''^ ''-« be't^ee'n the boy and Ins master, that was at all likelv to lead to a discovery. They were not (as we shall see) com- pelled long to wait the lookcd-foi- information Jrom the fire-place at which they were sitting, thev had a full view of "the bar," inside of which their iollv landlord," the owner of the head aforesaid, was rZ gahng himself with a smoke of his d tn ■1 oiutr to look at liia hoi-ses. John followed -ind few mkutr*''r'f."'"^'" *'"' ^*'''''^ wait i a'/ery I have to'a^l^ii, aL^T^r^dT Tftl you, I'll g,ve you a handsome preseu • hnf if , t^n^;^ ^:!r — /tXtH„r;i;2::h l''allms down on his knee... and throwing up his ha.-.u R. h-fl :ri: f 254 A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE OF THE PURSUERS implor!;ijrly, with thi^ most earnest supplications, the "boy cried out_, " For the sake o' ." "iiush, sir/' said George, "speak low; I'm not deaf; bui, speak truly." "Well, yer honcr, for the love av all tL-} sowls belonging to ye in tlie flames o' Purgatory, kSj are nie life; and I/U toil ye every word J knoAvs/' * "There is no danger, whatever, of your life, if you tell the truth. Now, come, give me that hammer and those nails which you h ive seerri, ;1 to ruin my horse." He drew them forth, "Now tell me which of these roaus was taken ])y those people whr. left voui' house durin*: the tvfnvire- past?" "Weil, tfsii, yer honor, as I'm a sinner, the two carriages p.^?rtc: l whin liere ; one av 'em took the road to Dungnrvti . and Watherford, and th- t'other wint towards Clu micL They Avor to meet in Dublin, an 'tis God's thruth I'm tellin' yer honors this bl( ssed night." "Now, my man," continued George, " tell us what state their horses were in ?" "Fegs an' jaded enuff they wor, goodness knows. They wor druv too hard intirely, so they wor; but they'd get fresh horses at Dungarvan ; I mane the people that had the mad young ooman. I don't know where the t'others would change bosses, only they'd all take to the coaches whin they got to thim places I mintion'd. The t'other young lady had her sinses very well, only she look'd skeer'd like." " Did you hear what they were going to do with the young ladies ?" " They said, fegs an' I'll tell no lie about it ; they said the young ladies wor goin' av their own free will an' accord to Spain, to live in a eonvint, for fear a rich uncle of theirs would compel 'em to be Protestints." -^^;, i as msj the Um not sow its are nie , if } ou nor and horse." fkcn ])y evening :he two he road er wint , an ^tis night/' IS what knows, r ; but me the t know ey'd all )laces I jes very nth the ; they ree will r a rieh stints." AT THE BEE HIVE TAVERN. 255 D d they leave anything behind them with vou?" Diekens a taste m life, sir ; only a little weenv scVan ^aper, one o' the girls ^ t fall from her Imnd ^ Se'e It IS sir, an' I don't kiunv from Adam what is on i Z "^rL^ ''^ '-'-' ^^ - -i^oirri;:: "Well now, my tight fellow," said Geor-e drawl,,,, some silver from his pocket, " here are five shiutJIfo*' your information, five shillings for your worthy master lu payment for hi. errand, aSd two shi linl^aTsW' ^rmtK.^rera-rir;r;'s^^^ These orders were executed with all promptness and precaution by the "boy," who led the earriW^ u„ to tlie door The carriage there, George ordereTthc bov into the bar and caused him to sit tremulously i", the snug ea.y chair, where his master usually 3d him self. When seated, George drew a handkerchief oy^r his eyes a smaU piece of wood across his r^outl and kSesf of "t l"!™' '^™' 1'^'' "- *« th^' t;ndcr lunaness ot his obliging and complaisant master when safely returned. This last act did not meet thp concurrence of Brown ; but both were soon mounted and on the high road from the " Bee Hive " w en fCtV^fm" *•>? P^-«i»g steeds Ihe; rapS Dungrvan.'"' """' ^''"'''' " *'"^ ""^^ ^^'•^ "and When ou the road a little way, John said — " Wp did not see what was on the scrap of paper." ' But I saw It," shouted George, in a voice that k2 ■ .ft ii'l\ 256 A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE OF THE PURSUERS John took the paper, and read the word " Convent,'* (in pencil) to wliich were added the initials, " M.B." " All right, so far," he shouted ; " I would swear at any time to Polly's writing, even without the initials ; and doubtless thinking there might be a pursuit, she dex- terously dropped this scrap somewhere about the ' Bee Hive/ " " I tell you what it is. Brown,'' said George, " too much religion will never do for a fellow who means to leave his impress upon this world of ours. Now, there is my o^Ti dear mother; everybody knows she is a saint. I use the word in its best sense ; but she is no more fit to deal with the world, than if she had never been in it. She is constantly imposed upon, and that, too, by those renegades and vagabonds, who, while they speak smoothly to her, would murder herself and every member of her family, and consign us all to the black realms of Pluto. These parties come to her with their feigned tales of distress, and put on a drivelling penitence ; while at the same time, conspiracies against us are all but executed. They come to papa in the same fawning way, begging to be forgiven rent ; and really I fear he will soon be as easily duped as mamma. Just think of him to-night: he would not take a pistol with him; not he. What would uoy and I have done with that boy, sir, if I had come unprovided with those little bull-dogs ?" After a pause John answered, — '' The matter, so far, is very well; yet I cannot forbear saying, that I cordially approve of the peaceful and forbearing principles of your parents, as being more in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ, than those you appear to advocate. Now, if there had been a large party of men there, we should have been injured more than benefited, by any display of those fire-arms; and there being but one armed, who was competent to use them, a discharge would havs AT THE BEE HIVE TAVERN. 257 uu^ersally acted upon? The LTmTst 1 VX' i^S' rLpant"" ' *° ''' ^*™'''' '-'^ -^"^ "-I"^' -igS revere VoKeThTelC "Xw"' 't" '' " '^^ ^^^ a iair trial, auairtC "out t^hfu% dSS' Drother. Let there be a wide dissemination of the gospelof peaee; and,i„ proportion as its holy tru hs are accepted and its principles diffused, in the sam, proportion wdl our antagonisms and ImsdUt cs ceaTc In this country, we are so accustomed to reli'To!^ bickermg and party strife, and bitterness is so cdt? vated, hat to shake one's self out of religious an mosxty IS no easy matter. Besides, I knew "hat tl^ prevaleut religion of this country eneoura'i among them, the skylark soared aloft, welcouixng trie mo.nin-r with its brilliant notes. As day-light expanded, they began to discern clearly their nosition : and, looking down from their elevation, they beheld with surprise and admiration the beautiful bftv of Dungarvan. Upon the surface of the bay were hundreds of fishing craft, returning laden with the spoils of the night. At four o^clock they diew up at the hotel door, where " bait for the horses, beds for two, and breakfast at six,'' was oilered; and "post horses from chence to W aterford,'' \y the time the genucmen had their meal. With the rc!ider's permission we shall leave them for the present, and see how other parties far'^d in the same enterprise. CHAPTER XXIII. im&a, limits I Sralr0 1 ^t (5mt in mntth f " God is our refuge in distress, A present help when dangers press • In Him, undaunted, we'll confide', Iti ugh earth were from her centre toss'd And mf>' tains in the ocean losf. Torn i)iece-meal by the roaring tide. A ^? *"™"^*8 when the heathen rag'd And kingdoms war against us wag'd ' He thunder'd and dispers'd their pow'ra • Ihe Lord of hosts conducts our arms Our tow'r of refuge in alarms, Our fathers' guardian God, and ours. " Come, see the wonders He Irnth wrought On earth what desolation brought ; ' XT ^*^^,He has calmed the jarring world. He broke the warlike spear imd bow. With them their thund'ring cliuriots too, Into devounng fl mies were hurl'd. " Submit to God's alaighty sway. For Him the heathen shall obey, * And earth her sovereign Lord confess, ine trod of liosts conducts our arms Our tower of refuge in alarms, Aa to our fathers in distress." iilUDYANDTA sPaHAPHBASE. (Fori, ^^..thFsalm.) J* "ii *fl}>l , II. lE left our youtlifnl heroes ahoiit to take some repose and refresliment, before prosecuting their pursuit further. They breakfasted, as pro})osed, at six o'clock, and at half-past that hour, were on the road again, behind four horses, whose proud hoofs spurned the earth beneath them, and dashed onward for Waterford. Feeling certain, respecting the accuracy of the information obtained at the " Bee Hive," they i . .^,v -'^^ THE GAME IS SCENTED ! OMWAltD ! ONWARD ! 201 rn!,l'VT 1'"''"i""' «t """garvan, nor indeed on their road be ween tlmt place and Waterford. Tliev e,m- ^« ill '"T r ""''/'*"'S ,S<^»«>-al .lircetions'to tl,c postili.,,, "to drive as fast as the horses could with duo to ,7en'"' ' ""'' "'■' ' ""f' ""-y ""'"f'^^^ themselves to sleep, and were surprised to Hnd theuiselves, at nine o clock at the ollice of the Dublin .Mail Coae ,. w "h chicle had started for the metropolis two hours before heir arrival. On making this discoverv, they bCed themselves for d.'laying at Dui.garvan, but regrets were n:*:;;st'iol''°^' '° ^"''^"' ^''^'^ *•■"-- --- -- «- A whole day now remained at their disposal, in which to make inquiries, and write to Mr, Stanley, whom tlicv expected to reach Clonmcl by that evening After i7 suing uLjuiry fruitlessly for a long time, tliev at lei Ah snceccdcd 1,1 ascertaining, " that a carriage had reached Waterford very early that morning; that the partes part ot the lown; and had started from thence for t'^:p 'I '<'" Y"" '''"■' ^" ^"'- "' - ''ft "«■' i^ corrnal. lo "make assurance doubly sure/' thcv in- quired at the office of the said Mail Car, ami lea^rned that a par y of three-tro men, and a young ladv, the last named apparently excited, or deranged in intellect from her manner,-had travelled by tl^ir conveW that morning, bookmg for Dublin : farther than this it seemed unwise to interrogate the official who furnished the information, and with it they contented themselves. Ihere was now something to communicate to Mr ^itanlcy, senior, and George accordingly wrote, ac- quainting hin. fully with their progre'ss so far, and expressing a hope that they would dl meet the fol- lowing day, m Dublin. The letter was as follows : — i .•ril til 2G2 BRAVO, STANLEY ! BRAVO ! ^1 ■I ) I i ": ft ,, ^, , " Watcrford, June 20tli, 183— '' My dear Pap,— " Progress so far, very good ; information pn^ttv accurate, as I think. The two carriages took our " road, until they arrived at ' The Cross Roads,^ wlierc 1^' they baited at tlie sign of tlie ' Bee Hive,' at whieli '' interesting spot our liorses were regaled with mustv " oats. ^ " We did not accept the pressing invitation upon the ' sign board, to ' Thry tlie flavour of their honey,' but, " my word for it, the jolly Landlord,— (who remembers " yourself and Lohl Doneraile amongst his oeeasional '^^ visitors, when fishing, or hunting, and imbibing his "grog,)— that very identical condescending personage, has, ere this, found himself ' done drown,' bv two ' raw fforsoons/ as he called us. " l^tuir pap, — peace principles may be very good to ^^ get to heaven with, but assuredly if you want to get " 'a fu/l, thrue, atid pertik/ar account/ from an Irish " Papist, respecting abducted young ladies, and their abductors, depend upon it there is nothing like ' cr- Jnbiting/ as the doctors say, a fair proportion of M^riar Bacon's Miuniane discovery,' with ' quart tuni 1^' 5?#' of lead, the former in powder, and the latter in '^ pills, to be administered until a change is produced in 1^ the patient. I don't mean to say we had any actual '' occasi(m to administer even a single dose, but I am " morally certain that the very sight of the medicine, produced the necessary information. The parties separated, said our informant, at 'The Cross lioads,' I' bringing one of the girls vid this route to Dublin. "The other, we imagine, was taken your way. We "found a scrap of paper at the 'Bee Hive,' upon which " was written, in pencil, tlie word ' convent,' and the initials, 'M.B.'j whence we infer, that the object of t( (( ft « n ' [83— I pretty )()k our ' where b wliieli I musty pou tlie y/ l)ut, i(?m])ers L'asioual iug his souaji^e, l)V two jood to to get u Irish (I their ke ' ex- tiou of uanhtm itter in need in actual b I am ulu'Aue, parties lloads/ )ublin. . We wliich ud the )jcct of THE GAME IS SCENTED ! ONWARD ! ONWARD ! 263 - to ro7.: ? ''^' ^'^ this eveniuf^'s mail/and hope to meet you to-morrow, at the ^ (Iresham/ aLnreah v Z^S:-^' ^-^-^ your mission ^vilM^ " I remain, " Your hopeful heir, uTT^ A . r, , "(jEoRGE Stanley. Hon. Augustus Stanley, „ . " The ( i lobe, Clonmel/' llavmnr posted their letters, and haviu- a little time to spaiv, they spent it in examining; tlu- eity wl iT thoujjh not a very larp. om, will well repay a ^t .. ; for a brief njspeetmn. They yisited its anei<.nt eathe in 1 and paraded ,ts beautiful quay, a mile in len.rth, where large numbers of ships from various parts of^th^ wor l arrive, and are constantly discharging th(«ir car<^oes ^vhile others are outward bound. They were shown through -rhe Tower,- (or prison) wher^ there fs s I)reserved, a cannon ball, fired into it from the Kilkenny side of the river by Ouvkr Cromwell, before the city surrendered to the Parliamentary army, under tli^ inflexible Puritan. They crossed tl.e - lo^^dy tdr^' by a wooden bridgo, about half an English mile in leiw^tir whic>h unites tlie City of Waterfonl to the County f Kilkenny, and walked to the spot on which Oliver had ^Jr% "^•'^^^'•^"^^^^> to compel the surrender of tile Irish Ihese sights and scenes, together with the his- torical reminiscences connected with them, led our young friends into an animated, and sometimes a warm debate^ which passed the time away very agreeably, and, I may add instructively, until near the hour fo/uieir depart ture, when something instinctively admonished them that dinner must be near at haiul The circumstances of the respective parties added zest to their discussion '\'\ ST" 261 BRAVO, STANLEY ! BR.\VO ! f i - ' iMi John Brown, on the one liand, liad been from infancy instructed that Protestantism of all sorts was identified with the robbery and spoliation of the Irish Iloman Catholics ; nor could he for some length of time after Ins conversion to a sound Scriptural creed, dissociate in his mind the religion of the Saxon from confiscation ot those broad acres, of wliich, had it not taken place he would now be, in all proba])ility a feudal lord, instead ot being, as he was, the humble son of a tenant farmer. Stanley, on the other hand, though early im])ucd by his father with a detestation of Popery, detested it merely on account of its antagonism to the political ascendency of the Saxon. His class were as cordial iu their liatred of Cromwell and the Puritans (who at that particular period represented republican opinions ) as were the Roman Catholics, who looked upon the 1 uritans as having still furtlier revolted from Rome than the Episcopalian Protestants themselves had. Each had been induced to abhor Dissent ; George because it embodied principles repugnant in his opinion to Monarchy ; and John, because it was a much plainer cxliibition of Protestant truth than that given even by a modified Episcopacy. George advocated Church and btate, and John espoused the side on which religion was stripped of all external show, leaving it to stand upon its own merits. Discussions like this, conducted bv two intelligent young men both thoroughly educated, intensely fond ot each other, and each adhering to his preposses- sions, but seeking truth rather than victory, such discussions cannot fail of leaving something good behind them. The debaters had the inside of the coach to themselves from Waterford; and shall we wonder, then, if the earnestness of debate hastened the wing of time, so that its rapid flight was not m )m infancy . identified sh Roman time after dissociate 3nfiscation ken place, *d, instead nt fanner. ml)ued by etested it 3 political cordial in i (who at opinions,) upon the Lome than ; George, is opinion 2h plainer even by a urch and 1 religion to stand ntelligent sely fond ireposses- )ry, such ng good 3 of the shall we hastened was not THE GAME IS SCENTED ! ONWAPD ! ONWARD f OQg ternal troubles prcssmg upou the mhuls of those they the shoulder hy a familiar and well-know ha^ m.«ng foe to Popery, an'd the noted^to; r Sw[t°h Its al.lest pnests the Key. (iregory Thra 1 er does not open for a fortnight to eome. How s t^^ "^^ oeoryrw:;:^ "T;^^a,;; ™rn4t:f r "r--" ochls of us, whieh win llartT'^^Z! ;'r 11 *^ ' negative, he contimipfl • men boAved pohtely to eacli ither. - You will ^luft s^ccr""t;;^ij\:t'tai£ f r =&i,:Si;Sin:£; r ^^^^^^ "g. and let him into all S e my tfr ^ 'of Z " "","•'",- has brought us here." ^ "''^ '''^^'^ '''"<='' .v,'' Y'.$'' "i'™", '',''!"■'■" ^^^••- Thrasher responded • " 7 cxpeeted a friend th 8 morninn- ,,.1,„ 1, "^I"'""""'. i an.l 1 have now got tw.H^^df "!""*•,''•''''"";''' man," ealling a carria.-e " ,W ' t,? '"o ooaeh- know me!" "' "" '" "'^ ''"»»«; you I '-I >7 rr .1 2GG BILVVO, PTANLEY ! BRAVO ! I !'■ q " Arrali tliin, Mr. Thr^slicr^ I'd like to know tlie man ill Dublin that doesn't know yer own four bones, an' where you lives, to boot ; an' if I don't mistake, Father T knows ye too. I say it, although I'm of his way ()' thinkin' meself, ye know." " Well then, set us down at my house." On their way George inquired, " How is it that those fellows don't assassinate you ? Is it from love or fear, or a mixture of both ?" '' I don't know," Gregory added ; " God protects me, that is the best solution of the mystery. 1 have never been attacked seriously by them ; and yet I use very little precaution." They were soon at his door. The driver touched his hat for the fare ; and, being told he need not mind any change, mounted his box and bawled out, " Long may ye live, Misther Thrasher, and Father T too; may nathcr of ye iver die 'till yeez has another shine in the llotundy above." Breakfast being ready and quickly disposed of, they proceeded to the dispatch of business. George gave Mr. T a short account of John Brown's history, with that of the sufferings and sorrows of his family, and the abduction of his sisters. The good man was moved in the depths of his very soul, and started from his seat when he heard of the murder of Mr. Brown ! He paced the floor up and down in silence until the conclusion of the narrative, and then seemed lost in thought for a while; then ring- ing the bell, he ordered his carriage, and quickly draw- ing on his boots, beckoned the young men to follow him. George knew him too well oo be offended with his apparently abrupt and abstracted manner, and motioned to Brown to observe silence. They speedily followed. I the man Diics, an' I, Father m of his On their ; fellows ear, or a ;ects me, ^'e never use very ehcd his lind any >ng may — too; er shine of, they 'ge gave history, family, his very d of the up and arrative, en ring- ly draw- ;o follow with his lotioned oiiowcd. THE GAME IS SCENTED ! ONWARD ! ONWARD ! 267 His servant asked -Where to, sir?" and receivin^r tlio A drive of a few mhmtes and they were all three v£ Z: "rT''' ^^^? 7'\ «^-«f *'- Magistrate ,o uJiom i\rr. Brown related the story of the outra.rp Z ah-eady detailed, and to which the worthy gcntkman listened with the most profound attention. ^ ^'"'''"^'" i^o you suspect, then, that those rascals have broun-ht youi^s.ters to Dublin ?" the Magistrate inquLe" "°'' 1 do, sir! One of them at any rate. I think it 1 did. ° inr^^^' H "^T^'f} ^!^'^" '^""'^'^'^ l^^Win by the even- ing. Here the Magistrate ran his eye over a slmct of paper, and putting his forefinger on the top of a colu„m of figures ran it down till ho came to the numW three hundred and forty -scvc7i • then iminn- +.. "^"^'^^r, of the room, ,vher/a t^bc/^i. TZ^I^ l^Z perea into it~ Fhree-forty -seven !" ^^ Here sir '> was ans^m^cd immediately, and in the space of a hv Sdea^Hffi' ^7'^^ T' ^ -"^1 'tap with t: knuckle a. the office door, and was ordered to - enter " lhr,e-forty-seven ! you were on duty last i Hit when the Waterford mail arrived ?" ^ '' T Avas, sir." " What particR travelled inside ?" " Two m^n, sir ! and a young ladv " ''Noo\*e oke?" ^' "No, ti^*' -njone else." " Did fhr^ excite your attention in any way ?" t if 258 BRAVO, STANLEY ! BRAVO ! The man, pulling a memorandum book from his pocket, said, " They did, sir." "How?" " The men seemed unlike inside passengers, being common-looking persons. Neither they nor the lady had any luggage ; and, on looking at the ' waybill,' 1 saw they had paid for the whole inside of the coach, and entered their names as ^ Cash.' " "What next?" " I sent Number ^ seventy -six^ to take a car and follow them, to see where they were going, and I have not spoken to him since." "Go below !" And "Three-forty -seven" disa]jpeared. " Seventy -six" the Magistrate again whispered, and " Coming, sir," was sent back through the tube like a gust of thunder. The man instantly appeared. " Seventy-six ! what about those persons you watched from the Waterford mail last night?" the Magistrate asked, still writing his questions and the answers elicited in short hand notes. " I watched 'em, sir ! followin' in a car till they crossed over Essex bridge, whin they called a coach, an' I followed 'em as far as the office o' the Liverpool steam- packet. One of the men wint to the door, an' found it closed for the night. They thin turn'd back over the bridge an' down the Black lloek road, till thsy came to the convhit, an' all of 'em wint in tliere. They paid their driver an' sint him away. I waited till the men came out agin. The young lady remained behind, an' I follow'd '(un to a lodgin' house in Thomas-street, where I left 'em till I wint an' chang'd me clothes an' got a box o' matches, by ^^'ay av peddtin.' I gave the ooman o' the house a glass o' whiskey to put me in the room with the two men, an' I larned from their conversation from his Ts, being the lady waybill; I he coach, car and Lid I have appeared, ered, and be like a 1 watched [ajjfistrate •s elicited till they oach, an' )ol steam - ' found it over the Y came to 'hey paid the mcu ind, an' I et; where in' got a le ooniau 'he room versatiou THE GAME IS SCENTED ! ONW.RD ! ONWARD ! 269 approaches to it, until the arrival of tWnff '"' g.rl AVe will then issue a wa -ran on h oa h of^"h "^ brother, who is their imfnvni i- '^" ^^ ^^^^^ reeo.er'the™ fiU'TheirSncf"^"""' "'"' ^^ <=- He ^rde ':dtrm'rt:'t ''' n^'^' ""'J -«>"-w. .. saKl. : .hat do ,ou think" of ourSofolitrn'^ evemhing th'e"."" ""'' '"''"' "^"^y- -' *% k„o,v "Now"bovs'ir!r' *^'-J'''-''er's, he said to them, -L^uw, ooys, let us see who can wrifp +>io ^.c^. i. V rt,^'^-'':^o:uV^st:r^r^^« direet the., eaef f ';:h prLM^^^t'^.S **^® — I^oom of the Rotunda." '^ g' iv" I f CHAPTER XXIV. " If ever on polluted walls, Heaven's red rif,'ht arm in vengeance falls ; If e'er its justice wraps in flame The black abodes of sin and shame ; That justice, in its own pood time, Shall visit for so foul a crime, Ope desolation's flood-gate wido, And blast thee, Netley, in thy pride ! " Lo ! where it comes ! — the tempest low'ra I It bursts on thy devoted tow'rs ; Rutiilesa Tudor's bloated form Rides on the blast, and guides the storm ; I hear the sacrilegious cry, — ' Down with the iiests, and the rooks will fly !' " Down ! down they came ! a fearful fall — Arch, and pillar, and roof-tree, and all, Stained pane and sculptured stone, There they lie on the green-sward strewn — Mouldering walls remain alono ! Shaven crown, Bombazin gown, Mitre, and Crosier, and all are flown !" Inqoldsby Legends. miiiT h OENDS. S J- j'tiiroiestaiits, or Orangemeu assembled s 2 ' ill 1 , ^i 11" 272 TELLS now, AND BY WHOM, A CONVENT f ; ■ i J i) ■■,, i i . - i : / '1 i " Kontish fire " i; as well known as the story of the battle of the Boynt . When the "fire" had subsidid, Mr. Thrasher ex- plained to the meeting his reason for callinp^ th( m to- gether, and told them some of the history of young Mr. Brown, his family and friends ; of the reformation that had been produced among them ; and of tlie death of Mr. Brown, senior, as well as the forcible seizure and abduction of his daughters, sisters of our friend present. " Now, my Protestant boys," he said, '' one "of the girls is already in Blaekrock convent; the " fellows who brought her there are already in custody. " We know not whether the other sister has yet arrived. " One of the Magistrates has advised me to wait until " she is likewise deposited there, when he will give her " brother a warrant to remove her to his own custody, " as her natural guardian. What say you ? Protestant boys ! Shall we take the course of law ? or shall we simply go ,,nd demand the girl, and bring her aAvay, •• trusting lu i:\fovidence to restore the other sister in " his ow!. .; H><1 time ?" "Let iis uo immediately," was the reply from all parts of the room. " If we give them time, they'll baffle us at law," shouted one. " Or they'll get the girls out of the country," said a second. " Pull down the nest of infamy," shouted a third. " Burn the rascally lot, nims, priests, babies, and all," was the cruel and inconsiderate advice of a fourth. Mr. Thrasher held up his right hand, which was the signal for immediate silence; and silence as deep as that of the grave followed. '[I am gi'ieved, I am ashamed," he said, "to hear such " vindictiveness breathed in this meeting. But there is tc t( (( y of the isIht ex- t]i( rn to- 3f young orniation he death 3 seizure ir friend d, '' one mt ; the custody. : arrived, ait nntil give her custody, •otestant shall we ^r away, sister in from all at law," /' said a hird. md all/' rth. was the deep as ear such there is MAY BE SUCCESSPULLV , . ,red. 3-3 "friends? Shall we liiiv,.,rr i , "•'' J"""' "'v :: mediately to demand t.c'r^tZ'tgrirt',' """""■ "omen, at least of the one ' [ 'ow to I i'T -""'"« shall we not ? ^Vc ran , .7 ? , ""''■«. or " o'eloek, dismUsins the dri '^. ''"'^-l"'-^' '"'■"' " «o at this si,l,,. the eonvent ' " ''"""'' "^ " '"'''•' "' "Agreed, agreed," th,.y all shouted " 'Protestant boy f' and sue o ' v". ' '", *''" *""^- "^ "Btruments, will keeo u» t. ^ ";'', ''"''' ""' "'- " aeeompaniment If 3 ! • '^™'"''' "^ ' "» ""' the earriage stlljd " ''''''"'' ""' "^ '^<^y ^'^rted to wi" l.t'' a'roSanttot ""'''1' "","• *^'- ''''-•'-. door of the eon'vratrre:.''""^''"'^ ^' '''' "'"- -ked tw°?hi:*ht^ t'd "'«'*•"• *'"^ >-•""• do^r suffieient§ largolo surfcXr *" =" ^""' fort'dS^'^oYndttttT^r-"^^^^^^ "''■• - poration of bachelors" fin,) ? members of the "cor- Ws both seaso^^lc ^I^^TCt^^^^ Bfatfcr j MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI ond ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 I 5.0 ■ 56 •i u tliUU 1 2.8 3.2 14.0 i.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 A /APPLIED IM/1GE I nc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax 271 TELLS now, AND BY WHOM, A CONVENT cabalistic word, drew somethinj^ from his pocket with wliich lie touched the fingers of the "janitor'' as they rested on the ledge of the opening through which he peeped, and the effect was talismanic. The door imme- diately opened sufficiently to admit one person at a time. Mr*! Thrasher entered and seized the porter's hand so as to prevent his locking it, until John Brown and George Stanley had followed. '' Holy Mary ! Tm bethrayed !" ejaculated the easily corrupted functionary. 'MIold, sir!'' Mr. Thrasher said: ''not a word of noise, hut convey this card quietly to the :M other Al)l)ess, and say, I'm very sorry to disturb her rest, or her devo- tions, but I must sec her before I leave this place." " If ye don't quit, I'll call the police, so I will," uttered the terrified porter. ''With all my heart! my dear fellow;" replied Mr. T. ; " l)ut I too have got police witlnn hearing of my voice }} Two stamps of his foot on the pavement had been agreed upon as the signal for striking up the music ; and "Protestant boys" rung out from the hills and valleys, accompanied by the " fire." " IVIay all the saints purtect us, this blessed night ; but I b'leve the ind o' the world is comin,' sure enough." The porter muttered the above words, and disappeared, but soon returned, accompanied by the Mother Abbess. " Excuse my calling," Mr. Thrasher said, " at this late hour, madam ; but I thought it best to do so, under the circumstances. You have my card, madani, and if I am acting illegally, you and your advisers will know how to proceed. I demand a sight of Miss Brown, who was brought here forcibly yesterday or the day before." " We know no person *by that name," she coldly answered, " in this place." ickot "^'itli " as thev ■\vliieli he 3or imiiK*- at a tirao. ;cr's liaiifl Jrowu and the easily a word of er Abl)css, ' her dcvo- laee/^ ;o I will/' eplied Mr. iiig of my had been he music ; ! hills and night ; but 3 enough." isappeared, ler Abbess. , " at this 3 so, under am, and if will know Irown, who ay before." she coldly MAY BE SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED. 275 -Of course" he said -according to your usan-o you have changed her name; but, s?e, AL.dam, (pulC -olidc'w^"'''^^ ^^^ ^"^^ ""'' --^^-^^^ -d musi'c - I do," she said. - On entering this place," he added, - 1 told those without to force an entrance if I am not with themhi wenty minutes from the time of my lea^dng tTem len minutes have already expired. Svc Mr J wUi -)t go out ahve, until we see Miss Brown ; and fn Te - Would not to-morrow morning be a better timn in " Only nine minutes more, madam," he said l.oldin^ up Im wutel, " and the proposal will l,o earried on " ° She disappeared throngh the wieket, by which she had entered the porch where they were standi ,« arid mlhree minutes more, Polly Brown had fallen fS^th^ into her brother's arms. lamting A font of "ho/y water," so called, was within a few feet of where they stood; George and her brother sun ported her whie Mr. Thrasher" dipped his Cds nto that vesse land hcsprinkled her face plentifully re" marking, " that it might be as good as iny other ^atcr for that purpose." Before the twenty «/ito had ful „ expired, the whole cortege was on its way to "iWn " singing in such lusty tones, as such men are used to ;; The drums did beat, and fifes did plav, And the Prott-staut boys, did carry the day." On ncaring the city Mr. Thrasher enjoined the strictest silence, lest they might be charged as disturbers of the peace ; and counselled them to go quietly to their re pec' II 276 TELLS HOW, AND BY WHOM, A CONVENT tive homes, — wliicli advice they strictly followed. A short drive brought himself and friends to his house, where Mrs. Thrasher tuoK charge of Miss Brown, who was too much excited to ask or answer many questions on pending matters. The good man made them all to kneel before the Mercy Seat, when he gave thanks for the deliverance of the captive, as well as for the protec- tion afforded to those who rescued her ; and prayed that the same Divine hand might be extended over her sister and the dear Christian brother, who had undertaken to discover, if possible; where she was detain'jd. As soon as all parties had risen from their knees, they remem- bered that they had committed a serious mistake in not ascertaining whether Betsy had yet arrived at the convent or not ; but, on interrogating Polly, they found that she had not been placed there, nor had . he cither seen or heard from her since they parted at " The Cross Roads." Polly communicated the dreadful in- telligence, that, from the time of their seizure until their separation, Elizabeth had been in her former state of mental aberration, and never shewed any sign of recognising her position while they continued together. The watchman called out '' Half-past eleven o'clock ! fair night ! a— IPs w— ell V as Geor,^ id his friend descended Mr. Thrasher's hall door l , .., and hailed a car to drive them to the Gresham Hote', where they arrived in a quarter of an hour from their starting. On entering their names in the Hotel Book, George discovered that the last entered, were those of his honoured Father and Miss Brown. " All right. Brown," he almost shouted, " look here." John looked, and could not forbear ejaculating, " God be praised for ever ! " The servant who handed them the book said, "I presume, gentlemen, you are in search of the Hon. MiiS IT owed. A lis house, own, wlio questions Dm all to hanks for le protec- aved that her sister rtaken to As soon ' remem- istake in ed at the ley found he cither it " The adful in- ure until ner state sign of together, o^cloek ! lis friend d hailed lere they ;ing. , George e of his k here." J, " God said, 'a ifc Hon. MAY BE SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED. 277 ^TTI'fl- .«'' '^ -^'«°g in tl'e private room, ^o. 48, on the first floor. AUow mo to lead you to He led the way to "No. -18," ,vherc sat Mr Stanley ,, , 1 1 V' I , '*' '"* ^'■"sty servant, (or master it 'ould be hard to tell which,) sitting o, plsit" S , tumb er of punch before him. Mr" Stanley 'uh ot expect the arrival of the young men that ,^,.1 T f being interested in something "oi^tl. nanerli*' , remained fixed 0,1 it for some si™ ds iKas tertS from his reverie by a sliout from J'-,t wim ! "'<"' ^" bTow™ Ihat f 'fu^r''?"' a wcenoiigh, an' Ma.sthe enough." °''*" ' ''"' ''"' *■'«'■'' y« »e shure "What news, papa?" Ueorge hastily asked, both sit' """' '"^'^■" "•'='« *■- -S» ""luiri " You've got Betsy safe, I see by the Hotel book " SryoT''^ "and we've got l4y safe enoSS'l whi^di^ro^^p^^^^l-h^^^^^^^^^ ^^ About an hour and a Imlf ntro " n^^. and then detailed in VtL^' way'^hf achXres^ smee he wrote from Waterford ; his m^eeti ig wit^^ Mr Thrasher; the stratagem which they devised and bv Iepo1it't'Mrf'Tt?'r'"'r "f *'«"•' '"d be'itt wroVsuef^ipJrtt'"^^ '""^ "''''' '''""^ -"-- Mr Stanley then related his havine had tiding, r,f the object of his pursuit, in Clonme?f how he eame up with them near a place called CaUon,' demlnSed, and inquiries on 4 278 TELLS HOW, AND BY WHOM, A CONVENT, ETC. finally obtained possession of the young woman ; and ot their safe arrival in Dublin ; adding his fears that the subject of so much solicitude would be a long while, perhaps all lier life, a sufferer from the terrible shock her mind had received. He had to give her in charge to the housekeeper, immediately on his arrival, who deemed it necessarj'' to send for a physician and a nurse. The physician, on hearing of her former circumstances, gave very little reason to hope that she would ever be much better. As it was contrary to orders that she should be seen that night, the gentlemen retired to their respective rooms ; and Pat sought the kitchen, where, with others, there was a servant with whom he had formerly been acquain' <3d, all particulars of which will appear in the next chap ter. ETC. an ; and ot 'H that the ong wliilc, ihle shock in charge Tival, who lid a nurse, iirastanccs, Id ever be s that she red to their en, where, )m he liad which will CHAPTER XXV. li *f ijr To them was life a humble art Of duties to be done, A game where each man took his part A race where all must run • ' Ji'J^tle ^^'If «e great scheme 'and scope They httle cared to know ; Content, as men at arms, to cope Each with his fronting foe. W. M. MiLNES. f ,m . ii 1.111 J*^; TIE room in wliicli George slept was immediately over that in -wiiieli Pat and the frieiid alluded fc^^ to at the elose of the last ehaptcr eliose to hold a long and someAvhat noisy conversation. They had not m(>t for some years^ and both being ardent lovers of all that belongs to social intercourse and kindred feeling, they resolved now that they were together to watch for daylight, and make a " clane breast of it " l)y a reciprocal relation of such incidents as occurred since thev last saw each other. Such of the Hotel servants as had not retired, were invited to ^"^jine the company/' which invitation they readily accepted. Amidst so many Solons, there were streams of wis- dom poured forth ; some averring, others insinuating, and a third party clenching the point by thumps upon the table. While subjects, foreign and domestic, were being thus passionately debated, Pat's friend seemed to be suddenly struck by a reminiscence. He called for silence, which after a while, he obtained. He was full of thought, and •.mediately id alluded >se to hold They had eiit lovers d kindred jgethcr to ust of it" I occurred ;ircd, were ition they US of wis- .siiiuatiug, imps upon aeing thus 3 suddenly ICC;, which (uglit, and STANLEY'S COACHMAN'S " M.SO.VDHER.TAND.NC.S Ofi, aU referred to Pat. He knew Pat was cthroned i„ fl,n aftcefons of the family at Stanley Hal ami t t f tZ;' t^^e^ihtr'-HfS '"^'^ '" "^-^ -^^ '^Tu!v'''"'rT'"''y over -the mis e Z 'n the company with the particnlars of "serimmarf" ' broadest brogno of southern .lialeet ' ™We ] now tl ' Arrah, thin, lave me alone for scrimmao-in ' Wo thravel a great way afore I'rf tt '"\^''"'""' ^ "•!?•'* says he'd fave to tl^^f f^'hef af^re'h^.rg^ni:',;' a saryant, so there we go on finsin' at aieh other^ But a t i; i I! I 282 Stanley's coachman's '' misondherstandings great change has come over him lately. lie has become so religious, so he has, that 'tis somethin' more tlian I can do to raze him at all, at all. Indeed, tegs, he's quite a saint. I used to be able to play all sorts o' tricks wid him, but he's got beyant me intirely. " 1 have towld ye," he proceeded, " how religious the * big man ' has been latterly ; an' indeed, fegs, that same's a big loss to raeself ; bekase, you see, whiniver I wanted a thing, an' axed him for it, an' I didn't get it for axin', I had only to raze him, an' I got it, wliativcr it might be; but; me dear life, av late the owld boy himself wouldn't raze him, so he wouldn't, he takes things so aisy. Indeed, 'tis meself that must mind me P's and Q's ; for he's tin times cuter thin he used to be. But afthcr all, I manages him mighty well. I musn't forget to tell ye all about the great cuffin' match we had whin fishin' in the Lee. That same is five an' twinty year ago, or more, an' I'll be afther tellin' ye all about it. Ye see, the big man ses to me, ses he, ' Pat,' ses he, one day, ' Have every thin' ready to go salmon-fishin' to-morrow,' ses he ; ' Lord F , an' that Italian gintleman is goin' wid us, ses he ; ' an' if yerself an' meself don't show 'em how to crass-fish, thin/ ses he, / our names ain't Pat an' Augustus,' ses he." "'Niver say it twice, ycr honour, ses I. An' so airly in the mornin', sure enuff, we were all at the river side ; an' I sat to work an' fitted up the rods an' flies for the gintlemen named, an' thin proceeded to fit a pair for meself an' himself. Now, does the company ondherstand crass-fishin ?" inquired Pat. The whole assembly seemed oblivious as to the nature of the science, purposely to have it described to them by one so qualified and experienced as their entertainer ; a circumstance which gave him exquisite delight. " Whillaloo ! whillaloo !" he vociferated ; thin 1 NGS 5 l)rcomo 'c tlian I c'^B, he's sorts o^ '/ious tho gs, that liiniver 1 I't get it wluitivcr iwld boy he takes mind me ed to be. I musii't hwe had 1^ twiuty all about Pat/ scs >n-fisliiii^ t Italian rself aii^ ' scs he, An' so II at the rods an' ied to fit company 16 nature to them ertainer ; ht. ; thin 1 WITH HIS MASTHER. )> 283 must insensc yc all into it afore I purcoed Tn om. ftfnn', thin there must ],e one oi^ ak^ side c>' Tl" sthrame, an' ver Hnn« Tr,„..f i •• i ^ " ">c .«* ;o,„° hTHl-Jr.; ■,,,;'"; ,"'"«,"" '" sooner swallvM the liouor t n Tf '''''r^^'^*' '"iM no howldhim • an^ ,f fi k- y ^^'^''^ ^''""^ "othin' to iiuvvm mm , an it the biff man was fishin^ fill i.^ did T hL "f'*^ ^''•r "*<^'' ="«! fished ;-an' if we ^an wor awfy a mile or so do;^ h fr vl :"' I!:":; ' Wh*a??s :L f " ™'f ' *?"^ °"* fro^'^otw'tid:' Jlt^ou?" ^ay"'he'%t' ''"'":' '■<"''' " ^^-^ » a fish an' if T ,\iA fi.1 1!- ^°°^^^ big ' whapper' av nsn, an ii 1 did, the big man, thin aii' there, threw if I W-vj 281 Stanley's coachman's ''misondherstandinos his rod into the stliramo, an' let mc wind away ; at tlic same time jnmpin' into the wathcr up to his waste, so he did, an' rushin' like a mad man over in a jifty to me. Afther a wliile T ploy'd my fish, an' broufi^lit him to hmd, an' if I did, down goes the masthor, l)iliu ovrr ^ .th pashin,' an' tries to take liim aft'o' tiie hook, an' wliin he did, he examin'd the fiy, an' pullin' the line through his fingers, 'till he come to his own files, he found 'cm all as T toAvld you, bit off. I saw plainly cnuff the storm Avas gatherin', and tliere was nothing for it hut laugh him out av it, if I could. Well, an' bchowld ye, he made short work av it, an' dhrcw himself up to mc, an' Avid- out sayin' ' be your lave,' up wid his fist an' hit mc sich a hloAV acrass the face, as made me see stars be daylight. Now, I couldn't stand that, even from the Hon. Augustus Stanley, so be way av returnin' the complimint I up wid my fist and hit him in the same way. * There' ses I, ' take that. If I do lose my situation by it, be gannies I'm young, an' the world is wide,' ses I. ^ Now,' ses he, " mc titc fellow, if ye have any consait o' yourself, I'll fight it out wid ye, an' so at it we wint me darlint, pummillin' aich other for about an hour, at the ind o' which you could scarcely see an eye in aither av our heads. Well, why Lord F wondhered what was a kcepiri' us so far behind; an' layin' doAvn his rod, he walked up fair an' aisy till he came to a bend in the sthrame, an' there he was within four or five yards av us, an' seein' us wheltin' each other for the bare life. 'Warm work,' ses his lordship, ses he. ' Never mind,' returned the masther, ses he, ''just sit an' look on, an" ses he, 'Pat an' meself want to settle this betune ourselves,' ses he, an' so sayin', his lordship laughed loud an' long, and sat down on the bank. So to make me story short, knowin' he'd niver ^ve in, I purtinded to begin to feel tired. An' in ray ; at tlic waste, so he jifiy to me. lim to land, ov(T V *th aii^ whin he tliroiigh his d 'am all as ; storm was laugh him I, he made >c, an' wid- hit me sich )C daylight. I. Augustus int I up wid icre' ses I, be gauuies ' Now,' ses d' yourself, T wint me Lii hour, at an eye in wondhered an' layin' isy till he was within eaeh other s lordship, ler, ses he, an' meself he, an' so d sat down lowin' he'd ed. An' in WITH HIS MASTIIER." 285 boxm about we come to a bank over a vcrydeon holn i„ he wather, an' thongli I eouldn't swim' a s , ?b> J thought to meself if I c(,uld mana.ro a rowl inM // i '. It would put an honourable indX^U^",'"' T' you ready for anotluT round Pat v' "" f '^'^ frindly. < Tm yo,rr serva sir ' sL T ^ > , '^""^ to plaze ye or lave ver sar;^e •' r "hootfu' ;f "" '^^^""^f tbe word, an' squarin' at 1 im ;^^n) I A tl n' T *^ worked meself round till I . e Lc ' T' ''"^' LUC Warner like a sea-horse- nn' if T ,i,m li u missin' the blow, ca„,e aftho L\'' , I" "'"'!'" .;;*a r Masther, agra! let me die on dhryla 1' J' V'^ don't let me bo deionrM l,y eels ' ,es T 7r„ ' . ' tins he struck ont, an' o,L n^,;io me ^teht ^ '?'iv'er'^.::T^'rif'/Ti'"''™'^-""^ -I feivi.. HI, bLS 1 111 tight no morp ' ( 'Ti., 4.- r- VOU ' sea T.nrrl V fi- u.j more. lis time for many leeches to imt on our faces W^'l' '"'.'™''**o counth^ Inn, whi^e we steS tS oTfon' d^ 'tifl o..' tt:;tirer\t.TSt''^i ^"-'■"■' "^^ ■> avit." ' kept me place; an' I'm glad '^ Bravo! Bravo! me bouchal;" greeted Pat fmm aU parts of the company ; ^^ it wouldl^ra p t^^^^^^ sepa rate such a well matched pair." ^ ^ ^ " Separate us indeed !" repeated Paf '^ TM i,-i. ^ the fellow that would pnTti^ to do *it. 'LT2u> T TO 28G Stanley's coachman's misondiierstandinos jist wait a hit, 'till I be afthcr tellin' yecz another slice of a misondherstandin' wc had." " ' Pat/ " scs he to mesclf one day, ' Tell Mick,' ses he, ' to get the (/ray mare ready for me to go the hunt wid in the mornin' ; an' if yon like to come ycrsclf, you may.' Now the gray mare was a favourite wid me, an' I fancy'd he was makin' a hack of her altogither, an' plinty av horses in the stable, dyin' for want av a bit av out-door exercise. So I wint to Mick, an' ses I, ' Mick,' ses I, ' get the hay horse ready for the masther to hunt wid to-morrow mornin'.' 'The hay hoss ?' scs he, wondherin, an' try in' to repeat my words. ' Not the bay hoss,^ ses I, ^ you ignoramus av a hostler, but the bay horse.' ' V cry well,' ses he, ' hoss or horse, which- sumivcr it is, the masther sed in my licarin' t'other day, he'd niver ride any baste but the gray mare while she lives ; she hunts so well.' ^ He'll ride the hay horse to-morrow, ses I, ' so get him ready accordingly. Whin the horses wor brought out he ses, ses he, ' Where is my gray hunter ?' ses he. ' In the field, sir,' ses Mick. Pat Rooney towlt me to get ready the bay horse.' ' P.ooney will be my master before long, and I must submit to be the servant I suppose,' in sayin' which he was soon in the saddle, an' rode from the door. Well, whin I saw him so vexed, I didn't follow him, but I towld Mick to get ready and go afthcr the masther, that the misthiss would want me with the carriage, to go a visitin.' To shorten me story how- sumdiver, the bay horse fell ondher him in Icapin' acrass a ditch, sousin' him in mud and puddle, an' durtyin' his new scarlet huntin' coat, made by one av the tip-top tailers av C . He mounted agin as soon as he could, an' rode back home like a fiiry. The misthiss an' childher wor jist ready to step into the carriage, whin he m alkcd into the parlor, cuttin' a purty figure. ' Where's that INOS :)tlior slice 3ll Mick/ to go the nc ycrsclf, ;e wid mc, ■iltogithcr, at av a bit an* ses I, ic mastlicr /<055 f'* ses ' Not the r, but the 'se, wliich- in* t'other nare while ! /;ff?/ ho7'se ly. Whin Where is , sir/ ses y^ the bay 3ng, and I in sayin' ; from the In't follow afther the ; with the itory how- ipin' aerass 1* durtyin' the tip-top IS he could, -n' childher he walked here's that WITH HIS MASTIIER." 287 fellow Roonev?' sos lie- MnnV o^ +i • n ^. cratliurintireTy' Well ,,,'1 ■*"' '""'' " K'^»"« purtindin' not to be in a pashien ^ I l.^vo nft • ""' mornin' ses he ' ^ ^ i'''^*^ to-morrow ses lie, wlim ye lave mv sarvifP vo^ii +i -''^"""ty, long mile afore yc getL ' 'l ;^,V ^^/'''^^^^ »»''"^>^ ^ ^'Thrue for /e, sif' sesT i^^J^'^V ''' ^'''- lii.f T^v., *i • 1 • '^ . ' -"^^ It slioots me to n T • Oh ! that's the go, is it ?' ses he. ^t is * so. T • ^ . ' but 1,0 iau,h'a'ir.::tr"t "rakr^.r:n;uil;"' ■)■•■' Now, be It known to the rcirlor +i.oi i Vi Pat's loquacity reached thnoii.'f? i 7 ^^' *^"^^' clock had readied a fi,nir,or ^'^''^-^^^f o^^e would call lifP Uo 1 1 1 ^ ^ °* ^'^^^^^ rcguhfr liabits his senses. The ruth i, .l P .r^ *• ''i ' "'™""" "'' up.. Sol began to uiuVlL^t'nir; feS 288 STANLEY^S COACHMAN^S " MISONDHERSTANDINGS rays into the very apartment, where only a short while before there was a listening auditory ; but they had now one by one retired to seek repose, leaving Pat and his dull acquaintance " all alone in their glory." But we must return to the Hotel, and report matters as we find them there. It was now full-blown day, so to speak, and Mr. Stanley was up betimes. He was habitually an early riser, and the business he had in hand required special and undivided attention ; hence time was precious. According to custom, he rang the bell for Pat to attend upon him ; but it was answered by one of the Hotel servants, who, in approaching Mr. Stanley's chamber, said, " his servant had jist gone to see the bosses, an' would wait on his Honour imme- diately." He waited for half-an-hour or so, when no appearance of Pat being made, he resolved upon an im- mediate search for that functionary, in the execution of which mission he met George just emerging from his own room. " What is become of Pat ?" he asked eagerly ; " here are neither boots nor hot water, although he went to bed early/' "There is precisely your mistake, pa," answered George. " Where is my mistake, Mr. Scatterbrain ?" inquired his father hurriedly. " You say, pa, he went to bed early." " Well, he left me early." " Why pa ! you forget all your logic. Pat did not go to bed early, as you intimate ; nor could he be said to have gone to bed late. He just made a regular night of it, with some old acquaintances of his, in the room under my chamber. It was a regular merry-making, and Pat edified his auditory, which must have been large, with lengthened details of quarrels and sundry DINGS hort while y had noAV it and his rt matters n day, so He was he had in ti ; hence , he rang answered L'hing Mr. st gone to ur irame- when no on an im- ecution of from his y; 'Hiere ent to bed answered ' inquired lid not go be said to dar night the room -^-making, lave been d sundry WITH HIS MASTHER." ogQ alleges occurred about wentvLv '" ""'"'"'' '"^ particularly amusing even to *^±f^T "^"Z, ''","' '''' of a quarrel on the banks of the 'ier Lee ' f""^ Italian gentleman and Lord pl!^^> ^'"''~l>^<=^nt, an Mr Stanley laughed heartilv, and Slid "Ti u stupid! why I had forjmtt^n ti, * 1 ■ ' "'"= °^^ knoV where the ?ellow is"' "' '™'« ''""'■ ^° y™ to his\w" nts""" "T*" l''^"™^''' P"' t" «»"<'»et you Ai» ujicrLaoouts; and, so savni"- Grnro-n lori +i ^ Ihey were soon at the roim inNvhich the'ni'ht "■''^■ had been enacted, and which as vn/l ? i *= * ' "''^'"^ ventilated of the combinn If I , •'?'' ^'^'^ scarcely One of the artrcLswS r^d to'f ''^ -'l^obacecf ment was an arm-chair and tlct ^JZ "" "P'?; by several of the household scrvnnt • ' f "™"'"'«I in endeavouring to br u" ifbn t %™!r"''y ""^"'I""' was calling him by name Lo '"'■ 'V'«<=>*" One ye;" and turnh,,^ to Mr' StllP' ^f f T^'"'" »'™'« fellow got up too °„4^ •' an' iS^'t Hi"*'. " '^''"-' T' "'S; tt"T -'f"^"^' -' -- 'thr"ong ' : t^las " '"'' and faithful domestic of aTfwi. Pf''"!" <=">•"•? '"^ old very nature. It maFalso b oblrted of'^hr' ''"' ''"."^ man.althouffh his min,! iJa " j"**^" "* the same gentle- change, he Se^Ss' tSS^^n^i™";''^^'','^!'' vatmg the wit and innocent S;1.;^L' co^Xmit d 'i 1 '; ! i . 1 !! ■ ' H Ik ^■: 290 Stanley's coachman's ^'misondherstandings The bathing, and slapping, and loud talking around Pat, served to disturb his slumbers, and the words, '^ Your raasther wants you,'' were talismanic in waking him up. Seizing upon the word '^ masther," he roared out, " Who cares for the masther ? Tell him I'll dis- charge him if he don't do betther. He's welcome to Stanley Hall as long as he behaves himself; biit tell him from ?ne, he must turn over a new leaf, or " This was as much as Mr. Stanley's gravity could endure without breaking forth; and turning on his heeh he withdrew, accompanied by George, who retired for a short time to his chamber again to consider the pro- gramme of the day. Mr. Stanley, after parting from him, met the " boots " on the corridor, and inquired of him where his blacking room lay ? *' Below stairs, yer Honour," was the prompt answer. " Have yer Honour any desire to see it ?" '' I have indeed," said Mr. Stanley ; " and I will give you this " (showing a coin of great attraction to an Irishman of his position) " if you will allow me to polish my servant's boots and my own, in your place, with your brushes and blacking." " By all manes in the world, yer Honour," said the worthy, who, though holding a lucrative situation, sel- dom had an opportunity of earning so much, so easily. He accordingly bowed and led the way, Mr. Stanley following. In a shorter period than it takes to write the episode, that gentleman might be seen duly invested with an apron, a bottle of "Day and Martin's inimitable jet," with boot-trees and brushes to match. What an affair was this ! The Honourable Augustus Stanley, of Stan- ley Hall, blacking his servant's boots and his own. Mr. " Boots " determined on aiding the joke, and accordingly lost no time in acquainting Pat with what was going on in his blacking room. He endeavoured to make the hero of the " whip " sensible of what had h )INGS ig around he words, m waking lie roared n I^ll dis- elcome to it tell him — " This Id endure ; heel, he [red for a :• the pro- ting from iquired of stairs, yer ir Honour said Mr. y a coin of ) '' if you I my own, slacking." " said the ation, sel- , so easily, r. Stanley ) write the ested with table jet," it an affair , of Stan- own. joke, and ^vith what deavoured what had WITH HIS MASTHER." 291 passed between his master and himself; and what with consequent vexation, and an additional bottle of soda water his tongue and his limbs began to exhib t im provodsigns of flexibility. Thereupon his first sdW v^^ w!o ^1 v'^;"^' '""T'' ''^'''' "^^^^ «h^re enough, an' large as life,- was his -own dear masthcr b?ushh ' away- a his own iop boots '^for the bare life - ' hi^hat't ?Tr^ ''''"r'\ ^^'' Stanley,' touehing ni. nat to lat, by way of salute. ^ Somebody hmvlH me up, or Til fall,- shouted the worthy Te^^- HoW sTse:!-" <^Et'. ""'V^' "^, ''''' I mightn^tioose 5 ra:t:r inquii^ereoTx^S ^^^ '^ '''' ^^^^^^" ''' "All me indeed, is it ? In throth au^ enough ails me pch ! wirra ! wirra ! wirra !— an^ did I iver think Pri hve to be ruin;d intirely, an^ disgraced as I am this blessed mormn m this dirty eity" o^ Dublin ! Och » Oeh ! bad luck !-but there^s no use in cursin' ye an^ IS a sore day for me I brathcd the air wid ye, an'^aw wL^fir^i\-i::^^ "Something frets you, Pat, wliat is it? Did vou sleep comfortably last night?" asked Mr. StanfeT brushing away at one of Pat's boots with aU his 3' and Pat looking on bewildered. ^ ' " Frets me indeed, is it ? Pegs an' haven't I ennil rayson to fret? How purty I'll Lk whin ^me upSt of a coaehman that doesn't know which ind of a wh[p to hand e, an' puts on his first livery coat to dS some allow-chandler, or some brewer'sUfcLd dath r: to the play or to the church, expects m« to spake to him, an' salute him as we pass on the road fan' I mver acknowledges or salutes%ieh trash) he'u'tLn ZJ", 7- ' ^^""'' '^''' ^'^°^ *'>'»1'^ himself betS nor me, bekays his master blacked boots at Gresham 292 Stanley's coachman's " misondherstandings s Cl hotel/ Well why, if I only had a howlt of the chap that let ye m here to stan' afore me only three minutes Id take satisfaction out of him, so I would, an' make him remimber Misther Rooney's name." "He knows better than to fight >7ith you, Pat/' said Mr. Stanley, brushing away most assiduously; ''for you have the repute of never being beaten." "Och thin, sir," answered Pat, "if ''tis bringin' back owld times ye are afther, in throth an' I never was bate but wanst, an' wouldn't be bate thin, only I took com- pashm on t'other man ; but whether or no. Til not Stan' this any longer, an' be thraited this way' so whin ye can match yerself wid a sarvent, I'm ready to lave yer place, an' may the Power above help ye, whin I lave ye. I'd like to know who'd take the care o' ye tor full thirty year an' more, that I have. Who'll go hshm , an shootin', an' coorsin', an' huiitin' evervwhere be^ day an' be night, among robbers, an' murdherers an all sorts of dangers, whin I'm gone ?" ' Just as Pat had concluded this oration, Mr. Stanley had finished '' shining " Pat's <' tops," very much to his own satisfaction. On laying them down beside the worthy owner, he expressed a wish to know how his work was approved of, or what Pat " thought of it ^" '^' I think they're so badly dun, I wouldn't be seen wid em out m the :threet ; an' its plane enuff you're no sarvent even for yerself, an' so long as I'm yours, I say It now, ye shall niver go out wid the likes of 'em on ye • so take my advice, an' niver purtind to clane boots; an' 1 give It chaper than Misther Parchmint would " Mr. Stanley saw the change of thought that seemed to be passing over his domestic's mind, and, thinking tliat negotiations for an amicable settlement might safely be entered upon, and moreover, that the time tor brmgmg his own little dramatic episode to a close )INGS the chap minutes, an' make 'at," said "for you ^n^ back was ])ate »ok com- , Fll not so whin Y to lave , whin I ire o' ye Hio'll go Tvwliere .'dhcrers, Stanley 3h to his side the how his of it V seen wid )u're no 's, I say I on ye ; )ts; an' WITH HIS MASTHER." 293 )> seemed liinking might le time a close tliat the boots were not as well done as t}iev wonl, I ,v„ been hv a more regular j.raetitioncr. %t fo , i h but m doing so, again advised the master to "slmot m self ,„ a sarvent afore leaviii' the dirty city o' U?, , '■ seitit anVthen ^ ZjltX ^ iT ^""^ lacivsnip, and also to the young ladies '' iNow, dear reader, here lay tlic secret of noor Pnt'« apprehensions in the m-xHov Tr» n ^ ^^ ^ reproviiig yet gentle and searel,i„g look of fc wo dear ! for the love o' the blps^ir Vo,V • ' "^'^^thcr IS &:;;?? "«'' Sir;; c"s,= ,',' ? ^^^\ ^^^> ^'^lat am I to promise ?» 1 romise me, sir ! won't ye ^" wen, rat, 1 ve no objection to promise not to foil "Me Cd rr'" '"r'" "0^'= ear^fulTfutu e " *'" "VervwM P wf *^'" "' '■■•' I'" '1° ">« best." \ ery well, Pat, there's an end of it ; now for break- ! * i'-M 294 Stanley's coachman's "misondherstandinos/' fast. I want to do some business in Town, so pray have my clothes brushed and ready, by the time it is over." As the master withdrew into the private room to enjoy the morning meal, Pat winked at one of the house servants, saying - Didn't I tell ye last night Td manage ' the big man?' " ^ b " You did," said the person addressed ; ^'and anybody can see he can manage you full as well. Indeed it would be a pity to spoil two houses with the pair o' you • for I don't think there iver was sich a masther and ser- vant, barrin' the celebrated Dean Swift and his man " I DINGS. Jj pray have t is over." room to the house 'd manage d anybody Indeed it lir o' you ; r and ser- s man." CHAPTER XXVI. ^ WnxkxtfH ^gmmt, mli k €onfmm to th " Oh [who can tell what days and nights he spent Of tideless, waveless, sailless, shoreless woe^r Forlorn of heart ; withered anTdtol^lo" '' ^"^' As leal of Autumn, which the wolfish winds Selecting from its fallen sisters, chase Far from its native grove, to lifeless wastes, And leave it there alone to be forgotten, buch t nngs were disappointment and remorse • And oft united both, as friends severe ' To teach men Wisdom ; but the fool, untaught Was foolish stiU. His ear he stopped, his efeg ForoTf' -«^l blindly, deafly, obstin;tely, ^ ' Fore d desperately his way-£rom woe 1 to woe !" " H.',' •i I t .1 s r HE reader will no doubt remember the arrest and m> lodgement in Dublin Bridewell of two of the . ^ ^.a'^tluctorsofMissBromi, andtheMao-istrates^ information,-- That her brother, as her natural guar- dian could recover her from ^durance' in the convent . ,*^^,% W-oaches to the said convent should be watched for the arrival and consignment thereto, of the still-missmg sister," hoping, of course, in giving this advice, to secure both, and their abductors as wcU In consequeiice, however, of the summary manner in which Miss Polly was released from the custody of the Mother Abbess, there was an end of the case, and the agents of the priests got free. Mr. Stanley, senior, ha^dng satisfied FfM i in'est and vo of tlie gistrates' ral guar- conventj hoiild be to, of the ring this veil. In in which : Mother igcnts of satisfied A murderek's remorse, etc. 297 himself Avith the possession of poor Betsv normitto.l i persecutors to escape; and hence, tl f.l> cZ J nJ further reports of appearances at the -Head Mp » ^ any other court, in the affair. "'''''^ "^ We now come to view John TJrown -n.d I.w .; 4- choly has fived itseff, defy i aV o ^oVcr of '' '"'""; scene, to eure, a,Kre<,,i.,lv''b"., 1 ' h ^a i."!:? H '' most u„t.n„g assiduity on the pirt of er hrot ,e. itl Sister even to allovinfo I T',. li ^ "rotfiei and near and -lear foT, IrStt^T;" "T '" "IheT '* "" ;""' ^r l'^^'^"'^' broth ad siJtef growing old, and ™uid re;ui:!:'ati^te'iu';;:';:r ho d eoneerns ; that she had a sister, dearTv bebved X dreamed of the Slate House last ni^^hrand nh' h feL^err4L^2dtotrer^\#^^^ I 29' A murdi^rer's remorse, and a confession §\>i ho\x my dream ended : for tlicrc Mas great eonfusion towards the Hose, and idl, boys firing shots outside the house, to alarm us." Conversalion in this strain used to open afresh the wounds of her ])rotf,.er and sister, wliosc tears often flowed copiously at ht.i ing her eloquent and touching description of scenes so long dear to their hearts ; dearer now than ever, because they were to mingle ii« them no more. Polly had now full employment in attending to the wants of her poor demented sister, who required more attention than an infant, from the fear that she would try to escape from the house, in order to go '' home " as she still regarded her native place. This, in addition to Jiousekeepmg duties, together with the claims of her now doubly-endearcd brother, (whose pale, but fre- quently highly-flushed cheek, gave ominous tokens of wliat she most dreaded respecting him,) not only oc- casioned her much anxiety, but engrossed the grVater part of her time. Still, with the help of a servant, she not only managed to discharge those duties, but found a little time to spend with him in reading and conversa- tion when he returned from his preaching excursions. Sometimes they were cheered by a sympathizing friend droppmg in, to hold Christian communion, and talk about '^ the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." Again, some sinner inquiring the way to Zion, would come to seek counsel • and not imfrequently, a wretch, loving the filthy lucre of this world would call, inquiring for lU^ 'giutleman that turns the people/' and wanting r Iv .V '^ho^ much money he would give him for turnm ,^^ &c John^s soul was often grieved within him at such barefaced dishonesty, such utter recklessness of princi- ' '- He knew that the priests encoui-aged the people 'V, SSION confusion 3utsi(lc the afrcsii the cars often I touching 'ts; dearer n them no ng to the ired more slic would " home/' n addition ms of lier but fre- tokens of only oc- le greater rvant, she it found a eonversa- u'sions. ipathizing nion, and re Christ ne sinner counsel ; Ithy lucre rutleman "lio^ cc. '■ at such )f prinei- le people TO THE 0« >,;rs„,P op th. ,ost f,.v«eh. 2!)9 t:^ tt- eTr,.^s '^jx.. tT"'' ••" "•■"" - their fellows. ' '° *''" estin.uti,,,, of who re,a„.l:'™ i^ of SXr aTd"?;* ^' "?'' difterenec between my case and hoirrc,.^ .."1 '•'" their view, I have been l.r,l,l , ,i ' '*' f^'t, in lar^e to engage in%;;L™.oeaS';;'''' ^ """ •^"«'™""^ one .oriiin,, ,, ,,e,,io„ to :^^:fi;:^!;^ and myself liindranees to J^uTanv wav '" "°" '''*^^ not death itself/muWdtscv ',,,'; "'' l'"''',"' ''"'"'i"^ severelv "TV v i ,' "'fl^'^; «'."'' '«' asked, somewhat .""" ""^* ^ ^«^^^"" ". near J ohn. Pr JNfothnig but surprise could have given mythmer, dear John «.oi.^ , ? " o ^ "'"• ^-^^i iiig our surprise could have e-ivpn r o f « " ■""% so. John ?" his sister asked " We w»nf r no comfort m the way of living and whil. rvi ^ " a suffieieney for the d^, why f^T"'''' ""^ '""^ '^^ X don t repine on that score," he added ; " I think m 300 A murderer's remorse, and a confession I could suflPer want itself, if called to do so ; but I can- not Ijear to be looked on as the wretch who could barter away my own soul, and the souls of others, for money. This is my trouble, Polly." '' Well now, John, if everybody were to praise you as you passed, and say, ^What a noble fellow that is! what sacrifices he has made for the truth, and for a good conscience V " "Hold there, Polly! enough! enough!" cried John. She resumed, " If every one were to say, ' there is a young man who has sacrificed friendship, worldly pros- pects, almost life itself,' you would continue to preach then, John ! Would you not ?" " Not another word, Polly, love. Now have done. My innate pride of heart has been the cause of all my misery. I wish I had told you of what I felt three months ago. You have held the mirror up to me in good earnest, my sister." They had just finished breakfast, when a knock at the door of the apartment announced a visitor, whom John told to enter; on which intimation, a curious looking character presented himself : he stood in the doorway until he was asked to take a seat, towards which he moved sideways, keeping his eye on that of John as he did so, by way of inquiring, "I wonder whether he will bleed ? " The intruder was one of a class very common in the metropolis of Ireland at that time, namely, a gentleman's servant ''out of place." He held in his hand a hat, the rim of which had grown narrower by degrees for some years; its body, once black, was faded, to what his countrymen call " foxy." It had evidently been subjected that morning to a good brushing, with sugar and water, and to severe pressure with a hot iron. His coat, the tails of which had been shortened to mend the cuflfs and elbows, had, in ?ION but I can- uld barter ar money. dsc you as it is ! Avliat 3r a good ricd Jolm. tliere is a 'Idly pros- to preach avc done. of all my felt three to me in knoek at 3r_, whom a curious )d in the rds which ■ John as ictlier he :las8 very liat time, ce/' He id grown •dy, once '^ foxy.'^ to a good pressure had been had, in TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LOST PINOER. goi mer, to hide tl.c want nf 1? ' ''"'',<'"«'' '" mul-s,,,,,. rouu.l his neck The ,„ttnl e ■ '"'""■', ■"'*' '«'»te(l ^tri„,s round hishee s.^nrf et mrned''""'" 'T^ '" cotton ra™, were tlm,>,t int„ r '""PP"^*' "P "> coloured heels, but^;ell"il shed i ut ;''^T T7 ''"":" ■■" *'"= pertinence about him ca uT n J ""' "" ""■ "*■ '""- copious dose o. .hisk-rs/ur;;- atst: John asked ""^ assistance to you ? " " o'h -'|,f ™-^> I^y ■ : ""1»™'1 John. yc d^i>;-s v:hr!;ro-^i:S;,^ "tht"-"" S'.K T c u:^! :ur P^ t'f ^>^^ « !>ei»' a gintlen;a,^s ; ,1 ' and f T'^f" ">' '"■"' d.ftereuee betune 'cm and our nv , i ' ' '? ""'<''' arc bad, I'd have n,> nllw; . ! ' ^''' "" "'" *'n'C8 satisfied.'' " "''•"'"™ '° t*^". tl'at is, if 1 was . ;!i ^# 302 A murderer's remorse, and a confession much are ye willin' to give ? for other parties are offer- in' purty high." "What other parties, may I ask ?" said Jolm. "Well why, there's Mr. Thrasher, he gives five pound, so he towkl me last night, but I ondherstand that ye give more." " Mr. Tlirasher ? Mr. Thrasher ?" John repeated, as though Ignorant of the man and of his wliereabouts. " Who is he ? Where does Mr. Thrasher live ?" " Well thin meself does'nt know where he lives, but he has an office in the Rotundy, an' has crowds' wid • him on the same business ivery day. Ivery body knows him. Howsomiver, himself an' Father Tom had a great discussion, wanst in the Rotundy." "Oh, yes," John said, as if suddenly recollecting, "I was introduced to him one day in the street. Bat you have not said how much would satisfy you ?" "Well, thin, I think tin pound would be a fair bargain bctune two brothers, that is, to go to Church reg'lar; but if I was obleeged to swear afore the whole congregation, as some do, that the Pope is ' Christ's Aunt,' or ' Aunt-to~Christ,'^ or whativer else they call it, it should be something more, bekase ye see the danger is more, as ye know yerself." John determined on putting a stop, if possible, to this dreadful annoyance, and thought a good plan would be to confront the felloAv with Mr. Thrasher, and then hand him over to the police, as " a rogue and vagabond," or punish him for trying to extort money under false pretences. He then said, "I could not conclude the business on my own responsibility, nor indeed, have I much money in the house, if I could ; but I am going out for a walk, perhaps you would walk with me." The fellow consented, and they both sallied • "Antichrist." ION are offer- 1. '^Well nd, so he fc ye ^ve seated, as reabouts. lives, but 3wds wid. jry body her Tom Dllecting^ et. But e a fair > Church ifore the Pope is tiver else se ye see sible, to od plan lirasher, )gue and t money )uld not ity, nor ' could; lid walk 1 sallied TO THE OWNERSHIP OP THP rnc-r ^"^ ^OST FINGER. 303 merely asked tl.e sen;an ^\^^^Z\ "^ "'""''' J"''" On being answered i.. tl^A «/ .™'""''" ""» "itliin "' the stud^, anHas Ml'ldT ;?'' '" 'f /'^ "-^ to ^tr wl.0 began to makeptt TsJreon"";'^'^ " ^<'"- M itliout waiting for the ii^ol ^ f ? '"" ''''' J»ott«&. with a very grave face sa"d' if ''"''''"' ^^'- '^™«". particular business this t;rnn^" n ""''•*''■' """'"t who wants to 'turn ' i..,! """"S- Here is a man* about trifles; for'Te te^s Te 1^' "'' ^1 ^^"^ Mr. Thraslicr last nif^ir at tJio^ T^ T'^' '^^'^ ^^^^■• him a pretty liberal otfei - ^^otunda, who made /'Indeed P^ said Greo-orv ^^ Tr give ?^^ ^^e^ory. How much would he ''Why the first word he said vpr W. five pound ; but I know hJ^\ ' ^ ^^^'erence, was higher, if I tried him W- "^ '""^^ ""^ ^ ^^^^l cleal ^' Indade ""l^^ T^r,!7l^^ ^^^^^ '^ - '^'^ "What snrf ^f • ^/ -t^iverenee.^^ Kiverenee. I'thilf,: 1 1 a Xtu t;r" ' "'^'' ^*^' don't know what others mayS"' """"^ '"''" '^ ^ ti„ Had he many people there when you were with 1 thnik he mio-lif ;f i.;; ^ , apiece," said Mr. ThJasher *''"'"' ^''^ ''"'^ PO^n^s likei?\e mdf th^lw^r '*" "^l »" -""cli- It's ofym." ' *" '''=«' •'argain he could wid aich "So you can't tell me what .„,.+ <■ has. Am I much likrhin , ?" Wcarauce he ii 9ff:i '■'™i Jim 304 A murderer's remorse, and a confession The fellow stared. The truth that he had reonlarly sold himself without getting the cash, begun tS dawn upon his mental organization, when a pent-up burst of laughter from the servants (and children who were aware of the fellow's business, and had congren-ated outside the study-door,) convinced him that retreat was then impossible. He had nothing to do in his extremity but fling •himself on his knees, begging forgiveness, and pleading his distress. ° Mr Thrasher's old servant man, an honest Roman Catholic, was the most indignant of the party " Oh wisha, yer Riverence ! let me to him," he shouted. Never fear, but I'll save the County the price of his halther, an' jist let me have five or six digs at his miserable carkiss." " No indeed," Mr. Thrasher said ; <^ it would neither be rignt nor lawful for us to do any such thing ; but I think the case deserves punishment, nevertheless. Go out, Thomas ! and bring a policeman." Thomas went as his master directed him. Mr. Thrasher and John went into another room to take counsel about the matter, using the precaution of locking the door from the outside. The servant returned with a policeman in a few minutes j but the prisoner had let himself down from the study-window into the garden, gaining addi- tional momentum in his descent by the possession of Mr. Thrasher's purse, with seventeen shillings in silver • but he did not escape altogether scot free, for as he passed through the garden, a large dog caught him bv the leg, and caused him to di'op the purse, leavino- at the same time a piece of his flesh and a scrap of\is pantaloons in possession of Bully. The policeman had to satisfy himself with takin«- the description of the fellow ; and John Brown, after some H 5I0N i regularly n to dawn p burst of who were >ngregated etreat was but fling i pleading !st Roman ty. '' Oh ! shouted, ice of his igs at his Id neither ig; but I iless. Go •mas went and John ibout the loor from ieeman in self down ing addi- session of in silver; or, as he t him by eaving at ap of his iking the fter some TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THP Tn«-r .,, ur liiE lojst finger. 305 Brown, 'in person. ItrlL ttTl ° "° """^ ''"* '" ^''■ " Dear and Rev. Sir, " Kev. John Brown " "view, and hlefKr.r'l"''-''?, '^" immediate inter- " him the samT The Care'lin'" ^"{""f ^^ to deny There was no name dato ' ""' ^'"'■ He hesitated for aTorientt ?' •/'''"', °^ '"^^<^'^^- to ensnare him and^!^,^ !\ " ""='" '^« ^ ™se sisters ; but somethL Sin uLTl'"'"" "^ '"^ the call; and,puttin|on h"lTl f'^,*'''',"^'''' messenger. ^^^^ '-® followed the quented, til thev enternrf *'i """1 ''*"■ !<=«« fre- alley. They trod^h"av , '"'' K^« '!* ''^'^ '"*" =»■> rotten straw, potato TpeHn^ Tf'' *""> °^ "" sorts; croeW bonerbtk''S,%rt^!rtirth' '™'^^" to the furthest end -wherp tn^,^ • /' ""*" they came way, they ascended a ereal^™! ' "" ""'''•="* '^"o"' story after story tUl ftev rpnlf f""""'' ""'' '^'^bed the garret, and^ n wlSit wa^l" """t', '^'^^ ^""^ *" right, except in thISe T *'T'''%*° «'«"^' "P" heap of rags, covered w thi ^«"t?"ned a bed, if a ragged butLtrcouhUe calK'' ''T' ''"'' ^''"'"-^ however, such as it w»«, I ^ ""'' " "'"»'^- 0" it, form, th^t of a Touls2uZC^"''t^°°^''S '>"«>«° well-looking, burwirv';,! ""*''''* ™'^'' '""'« been violent mentd and hnKl '^''''?«, was now distorted by by keen privlttn ThrS^' ■TL"'^'^"''!' ^""^ '^^^'^d and John'drew the o^^ e£L n'thc f". r'''''*^'^' ^ ^uair in the apartment toward I it 306 A murderer's remorse, and a confession the invalid, saying, " My young friend ! you seem to be acquainted with suffering/' The patient fixed a searching look on him; his ghastly countenance and glassy eye were for the instant fearful to behold; but his voice was more terrible still. It seemed something more than natural. " Acquainted with suffering!" he said, tapping the head-board of his bed with his skeleton fingers, " Yes ! yes ! Suffering and myself have had close acquaintance for some time past, I can tell you." " Have you bqen long sick ?" the young minister inqiiired impressively. " Sick !" he almost roared; "Sick ! no ; I have not been sick exactly ; I am not sick now ! Devils that they are ! they tell me I am sick. They advise me to com- pose myself ! to pray to the Blessed Virgin, and all the saints ; to perform acts of faith, hope, and charity ; and so on. Sir, I tell you, I have said prayers by scores and hundreds ! I have fasted and performed penances; and I have done these things in order to obtain a dis- pensation, though against the convictions of a warning conscience. T am near my end, sir ; but I insist on it, I am not sick. Here (striking his breast oppo- site to liis heart) here, said he, is the seat of my malady." " If you feel yourself a sinner against God," John observed, " I have glorious news to tell you. Come to Jesus Christ with all your sins, and he will in no wise cast you out. None are too vile for him to save." " Me ! come to Jesus ? No, sir. He is too pure, too holy, too just, too righteous, to accept such a vile sinner! such a wretch as I have been ! Talk of mercy to me ! Indeed I don't look for it ; 'twould be preposterous in me to do so !" " Oh talk not so, I beseech you, of my precious Re- 3I0N seem to be his ghastly ant fearful ; still. It ippmg the rs, " Yes ! |iiaintarice ; minister have not tliat they le to corn- ind all the irity; and by scores penances; tain a dis- a warning insist on !ast oppo- iat of my »d/^ John Come to n no wise ve/' pure, too le sinner ! y to me ! sterous in cious Re- TO THE OWNERSHIP OP THE LOST FINGER. 307 truly pure, holy, just, merciful, and righteous n« 1 by virtue of these attributes " Jieaven, tC^^r ""'^ «^kr said his comforter, "if you are Sir, dying ! dying ! going down to hell ! to suffer iS to suffer ; and that for ever ! There sir iTihJ ^ I of my wretchedness.- ' ' '^ *^^ '^^^^<^ J' I would be far, very far, from urging on vou anv thing approaehing to Popish confessfon,^^ JoCsTi^: vr^mn ^'''' '^ y^.^ "^"^^ ^^^y f^^ling which holds' ^osnH i l""" "'T*"^^ *^^ ^^'^^^^ ble^ssings of the gospel, and can rely sufficiently on me to moL^f known, I may be able to adWse you better thJ T . etr%n r^'T^'Y ^^^^^'-- I^elXhow? impmment desire to pry into your private affairs ^ 'You can do me no good,- he replied • -J am bP yond the reach of blessing or mercv ' T sPr./ftt not tlirough any hope of bing madeXtter ^jo- 4"^ or that of any man; but that you might henceforth^ hat m warnmg sinners, an additional motfvrtour^^^^^^^ them the practice of holiness, and the abandon witness m me this day. Mr. Brown,- he continued. i- i I ' N Ih ilii ''' 1 "^ If ; ''^ ^ ■ ■ II . 4 i i ■ i Ih,' j; 11 i r , 1 {5 i i^aH^ra S % •' ill w^ 11! Iff ilL % 308 A murderer's remorse, and a confession " you will doubtless fly from me as from a leper, or a fiend ! You see this/' he said ; slowly drawing one hand from beneath the coverlet, having kept it conceal- ed up to this moment, " You see this, sir ! There is a iinger missing, which tells you who I am. Can you ! • Gracious heaven ! I have murdered the son in addition to the father !" for the young Pastor had gone into a swoon, on hearing the revelation just made by the mysterious sufferer, whose identity at once impressed him ; but he recovered very qu^okly, and was imme- diately in a hearing posture again. " You now know, sir, who I am ! You will, of course, nave me dragged from this miserable place to prison ,• but, long before the time for trial comes round, my guilty spirit shall have gone to its terrible abode ! Nay ! interrupt me not, I beseech you, young man. I must speak ; -jim now know the worst. On my escape from prison — you know when — I fled to America; but though I eluded the vigilance of Justice, I could not fly from myself. I sought to drown thought in the busy cities of the Western world ; but there was no peace for me — none ! The ball-room, the saloon, the crowded theatre, were perfect solitudes ! I sought the country, but there, as elsewhere, the 'demon thought' pursued me, and fed on my very vitals ! '• Nothing then remained for me, but to return to my native land, and give myself up to justice. I returned penniless. Several times have I been on the point of giving myself up to the police, but hesitated. I met you by accident a day or two after my arrival in Dublin ; but the sight of you did not add much to my trouble, until you relieved me with gifts of money ; for I have begged these streets, sir, and you have dropped relief into this felon-hand ! the hand that murdered your worthy father ! O sir ! I see him now, his noble [ON eper, or a wing one t conceal- rhere is a -!an you ! ;he son in had gone -de by the mpressed as imme- )w know, 3 dragged )efore the ball have aie not, I low know low when vigilance sought to 'n world ; all-room, olitudes ! iere, the my very rn to my returned point of .. I met Dublin ; ' trouble, or I have ped relief red your lis noble TO THE OWNERSHIP OP THE LOST FINGER. 309 row. Let us timv » rr i ^ ' ^ ,^^"^ ^^® you to-mor- gu-eness from the Judge of auiek !nrl^ f 7 ,'" '^^"■■ Sri' ci'lnte: ''^^"'""^'-'-"' -* feeUag, at J^k m CHAPTER XXVII. " Oppress'd with grief,— oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can boar, I sit me down and sigh. life ! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as 1 1 Dim — backward as I cast my view, What sick'niug scenes appear I What sorrows yet mav pierce me through, Too justly I may fear ! Still fearing, Despairing, Must be my bitter doom ; My woes here. Ne'er close here, But with the closing tomb." Burns. VZ'^}^"' .;"" T '^^ ™'-P"^<=d •■" learning that -. brother'! ™'' eye nuiokly ,letecte'■•'■ l>y though I hadno' rT.:,, 'e'et t^T r?"'""""-^' "I" course suffcrinR must have '1^'"*, '" ''^'"'"•<^'' ■ '"'* "f Thus John succJide iTn ,; ' I "'■" '^ "'■'■•'" ''"'I" mined whether or not V° f n'^- r"'" '"=*°'-'-' '"' '^'-■^^^- the man 4 ,» ^^^e ^^^^^^i^m his .^^^^^^ ,,.0 Immediately after Ijreakfast m, fi ?^„" "'"»• mg, he repai/ed ^vith Wy heart^flT™'! T"; misery and wretch prlnf>«c . ]\ • *^* *"^ ^^^^^^^ of the hVlessrinf X; "^^rXr'S^ f • ^''•^^ His knees trembled under him Lw^ ""^ '''^^*- -.ety stairease,. ^, ^^ X^::!;!^,^-^:^ ! f 314 PERSECUTION CONTINUES. l'\i !!«.■: \i iii '■ r Wf% H^H '^^■H wm tJMB ^Hm 1 the door of the room which he had visited the day before. A half smotliered conversation was going on between three persons when he entered, wliich was immediately suspended. He approached the bed, and was about to stoop down to ascertain if its occupant was aslccjp, wlien an old woman approached from the chimney corner, saying, " lie's dead as a herrin', — yer Riverince ; he died just at the turn o' the tide, this mornm'." Were you with him at the time he expired ?" John asked. '' Wisha ! an' I indeed was yer Riverince, mcself an' that girl there ; an' be tlie same token, not a morsel entered our lips but a dlu'ink o' wather, an' a shough o' the pipe, the whole blessed night ; an' I have four little orplian gran' ildher at home yer Riverince, an' doesn't know wIk re I am to get their breakfast, so I don't, barrin' the great God above intinds to be good to us — lie's the ])cst purvidher, — glory be to his holy name ! Amin." " How did his mind appear when dying ?" was the next inquiry of our friend. " Och, sir ! he was wandherin' all the night, thinkin' the police an' sogers was afther him, an' otferin' money to have 'em lave him go. The last words he said, yer Riverince ! Avas, ' There's blood on my hand ! Why don't you wipe it off ? If you don't wipe it off, I'll strangle you.' " Seeing that death had done his work, John departed ; and feeling unable to walk, called a car, on which he rode to within a short distance of his own house, where he alighted, being unwilling to alarm his sister by riding to the door, as she knew that he never rode short distances unless when he felt very feeble. She was surprised to sec him return so soon, and the more d the day going on which was e bed J and J occupant from tlie rrin^ — vcr tide, this expired V mesclf an' a morsel a shough have four prince, an' kfast, so I ) he good ) his holy was the ;, thinkin' in' money ; said, yer 1 ! Why it off, I'U departed ; on which n\ house, his sister ever rode >le. She the more CONVERTS MULTIPLY. 325 so at witnessing his increased exeitompnf j? r • unnecessary to keen her nrml-.^ • ' ^^^elmg it appcaml before them w t t, w. >"' f^^T^"^ ''""'<-'■ all the sorrows cxiTie n' i • ™"?'''' ^''■^^' Wcofling : with unwonted fSSSrUl P^'l,-™"-' full vent to the bitterness of thereof T ^^ '''■r evemng Polly a,ldresse- '"a? at Stanley Hall are amongst tl^ • "" '' "'« "^^^''tB to Zion, but owld prX ""= /°?"":ers for the way keeps away. He savT ' -„ ,; "''*f ^^ "ght-hand man, gran'father did af^fhim bu T°t; r '.-' ^'' ''''"'"^ ^^ in the good way. Bu" must tell" ^"''"% others spree when in Dubl n thS ft 1/? '',''°"* P''' »"' h» himself wu.t,vithyt'Tn^\t^^^^^^^^ n^asther an' an' sotXTan' Vo'jKTf^ '"^'"^""^^ --*'- the grandher of hL ] fe So" , ''?,•'" '^"' *"'»'''''« out by some manes -but kt^ i 1^'^ """" ' ^""'"l it tell about itwhin thCT ^nf hn '"^''^''"" fomise not to dlirunk agin But Tt^ , ' TJ ^"^'^'^ °ot to get listeuin' toLgamelluK, ^""T «^"S'' -^ about it : so he rmfihT ■ -f ' "'S'''' an' Icnew all to it, an' seWl^r^em Zwfu Str"' ""''"*^ "P well into the saycrii. Thin 820 PERSECUTION CONTINUES he took one day an' dressed himself into a shute of Pat's livery, an' got all in the kitchen round the table, with bottles an' glasses o' wather for wine or punch ; an, such laughin' ye niver heer'd or saw in all yer life, all at Masther George takin' of Pat, an' goin' through his owld stories, about his exploits with the masther, an' their quarrels, an' how the masther used to give him money an' clothes to make it up. Well, why, the mas- ther an' the misthiss heer'd the shindy in the kitchin, an' they came down stairs, an' got behind a screen un- knownst to the whole lot. But afther awhile, Pat (Masther George) get- quite dhrunk, an' lays his' head down on the table ; thin Masther James comes to rouse him up, an' sings out, ^Pat! Pat ! here is your masther'' ' My masther!' Pats says; 'Tell him 1^11 discharge him if he don't mind his P's and Q's.' But the best of all IS yet to come. The rale Pat came in, an' was standin' inside the kitchen door, whin the last scene was goin' on J an' if he wasn't mad, why there's not a 'cottener in Cork,' as the owld saying is. ' Upon my word,' owld Pat says, (the rale Pat) ' that's a tidy gorsoon in livery there ; he's jist like a collagint, all the way from the Univarsity.' With that the masther and misthiss both took such a fit o' laughin' behind the screen, as made their sides ake. Pat goes over an' sees 'em there, an' if there wasn't a row, why I'm nof writing this letther. He tui-ned them out o' the kitchen, an' said ' if they didn't lave it, he'd go and live up stairs.' But the very- next day he took and joined Father Matthew's teeto- tallers, an' has kept the pledge iver since ; an' that is now more than twelve months ago. The masther laves everything now to Pat, an' devotes himself altogether to visitm' the poor, an' readin' with them. " So no more at present from yer friend an' humble sai-vant, Michael Tracy. lute of Pat's table, with h ; an, such life, all at through his nasther, an' to give him ly, the mas- the kitchin, t screen un- awhile, Pat lys his head nes to rouse Lr masther!' jcharge him 3 best of all vas standin' le was goin' 'cottener in word/ owld on in livery J from the isthiss buth !n, as made there, an' this letther. lid ^ if they ut the very lew's teeto- an' that is asther laves [together to CONVERTS MULTIPLY 33, grown." ^carceJy know him he is so much littS5L\:'trtote^^^ ^'•'^"1 "poor forgotten in their aux.-e°v and hf '/ /"" "''^ '"'"' 'l"it« Our reader, will remeX himt'ch/r'' ''" ''^""■• of the poor man who was kS^T,^ '^^'"^ ''"- ^ ''on them an entertaining accou t nfl ''"'"'''y- ^^'^ S^'" forward at their native nWen "'""'""'■'"«"•'= going long after the usual roSrirrP''^'' *'' *™' '"" mumcated information on mf,^ t "''• He com- which his friends interro^ntS 7 '"''J'^'^'" respecting omitted to notice W I'd !"'"'-'""^ "hich Micf y ^. ' '°"S ^'"' ™"smg as his epistle ri an' humble iRAcr. mi CHAPTER XXVIII. C2' " Whatever farce the boastful hero plays, Virtue alone has majesty in death, And greater' still, the more the tyrant frowns. Through nature's wreck, through vanquished agonies, What gleams of joy ! what more than human peace ! Where the frail mortal? the poor abject worm ? No !— not in deat.V. is the mortal to be found. His conduct is a legacy for ill, — Richer than Mammoh for a single heir. His comforters lie comforts ; — great in ruin, With reluctant grandeur gives, not yields. His soul sublime, and closes with his fate. His God sustains him in his final hour 1 His final hour brings glory to his God ! Man's glory heav'n vouchsafes to call her own ! We gaze ; we weep ! Midst tears of grief and joy ! Amazement strikes ! devotion bursts to flame ! Sweet peace, and heav'nly hope, and humble joy, Divinely beam on his exalted soul ; Destruction gild and crown him for the skies, With incommunicable lustre bright." YOUNO. mw. niea, aco! YOUNO. ^^jEAR reader, you havo hnrl «: • M ™d interest in the listorv of t if "' P''*''^"«<= ^^ to follow me, as I W^traeed't ''"'™ '™"'^' present. The curtain will sooTdron f t '" "'.' *° *'"= a. ^rl^S::^^:^^:'' '^"f, *" p-h ,. hom. . During the discharte of I • P""™'' '"^ '•'='»™e'3 subsequent to fhe event^S'f^rth in^trlT'/'"'''^^' Ins mind was ffreatlvdistnrW^ tne last chapter, mingled feelings It one^^^^^^^ tf "^ '','^'? *^^^ '''' ^^ at another, he burned ^^f^.T "^^ "^^^^^^ depressed, mortal souls. I may observe tJ^^K ^^^^ ^^ i"^' maj oDserve, that his style of address m 4i 324. JOHN BROWNj JUNIOR, H: was fervid, eloquent, and faithful. He longed for the salvation of men, and yearned for their well-l)eing. He was in truth a " burning and sinning light." The evening his return Avas expected, Polly occupied herself in preparing such things as she thought neces- sary for his comfort, after a fortnight's travel in districts, where accommodations were not always of the best, and least of all adapted to a young man* of weakly consti- tution. He had to preach that evening within about five miles of home, at a place where the service was usually concluded about eight o'clock. His sister anxiously awaited his return, looking rei>eatedly at the time-piece ; at length, finding it wanted some thirty minutes or so of the looked-for hour, she directed the servant to keep Mr. Brown's supper back a little. Taking a candle to see that everything was right in his little '' study," she left Betsy in the parlour alone. The latter dear girl had of late been very quiet, and needed but little watching. Polly had not been very long away, when she heard the street-door open, and a heavy trampling, as of men carrying a burden into the parlour. Presently a cry burst from Betsy, " Oh, John ! My brother ! He is murdered ! help ! help !" Running as fast as she could to ascertain the cause of his alarm, oh ! what a scene presented itself! John lay on the carpet where he had been set down by the bearers, his face, hands, and clothes, covered with blood! Poor Betsy, in an agony of grief, kneeling beside him, supported his head with one hand, while she used the other to wipe the blood away from his face. She called passionately on her father and mother to come to their help, and wondered '' what could have brought herself with her brother and sister away from the * Slate House/ her dear native home." A physician ed for the well-being, it/^ y occupied ight neces- 11 districts, c best, and cly consti- thin about jrvice was His sister edly at the )me thirty rected the 5 a little. LS right in loui" alone, quiet, and she heard as of men Qtly a cry r! He is a,st as she h ! what a [•pet where Lce, hands, ;sy, in an d his head ' wipe the mother to ould have -way from physician SLEEPS IN JESUS. 325 but cspecfally jmbt :k .^ t ZT'r '''""' as possible. ^ ^' "^ *^ "^ kept as quiet as well as Polly's to finH iff "^ '"s astonishment, of all her faeuldes - Th. P •'" "'« "''1'" p.«ses,sio, of her case bcfoo'onom, J ?"""'' ''''" '"«1 kuowu and one -hiehTaffl tTl' ^ne "'' ""P"^'"" "-''' suffered a total obliviousness rflll'^l""*"';'"- , ^'"^ ''»'' plaee eonneeted with the ab I ^tt^, fT "'fi ''''"' '"l^^" as also of every subset enf^r^'lj^hf ""' ^'^'"' of her brother in his alarminl-Vif ^' . ? appearance recalled her to her sen esHef'""' '''''<''' ^"''''"'ly valuable. Instead ofteit IZJT""' ^^ »°^' "'- -nxicty, she was of tfcSf "»'?=' object of deep and sister. With thnf, , "^""^"^ '° ''er brother her time he reld to hT '^" ''7"^- *'«' ""^t °f cheered him in his hou s of™;,or'' Sh T\ ''™' '^'^ part also in the manaffement of thl' 1 v?i 1'°°'' ="' "^'i™ cerns, and still buoyed herself and PI. "'"''"''^ '^""- hope of Jolm's ultimate rceoverv ?J^ ^ 7 "'* *''" happy again." ^i- recovery, when all would be These hopes were soon dashed to th^ attending physicians assured them that ^r,'"'- Jt seemed to recover strength a little ?ft 1' "i'hough he consumption had fairly set in l.ff^ *■"= ^''*^ '''"•■"'k, ~agement to e. ^f il' l^g ^t^ti^ ef he^: covlrinTr dt7mlero*°e^tVi^^P-'-% - energies in that way. mV^^^^^-^^i^l 326 JOHN BROWN, JUNIOR, ■_._ ^ ij ■■i^ those whom he had left behind at Middlcville, to whom he wrote as follows : — " Dear Brethren, °"''''"' ^"^ '''"' '«- *' How fallacious is hope when exercised on any thmg that IS not the subject of Divine promise ! I have hoped, ever since 1 left your little band in the wilderness, that lj()(l would permit me once more to see you all and speak with and to you, of the affairs of his f,'loriou8 kinir- dom. That hope is frustrated. My physicians lhvc me no reason to expect a recovery from the attack under wliich 1 now labour; indeed, so verv feeble am I, that speakings itself is prohibited. I was llappy to learn some weeks since, by a letter from our dear friend Mick that you Avcre all continuing to walk in the light of (lod's holy word, and that accessions are still being made to your numbers, not merely of those who abandon the superstitions of Popery, but of those who forsake sin and truly turn unto the Lord. "I trust you will all pay the greatest attention to what 1 say, because I am a dying man, and death-sick- ness IS a period, when, if ever, men will, or ought to be serious, it is then. " Living at such a distance from you as I do, it strikes nie that the enemies of Scriptural Christianity, when they hear of my decease, will attempt their oft-repeated pious fraud, in order to allure some of you back, and to prevent if possible, any addition to your numbers. They will say, < Ha ! when John Brown was dying he sent for the priests of the llomau Catholic Church- besought their absolution for separating from its com- munion— and left a dying charge to the faithful to beware of ' Bible -readers,' and ' tract distributors.' " In order to prepare you for such an event, I here record my dying testimony. It was a blessed day for c, to whom th, 18—. iscd on any se ! I have wihlcrness, ^'ou all, and rious king- nS |r[y^l jYic tack under am I, that learn some ?nd Mick, ht of God's g made to andon the yrsakc sin, tcntion to leath-sick- iight to be ), it strikes lity, when t -repeated ck, and to numbers. dying, he Church — a its com- 'aithful to tors/ at, I here d day for SLEEPS IN JESUS. 827 dices whicl, mv mind iZl t "" "'" Voy^-^vM ilr,.;,,. truth. Myl,^ 7 i,f '",!":""""■:,"' *'«' ^oarih fi.r which I was dcs" ct'l fwLTr"""', t''f Profosio,, to heart, all my aSimsi'f'"?' '''" ''"'''' "^ ">>■ "»•.. tl'c gospel of Je uf M, ^^. n"^ '"'T'^ """"-' together f,; nra er refdil ^ T ''V*'"''''"''^ assen.l.ling that you haJe ^^^Z^^:!^^'^ ^ '^'^ < gospel preached. It will be' ™, ■ 't//. T"'^ ""^ edify one another, until God ?,, . " , ''^'""■' "'"' send you a stated ministry ' '"' ^'""'' *™'^' ^''ali ^^^^^S!^j:^2:^!:^ c'^'-^y -on, t,. and Sabbath School in Te '01 /s It^u your meetin,.s home to me for many years , '' f"'"^ ^If'^e!' Happy I was born into the^S ■ and'Tm "^ ^r?'-^ "'"*' spiritually born there also'. A thoS it ''i ^ *['"'' the scene of a iKilnful f,.„„„i„ ; "S" .* '""* heen dear fathe dkt anT! "T "' connection with my beloyed -nother I reioic" in tt7"™"j' *'"" "*' 4 both ere long, ^0^:^ ow and par?' °/ /Til''"? "'^'^ no more. Now thif T nJ ^"^1^?^ ^ '^''''^'^ ^^^ known fatho,.'s death)TVts\ tSl'';o^t\^t";t' "'','^^f (^y whom Mick refers in his letter^, h! Z*"^ ""''."dual to out n this city, and sent me a'r Lest to f^T" "? went. Ignorant as to who rpn„,vl!! '"'* '"™- I should not haye known ^^^1 l"^ attendance, and May God saye us aU from t't. f ^^ °°* '"''o™':d me. bcd^;^ I was u^ablt erur^tl.erhTof'hi"' "^ "'=''*- left him,promisingto call agaaSlu'dry,Tu7whL' 328 JOHN BROWN, JUNIOR, I called, he had gone to his account. Oh ! ' the way of transgressors is hard ' indeed. " I certainly have my regrets respecting the past, not that I was led to renounce Romanism, but that, since my renunciation of it, I have not done more, prayed more, preached more, to effect the deliverance of others from Its thraldom. May God graciously forgive me in this respect, and make all his servants more faithful in the discharge of their high trust. " As it is impossible for me in my present weak state to go to see you, it would make me very happy to see any of you who may have to come to this city. Any one from that quarter, even my direst foe, I would bid welcome ; but especially any of the followers of the Lamb. Since I came to Dublin, I have been blessed with some success in preaching the word ; but I have been often grieved to the soul with the dcpraA'ity of the people coming and bargaining for money to ' turn,' as they call it. Still I have had sufficient encouragement to trust that I have not 'run in vain, nor laboured in vam.' My cough is very troublesome, and night-sweats have reduced me to a mere skeleton, so that it will be a miracle if I live many weeks. Remember, therefore, my last words, 'Watch unto prayer— live for eternity,' and believe me youi- unworthy friend and fellow-servant m Christ, "John Brown.'' " To Mr. Michael Tracy, for self and fellow-believers at MiddleviUe. (Enclosed) " Dear Mick, ''We were amused with the contents of your letter by Tim, as well as encouraged by the prospects of the work. Oh what a harvest invites the gospel sickle! Be faithful unto death, my brother. I am going before to the spirit-land^ to welcome you on your arrival there. the way )astj not it, since prayed f others 3 me in thful in ik state y to see . Any iild bid of the blessed ; I have Y of the irn/ as gement ured in -sweats ill be a srefore, ernity/ servant jvn/' slievers )sed) »f your >ects of sickle ! before . there. SLEEPS IN JESUS. 329 rr to behold, once more bebw Th„ "^^'•'='''* i'''^^«'"-e mstrumentality the good SnM^fi T^ ^^"""S^ ^'''o* shall content myself wSfferinl?? *'j?' .""^ ""' ^e, I the few days I Lve l^ " te^ r ' "'"" '"" ''"""S love to all the family at ' The HalP Av"> ^Z'*'''^"""''*" agent ,s our God ! What a wnA i, "" """ ""''^'cnt May ho carry it on more anrrS^^e 3^;"°"^''" '^'"'^ ' of your dying friend, " tie anxious prayer letErs'i'JdlL'^^eS^^^^^^^^ ^ ^- "«'- O solemn work'? ' Sub "S 1'''';^'' "^ ''^"'g- persons were admitted to see him" V . '' '"''"J' ^^'^ decreased and his descenr towan' tlw '^','' ^1'""^ visible to his sisters and himself a^ ,> *r^™' "'' sicans. One evening, afto a Lv of *" ',"' !'''>- "ig, he fell into a sound sWn Ti ""i"™"' ^"ffc''- refreshed and free from pain ^' «'lf ""o^? «°™">hat cheerfully, " read for mJ^ the fnrH .7' ^t' ^' ""id chapters of Isaiah, andZm tli f 'i' ^"."^ forty-first John's Gospel, on to^l^rds the e^d ul^tr"' ''^"'''"'' "^ of reading, or I of hearino- " Sv n Z!!' *^,''°''' ^"''^ commoneed reading in he? fine m, X ^- *'" ''°"'' """^ -«ter read, he paraphrased, until she ir1 330 JOHN BROWN, JUNIOR, i>A. ..^ae came to the eighteenth and nineteenth verses, where the Prophet exposes the foolishness of idolatry in making representations of the Deity in gold, silver, wood, &c. Oh yes,'' he exclaimed -, " how ineffably absurd the idea of making any resemblance of him who dwells amid the burning splendour of the sapphire throne! And how thankful we ought to be, girls ! that God has called us off from that idolatry, as absurd as what Isaiah speaks of, namely, worshipping Deity under the appearance of a crucifix/' But when the other sister took the Book, and read the Saviour's dying legacy to his followers, — his prayers for them, and his promises to them, he seemed to have had new strength created within him. He dwelt with rapture on the peace which Jesus imparts to his disciples, — well said, indeed, to be a peace " the world cannot give." His soul seemed fired with ecstatic visions, realizing as it were, an immediate entrance upon the bright domains of unfading glory. And so absorbing were the joyous feelings of which he was then the subject, that he appeared for the moment to forget he was still occupying the clay tabernacle, await- ing the voice of his father to say, " Fi'iend, come up higher." His language was more like an angel's than that of a dying man. The exhaustion, consequent upon speaking so long, and with so much animation, brought on a fainting fit, which his sister thought was the closing scene of life ; and for a moment they gave way to violent impulses of grief, (an excusable feeling under the circumstances,) considering their lonely situation amidst strangers, and that they were proscribed by their own connections. The prospect before them at their brother's death, came with crushing force upon their minds; but seeing a faint indication of returning consciousness in the object of SLEEPS IN JESUS. 831 their solicitude, they dnVrl nr. +1, • ± themselves for anoZr siX^X*;"^' »f Prepared je%, seemed to revive anSesh himTl'^f °'' *'^° "^ >s a rap at the front door," he slw « w '"; ."^'«"-° sister Polly answered, "I «ill a tend t ! ' J?'"'." Ws likely some message from the dn'^ w*'? ''°"''' '' *« to see him any more " "No '. i ^°"''' y"" '"»'» that duty and skiU require to h^ ,li^ ^hispered, "all vahou of my life hasreen tried Zt'^^ P^^^"" Have you any remaining wish ^" Jnfl^ ^-^ «"'"=•" ; None," he added, " unless^t mi,.J.7h "'',''" ""i"''"-^- from Middleville, to kZr « ^i ^^ " '''''"■'' *» hear beeomeofyonbo\whenIshS^^T,? ""^ °^''"" '^ »« but I have confidenee in H ^'''^" '''' r'^moved. But, far, that he ,rill bring us to tiJ e" "^ h"^"-* "^ *''- i^^^^^^dr^ -r/eaJntfeJ^- ano'the^ ^I^^^T^^^Z^^ - t^T and get KCe^^^^1st^:?-^^XnPn^^^^^^^ '^•f ng, and that ^vei^thing ^ the L*'"* ''" '^'^ eondueted as noiselessly ^.s possAle Tw T ">"" ''" been awaiting admittance for^some tim. , ^'l*^' ^"^ was opened. They divesteH tl > ' ^''™ ''«' door and walking noltly tto Thf^m^^ ^-^^^ "-t^- an almost breathless silenee, for upS r™"'"'?"^ ' At last, a low faint sound was henrrl. J "' ?° ''om- ears elosely, they eould hia him sa'y "^l^'^^' *¥^ am vile— very vile vet m^ r Ji.^' ^™<' ' true I everlasting eovlnrnt^fn jSJ^^JT ^'^''^'.^'^ ■"« » sure. This is all my saSon » f ,? '^' ""'"g« "'^d need nothing more ! ^ "a^Tno ioTe , %7,f''7 ' • ^ ■ • • . What? No!nt>l AT <^"'t thee behind ALL their need ^^ ""1 i*^^ ^""^ *'" ™PPly • ■ • . Oh f glorious promise ! 332 JOHN BROWN, JUNIOR, %1 VI' ! « He cannot have taught them To trast in his name, And thus far have brought them, To put them to shame.' Very true, this is a suffering body ; but it is a vile body. Presently I shall inhabit a 'house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens V " Here a fit of coughing awoke him; and, on recovering from its effects, he beheld standing beside his bed, Mr. George Stanley, and his weeping friend, Mick Tracy. He reached a hand to each; and for a moment his heart was as full as theirs, but he was the first to recover his composure. '' I never gave up fully the persuasion," he said, " that the Lord woidd permit me to see some one from your quarter before I got home, and here are tivo; how good is our God! Tell me quickly how matters go on." " Oh ! Masther John ! the Lord is workin' wonders amongst us by the power of his own right arm ; don't spake more than ye have necessity for, agra ! and I will tell you somethin'," said Mick . ^' Misther and Misthiss Stanley have sint us to take ye away home to their house, yerself an' sisthers. If ye can^t be removed now, we will stav with yc ontil ye can, (in some way,) and the girls will be provided with ivery thing necessary for their comfort, ontil they can do somethin' for thimselves. We received yer letther sint by Tim ; it was read to our little company at a meetin' in the Slate House, an' many hearts were stringthencd, an' some led to seek the Lord in consequince av it. Masther George, here, has decided to folly his father an' his mother in the Lord, an' we all trust soon to folly ye to glory." Folding his hands on his breast, the dying young ser- vant of Christ, looked up to heaven, and uttered, in a low but audible voice, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant «Li:t:ps IS JESUS. o33 it is a vile t made with n. recovering his bed, Mr. Lck Tracy, ent his heart recover his persuasion/' to see some and here are j^uickly how cin' wonders b arm ; don't I ! and I ^vill and Misthiss me to their emoved now, ray,) and the 5arv for their r thimselves. sread to our I House, an' ! led to seek Jeorge, here, other in the ory." g young ser- 2red, in a low 1 thy servant depart in peace aceordino- to fhv r. i x- have seen thy salvation/'^ .^« %,^ord; for mine eyes ;^Vhat shall I p,,v for '//V- ^"^ ^^^^." ^o Mick, asked with faltering voiie ^'' ^'"^^^^'^^ ^'^'iend "ThatGod/swiffm-! h coaches. Tlicy were soo,!T '^f "' ''-'' *"" mo«„„„o. been awaiting tl.ciV a "^f'^'d' ■^' ^'''^V'"^'' ""3 shaped its course to thcnhlu "ournful eortcRe tl.e remains of J„l,n5™w ''''"''*'' »™""''' ^''■''••c lav rations past. Ci,, ' t " " ancestors for ,„any «.nel fether, Zy laid hl^" L' 17;"^'f ---"/o? i's The people whom he loved „ost to./" '?f-', '''■^' ^'™I'- family from amongst the ™tn f, f' ''^'^ '"'^ °« " supei^stition,) surrounded his n °^ ""ti-Christian s'lenee, until the elerin n, „ L I'". ''«' "' Jarful pronounce' '^""h the pent-up ieeliugs of tl e L "| ''"^«°''°"'-f'' '" vain nor conversions fron, Poperv in t I , "' ^j'^niding the MiddleviUe. ^^ " *'"^ beautiful locality of Iff m m =1 j ^/, v;i "1 ">'■ iuri.uuic Crown 8vo,, wnii nnmeim. M 1 C K T 11 A C Y THE IRISH SCEIPTUBE HEADEU; ' THE MARTYRED CONVERT AND THE PRiesT. 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In short, fjood nad , if vrt ' 1 1 i "'""" '"'"''''•'^ ^" *''^ ^I'i"t of •'i' ivland, road Mick TvL: W fu v I ;'"Vl ""' ^""^^■^''"'^' "'f th. real state to licave a .«i^r], „, ,,,,,, , ^;, Miik uVll r .L .'f i ' ^T'' ''' -''>'' ^^'''^ther you wish ynur tastes shall l,e ..atilied ' Ami ^ wS' r^f^''^';'?^^";*' ,^"^'1 *" ^''^ ^''-"^ ^vhere ^cene the ,revailin,^ senthuent of ■ ,u si' , r?, '^^' '^f ' '^' "''^'^ ^'"^^ ^''''^vo tlio boin^hted Koiuau Catholics of Irelaud.-'-ri;!,.^;' l,, ^.n r ''^' ^"^^l^^s^i'^'^ f'^r thc pa;?a;:dt^^;Vl:;:;:t;::.r::;;:;,::r, ;:;:;; r'^^^^ ''' --^ -^-^ woodcut. It is a deepi inter im. so- n, " ''" '"'' ^' ''^"^■^^^'^^ '^" i"'^'^t''>>tivo .la.VH not far remote from tlu> pre ";,t f,;.'"-^ l^^'''^'\' portraiture of Irisi, lif.. i,, Uan minds an earnest desire for the evan. 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'11 with ull his cdiintrv- tncwta ill tiiu sjiirit of otiiiiifr of tho Tvtil Htiito ^'ay, whetlier you wish "Oil to tlie scone whiro , if, wlieii you kavuthe fp compassion for the of 3o5 crown octavo rcfiXfil an ilhistrativo lilniv of Irish lif.. in tfil to cxfiti; in Clu-is- ■ntry of Iivlanrl. and ' I'liust.''— Christian I t!< a tnif !iari who liiH. ill- i'> mucii <\i r was >)!ic in [.rint ; a i.1 m,. h ;• -inuint..! wiih iri.h liti- an.l characfr. and wl. ^ ' 'T kM"wh^^^■ ^M uu\y ,i ]„Uii and i.tin.atr acquaintancr ran ,•,,!:,„.,. ..l • Mi..k Tm. il..c|m, of Ir.J, htV, and«.,nldh..a,nod.l t^.r anv Kn;:;! •hn.. t .,'^' j Mi;.'l. att.'tnpt tu fn'.T thr s,mi(. ti,.]d ..f ht.raturc " Th. i tensily intfr..stin^'narrafi\vs andivid.nc.-s. ,,n fll |,irt .., ■,,. u,,i l.r..h..ns..u of thu .rnjrs of l.o,.,.ry. and how tn d. al with th-ni. M :;::K^~;i;:;!7:;- r!';;:;:. " «""'« '""^'^'^'^'^ '^ ■* ^-^ »»-* ^^ " '' A l..ok we enjoy..] .anch Th- authnr kn..w.. a„d en, ,1 „•,;!„ ■ ,, . h;.'hts and r.ha,!..ws.d Irish hfr. r.rhai.s In's r.voU. rfi..„ •;•.,,''• "" th.y an. th.- r,..ainisc..nc..H of ,u. rxil- 'Mi k T . cv • ' , '" '""' '••'"""'' of fh.- P,t r r.Ttu-; ,1 » . ''"'<^iit. .>ii(Kliac> IS a vnv , iii,i. lit nils-- MFru'v >r tn. 1 . t r ( artwri;.'ht stamp, onlv n..t 8o r.adv to r. sort to .-o-o .1 u- .,, . r ippiiiiliiili hakr .piahtics, an.l exa^'Kerat. th.ir worst ou.Hr~j!nul/nrd<>hs,rvrr' ' •'Thos.- who f.fl an int.rfst, as .v.rvho.Iv ou'-ht to do in l'r„t..«f,u - , ;. ; (■..tcrpns.. will penis., this h„„k with nun.d...l ^ 1 , s n .'i^^^^^^^^ pl-asurc, Iwaus.. thoy will tin.l in it a c.,n^o c, , us vin .1. u 1 ' '""", •," lml^l ,;„I1 r„rll, tl„, |.,„f„„,.,l , .,,,.w ,, ..vwv t ,, f'l;, " ' i , , ''''■ " ""''■ "'"' pn , tions as he ha. t., oncoin, t m tlu' f.iltllinent of Iuh nohlo n.is-i,.n an.H Lmr '. rlrtlLr ' '"'""^ "■"" '"'""'"''^ '^'^'^"'•'•' ' — ^ ii^rmidahie."-!^^);;',':,;";;:;: "The nutlmr frivos us rather a dramatising of a sori.s of rnrt., than a f,.-ti..n f.)U.Hk..l .m tact, though his story has a h-.^nnii..'. a middle and n Tlj . serious interest of the st.,ry is f;,r those wh.fw.ml.f u^ p a t " ne- 1 ^ 1 h^ hanie in argument a dogmatic priest, ami overcome his hullvim! ami our !^ ";, lik^tlut e av^^^^ of the persecutions following, including son... sc.n.-s uivc inosi A\c lia\o too lately witnesso.l m Ireland : and all, we ar.. assure.l veil..,l l.v h^z "i; i:Sti';"'"t' i^i' 'r^ "-^ '""'"^^^'""^ nami^iv "i:;*;;;!; <;; ; 'is -Tl^Snn '''^' ''"'^ '"^'' "^ '^ "^ '''■^^'"'' '''^'* ''-^-^ ^f I'^'-'t painting." boUi^itSi^J ^.:i l^ti^S;^^^?;;'!^--^'^- ^^^ '■-^••- ^^iH find much in it testa^a'a?.l\r!r'rf' 7'''"""'',''' ^'"' ^''"^'^ '^ '•'' ^"'^ ^''^-^^l' ^^..,,1,1 .].. ev.rv tru.^ Pro- ^om- mid ^JhoCh'tlf '""^.''^':<'\V'^' "'V^'' '•■•l-«^ chapt.-rs on lif\. in tho sister king- no . tha ti I, '.,;':■''^.''''■''^'■'''^ ''=^\^- ^'"•"- ^'"I'-lations m the peregrinati...,:.. nev ith - ? I f ' "^ 'van-.hsts bu.wn as an Irish Scrij.fmv H.ad.r it IBB F^^"^^:^'^^ != r,3rr;,r s:i;r± I rrrR BOOK snciK'n )o ^'- ^r,. .on .. :''^^^^^^^''f^Ii nOV nr-, T \ :. ■ ' "•> a"i approbation. •'__ ' 't to .'-.tOl^t o tu .^ • ^^"-''^'Mi f -itholies • ! ,^f; rci^'J-.u.s fono is „, ;-i-'''-.rco^,:;! ^ ''-'J 10 do fiuod.--_ ;';:;;f;;t^'<;n^no,i,in, , -T/'"-' ■ i^ffi-iivc ' ip. ; / '^'W stanupoinf. I' -;j e/ioctive, if .;::; '■'•V '^''^i^Tr:uv' '';••'' wr- j,av,. ,:;,, <;s i„ o.ir la, ■; '" -''--ipaie orro.- tllnli, t "' i-omoto.st (•,):,. /'!« liSiU; of {i'is * t'le LooJrs of t),^. -''' IS to b(> ijad." )'.V