jjUB pa AW* INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, January 27, 1859.
jSclcthi) |)ocini.
[From the N. V. Evening Tost]
A DECEMBER VISION.
■! c-! uttor~ —draw the curtains—'tis a a chill De
cdiitci* ui.zht ,
: tl ■ iui--.lv triages on the hill have pained
sav sight. )
, [ with sinking spirits, sitting by my window
I
ten. 1 to the moaning of the south wiud. and the
beat
, upon the window, to the sighing of the lire,
c t-ie muse, impatient, idled with silent, tuneless lyre.
t'te - letua pauses ol the winter-threat niug
ftrm,
j the visioned summer, balmy, mellow-tinted,
wrrni;
. i flowing picture of the ever-blessed June.
. a.i -y dew mist stealing underneath the rising |
! a hiuga of purple trai jug down the western
skr
• • c'aed the far horizon, where the twilight shad
ows lie.
id the sky was cloudless, save a flimsy haze that
.pontile forehead of the stiiTuing cor-.e uf
i!,e starry leuons .\oconel!at:on.s wheeled,
.rn- of Ib-avtn were blazoned grandlyon an azure
field.
A wintry pallor overspread the starry
plain !
t blue eyed, sad and weeping, fled before the
w inter rain—
I ■ J aitrielited by December and the south wind's sad
ff£;.LMwao', Pa., December 5. M. 11. C.
§ e 11111 Ir Halt.
(From the Dublin University Magazine.)
Life ami Death in l ipperary.
A Story Founded on Fact.
dIAITHR IV.
Mrs Billon was not a scolding woman ;
11'.ore was a stillness in Iter moods of d;s
--• or uneasiness often awful and oppres*
•c to ti. so wh ) witnessed tIISMII. Tims now,
.-- it silently before the fire, looking <] irk
i •' • tras ; ug turf and faggots, there was
Ji in !.• r attitude and expression of conn
e to w ugh heavily on the spirits of her
i:,t! ma! daughter. 1* it himself felt sore
tumbled, ami more than once went to the
r with the intention of m iking another
.liriiiir expedition in search of the missing
hit alw.tvs returned without lifting the
• . ; fur where to go in the midnight hour,
• :!i ii.lv the stars for his win le, Ite could not
1. To wait with patience, ihen, till the
iiing -liould dawn, was his only resource ;
1.-! > overcoming hint, he retired softly to
! Kittv also fell asleep in spite of herself,
- tiring to see when her mother would
| I f. en her position before the tire, and was
I vii snoring heavily in a dreamless s! amber.
Mcan'.vhlie, Mrs. Dillon remained motionless
I —liit* last spark of light had died out of the
turf and stick—the candle burned down, and
■re she sat in darkness and gloom, till the
t glimmer of morning stole over the sky.
{"lien rousing herself, she started up. wakened
husband and sons, and prepared the family
:kfast with as much precision and alacrity
•if she had not walked twenty miles the day
me, and afterwards passed a sleepless night.
T:ie daylight did not bring much abatement to
anxiety of the Dillons. The father ini.v-ed
• fair face of his lovely daughter from the
,-hoard; the mother felt, no one knew
slint ; Kitty was pale and wild-looking ; her
r uers -ileut and gloomy. When the mm
la.ly early meal had been hastily di-p itched,
i male portion of the family all went oat in
ffi: ;nt directious in quest of the fair one ;
i feelings of the most oppressive kind,
the mother and (laughter awaited whatever ti
ig-> time would bring them. .Mrs Di.
■ in; inislied stocking which X illy, t!i"day
tore, had been engaged in knitting, but lias
threw it down again as, for an instant, a
tami euutracb-d her features. S!i 'then coin
:i; '" I (lie arduous ta-k of patching clothes ;
•K. tv— wheel sent forth a droning thrum,
e- arrival of Bet Fagan, as the div advan
'id not si rve to make matters anybet'er,
• K "v\ estimation : she dreaded to meet
. . ii oiiii v : "II :S Neiiv come hack
'.'e,. : ft nh a rat'mr cold answer in the
gu'ive. Bet shook her head, and tliat was
>l. 1. Kitty threw down her flax with
i: h. ti v, and the wheel went round
'bi-', thai Mrs Fagan exclaimed at length:
" -Me.sha, faith, Kitty, yerselfs the fine spin
"—£< i luck t' ye 1 Ye'd bate two in the
count!,rv "
Mrs. '.lon spoke but little, and as Bet
•-.'imv her way, -he did not foree her con versa
■ upon her. but talked on cheerily, address
n e in particular and expecting no an
i*o the morning passed away. At
-Ik a manV heavy step was heard upproa
:iin - the house. Kitty trembled, and a faint
">• zed her ■ \i rs i-'agan rose to her feet
■' -food iniuiovalily in the middle of the
r ; the eyes of Mis. Dillon were fixed upon
' open doorway. I'alc, with every feature
, : eg mipre-s of some terrible emotion, Pat
'ion enter | ( without uttering a word, sat
■o the nearest vacant scat.
M lure is she? what has happened?" de
'',ifi' il his wife, in a shrill uinialiiral tone.
Have you found her f Is she dead ?"
>he sn't dead ! ' replied Diliofi, in a tone
-"'tlul calmness, as lie removed his hut
quietly down.
B ( 1 atitcr, whit is it ?" asked Kitty faintly,
1 -aw great drops of perspiration stand'
oil iicr father's haggard face.
're, it slie isn't dead, there'* hope," broke
'!,r:r Ireinulons'lv.
" There's no hope !" exclaimed Dillon in the
accent* of a despairing man.
" Whin she isn't dead," interrupted Mrs.
; Fagan.
" She's worse than dead !" groaned Dillon,
| now rising and striking his hands fiercely to
gether; "if she was dead it wouldn't signi
; fy !"
" For the love o' mercy spake -out, and tell
! what has happened," urged Mrs. Fugau.
j "if she was dead," continued the unhappy
father, widly, " I'd have heen satisfied ; the
! Lord 'id have took her out o' harm an' mis
chief, an' we would'nt complain ; but, she has
brought a black shame on us all J"
V Go on. I>; I lon/' said '-is wife grimly, "and
tell what Nelly has done."
, " She has gone olf wid Defy Fogarty !" he j
I replied with desperate calmness.
" I)o you know it lor certain ?" demanded '
i Mrs. Dillon.
" Av. fir certain. Every one knows it,too.
They were seen together as far as the Scully
i gap and Cnppaniek—an' he hasn't been home !
, since yesterday."
" Then if she's gone wid Pety Fogarty !"
exelaiiiH'tl Mis Dillon in strong excitement, as !
slit- flnng herself upon her knees in the middle I
i of the floor ; but ere she could finish the seti
; tenee, Bet Fagan rushed towards her, and with
giant strength, pulled the strong wo.nan to her
i feet *
"Don't curse her, Ellen Dillon! Don't
curse your own child ! She has done what 'ill
bring her grief enough, widout ealliii'dowu the ;
vengeance o'God on her !"
i " She'll never more darken her father's door !
while there's breath in her body !" said Dillon
jin a determined tone. ''She'll never again
cross that tlireshliold alive : an' i say it for
-1 niut ye all this blessed day !"
" Oh, poor child ! poor child I" muttered ,
1 Bet F uran, in coui|iassionate accents. " But
! tiiis is the heart scald you've gov yer people ! :
I'our foolish colleen ! An' sure, Pat Dillon,"
! she added addressing the farmer consolingly,
1" if she is gone wid Fogarty, she didn't do
i wors", ufther all, than many another "
"Did 1 rare her uptodi-graeemothisivay?" j
he exclaimed vehemently. '\V isn't she my fa- :
vorite el id o' them all ? Wasn't she the pet
| of every one in the house—fared as thornier as
a ladv not asked to do a turn she didn't like—
i an' now look at the reward she has gev us!
She was brought up daeeut an" respectable,an'
-he has turned out ungrateful an' ondutiful— j
a black shame to all belonging to Iter."
Before many hours had elapsed,nil the neigh
! b,>rs had gathend in to condole with the nf
i dieted family, and to relieve their tniuds by giv
ing vent to such sentences as—" Ah,t!iin,Mrs.
Dillon, I'm surra for ye ; I am indeed." " It's
meeseif coul 1 she 1 tears for ye this miuit "
" Troth, an' she was a dacent, well rareu lilile
girl ; an' it's Fogarty I blame, not her, kc.,
1 Ac. Bet Fagan wiiispered to a friend that
she had all along suspected there was sotne
: thing " going on " between Nellv and Fogar
tv ; and more espeeiaiiy, she (hi-la'-i d her fears
to have been increased at the dance, two even
ings ago ; " an' thin," she continued, " I guess
ed at woonst what had happened when Nelly 1
was missed ; for when Mrs. Dillon air 1 stop
• mil at Dan Phelan'.s last night out o' the'
starm, Peggy I'hclan touhl me that Fogarty
in' her was seen a piece above Cappanick, in
company wid other ; an' the thongiit came in
i me head, the minit I heard she wasn't to be
I found, that she might have lclt the place wid
■ him."
"It was very sharp o' ye, Mrs. Fagan," re-
I plied tlie woman to whom this informal ion was
imparted ; but Mrs Fagan only shook her bead
■ and wi.slu-d she had been mistaken.
" Maybe your mistaken yit," said Norrv
Croon.a withered faced little, old woman, "inay
i lie von'r all in the wrong. I wouldn't believe
I that Nelly Dillon 'id ever lave her father's
■ house wid t lie richest man in Tip'rarv, the way
vou think she's gone wid the same Pety Fo
• garty ; an' that's me opiuiou for ye !"
- i
, | CILALTFIT V.
i : Leaving the neighborhood to ring with the
; ' worn!-rous gossip eonsequeut on the disappear
ance of Nelly Lb lion, while each day confirms
the belief that she has eloped with l'etv lo
garty, we shall, with the reader's good leave,
go back to the afternoon on which Nelly left
her home, and, bv following her footsteps,
i throw a clear light upon the mystery that in
. volves her. Mortified, and a good deal exci
; ted by the unusually harsh words of her father,
the young girl had hastily quitted the house ;
- for, although in general gentle and afi ction
' ate, she had naturally a quirk temper ami high
-pit it; and being a good deal spoilel by pet
ting at home, it was easy to w. and her feel
iugs. Tiiough a little wayward at times, she
possessed very high principles, which never per
: mittcd her to stoop to falsehood or meanness,
i tier's had ever been considered the lip of truth.
1 and it was frequently the boast of her parents,
: that although she had often been guilty in ehild
- hood of mischief, she had never once told a lie
• to excuse herself. As she grew up, the same
truthlulucsacharacterized her,and the same in
t diligence that surrounded her in infancy was
- extended to her in iturer years. So little uc
- customed to harsh treatment, it can scarcely
- cause surprise that the words addressed to her
t by her father on the evening in question should
- irritate and rouse her. But excitement soon
- passed off; the color was quickly restored to
t her cheek ; and as the air blew freshly from
!> the hills, she was not long in recovering her
i buoyancy, while walking on to meet her tno
• ther. The route she took was the one geuer
t ally taken by her family, on going or rctnrn
t nig from Kuockmayle, u town about ten utiles
distant.
Cio-sing some stubble fields, she struck into
one of these winding roads, flanked by thick,
wild hedges, so common in Tipperary, and bav
e ing followed its zigzag turnings, for soute time,
t she once again got into the holds, and ascend
ing some lonely hills, pursued her way with a
light step, when suddenly a low prolonged
[- whistle attracted her attention, and she stop
ped, thinking the sound was a signal to herself,
c | She teas not mistaken ; for in a short time a
• male ftgun hurriedly approached her and
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Pety Fogarty stood soon behind her. Disap
pearance was wilder than usual, his clothes
looked disordered and decidedly bespattered
with blood. Nelly thought he possessed all
the aspects of a guilty man.
"Good evenin', Nelly," he said hurriedly, in
a low voice, as if fearful of speaking aloud. "I
knew ye'd be cotnin' along here, an' I'm watch
ing for ye this hour."
" Then, indeed, Pety, you might be doin'
somethin' better," replied Nelly, little drily
" I'm going to lave the connthry shortly,"
continued Fogaatv, "on' 1 must get a plain
answer from you, Nelly—whether you'il come
wid me or no."
The girl turned almost fiercely round upon
; her companion, as she uttered ibis .sentence,
• and fixed her eyes undauntedly on his face,
i without speaking, while he went on—
" I know there isn't one helongiu' to you 1
I likes me—but what do 1 care for that? Not
a cushoge ! I ve money in plenty ; an' if you
come, Nelly, 1 promise you'll never want. So
I now you can answer, yes or no."
For a few minutes Nelly was silent, and
then die spoke :
" Peter Fogarty, if you had all the gold in j i
; the world, and were the best man in Tippera- '
ry, I would'nt go wid you, an' lave me father |
and mother, like an ungrateful wretch. I. <
would'nt go for to dhraw tears from their eyes, ' i
, nor put a thorn in their hearts, for anything j !
in life. No Pety ! not a tout I'd go—even if j !
I liked you ever so well."
i "Even?' repeated Fogarty, with emphasis, j
" that means you don't like me at all, maybe.'" !
" I liked you wanst, Pety," said Nelly, in a j
tremulous voice: "you know I did—but things j i
are changed since that time. My people arc I
against you ; and 1 have given my promise to | ;
! another."
" That schumin' Ma'gnard, Dinny Ryan, i
it ?" asked Fogarty, fiercely.
" VOII'VC no right to spake of him that way.
Pety," replied Nelly rebukiugly. "Dinny ne
ver wronged mortal yit."
" lie has wronged me, Nelly, and you know <
it ? \Vi uld 1 he what lam only for him ? ' 1
" What has he done to you ?"
1 " Robbed me of all that would hav> made a
dacent boy o' me. Hasn't he come like a thief;
i and taken your heart from me, Ncilv ? Vou !
loved nie till he went between us. Yon would
have married nie if he hadn't been to the for:
to sinter your father au' mother with hisblar- '
| ncy."
j " Never, Pety ?" exclaimed Nelly, emplia !
ticallv. " 1 never would have married you
The life you led wasn't what I could nave
borne. If I loved you ever, it was u long time I
¥■"
" D ye forget them days whin we walked on
: the hills "
" I wish to forget them," interrupted Nehy. i
as she hastily wiped a tear Iron) her eye.
" You don't forget them ! You'll never for
get tliein !" excbii u-d Fogarty vehemently,
as he wildly threw his arm round hoi* slight fig- j
j nrc "T a- God above only knows wh >t Ife 1
N v Dillon : in' if your In-art isn't mad-; of
stone, you can't but pity me !' !
Tne young girl's eyes wore bent on the
| ground. She struggled between duty and an
! affection which she had long thought subdual,
caused a powerful emotion in her bo-oni ; and
so perplexed was her mind for a few moments,
I that she did not perceive the approach of
some acquaintances, returning from Knni-k
--m iyle, till they were quite close, and had oe
, ousted her with a " good evenin', Nelly." Has
tily extracting herself from the arm of Fogar
ty, she blushingly returned the saluation, and
j her friends passed on, to make their comments
I on her behavior as soon as they wi re out of
heal ing. Site and IVywire now as far as t lie
j Scully gap—a hollow path between two hills
—and with tremulous eagerness she entreated
, Fogarty to leave her.
" You don't know, Petv, what anger I got
■ to-day about you," she observed, seeing that j
he would not quit her side. "Mv father, that
i never scarce spoke a cross word to me in his
! nr.. ■■ 1 |
" Your father !" interrupted Fogarty: "who
cares {or him? If }on loved me, N ' fy, it".-
little you'el be thinkin' o' what I'at Dillon
j thought."
Nelly now stopped, and declared she would
i not go a step further unless he left her ; but
; Fogarty stiil kept by her side, and then she
i walked rapidly on in advance without speak-,
1 iag. Tl.ev were soon beyond the Sculiy can, ,
: ascending a succession of rugged heights, very
lonely and wild, and known as tlie Cappanick
liiils. Some dark thoughts took possess-on of
Fogarty's mind ; and the more d<•termini d '
X-1 ly was to avoid answering him, the more
wicked and revengeful he felt. No man, poor '
1 or rieli, likes to be rejected with scorn by his
i lady-love : and, unfortunately Nelly's conn- !
tenance betrayed too much iud gnanc.e at his 1
I persecution. They were both going on in ut-
I ter silence, when the young man suddenly stop j
1 ped, and laving iiis hand on her arm, asked in j
■ 1 a husky, agitated voice—
" Will ye come, Nelly? It's the last time,
I'll a-k you : an', by , if you don't " !
The sentence was unfinished : for, with tlm
- i keen eye of out* often on the lookout for such 1
' object s, Fogarty beheld, far distant, a body of ■
■ i men quickly passing in inarching order over a
I low plain, distinguishable from the Cappanick
i hills. Without waiting lor a reply, he dexw r- j
> | ousiy drew out a large haniiki rcliief, and,
i quick as lightning, passed it tightly over the
• face of the unsuspecting girl, who had not re- i
• covered her surprise and terror, when it was
. tied firmly behind her head, thus preventing ;
- her uttering a single audible word. He then
5 seized her in spite of her frantic struggles, and
bore her in a direction different from the one
> j they had hitherto been taking. IL* giant
I strength rendering her weight the burden of
. a feather, he struck over the hills, plunged in
to solitary valleys, and again ascended wild
- heights, till Nelly's form lay more heavily in :
i his arms, and ner struggles to release herself
\ no longer incommoded him.
>- "
F CITIFTEF VI.
a A long faint rendered the yonnggirl iosensi
■] hie for some hour ; and when she again woke
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
to consciousness, she found herself alone in a
strange apartment. The roof nr.d sides win
jagged and of an irregular form, suggesting at
once the surmise that it was a mountain cave.
The small aperture serving for a door was
blocked up from without by huge stones and
bramble bushes, which left very little loom to
admit the faint evening light. A variety of
articles were strewn within ; n black still, evi
dently superannuated, a powder flask, and a
couple of pistols, Jay together in one end ;
while at another were piled material for fuel—
turf, sticks and tinder : a large pitcher of wa
ter. and a gallon jar of whiskey or poteen stood
side by side, accompanied by some half-baked
wheaten bread, a bag of flour, a griddle, an
iron pot, and one or two saucepans These
things were not at once distinguished by our
young fiientl, whose eyes failed to pierce the
dim light around her. The haudkcrchi -f had
been hastily removed from her face to give her
air, and now lay loosely round her shoulders ;
but on trying to rise from her reclining posi
tion, she found Iter ankle had been sprained by
some means, causing her much pain. Tri m- i
bliug and weak, she lay there in terror amount- !
iug to agony, for a long time. No sound,save j
the whistling of the wind as it rose higher and .
higher reached her : and grailuallyjuiulteriiigs
of thunder struck upon her ear. As the even-!
ing failed into night, the storm grew fiercer ;
flash after llasli of lightning in quick sueess-ion
lit up the cave, while tlie crashing of mighty
thunder echoed with tiemeinluous force over
head, and the iio.-e of a rushing mountain tor
rent added to the dismal sound.
It was long before the furv of the elements
abated, but at length it die 1 out, the gurgling
of water alone remaining. Dour after hour
passed, and -till Nellv remained unmolested
by the presence of any living tiling. $ ic dared
not attempt to sleep, however ; and 11 won g: i o-it
flic whole night she lay th- r - niotioul --S, with
unclosed eyes The (lawn of in in.iug found
her weak, shivering, and decidedly iil, with a |
swollen ankle and feverish thirst. By u strong
effort she crept a few paces to obtain a drink
of water from the pitcher, after wiiich she w is
again obliged to return to her reclining posi
tion. From tin: aspect of the. ctvc an 1 its con
tents, -he could not doubt that it w is the hid- j
iug place of men engaged ui nefarious pur-uits ;
and had she been able to walk, she wo ild It ive
lost no time in endeavoring to make her escape :
but, lame as she was, she could not tLink of
attempting to move. To her surprise and relief, ;
the day wore on, and she was still alone. All
within and without was silent and d< -Mate
Evening ciinic, and twilight was giving way
to tlie darker shade of night, when the stones
were hurriedly removed bom the aperture, and
a dim head was faintly di-cernable peering in, 1
w hii ■ a husky voice whispered :
" Are unvo' ye here, boys? l'ety Fogarty,
if you're within, make off as f.i-t as yer legs
can carry ye." And then the apparition disap i
pea red like lightning.
Rather encouraged by this circumstance,
which seemed to indicate that the cave was
no longer d< • uieil a safe ret re it fo* those who
had formerly sought its shelter, •Nelly now j
gathered courage, anil bethought In rof bind
ing tip her ankle tightly with In-1 iiaudkeivhiet
hanging round her neck This she did, iiop
i g to allay it- pain ; and having ac-.-omphshed .
her purpose, she crept to the spot where she
had seen materials for making a fire ; and
procuring flint and tinder, dexterously man
g-d to light some well-dried sticks, which
soon crackled and blaz-d brightly, lo these
she added a turf or two; and though there,
was, probably, more smoke than you or 1 might ;
have approved of, reader, she was by nomnns i
iiicommo led by i*.
" If I am to be murdered," thought she, " 1
may as well die comfortable ami with this
idea she endeavored to infuse some warmth ,
into in T chilled frame. AYlmt Fogarty's de
signs might iie sh° could not toll ; but from
what sh" ku-'W of his character latterly, she
feared lie w as capable of committing any crime
for the sake of revenge. Weak ail I ex'.u;i-t
--| ed as siie was, the heat of the lire hid - onn a '
somnolent effect, and site was gradually drop 1
ping oil' into slumber, when a noise suddenly ;
roused her, and a voice rang in her ear—
" Holloa ; young woman, you're our pris- i
oner ! '
Bv the light of the blazing st.irks sh'-bi li- 1 I '
j two figure-, i.i the costume of revenue police
. unite elose to her. Timy had evidently been
i ultra.-t I t<> the cave by the light from within
• :t ; and a eon-'.durable force being in the n igV !
1 i or'niod, on the lo ik out for a jurty of illicit |
| di-tlll'-r-, tliev were not slow to tak * advanf rg 1 !
lof tin beacon. I'olice or as they are term -d,
" Feelers," ot any description, are not pariieu
j 11r favorites with the p asau'ry of I'.pperary,
j and N'-lly trembled very inueh as slie found
| hers If in tin* custo'y of the r venu *m u. In
1 vain she endeavored to exploit, to them tlu.t
! she was there against her own will : the story
, was until probable one : and -eizing Iter bv tin
; arm rudely, liit-y demanded where ht-r aecoiu-
Idices were, iufoiiuing her with a good deal ot
of bitterness that they hail a warrant for the
I apprehension of Fogarty and some others for
1 the murder of their late officer. Grogan. Nelly's
'spirit was at length roused, and she stout!}'
1 denied a'-l knowledge of the w ercaboutsol her
supposed companions ; but tlm uien, who had
been roused to a pitch of gn at fi roi-itv by the
! bar'inrous murder of Grogan, heard her words
with incredulity, ami and informed In r they
must arrest her. Matter- were now begin.bug
j to look very black indeed for Nelly, for she In Id
it almost a greater misfortune to Im in tin
hands of the revenue men than of F garty
By various threats and promises they still en
deavored 'o draw from her some information
I respecting the present hiding-phu e of the fellows
- they were searching for ; but as she persisted
! in declaring her utter ignorance of their move
ments, they at length abandoned the effort.—
' They took possession of the tire arms in the cave
j and having searched among its other contents,
satisfied themselves by battering and kicking
out the remains of the old still, and then re
galed themselves with pretty strong draughts
of poteen. Three men. fully armed, remained
to guard the cave, while the rest of the force
went to make further search among the moon
tains. The night was now illuminated by a
c ear, unclouded moon, which re idem 1 out
ward objects perfectly distinct Retreating to ]
an end of the cave, removed from where the
police wire gathered round the (ire, Nelly sat
in perfect silence, inwardly praying that fate
might contrive away to release her from th
presence of these beings whom she so iiim-li '
dreaded. As the night wore oe, the men drank
deeper, till their hands became confused. Sh t
were heard in the distance, breaking the still
ness of the air, gradually growing more fre
quent.whii -a h deou-noise of voices veiling and '
slieaitii g mingled with the ui>ro.ir. Siulden'y i
the men stagg ired to their feet, and one of '
them hastening to the mouth of the cave, Ist i
ent-d eagerly. It was ev dent that strife was
going on not very far off. Whoops of the uio.-t i
savage kind made the moun'.i us echo, tili it I
almo-t seeim-d as if a set of demon* had 1i en j
let 100-e. while sharper ntid louder, volley after |
volley, rent the night air. I
" Lit us co ne on, Fiynn," urged the man i
w!io had listened attentively to the exciting <
-.0-nnD ; "th -re'- fighting going on, unj we . 1
oughtn't to lie here." ; '
" Fin ready, tli-n," replied Flynn. who fit i
tv 11 enough in -hue I for asp -.;e ; an i forget- ; I
ting their prisoner, th-yv ull three started forth i
scarcely knowing wlietli -r i icy sto I on their j I
head- or heels, but capable enough of Gghtnig ! <
bo! lly. ~ " s
Nelly ardently trusted they might, never come 1
buck, tii nigh we don't suppose Hie was sail- j 1
guin.iry enough to hope tliey would be killed 1
in the fray. She sraiecly knew w iieth- r t!i • I
defeat of the smugglers or the revenue rn u i
would be the more advantageous to hers -if.—- i
Listening to hoarse cries an i shots, she sn' M
douching and shivering for along while, think- '
iag -!i" mi-gin probably try lo mik ■ h-r e-ea;>e, ■■
even if -he had to craw I stt p by.stcp ol tlie way ! ■
By ilegr -es the noise of fighting grew core i
l.unt, a- if the combatant* were moving to a ■ l
greater distance. At length it was only st j t
rare intervals she ln-ard a shot nt ull the I
was meditating upon tin: pru i nee of now veil- |
taring from the cave at ill hazard*, when tlie
siu .il-of approaching >tpps struck upon her ! I
ear. A thrill ot horror shot through her In-art.
Nearer and nearer they came—a heavy ' I
tram,*, like tlie measured tread of two or three <
ill' n walking slowly. The sound- c :a-e lat tlie 1
entrance of the cave ; and with eyes nearly
blind from terror, Nelly beheld, in the dim
light, the uncovered head of a ID an thrust
through the aperture, quickly followed by li s i
shoulders and the re-t of his body. Having . ,
m ole its entrance in this way the figure even- •
t i illy liv at fn!! length, flat upon the groan !, |
without motion ; and Nelly heard the sound of i
retreating footsteps outside. The moonlight
streaming in, now fell faintly on the form of i
her silent companion, and with a cold s'ni ider
the girl bee line aware that she wis within a
few paces of a dead mail. By his dress she
coiiclu led that he had been one of the smug
glers, and earnestly bending <i >wn she ex imin
ed li s features, but th -y were unknown t > her.
Ghastly and stiff, wii lives gl .z i and wide
op u, tili- CO p*o s.I t-> S'ar - horri'ily ut
lew. Sic retreated in fear and tr -m img !
but found it impossible to keep I: r c-y.s off i
that sinister form. L'ue dread of being a'o.i" i
with tlie dead is overpowering among some ;
portion* of the Irish peasantry ; and p- rliaj.s I
Nelly felt more alartie ii at being in -men el >-.- j
contact with a corpse than she had yet felt !
• Loo her capture by Fogarty. li was a .
strange fear, not connected wiiii tins . . i,
and therefore the :uo.v terrible. AY.tii a thou
sand wild fancies rushing through her mind,
among which ghosts, demons, and other gli ist
I-.' forms, bore most unpleasant pai ls, she mailt
an agonizing effort to leave the cave, and
creeping slowly onwards pa.--d the dead man
as she made her exit through tlie up< rture. —
It was a calm, cold night, the sky deep blue, '
and a bron! shining moon riding high in the j
heavens. D irk masses of in mntaiii- surround
til her, ri iug high and wild above (lie hollo -,
in which she stool. It was impossible l- rln .
to know the best way to turn. Chilled, ter
rified, and weak from want of food and sleep,
sue f mud it d;iUr.u!t to ni >ve a step ; but as
sisting her- -b' by h v li in Is to dim i a rugg-sl
a-ceut, she-low iy er-pt on. A' length re ah
ing a lofty etiiiiieuc \ from which s i - ile-eri.-d
whit appeared to be a worn path winding
along for a considerable distance, trusting to
chance she s:nnk into it ; and moving tl.u
siowiy for a long while, had made considerable j
way, v. 111-11 afa utui s-overcame her, and she •
sunk down sen-.-less.
cn.xprFß VII.
ON retorting to partial coiisciouness, Nelly
found liers'-if lying i ; a b.-d wit i tlie i-lolln-.-
; tigldlv tucked round her, and a feeling of great
weariiti-ss oitore -sing her. T.nugh aware that .
1 some person was sittbig near lier. an 1 tlia' I
: the walls of a house summiided her, there was j
I something ilreanioki- in ii all ; and fe-.a ng u i- j
aide to collect her s -as - e! u \,-!.e *o-uidt ••>
ped off into a confused slu nber. Ho-.v ong j
' she rem tinrd in this li-th ss state—aim st as '
I much dead as alive—he could not tell ; but '
' -he had an indistinct idea that many days an I :
j nights (-lapsed while she stili lay till re, a bur :
then to herself and iho.-e who wab lied hi r ;
O.ie morning she suddcnlv aw< ke up wit';* a -
feeling of ril.i t ; the weight tliit hid oppre-*- |
sod her so long was gone ; and -oe win i
to inah - a clear su-voy c>f wh.a* surrounded hr !
Sin* ob- rved nil elderly woman and a young j
one, sitting at some di-turee from her, near n
comfortable lire. They were conversing in sab
- duci! tones, but she could hear w hut tin v • ii i I
i "She'll iother die or begin to nu-i-.d afore I
j this day's oip," wiiispered the eld- r oe.e.
"Ay, I think it's likely. The crathur lias'
I come through a dale, jmv how."
" If she could only Spake, an' tell where sue
1 came from, or who she is, a body 'id know
where to scud her," continued the elder wo
' i
man.
Nellv now knew they were talking of herself, -
and, rising on her elbow, she entreated them .
to tell her where sh was, end how long she had
been with them. With much kindness they
both approached her, and told ter it was a
fortnight since the hu band of the voungcr wo
vol.. X IX. —NO. :j4.
inni< hud found licr I.iug seusi less, earlv one
morning, as he w i.. retailing from a distant
part of the country, and tisut they liud iu
mediately got her conveyed to their house,
where she iiail lYnni'incd ever since. By her
appearance tin y knew she was a respect a hie
young woruau, though, of eoaiM the
which had been found s erm d inexplicable, nud
she la 1 been w itched overaund ursed, from day
to day, With true Ir.sli good uuture and hospi
tality.
Kelly found that these people lived very
far indeed from her own home; they knew
i </I!iin_r of the tic ghborhood she belonged to,
then' intercoms; ming rather with the Limer
i k than the T pperury -idc of the mountains.
N> v rtiieless, tny credited herstory, wild and
improbable as it might have seemed to the in
liabitaiits < f any more ehilz-d district, and
promised get her conveyed toward- iicrown
part of t!i cou itry, as soon io she was able to
be moved. Nelly would willingly have set out
at once, but her weak state rendered this out
of the (pie.-tioii, nsslie had passed through a
very severe fever, and required time to regain
even a little strength. Many more days elaps
ed be!ore she was cousidetcd lit to travel ; but
her impatience to be gone was so great that
much further dclav would have only thrown
in r back ; and, therefore, Mat .Mather, the man
of lie liou-e, was at 1 tst iieei --itated o procure
ado .k y curt, to convey her home. One grey
winter morning, then, -he took her place on
the ban i!: of straw piled for her bein lit in the
small curt, and taking a gr< itcfnl farewell of
le r kitoi fr en is, s-t out on her journey. Bad
roads r< nil f'-d ln*r progress shov and unpleas
ant j and it was air • tdy evening, with a thick,
rain fail ig, when she found hefselt near her
beh.ved I due Not wishi g that a stranger
should wiluess her meeting with her relatives,
.-he pre!', rred g l ting down from the cart before
teaching the house, and pui'snug the last of
the way on foot. liehold her, then, in tin*
gath ; ug dark:, s.s of the winter evening, thank
ful y approaching hei parents'dwelling, though
pile and weak front recent illness She was
already upon the patch of meadow before the
i u-e already within a yard or two of the
door—now her hand upon the latch. The door
Imd been fns'ened for '.h 1 night, and she was
0 liged to knock for admittance, murmuring,
a- -he did so, a devout, " Thanks be toUod!"
F'>r a moment the summons was unanswer
ed, but lii Volet* ni' Iter father ttt length de
manded w ho was there.
" It's in*-, father ; it's N l!y come back to
y re j lie ! the young girl, in tones treiuuloua
from emotion.
A silence as of death feigned in tho lions*
for - ve;* : minutes. TiiAn the door (lew open,
a I t e figure of the father, wrathful und
lur. JUS. met her gaze
XO liE COXCiXDED XEiT VFSSZ.
NEVER OET ANGRY. —lt does no good. Soino
-ins have seeming compensation or apology, a
[■resent gratilieatioti of some -ort ; but anger
i- none. A man feels no better for it. It
is r illv a torrent ; an 1 v. her. the storm of pas
on passes awav, it Inivos one to see that ha
Ins lv en a f'o d ; ami lie has made himself a fool
ni the ores of others, too. Wlio thinks well of
an ill-natured man who has to be approached
ia the mo ! guarded and cautious way ? Who
wishes him f->r n neighbor, or a partner in busi
u— - ? If keeps all about him in the same
state of niiii I. a- if tlivv were livi :g next door
. o a hornet's nest, or a rabid animal. And as
to the prosperity in business one gets along no
better for being angry —What if business is
laborious and perplexing, and every tliinggoea
by contraries —will a lit of passion make tha
winds more propitious, the grounds more pro
motive, the markets more favorable ? Will a
bad temper draw customers, pay notes, and
ia.ike creditors but-r Matured? Ar. angry
man adds nothing to the welfare of society.—
>.nce, then, linger is useless, needles*,disgrace
ful, without tin* !e i-t apology, ami found only
n the Ito-.mi of fools, whv s'-ould it lie indulg
ed in at ali ?
B !igio:i is not a perpetual moping
over g Mid books K 'ligioti is not even pray
er, praise, holy ordinances—these are IKC.-S.-R
--1 v to religion —no man can be religious with
out them. Cit r ! giou is mainly and chiefly
t e glorifying of (Jo i amid the duties and tri-
I it's of the wo:! 1 ; the guiding of our course
aid the ;vlv r.-t -. in i an 1 currents of tenipta
' la, by the -tarlLht of duty ami the COlllpass
| f divine truth ; the bearing-jus manfully, wise
v, courageously, for the honor of Christ our
! great L al uin the co: flrrt of life,— C'airy.
•
SF.v?:rt r. Gnu.—As a weary traveler wan
I wending 1 • is w y !h. .nigh tiie mud out iu the
i ! u* west ii ■ 0.-covered a yon g inaideii stund
-1 gin I i:e 11 oi of a sin ni!.<_* lioti-e lie rode tip
' u fioe.t of the Ilou-e, ami a-ked tho maiden
or a drink of water; lie drank it, and she
bei ig the ti -t woman lie had seen for several
; days, kis-cd her and offered her a dime. Tho
( iraveh-r wis about to rcsirue his journey, but
the vei den having never seen a dime asked :
" What am I to do with tite dime?' 1
'• Yia can n • ir any way you wish," lie rc
i plied, "it is yours."
" lii t being tie case," sa d she, "I'll gha
oa buck the dime and tak anoiher kiss ? "
C-wf Tl.e Bible i-like n wide and beaiitifid
!.i:i 1-enpe s an f u'oif, dim-indeonf-Hed ; but a
i tele- >.;••• w s'l !>riu rit M.' I r, Mud spread out
• • ! i'st; - .-' , and winding rivers at imu's vcrv feet.
I Thai '.close p • is the Ih-hj Spirit.
I'r.EPARtXG jo \ SrciiM —A few nights ago
says the Tecums-!i !l r//d—-Mr. Robin,who
had lieen out talcing his glass and pip**, Ongo
ing home lute, lie borrowed uu umbrella ; and
when h.s who's tongue was loosened, he sat up
! iu the lied, and suddenly spread out tho para
j pine.
" Wlmt are \ on goinftodo with that thing?'
" Why, rnv dear, I xpected a heavy litorm
I to night, and so I earn * prepared.
! In less than two minutes Mrs. Robin was
1 !U•" 1 ~;! en
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