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LLOYD .1'PRI;{ŽN T:F'
A Tale of the Ws&t of ieadrm -I
BY RAIPu itrwt., 1eq. - 4
in the autumn of 76 o . Bid rigai e
ay at anchor in one of the maao -at 4
infiequented harbors which' tndi tg e
western coast of Ireland.
The morning mista JMdeheedePae ll,
and were still custrli a e
when, as four belle usrnckTs a pusb
na from the shipi ' anpd p led Oit g 1
t ae shore. In ualeenw1to,thI Wl
he boat carried the Brat iseateasn%
na visit to CoL. B d
Dastle, for the ,area eotria, hi
isilr-servant Jim. Having been contlan
Lly at sea from hA" t. ifth yqa, the jeung
hMeer had hithberts blad, no lp ilt of i
sajoying that firstUfrld ( hunt
ag always excep i wrla h was the
!bout to egaged the ,mýtkosudl pis
are, combined with the en ei iofth
•ad the magaiteeuns et the mm
eery bywhich Itt w- 1al
, acspr,,, to tie higesw t .
nla for the mome theb e &e
d diltlangulise4 oete. at Aw s
ilg no cares and l
latie& f ap
a the society of Ptob 'ites wtlt iw e
was an universal favorite. w
As the boat proceeded on its wa3, the
sailor who palled the bow per occasionally
spoke in an undertone to the servaat, who 1
at elose behind him " and leu tlief y were
shout to part, he sal iia asi horstatitve
sad half-menacing manu, " Minad what I
old you aniu don't mgke a lilowed foot of
iourself- -
"Well, Jime, ay man, what's to be done
now s" said the young oefeer, when they
were left ouashoreý "do you know where
about this castle Iles, and by what route
we are to reach it t -
" Not exactly, #ir; bet the servant who
brought you the letter told me that it lay
right away to the eastwards; and if we
Lellow this path leading over the moun
tains, until we reach the top, we must get
a eight;of it-as I think."
"Come along, then-let's lose no time,"
and Pennant, throwing his gun on his
shoulder, led the way at a pace correspond
ing !ore with his own impatienea than
with the comfort of his rather heavily laden
follower.
SWell," he eoliloqulzl d ashe went aloni,
"it wag kind hearted of Harry Bingham to I
come see me the very day of the Racer's
arrival, and to get me an invitation from
his uncle, too, a compliment, I understand,
rarely paid to any stranger. But, after all,
why should I be parprised at 11 g}od las
ttare Itaven't we sailed and fought to
gether, and what friendly ties can equal
those. I shall now see somethaingf -ife-t
on shore. I shall spin a yarn with my old
messmate, and most likely meet his sister.
I almost consider'her an asquaintance.i
wonder if she be a a'jetty anj-acona
dlished as I have figred lier to be in my
own imagination I hope I shan't be late,
though; I'm getting nenstrous hungry, but
to be left behind would be worse than losing
my breakfast."
"Hoy, Jim!" he exclaimed, as, turning
an angle of the path, he gaued in admira
tion on the mountains and lowlands which
lay around and below him, "here we are,
now ; where's the castle I"
"There, yer honor,." there" replied the
sailor, pointing to a large and sombre-look
ing building some few miles off-" there it
lies; that it, I think youen mst be it, from
all I have heard say, But I see some
houses yonder, and if yer honor waits with
the portmantle I'll just run over to them
and ask."
Jim went off at full speed towards a
cluster of trees and large hawthorn bushes,
sheltered from the ocean winds by the
mountain, and amidst which the wall of a
ottage was partially diseernable. He tar
ried longer than his master 'considered
eedful, and when within earshot was im
iatiently hailed, and commanded to hasten
i•s speed. " What delayed you, man I I
shall certainly be late. Well, what do they
say r
"I found the cabin a ruin, sir, and not a
living sonl near it-and so pretty a cabin
as it was, too. I wonder any one had the
heart to unroof it."
"And what have I to say to that, man?
You went to nqiuire the direction to Dun
severlek Castle, and instead of doing so
ye remain moping about the empty walls
of n old house. What's to be done,
now?"
ton
imself oiiolng a narrow, baein-shaped
gklO, aeotss which three saenwere uaseig
towards Ham..
. It's some gentlemea,' -mid. the sailor, b
"ad now, your, bonor, we' shea be set
Fight.. Bat see, sir the does are coming
this way. Let us stand here, and not dim-o
turb the birds." '
As he spoke, two .:1B ; etters came'
boundingp oppwards." bui, they drop-.
pad, a t iruck by 'L ll; after a short
interval thery.ra -ed rheads above the
suoirtenadg heather, tril m klnk4'ititlous
*a te.thj aanci - teatds game, a
crouched cloeagain. Panmanu, wIse had P
never before . doet;hdot evoer, we na
taraly surprised atte . extraordluarq ihi
Stinct, and the peribcttlon of. their training,
sad Ire- was too much excited to r I
that o" th three thmen b adc
sportsman seaned inclined to notice a
the intruders. Thenl, aftera short confer- e
ecue with his follower, who immediately
came towards Pennant, be sat upon a rock r
and occupied himself ld eareshing his set-.
trs . The. peaesnt slskenesd his pace as
be neared 'theni, evidently endeavoring to I'
discover from their appearance what man
nor of persons they might be. When he e
came fairly up, hey merely uttered the usual i
salutation, but 'ith a suspiciouas bilo;"' God i
Savp-ye ' .
" Go4 g.ave yoa kindly !" replied Jim, and
then there-was a pause, during which the
envoy kept twisting a sprig- of heather be
tween his ingers, all the time throwing a
steady, but searching, look on those he
camne to interrogate. At length he broke
silence by asking "if they had come far " I
"No," was Pennant's- reply
"The gentleman beyond there just sent I
me here to know what ye wanted, or what t
brings et here " -'
"Il he the owner of t1ese monutains I:" I
"TlunI, what is he" .
tVhat is he 7' repeated tte leasa;ti, n
if surprised at such a questions, why, he's t
notliiugat all, by course, and lila alltestors
t were always the same since the -ti-me-i-9 I
' Noah--lie's a teat gintleman."
! "I wish to speak to hit."
S i'\lhilrra, thee that'sjust whLat you cn't
do," quickly anlswed the -lin, with nal;
- imruistakably menacing air, while at theIi
- same ttime he raised his hat from his hend
I as it making ~tn a 'Inthain Te 'hnytn"e in
si-t.o-say, say it to ute, for his honor canit't
I wait for you now, as you see lie's gain"
. and ,Pennant did per'ceive that the sports- I
I itan was imoviing tllf alt a very rpiid . 'e,
- indeed.
F "Where is lie going I" demanded Pen
s, ant. *
t "Where is he going t Ali, then, that's
g jist what I cani't tell ye; maybe he's goin"
(with a significant look) "to get bumbailiffs
g or spies ducked ;or maybe he's goin to see
- his cousin, Col. Blake."
b "Why, that's exactly where I wanu to go
u, myself.'
"Maybe," asked the man, (while a shade
e of doubt passed over his countenance,)
maybe you're the officer 1"
It "To be sure he is," interposed Jim; "he's
n the Luftenant, from the ship, that's ex
a peted at the Castle."
h "And why the devil did'nt you say that
n afore, ye 'satedawn,'" (addressing the
sailor)* who'd have thought of meetin' ye
a here r' Immediately he thrust his thumb
i, and forefinger into.his mouth, and gave a
o long and load whistle, which re-echoed
a through the mountaiqa, and seemed to
accelerate the movementi af the sportsman,
d -who at once broke into a faster pace. Rie
i- newed repetitions of the whistle seemed
"n only to increase the speed of-the retreating
I gentleman, until he mounted a hill which
y would break the view. Ile then, after ap
parently making to some one else signals
a similar to those he had received himself,
n drew up and looked back to reconnoiter5
e The peasant seized the opportunity, and
what with whistling and waving his hat,
7 seemed at last to have inspired his master
1- with confidence, for he threw himself upon
wo the heather, and quietly awaited his
Is messenger, who returned to him at a
e, slinging trot, followed at a more leisurely
pace by Pennant and his servant.
wf a- -· i
which Ie lung hu hA ii 'et -1
Trelnn& Ot nr/it+ii lj
he bad,been edneaaletd,lIse htereld thoeate,
just theis throw.s 'a-fi CPafile-ieT, TIo
were lpermitted toinsttiul tlhe rank ,,f,.apltall
i thd Br. iaft aexnk; iagf.lt g,. ia it
of passioi, Fl uedS m~:stlaig oficer 1
4amp pAradeaa feti ti ' rioslF Wound
ed him in ir-dnct; :-comre.urartial atq
ais)!eatal was the -.uece-ry conLequences
of so flagruant as breacs *.t discipline, and 4
Mike retired to Itiqp nal.mssiep, wher. i
he boon nanaged fg ap efe though
the small reminant f t family sput t
which tostm. :Tiaew'Idialup
of his him in em 1'Ofl
ogod tter, a! e 4*e 1
a unit barltl  t to furnisi ie
liasns s
'poor I.s, (s+. slm thseprealMtoeny *
ie .oi dby the Iash,). MIeo was.a.lway
a w n on- .aen it t+I of -his
peclaia ;-bewas at all teIses l
to thdefas, and if nee ,
to viadieate the be. r of oas absent mble 1
and few ofthe manyJrsLsis aril in wlhi g
be was well akown t. lase been
lsfor Ih sae to
wb M.ike _ lived upon .s i
relatives and ifrods, among whom his a
time pased pleasantly. The hunting =
season found him- wit those who kept i
hosQjds. Whoan he frost set in hoaccepted i
the hospitality of others, who possessed o
extensive qovers or bogs, where cook ad a
,snipe-shooting abounded ; and in autumn
he migrated towards the nmountains, ant
made tsure of some jolly days at the grouse;
he lived freely, but aever got drank--that
is to say, he could dispose of two bottles
sound claret without in sonveaienee, and at
forty he ehjoyed robur' health, and ta aun- t
impaired constitution. - .
Petceiving that Master .Mike wtas sedn
lonely applying hhaself, with -the aid of a i
limpid spring which bubbled up at-is feet, a
tb remove the traces of his rather pl r ecipi
tate flight, Plenuuant slackened his speed, so
as to allow the necessary arrangemeilt to a
be completed, and when he enae sufflicietlyy
nears Mike advanced to meet him with the I
courtesy of t geitiiian ad te watiiI
tI a menu. 0e3l1llli lmllah ll . I Lasl,
he expressed his delight at making his
a1cqluitanace. "VWe waited for you as long
i as we pos~,l,y could this morning, and a
keeper wats hift at the castle to take you
on. I t.-ltailt did not expect to meet you
lhere, as y\our destination was elsewhere
with Ilinghaiu:, and this vallev is seldom
visited excetlt by myself. Allws-well, how
ever, as it is ,just the best spot in the
* moultailus ; we minert for luncheon at
twelve, about a mile from hcnceTvtiere our
lprovisionlb iill arrive befone us.. I have
nothing to tffer you in the way of eatables,
but take a pull from my tlask, it will help
to sustain you," and having set the example
himself, lie handed the wicker-covered
bottle to Pennant-"auid now, Phelim" (to
his follower,) "now for another pack, let's
lose no time."
Led on by their guide they soon found
game in abundance, and had two additional
packs, before time warned them to turn
their steps towards the plaoe of rendeavens.
Pennant's hand and eye gradually became
accustomed to the work, and Mike en
couraged him by declaring ithat his shoot
ing, for a new beginner, was excellent."
aThe Lieutenant's walk from the "Racer"
Shad painfully sharpened his appetite, and
Mike had been afoot since the dawn of day,
t so that they both were anxious to arrive in
e time at their destination. It was then the
Scunstom to be upon the mountains at an
, earlier hour than splorting men of the
t present day'think it necessary to commence
I operations. The Irish proprietors of past
a times not being churls, many parties were
generally on foot together, so that industry
was neededd to insure success. Packs were
I not then to be met with in the same ex
g traordinary numbers as they are now found
It upon a rented shooting, preserved with
- strictness, and stocked like a poultry yard.
a It was not then the fashion to soel the
F, privilege of. sporting over an estate to any
one who had money enough to purchase.
Proprietors did not in those days speculate
in tle growth of game s affording a mole
r lucrative return for invested capital than -
n the growth of men. _At was a time of un
a thrifty owners, if'you will, for the gentle
a man would then have blushed to barter for
y hard eash, what his station and dignity
demanded that he should bestow, but,
fº aire s, wnte ea o med
o Tor he nagronee tilnelb r .
wae snw a avrlgr
athwre w.teu
greteans h "di iF - a
Irekbiir,-wthtseos wai r
pahairp been. ard& Lo sot al 1
ian a,'and with ek i  e o
were pissed ab equtal di .w
iorm a circled in the centre
a gsep ef old aad well P1
tlhorns. In ancient dlinee ll "
qpilmin qt matl4e'a tiim d
was now commed to -ypt e bt ie,
aasteos edf a
A snow-whi -Wu e Raehabltb *
end asint adiith' ee
frelk byth theik Ies
Thelrmimest . li the baet
i petenab as d
again sepa" rated, ea selecin h s
route on returning to the castb. hb e ai
who e-et n:aed to setsena M te 1
asheri to sprelde eah issae.ing wr
so kind and 8eonpesiet an ioetiioetyl, hi,
struck by the appeaikhseeetu:teed-' eflf le
guestsa -whrs he aactied ts rsav ' Is
aster Mike's companis at :the a
Inbosagi satd who a~~'a do d0 ulm y
esossed the rrpatty tawho h i nt bUtr
aimen formally pznteesodpo ,wrki a t etb a
tooemelvesa an ei e · asttst  a S b,
ann appeared sto-nSle it t hi a iisabo so
stooeassmad the resapeetro t t" W itp
alon o Ihis face in rpoe" Wf4
determained; oalthegb ltngashhMi1area l
a softness to his fan *ig, a esdistiuts
eyes, but When he, amadisd apeie; Lhepi
,was an irnesistible ebairna :in it Idliei k
sympathetic voice, nO ts p playfu ti
"aaser. -In reply to hims4eqli s who .
this person was, Mike ione iy"that
a fe w days' grouse shooting." s ' 41
They bad gaod ocss othesir ag= were th
sore- i-,h and Mile paroposed that he
sould stoll leisurely' hoIeairds)y 'en'
nearing the woods of Dunseateýlrv trey I
crossed the river, which had in the metalo
imupeed Pennant's progress, by satalund ly d
constructsedweoden ftot bridgie, andfund a
themselves beside theraitae ofan old abbey t
hitherto concealed from their view' by a t
double line of noble yew trees. Thee was I
a still loneliness about the place which I
awed Pennant, and ea cotttontiosat -met- I
ancholy, by which he was often ahe
crept over him, as master Mike saidi- c
"Pray, excuse me for a moment, I neve;. r
pass the resting place of my freiethatedt
without visiting it.- The spot was peeoa
liarly adapted to religious purposes. The I
river, after leasing from the demeane.
formed a- sharp carve and swept round I
two small but abrupt ills directly -fasig
each other, and in the nahrow valle lying a
between thnt stood what remained of the
ancient abbey, which contained the mauso- 1
leumn of the Blakes. It was surrounded and I
approached by a flat piece of ground, said
in former days to have been the burial i
ground attached to the monastery, but the i
tombstones had longdilappeared the raised 1
mounds had gradually sunk to the level of
the adjoining earth, and a rich and .never i
failing verdure alone served as evidence of 1
the use to which itwas popularly supposed
to have been in other times appropriated
A road running right across both hills,
parallel to and close by the demesne wall
was overhung with trees, andconstituted
the base of a triangle formed by the tongue
of ground stretching from It to thie river.
The ruin was situated at its extremepoiat,
nearly upon the water's edgb, and half way
between it and the wood stood a sort of
rustic pyramid the object of whose ereotion
seemed a mystery to Pennant. He seated
himself upon a small green bank whibch
faced it, and had from this position a full
view of the interior of the abbey. Through
the noble arch which spaned its doorway,
he saw hi companion kneeling, bare head
ed, in an attitude ofprayer -before alarge
and massive slab of marbls, elaborately
r earved with armorial besarirg, which oc
cupied the entire breadth of the building,
v
i 4
Martin, as I -ecoll in
e .nlet.o! fb
ee ted t s -
h ft leter ybee en ho
w tasF;a th lme, ue alyvn 
hoe we l er se
e itiuas i reci ibri
he rse wn j ha aity o dss, bi
I h c iold of
were p'rig n yin-t*be wasijhe ary de d
"de a bei.e *ee _
t raeddiy'Oy
who, had ra ede fb de i balswhit" pna
; on his -return , to irrlarndoer beauty as
e mani8adent d thadte.r upled' rwit, t
-hey of her family i.ie he.ythe idoi
e has nevedtr seen The ole
h wasbeen w at the timeo, never agu
b the estates, which were eooh ' ttar
g sold, and no trace of this last slon tf
g noble house has bever sine Ween discovered
e 'twas sad by some tlhat she ihad dsntroy
R herself in a At of madness, ater he
d husbnod's execution; whitle who
Sweree pent athe e sray, declared that
d in making their esape,.they overteok sease
Smen a n the lifeless body ot a peasnt
d boy towards a ishing-smaek, whle at to
y seaniabediatet mst oely bor ehed a
r that notidhy' iml sf y o tno* etdir ,to,
rt thhey eaaly reiogiset, ain the derad yat,
d the wellUknoernesofatsrs of thuaftortutete
-. Lady Marsueiite. Rory* ,-ub ati 'sty
s, fosterer, who darit codiasoleasd the atti
Sat rese, was the only prisoner takea; hot
th eh the body, he was unable to move;
e triebd for the ofence, he was eastia death,
P. but sabsequently had his panishment com
g, snuted to transportaftion ifor It. Many
gy years have elapsed, Mr. Penant, sinee the
of bleache bones of mlok Martin and the
d hideonas gibbet on which they swngr were
d wremoved. The quire is said to haunt the
h abbey, and many there are ready to airma
11 mpon oath that they have seen him. Now,
dh l et's move toswards home; shald you aever
y, by any accident meet Colonel Blake here,
- avoid him ift you can; under no ciromstie
f cot ask any question or make any remark.'*
t, The bet euard of heasth--aight diaet.
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tained me bea, buit h
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