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" BESIDE TIE m. "TalM of Ten Ti By EDGAR L ICeptrlfh). 1SW. by Edgar L I L Oar Vagabond Traveler *u not a vagabond in reality, but only in that genial amiability of toleratire apirlt which bad lad,him with receptiro eyaa and kindly heart among the lowly ol many Uodi, ' He bad novor yet essayod llio relation of experience or rerainlsoence; and a of pleasant anticipation broke over our remaining travelers' face*, when, with a little half-apologetic "Ahem!" be began the following recital of tender iioora among Iriih hearts and icenoi. One baa all aorta of good lnck in sotting at the real tbinga of lile when tramping in any country. Lingering about Killarney, hesitant in my purpose, I.lookod longingly toward the surpassingly beautiful southwest coast, but felt a triflo cowardly about explorations in tbat direction without knowing a single human soul beyond Killarney. In all that splendid coast lino were scenes of indescribable beauty and grandeur; there nestled the homes of nine-tenths of tho fishermen of Ireland; and over in tbo almost uuknotvu regions of Dnnkerron South, Cortceguiny and Iveragli, were aomo of tho quaintest people of Erin, among whom linger customt, usages and ways almost aa odd and interesting as tho Breton laws of old. In this mood of indecision I loft Killarney on a morning long bofore its hosts of beggars and guides were aatir; and, taking my way toward Dingle Bay on the great highway to Valencia, loitered along past tho northern shores of Lower Killarney lake, feasting upon the witching scenery half disclosed through the delicate morning mists. Bcforo the little Gweostiu river was crossed, perhaps ton milos from Killarney, tho daily "long-car" with its load ' of passnngors and parcels-post hampers dashed by; and shortly oftor, a solitary foot traveler, of dubious appearanco at a distance, came up from Killarnoy way as if desirous of overtaking toe. fitlnri "1 nm- nTrniH fomomDanionshio. 1 halted. Bat no sooner was tbo man cloao enough for inspection than 1 regretted my delay. IIo parried u tremendous cudgel in ono hand, a little packago of belongings in tho other and walked with a bont, woaving strido, un/ like ono accuatomod to the pleasuros of the road. As ho neared mo his face took on a most forbidding aspect from tho clumppod and shaggy hair that hid his featurea completely; particularly as his eyes were covoi-od with n nondescript hat which had all tho swails and Bags, but nono of tho breezy nicturaquonosfl, of a huge "sou'wester.", Nor did tho hair stop with the face. His coat was flung over bis arm, and his shirt, of aorao heavy woolen stufl like Counaraara flannel, wa9 opeu noarly to the waist, disclosing a breast of liugo proportions covered as thickly us his faco with hair massed and matted in deep, grotesque swirls. As tho follow halted, ho stood a veritable giant beside me. 4,iriue mornin'," ho oxclaimod in a voico like a hoarso clap of thunder. "Same to you, and many," I answorod civilly, but with some trepidation; for his two groat fiats clutched his stick in U most unuuy nu;, ug uuo hiimk an aggrossivo bludgeon or reat upon a silent onr. ilo looked at mo cnriouelv for a moment; and I now saw that a kindlior Eair of eyea never beamed from a uinan faco. "Faitli. I'm John L. Shea, Av awale Port Mogce, . An I /oily flshlti' .Upon th' deep say!"? no resumed, with an air of confidential prido which at once set my apprehensions quito at rest "An' if yer afthor goin' my wav, an' 'J1 answer me tliruly av yer own bliaped sell, I'll divido th' road wid yez fairly; ai th' bailiff gintly obsnrvod to th' mad bull that wor intorjucin' his horna to hia 'leather crackers' (sheep-skin breeches'!") I "auswored him truly" as to myself. Then ho told mo with delicioualy loquaciona candor how ho had been sent for, a month before, by Father Flannory, of Came, away up on the howling coast of County Mayo, to come among the poor flBhermon of Blackaod Hay to "rig up boats and gear" that the wretched folk of that region, a class every whit as hopolees and holpless as the Arran Islanders, might attempt deep soa llahing; had executed hia little commission, and waa now proudly returning to the Kerry shores, having walkod every foot of the distance in order to proaorvo intact hia trifling stipond for thoso ho loved in the little home* neat at Port Mageo. I did not say so in spoken words, but my heart said: ".Bravo 'John L. Shea, av swate Port Mageo, that follys fishin' upon th' doop say t' you aro braver, better, truor than many that have title or station, if you have scales like a fish all over you and your hair liko a boost all ovor that; with no riches but your rich brogue and a cabin and thatch and thoso in it, botwoen your kindly life and all manner of harm!" And our hands camo together with a loud, resounding whack, and our tramps' feet rang merrily over tho anclont Kerry road that leada by glens and loughs, over Iveragh mountains, to the sea. From our mountain road wo at laat saw tho sun sink into its (laming bed on tho Atlantic horizon; but wo vot lacked two or throe hours of completing our journoy from Killarnoy to tho sea. So wo lott tho heights nbovo Dingle Bay, and after beginning the lovely descent toward Cahirsiveen through tho winding valley of tho Knoclcnadobor, my companion shortly lod tho way ovor a rocky mountain boreon for nearly a milo from the great stono road wo had travoraod. Turning tho jutting point of a hugo - dill, rising from a doop gorgo around which tho footpath trailed, wo camo to a littlo cluator of cabins in tho sweetest and tiniest of Kerry glens; all ovorhanging, but inaccessible at thin point from tho highway, which wound liko a ribbon of pink along tho base of tho heights somo hundreds of foot bolow. Hero was a littlo oorio, whoro woro porchod an Irish "shobeen," which to ono of an inquiring mind might havu boon given identification with a cortain socludod atill farthor up tho glena; a few cabins whore lived a score of souls who "mind" tho herds of tho graziers ofKorry; and araitoof a chapol, within which at loast onco a yoar a littlo alter ia lighted. Wo woro among friouds. Some plain and hearty food was soon afc hand: and beforo tho light had entirolv fadau from tho uppor poakaof Knocknadobor, myself and my shaggy companion wero sleeping poacofully upon a bit of fresh straw in tho soenro, if not spacious, loft m i ',lu ?vor-hospitablo Irish cabin onoboon." lalopt heavily, sovoral timos aaring the night I heard soft knocks at et ME KEftRT SHORES. -avaJarg" Serloa. . WAKEMAN. raJctnaM. All Rgkti ttrmvert.J I the door of oar tiny cabin. A regnlai and istereiting orJer of oventa, diatinguiaboble only by aouods, followed < each of tb?M tones of rappinzaOar hoet?ould itambls to tbe door; | open Uttle wicket witbiaatj and then an if in great eflort to ad]6re extraordinary alienee, give vent to a "bh-li-h-h 1" that could easily have been beard for* good quirter of a mile. "Tear an' agai?" be would growl, "an' who are yea, ye spalpeen, tbat'd splilit tbo mountain aids entbirelv wid yer craibin' av til' dare I" "Arragb, ve ould gbamer, its meself, Jemmy Dooley, from beyant tb' CaragL (orXimmy Dully, av tb' Dinide aide; 01 jerry Cooney, av Drung Hill; or I'addy Do run, av Coomatharn;) an' ita n feather's weight o' tb' rale right sort I'd be huvin', swatebad lack to yez!" "Divil a drop ye'll get here, yo black mouth gaugori not ni not t>o oncmi to yei, th bour o' night. How'a tbe woman that owns yci??Sh-h-h-b!" "Jtettor nor Hi' divil'd 'luck ponny' in yer own purse!?I'll go bail to that same, by tbe elevens!" "lili-li-h-h!" Then, as by tbii time tbo night traveler had entered, came a dim light from a "splinter" set ailame In the smoulderinn peat of the fireplace and wedged in an open cranny in the chimney angle. This was invariably followed by the sound of soft and musical gargling of liquid from some heavy vessel and the silvery wimple of the snnSo into a recerftaclo of lesser capacity. Then a heavy clinging of coin liko that of copper pence, suggesting a commercial transaction of well established cliaractor, would be beard; and after this, a gulp and a hearty emack, from the "parting cup," with the mutlled toast, "Shuid-urtli 1 (Here's to you'.);" when Jemmy, Timmy, Jerry or l'addy would depart down the boreen, humming soft, strains of satisfaction and cheer; at which our host would listen and growl for a bit, when the light would disappear and our pothc?n-mercliant would tumblo heavily intr. his bunk near tho llichering peat en-bers boneath tho hob. These Incldonts, growing more frequent ns tho morning noarcd, finally so thoroughly awakened mo that for some time I lniJ listening to a distant rnrnbiing and roaring for which 1 could in nowise count; and as there was a laddor leading from tbe loft to tbe thatch of the cabin byre, and tbenco Into tho little paddock bolow, I silently stolo from my companion's sido and gained the clfffs overhanging tbe main highway, as the llrst tremulous grays of dawn began of tbo mountain abovo. A stran^o confusion of sounds arose from tlio gorge below. At first I could but dimly see down there a ghostly juwblo of moving tilings, sometime!) massed and accompanied by n Bubolic tnedley of voices, or again separated into straggling ohjects making at best only sloepy and siJout progress toward the hamlet of Cahirsiveen. But as the low-lying fog lifted, and the morning light flooded in upon ihe wido stono road, the nature of the allnight intrusions at the shebeen and the cavalcado below me was clearly revealed. It was Saturday morning, morning of tho fair and marKot day at the old seaport town, and all the quaint folk from the wilds of Ivoragh, as was their immemorial custom, were "trundling to the fair afore the broak o' day." And what a queor, kindly lot they wero! llero wa? a group of Hth' byes," wriggling along faco to face, settling questions of mountain honor in tremendous though friondly harangue and dispute. Then followed a cart, drivon by tho "ould man," in which wero tho "ould woman an' childer, slapm rings 'round their swato selves." Many carts thoro wero with pigs snorting violent protests and surprise; with goose craning their needs in viciously-hissod dollanco and interrogation, and with shoep bleating piteously. All those wero interspersed with or followed by old women with braidooncoverod baskets; young women with packagen of yarn or flannel; lasses thumping donkeys ladon witb croole, or guiding recalcitrant goats and kids; but ovory ins9 or woman knitting away vie* orously, in timo to step and gossip; old mon bum pod and aovoro, pegging along with thump of stick and pull of pipe; and all lull of wluraaipal importance and gosthoring, whether they had to sell or the wherewithal to buy; aud, of course, a squad of constabulary to remind them of their serfdom, tagging at their heels or occasionally charging at a gallop through tho motley cavalcade. My shaggy companion was shortly ready for our morning march. We descended the mountain boroon aud mingled with tho fair-going people. Walking thus to Cahiriiveou, wo lingered a moment at the ruins of tho birthplace of great Daniel O'Counoll, at Carhan Bridge; loitered for a timo among tho raarkot-day scenes beyond?where I saw a face I cannot forgot until tho moment of all forgotfulneBa shall como?and by midday wo wero among tho fishermen of tho southwost coast, at tho tiny fishing hamlet of Port Mageo. II. An Irish fisherman's cabin is hardly apalaco; but it often holds lovo and content, and tho one to which ray new found friond led mo with rapid, homo* nearing stridos aoomod one of this ploasant, rostful sort. Most of tho habitations of tho fishing village wero wretched hovels iudeod. lkia ono was not only clean, but from corrag to thatch it disclosed tho touch of loviug hands. As wo neared it I could soo that whlto flouncod curtains showed behind tho tiny panes of cabin and loft; some pretty vinos wero trained about tho windows themselves, and tho littlo curl of smoke above tho thatch, which told of tho hnmblu hoarthatono within, escaped through a sturdy chimney instead of tho usual hole in the roof. As tho big fellow bounded into his cabin, 1 retnainod outsido under the protenso of enjoying tho fino coast sconory; and this aoomod yise, for tho joyoug riot within fairly signified that for tho time being, thoro was iittlo ptaco for the strangor. This shortly gubsidod, aud tho giant roappeared at tho door, tossing his tiny, bnrofootod wifo in tho air as though sho was a bubo; while a brood of littlo ones, the youngest as big as the little mother, danced wildly about him; and I was directly installed aa a guest with groat honor, groator garrulousnoss and a ringing caul milin faille. And what merry hustlo and bustle wore thoro about that homo-wolcoming meal! blocks of tho finest turf wero put | upon tho ombors, and tho little onoa took porspirlng turns at tho dingy, wheezing bellows. Arties flaino roared up that big chimney us novor thoy roarod boforo. Hchowdona (oaten cakes) wero sot on odgo for a fresh toasting, la a jilly tho "whlto horses wero gal lopin'" ibore the "pratiea" in the pot; b the "tay waa wetuxj by the fire," and b everybody tu foiling nrer eveiybody U elae in very exceu of loving effort. F "Will it be tbree aiga. th' day*' the I, little >11* kltiihingly ukad her burly ai hoaband. ? Tbree algt is it?" roared the (riant h flaborman, taking his wife's little head a in hie two hate handa?hands as bit; . there was no place left on her glowing . iacfl to ki?a. "Three miga! Flat's three * I niea to empty craytbara like oaraelvea, w nilliah machree?' The big head doacended to the little ci [ head with almoet alarming careeaea. b "Sure impty aacka can't atand. It'a il , robbing grase to a fat pig to aay it, but C yez might drink wid this atranger in a ai coal-hole, wid yer eyea to th' alack. Ic Make it sex?an'?an' a slewsther (Jclas a i of fondness) a villiah (my tweet)." el Not one, bnt many "slewithera" were o ahowerod upon tho blushing and pro- o' testing matron now. "An' a two-eyed beefsteak (n herring) I . for th' aich av n?; an' a fine mlscaun (a k cone of butter) from Misthreia O'Neill a by th' crag; an' a gawlioge (large meas- It ure) o' milk; an' th' heartsomest fayst 1) in Kerry enthirely, wid baoaght Dhoa Si orrin, ersbi mishai (with God'a bless- u ing ou us, Bay I!)" , It was all that, in tho pleasant cabin; w and then came the problem of my own I' housing for the time I should remain w among the fishermen of the region. Tlio cabin, like all others of its class, h: had but one room below and a littlo loft w , above. There snrely no place for me it in these. But in a little shed at the cl end, dry and clean, where all the boat ti and fishing gear was stored, we soon si had a fine couch made on a well-folded gi seine, und though a clearly defined cc aroma of Qib, tar and oakum pervaded tho place, as one little window showed pi some sweet, fern-covered cliffs behind, hi and another gave a snperb view of Va- la fencia Island, the sublime promonotory L of liray Head, and of the mighty sea be- st yond, only u churlish traveler could fr have found elso than congratulation in or the sunny and winsome spot. tr And yet how littlo served those quaint m folk fully I Tbero was not a chair within the so cabin. Two stone "strangers' seats," in one at eithor side of the chimney, and in a few rudo stools answered in good pi stead. A bunk ugainst tho wall was co the bod of the fisherman and his wife, tii The bouchaleens and girshas (bovfl and 11 girle) slept upon the lloor of the loft se above. Their only mirrors were each other's oyoe. One table of boavy doal bl stood boneath the window. One cup- si< board, formed by a little recess in tho pi wall, andunothcr of ancient Irish oak, wl easily hold all tho household's scant a though precious belongings. One or in two case-knives, sevoral flsh-kuivoa used in cleaning fish and in all seafar- so inn work, two or three oarthon bowla, a th powter mug for the rnre troat of sugar, cb ono modern tin pan, a hugo powter I' basin and two or threo saucers com- cr priaod all tlio ware for the table the at' liaher family possoased. Besides those thore wore a few of le those rare old Irish mothers or square ta drinking cups carved out of solid wood, pa precisely tho same as thoso used in Erin co twenty centurios ago. A strong bot, or pi tub, had its place beneath the table. A tb schrahag, or flat osier basket, with nar- th row sidos, always hold tho boiled pota- an toes at the meal. And the cooking uten- an sils were the same, and as few, aa have la been used by the peasantry since thero co were such in Ireland. m Thore was a great iron pot for tho go stirabout, tho potatoes and for boiling he cabbage leaves and other dolicaclos for of the pig: a smallor iron kettlo in which th an ogg might be boiled or the "tay wotted;" and a great, round flat iron ye griddle in which black bread, the schow- in dera and all extraordinary goodies wore bakod, eithor hanging from the crane be above the lire, or set at an anglo against Ti it and turned aa necessity required. Tl Tho schowdor, next to potatoes, being Ti here the great staff of life, really do- at serves montion. It is made of a thick m batter of oaten meal, seasoned with salt, tb and, on fostivo occasions, with tho drip- ot pings from friod pork. Strictly speak- yc ing, it is only tho schowder when, os the 11 oaton cake baked on the groat hanging hi griddle, it is additionally toasted or u| roastod on tho muddhaarrao before the ca greeshaugh or embers. so This muddha arran is tho only othor utensil of tho flreplaco of these flaber- at mon, or of the Western poaaantry at ad largo. It is an iron-forked stick with throe legs, on which tho schowdor or in fish, or any bit of moat good luck may wi Bend, are toasted or broilod; it is ono of wi tho most ancient cooking utensils re- ac mainingin Ireland; and I moution all w theso simplo things ininutoly, because af without John L. Shea's real environ- tti mont, tho strong, bravo mold in which his fine and humble nature was east, to could not stand forth so clear aud lofty in in its sturdy and noblo worth. fo m. i? In comparison, wondronsly swoet and happy a* soemod this little home- r nost beaido tho lovely Kerry shoros, within it ajroady lurked tho demon of unroet .. Dumb and voiceless as it might bo and was, a pitiful hoart-tragody was ^ enacting hero within one silont broast. To mo, its recognition saddoned every happy hour; gave frowning sooming to crag, headland and lonely islot, dark and baro; lent a shuddering dread to o\ tfio mngic of the soa; and swept a thrill nc of potent through all the whisperings of ai tho broezos along tho somber coaat. w< Not until the lirst ovoniug did I soe lis Eileen, tfho was the flihorman's oldoit di daughtor. Sho crept into tho cabin lit hositantiy, domuroly, but not without a Hi cortain hint of unconquerablo dotor- oy miuation and powor in hor stdturo, lo poise and movement, and with a light of strango inquiry in hor great blue eyes th as they rosted upon tho atrangor dilli- si dontly. ui Her father grooted her fondly onough, co but inoro liko a rough companion and pi sharor of toil than a loved child, 1 thought, and still with a shade of fo anxiety in his honoat, rugged face. of She stood for a littlo loaning against m tho Urof>laco, drinking in our words, cc aud particularly nil roforencos to foreign lil lands, with almost flercoly hungry oyos, and Anally, after partaking of a bit of wi food, disappoarod with hor brothors and th siators to thoir bods in tho loft above. ov Whatever subject wo spoke upon, wo fo sotnohow always camo back to Elloeu. ro In a littlo tirao I found that tho girl ib had been hor fathor's constant com- m panion for years in tho dangerous work of tho sea;could mauago a boat with all ev tho skill and doxterity of a man; had sp shared every tnnnnor of arduous task in- ce volvod in innckorol and long-line llsh- lit ing; and know every oddy of tho sea, fu every nook and cranny of tho coast, gi ovory rock, islot, shoal and fishing lit ground, aa familiarly as tho canniest be Kerry liahormau, from Dingle to Kin- al sule. Asido from tho few Irish lasses at tho ici fair at Cahirslvoon, Eileen was tho only cli maiden grown I had noticed that day th ?though I had scon hor once before in co a way that now flllod 1110 with droad tor th tho peaco of this Usher's homo?aud I Ik asked her father whoi-o tho bright-facod girls of Korry had gone. bl "Gono, is it?-Gone? "Hough!" ho e<l answorod with sudden spirit. "Over or th'say onthlrely!" T1 "But surely they could not all go to ? America;" 1 vontured protoatingly. In An' couldn't they though? Its bred od they aro in th'milk av thoir mothor'a. an null to do tliat aamel" Thii with itterneas. "A cinha'i no batter nor ?n your high, whin th'fay ver's on her. itb, *a' the'll vork liko a bails. an' kvo like au onld t>it?, slyer an' delytfulLr nor Onld Nick himself; an' bin ye' be thinkin' aho'd marry eome ooeat bye an' bide wlJ her own, like dacent craythnr?Px-M-pI?an' anrar le's gene, like an aisle orer tho say! llure the Hibernian drew hia little ife cloaer to bim with a geiture of ondroua pride and fondness. "Arrati, an' this jewel o' me own ibin wouldn't be in it th' day?heaven lou an' kape tier till me dyiu' hour!? I hadn't stole her wan night from arau'h-side, like a thief o' th' wnrrld, a' thin bate th' three brother! timein, broke th' onld man's aknll for a int o' me temper, an' aint word to leren' uncles for a meetin', at their wn convavnanco, barrin' any fait day th' loveri." "How, then, have you Wept Eileen?' asked eagerly, thinking of what I now and he did not. ?" ??'! nninlflw tliA with n nlarti ico, patting hit* little wifo almost rude* ' away. In another instant his huge it caine down with a tromondous crash pon the deal tablo. ' 'Fore God, I'd kill th' man or oman tbat'd ontico her from the dure, d aoe her dead aforo I'd let her turn anflerer beyant th' aav." The little wife attempted to soothe im with many crooning words, but he aa terribly sweut by the atorm of feel* it; upon him. Ho pacod the cabin ex* tedly; plunged through the door into le night and back again; and after a irug of his whole frame, like eomo 'eat animal flinging another off, ho intinued impetuously: "Onld Ireland?aavo her!?ia aorra longh, heaven knows; but th' hearto' 3r ia aiton out, more by th' fayvor o via' than by th' wurra o' atayin'. ak at her now!?th' young an' th' rong clutchin' th' very pouniea from om her dood oyoa to fly away wid an' iricji some other land, till on'y th' imblia' ould au' th' rottia' dead re* ain!" , I saw instantly it was the one subject ro abovo all others in tho heart of the ajeatic though simple figure boforo e. He had painted a woefully truo cturo of ono of Ireland's causes of do* y; but I was astounded at the revela)n which followed, the truth of which :ou!d no longer doubt after what I had en scarcely two hours before. ( "Th' poor craythura, they're not to ame!" Ho said this with a compas- , Dnato gesture which soemed to com* , ohend Klleun abovo us in tho loft, , h.ore there had more than once beon , rustling and stirring, aa of some ono | ipatient to hear and know. . "It's th' divil'a own sowla that iiko akea ivor crawl over th' ould aod, wid j oir blisthoring tongues, tayzin' th' , lilder away. Many a bono o' theirs , kro crackou aireaay; an-, oy id uvo aasos, I'll murthor tli' Drat wan that Bps foot in Port Magoe!" Pressing him for explanation, ! I arned this startling fact: That voribto human forrota. if not in tho direct ly of the trans-Atlantic atoamship mpaniea, yet still subsisting upon tho olits of the nefarious traffic, penetrate o remotest regions of Ireland, sowing e seed of dissatisfaction and unreat id persistently painting tho rewarda id delfghts of oflort and lifo in foreign nds; until the country districts aro natantly in such tremors of exciteent and heartacho for th0B0 who aro ting or aro gone, that there is no lowly >mo whore is not hovoring the shadow a terror so groat that it lacks even o consoling finality of doatli itself. "And men roally do this thing from ar to year for a livolihood?" I askod honest indignation. "Min??mini Thing! worser nor istosl No placo ie froo o' thim. ley'ro at ivorv fair, woddin' or wake, ley'ro at th' dure o' th' sanctuary. ioy'11 mark yer childer at christnin' l' nivor loso sight o' thim till they're in an' women grown. They'll folly ' dead among th' livin' to snatch an* her livin' wan away. They'll crape in ir home, by day or by night!? eugh!" he concluded with a geature at s throat as if choking, "they crapo >on yor lifo hero in Ireland, "till vo n't braytho widout smoliin' th' divil's aoke upon thim otarnally." Ho bent his shaggy hoad sorrowfully id ruminatively for a moment. Thou, if thinking aloud, ho added: "Via, yis. Faith, John L. Shoa's sat bia boat, strivin' lor tuirn ainoro, id Eileen besido him, tur many a year, . itchia' thiin Htaymera trailiu' smoke J roaa tho water, an' wishin', wishin', ishin' ivory wan'd atriko bottom oro thoy'd tako away one body from tie blosaod Kerry homo!" I could not but give a blosaod "Amen" that; but, long, long into that uight, my couch upou tho soines, troubled rms and scetiea wore woveu into my ilf-wuking dreams. With and across 080, liko pitiful wraiths of sorrow, used and ropassed tho facos in this imblo lishor'a homo, tho trailing aoke of tho far, low-lying ocean earners, loaviug their wakoa of woo bond, and that ono pitiless faco I had >w twico aeon, and which could nover ? forgotten until tho uiouieut of foritfulnoss should coino. IV. I had seen and heard but little tho entng boforo; but that little, in coniction with what had boou accident" Iv and so dramatically rovoaled whilo o'satbeaido tho dying ombora in the ihor's tiny cabin, told me that tho oad and insidious inflaenco tho bravo, >me-suving soul had so long and vamtly battlod was about to triumph rer all tho mighty pleading of duty and ve and home. In a short stroll I had taken along to craggy heights to the south of tho umberoua old fishing bamlot, I had all lwittingly chosen nn almost daring iurso around tho peak of a shelving omonotorv. Constantly temptod to loftior hoights r hotter view of tho matchless scenes coasts and islets and seas, I pickod y way around tho dangerous cono, lining suddenly upon two tiguros in a Itle hollow of an angle of tho rock. From whoro I stood the man and oinan could not observo mo, and yet oy were plainly within view, while ory word thoy uttorod, from tho conrmation of tho rock partially surundfng thorn, was as distinctly audio as though they hud stood beside e. Whonovor thoy had mot, and howor thoy had reuchod tho secluded iot 1 folt certain thoy had not pro* dad mo iu tho dangerous pathway I ul stumblod upon; and I was jnade rtiier sure of this by the woman, or rl, now and then parting the brunches iovo her, and peoring sourchingly ick along tho partly wooded hoights tovo. She was a maiden of marvelous physill power and beauty, and hor manuer oarly showed that no other motive an souio overwhelming self interest uld liuvo brought hor to tryst with 0 ambling, skulking wretch boforo >r. Though ho whoodlod aud blustorod, nrneyod aud bulliod, alio ntill remain1 imporious and determined. Only ice did she soem to botruy emotion, lis was when tho lo:ithery*fucod dwarf a humpod, mildewed travesty of a liuan, with a face witherod and oursin the luaicrauily puthetic linos of t ailing baboon, and whoso rootless, beady eyes never looked the girl fairly i In her own?atung her aeeiuing iwper- i turbable purpoio by reference to the t lad the loved. 1 "Ita yer only rale friend I am. Klleen, that's four year been waitin*t' civeyez t th'chance o'yer lifo. I'll bold ve/ it's i trne, I-arry Dreen's no comfort t' yeI in all that time. Ian't it on th' bailor c (tippling) he's bean, those last tin days, t an'only thia blissed day mskia' lovo i like atimpeitt'ivery girlatCahirsiveon I fair'" ? "I'm dene wid Larry," abe answered I slowly. t Her tone rather tban lier action told t what a deep bart wan behind hor words. t "Give mo th* money, thin, fur th' ticket to' take yea out." a "I'll not. All, Dennis Fahy, it's aa t hard aa th' divil'a forehead, yer are. I'll t go me own way, or atay." i "Arrab, arick dear, ye'U doathroy all t mo grand pious fur yez enthirely. It's t t' Killarney yea must go, thin. There ' ye'll got th' rail fur Mallow, an' Cork, i' v th' next itaymer, wid th' other lino < ladies that's goin' out?" wbiaod tho C little old glioma imploringly. t "I'll not" f ??l-I?. "IVBrail IV(ni no muiuw. wm ;ui th'groat fool! 'Twud take a proper ri?e > out o' yet, t' spako a soft word t' jour 1 favther!" o It was tbs direst threat tho follow t could make, and I could aee he was ? auro it would humble her. I "111' roina o' me heart go wid vez in t that, Dennis darlint!" aha rotortod i with a contemptuous gurgle of laugbtor. "Kb?" t "Can ycz swim, Dennis?" ? "N-n-o, faitbl An'fur what an' fur a why?" ? "Then it'i lost ye'd bo, Dennia; fur no " prayet'll ahrivo th' likea o' ye. At th' . lirat word ye nttorod, Dennia, faythor'd toss yo ovor th' clitl, as aisyasastale v flah from th' achrahag!" It was Donnis who bad boon con- 0 querod, and he now whiningly begged ' to know what she would do. , "It'a thia I'll do;" she roturnod with 1 an iiuprcaelvencsa of tono and rnanuor 0 trom which tho mieerablo wrockor o( v homes apparently aaw no uppoal. "Uo P you to th' others an' bid thorn bido nt * Mallow or Cork till I como. I'll row to " Dingle bv night." J "By all th' sainta, 'tis twonty miloal" he fumed and blustered again. "Saturday night 'twill be, at th' turn ? d'tli'tido?that's tin o'clock that night. P Thin I'll walk, on Sunday, from Dingle to Traloe. They'll not folly by water, 11 an' if they go alatherin' up tho Kiilarooy road, it's not a trace of mo they'll 0 lud; mi'thin they'll como powdborn' K bock to Port Magoo, whin I'll bo aafo on a my way from Dingle to Traloe." The old wretch's face worked hideous- . y for a while. Ho seemed to fear ho would at the last logo this one poor vie- 91 lim. For years he had worked bin mor- 01 :iless toils about hor, as about others imong the wilds of Iveragli. !" "Bad cess t' th' divil'a own mess, an' '' ill th'trouble yor givin' mol But mo s heart's achin' t' see yo go where' in a , . ear's time, yen can como back a lady inu t' ihiluio thim that'll kapeycz ivor i toil in* baste! I'll comeand go widyez / Dingle 1" l> Tho girl gave a littlo Btart at this, but jr lid not oppose him. ^ "It's lavin' froin th' ould pior I'll bo, j; n th' littlo yawl. Yo'll not bo lato, 0 Dennis Fahoy? A sorra hour fur yez, al twould be, if yez were found behind mo i. it Port Magee!" tc "Who's tl\' stranger that's cometh' p lay. lie lookod mo o'or unfriendly, a, ;h' morn, whin I wor dodgin' yer 8, ayther at Cahirsiveon." al Tho girl merely shook her head. p "Thin ye'll find a cbanco t' slip these q, n hia pockets, if ho bidos th' full o' v, :h' woek. It'i intoreatin' ray din' they'll 01 nake, whin on yer war t' bo a grand, a| iue lady across th' sav 1 .. . . 10 Without a word, Bho put in her boeora w lomo crumpled ahoeti of paper he had 0, [landed ber and, stepping back among >v ;ho parted branches, was lost to sight. h This is what I bad seen and heard 0| jpon the crag above the old fishing w luinlet; and this, with the appearanco jf hnndsomo Klleen in tho cabin and [flint the evening had so etartlingly j| jvokod, is what swept tho torturous rE irraiths through my half-waking dreams B1] >11 that long, unhappy night. jr Hvnr hnforn in nil mv wandorincH liad 1 come to home or placo where my n, jwn hoart was ho desporatoly torn by jooflicting omotiona and resolves. m Should I at onco quit theso sornbor u| Korry shores and let the raiserablo jr ivents run their own cruel course? ai Should I socrotly charge Eileen with #j tier purpose and perfidy and bop: hnr to turn back to the loyalty and love of the iittle cabin homo? Should I seek out Dennis Fahy and frighten him from in ;his innocent victim and his remorse* in easness and inconceivable potty ereod ? ni Should I lind Larry Dreon ana make sc rim know, if thore was tendornosB left Si a his reckless heart, of the groat prize b which was irrevocably drifting out of tl this humble home port? Should I yj jonflde in the mother and trust to tho mother heart and wit, as against the laughter's long matured determination pi ind strange, imporious nature? Or pi ihould I at onco, with brutal trank- = loss, revoal to my Usher friend how ho liad been deceived, and perhaps in tho wild storm to follow sou worso como to the now sheltered homo-nest, than the more absonco, through tho hunger for hotter fortune, of one of tho strongest of | ,ts rugged brood? i As tho week slipped by, my montal ( nnxioty became intense and almost in- | supportable. As in a dream, 1 seemed i jouHcioua of the unconscious relation of 1 sach active participant in some im- ) pending tragedy, and yet apparently < tiopelessly helpless to roach out hand J >r utter word to stay its resistloss and j ivoful finality. i Half idly mv fisher friend and his ] jompaniona dalliod with their "long- J ine" fishing tasks; for tho inackorul < leots of tho year had winged their way [ ;o neighboring ports, to Mansland and j ;o Franco. Wholly idle and vagarous ( ivoro Ellen and I. in our ploaaant voyigos to Bray Head; to rufiin Island, nrhero tho myriad sea-fowl whirl and jhriok and drown, ovon in dolorous weather, the hoarso ravings of tho sea; ;o hideous Lotuon Rock; to majestic Bolus Head; and to Great Skelig, wtioso nighty crosses still sentinel tho ghosty cells of olden monks. All, idlo and 'OBtfuI and sweet and still liko u dream, jvon in the evening of that day when ;he sun sank in a bed of purpliug, c nisty gray; and tho old fishwives of \ ho port, shrugging their shouldors j iritb woathorwise sweeps of their frowsy ( toads, inuttorod of ugly woather soon ( to come. j Still liko a dream, that ovoning moat, c lolayod for tho father's white-wiuged C uuack boyond Bray Head; with tho $ ieat flames loapiug joyously in tho ( whin chimnoy aud tho purring home- ( lido sounds; and with no sigu, but of J ova aud trust aud hopo, on tho noble ( ace of grave Eileen! . C Then as i walked in tho twilight, at j ast tho quick nwakouing and its koon, ( iwift torturo of fatal delay; for some- ( vhero in tho gloaming foil across my j iray tho shadow of a skulking form 1 ( enow. ( I hastoned hack to the cabin almost j loading, would the father never come? I'ho groat blue eyes raisod from tho f cnitting wore as calm as a babe's in V heir innocont surprise. Yes, now very 'u' loon; uuloia groat yrali (luck) was in the hoala. Then, mayhap, not until morani;. Away 1 aped Kolihu. owu now; for 1 liai liaruud o( Larrr Jreen'n abode. "At 10 o'clock and the turn ol the ide" kopt time to uiv bounding feet ike an impetuous kue: It lackod but an hour 0I |i H [ rossvd the threshold oi the 1 N|. age. And whero wm i.irrr Iway gostheriug "wid ill byes." Could io mud? Ah, yes, and over yeiand rei ,nd ye*. A pencil sgraul uu u bit "i laper from rov pocket, t u> t,or, comnand that it roach hi: a - oim liaj hen away again, as all the Weens, tartled by the unaccountable luiru.ion, remblingly mado the saviug Hack at ibe little port, but n > ?s,1( ail to bo >0011 within thf little ova. \ liroad ol loyal light mil glea-ned irotu ho home-nod abovo. Wnea I l,aj ta door, 1 Sfcw but one form within; hat of the loving, waiting wife, t_r.it. ins, knitting, knitting; an is ever tiie ray with the women of the we,t. \nj rhcro was bravo Eileen? A:., 800j oul, just away to couiiort lli?tlir?, I'Neill, by tho Crag, lor the ni.'tit; auj o bo homo again by mom. ,\u l .j,u athorT May bo runuing in |r..ui th? lioali by oar undor routed ru; >, tho rind being o8-?horo thi? niclit. l| h, ;mJs in half all hour, liuve hiui at its Id pier by 10 o'clock and the turnoi he tido? Again yes, and ever ve< unj en; for John L. Shoa would waik t!is mil of Ireland o'or and back again, (or lie stranger without tho sorru ol askng, aurol And thon alono, hoartnid an 1 ,li|. raught I Btolo to tiio tumbling pi?rf iiiusod for yoara; and picking uiv war lone its odgos enme quickly to a snot /hero u littlo yawl lar swaying baclc nd forth upon tho turnintr tide. In a moment more, footsteps followed, know them and 1 could neither adanco nor rotreat. With a sudden and ' naccountablo impulse 1 swung inyin.f vor tho pier-edgo into tho swoilnn raters below, clinging to tho rotten imber to which tho yawl was moored, hoard tho taut chain drawn licliter vor my head and a woman's qumc oitio ordoriuir a whimpering com. uniou to atouco doicoud into the boat. Io scrambled down with chattering ?oth and* trembling limbs. Two oars rero handod him, when he crept like a oz into a seat in the atern. Then tho rustlo of a woman's clothing bovo mo, a nimblo spring into tlio ont'a prow, and the stealthy unloosenig of tho chain from tho rusty etaplo rhich held it As it was reloasod a fow links hung vor tho boat edgo into tho water. I rasped them with do9perato dexterity ud tho full length of the chain played ut instantly in ray hand. lu tho noxt momeut of titno 1 only new that the fleeing girl wan in hor jut, had steadied the craft, was in full ad powerful "back-stroke" upon her ira, that I had whipped tho chain round tho pier support and was cling* ig to it thero with a power beyond my irongtb, and that a swift uud heavy rido was thundering upon the turnling plauks ubovo my hoad. "mo milium tongue uuuiu uuy iuu ma 'ajzic iucidents which insluuly follow* i;" concluded the Vagabond Traveler, i impressively solemn tone**. ''J oqIv now what I saw and board mid felt, saw Eileen, silent and awlf an a shadiv of the night, slip over the boat Hide ad disappear?all but an upreuched and, which clung like Rrnpplesoi utcel i tho gunwale. 1 saw my fisher friend lungo into tho yawl with upraiied, renting hands. I saw, by the li^tit of viftly gathorintr lanterns and torches jovo, the skulking form of Dennis ahy shrink into something liko a qaiv* 'ing ball, and, as tho giont flilior nd? meed (thanlc Qodl no hand watt laid a Mini), with a face of unspeak)le torror and a shriek as of ttio st, roll into tho darkened tide to blend ith its everlasting silences for- I ,rer. I saw, too, the giant form, as ith divine compassion, apnne after itu, turn quickly to encounter tho face f his own ohild and then tight there as ith death against her own life-taking; id I dimly heard atitt saw and felt all 10 Droons aud half tho folk of Port iagoe sucWonly in tho turbulent curtut, floundering, calling, shroiking and ivinir tho throe of ua with life yet left i ut>; and thou, with sliflod cry I paaa1 into tho tide of tidoleaa dro'ums;?to nwken, it Boomed a contury thence;in to balm and shunahiuo of a b'abhata orning, with loviug hearte re-united jout me, and a thousand teur-uiminod iflh facoa prosHinir forward to pray for, id bloss tho savors and tho saved, be* do tho winaotno Kerry shores." JVotlilnj; Slniu/ct*. 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