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THE COLLF/EH BAWN. CH APTER XT. --0- How Kyrle D?Jy has the Good' Luck to Sea a. Staggeen Race. O The signal was given;-—and the six horse- men started in good order, and with more jnoal and eagesmess m.) their faces than, was to be founxi in the limbs of the1 animals wiricn they bestrode.. For a few moments thfi strife seemed doubtful, and Victory 'fcqyered, with an indecisive wing, now over tfce helmed, aiwf now pypr aether. The crowd of spectator.?,. h,xad;d3ing together a heap, with faces tixaE glowed' and eyes that startled with intense interest, encouraged the riders with shouts and; exclamations of hoarse and vehement applause. "Success su-ccess, Jerry Lr "Ifs dOIre; a half-pint wit you, Dan Hogan wins f'f "I depend ray life upon John O'Reilly." "Give her a loose, Lawry 1" and cither expressions cf a similar nature. a But ere they again came rouno tre win- aing post, the positibn of the hcfJ.c: was al- tered, O'Reilly rodld ini front, lashing his fibrsa in the flank with as much force as if .i)te: were pounding on his awn aivil Dooley, the nailer, came close behind, drub- bing; his blacfc mare's lean back with thei calves of his legs, as if designing ta beat tfie poor beast emf of the fast remnant of her wind. The others followed, lashing their feorses and 000 another, each abusing hrv neighbour in Cha grossest terms, all except Lowry Looby, who prudently kept out of harm's way, keiepiog a loose rein in hia fiartd, and giving the iia rentier'3 mare the advantage of what jockeys term a "sob'—a aedief, indeed, of which the .!r creature stood in the utmost" need. He -as thus^ grepared to profit by She accident which folr fewed'. The blacksmith's grey horse started at a heap of seaweed* and suffered the nssdier's miare to Gunre diown like a thunder- Jfc&t upon his hauncfies. Both steeds fell, ajtd the proaes-a-server* who rode on their Seels, falling foul of them aa they by kick- ing on the sans!, was compelled to share iit tSear prostration. This accident produced among the fallen, heroes ai series of kicks" and bruises^ in which tire horses were not life. O'Reilly, cfenchiag his hand, hit the. nailer a straightforvvard blow between the j -g$es, which so effectually interfered with the exercise of those organs, that he returned tlie favour wi€h a powerful thrust in the: ab- j domen of his own prostrate steed, For this. good office he was rewarded by the indignant; quadruped with, a- kick over the right ear, IBh'icn made i £ unnecessary 6q inflict a; second, and the quarrel remained between i ffle process-server and the blackstreiKv wfio j gummelled one another as if they were: Bounding flax, aod! with as much satirfactlon j as if they had newer gp £ drunk together in j ffteir lives. They were at length u-p u- fifed and borne from the ground, all cover- ed with blood and sand, while their-horaea with much difficulty were set upright on their legs, and led off to the neighbouring slope. t In the meantime, our party observed I«wry returning from the winning post, un- der the proCection: of Mr Cregaini, with the sscddle torn to foyers between hia hands,: and his person exhibiting tokens of severe ill-usage. He bad! contrived to outstrip the mountaineers, and had obtained the prize; i.ut the adverse fJDiions, irritated at behold- ing their laurels flourishing on a stranger's brow, had collected around and dragged him fiom his horse, alleging that it was an unfair lieat, and! that there should be a second taJaJ. Mr Cregan, however, with same: exertion, succeeded in resciimg Loiw-ry from tfceir hands; hut rot until evc:r) man in the; crow-d had put a mark upon him by which he might be easily distinguished at any figure meeting. I Tired of the deafening uproar tR.a.t sur-. rounded him, ar.d longing for retirement,, that he might brood at leisure over his dÏs- appointment, KLyt^ss Daly iv>w left the course notwithstanding the invitation of Anne Chute that he would return and' dine at the, Castle. His interttion was, to spend the night at the cottage on one of his fatheei; <|pjj)"-farms, which by at the distance of 3. lew miles lower on the river side, and wheats one neat room wes: aiways kept in order for tis use, wheinev-ef be joined Hardress: Ctegan in a shooting excursion towards trie ■ aaoiLth of the streiini. Hardress had pro- ? wised to visit him at this cottage a few weekg before, and as ha knew that his young friesnd feust have come eo an anchor in waiting for fee tide, he judged it not unEkefy Ciat he tcaight see him this very nighf. He bad HQW an additional reason fo' >i&SLnng to hold Cfonvers-t on with Hardress, in order that fce might receive tiie consolations of his frendship under hi* own disappointment; dud, if possible, oditain some knowledge of; tbe. true condition of his mistress's affections. Lowry Looby, CH1!Ce more reduced to his legs, followed aim af a distance somewhat more considerable than thaf recommencfed by Dean Swift aa proper to be observed by rvtfcmen's gentlemsest. He Ungeredodl t> restore the mares to Foxy Dunn, present- ing- him at the saim time with the mutilated, naddle, and obsftittafcefy declining the fiaat- fnitter's prop -sal of "eraiting him to the best th1.t the Cat af; Bagpipes coufd afford.' After which cortversatfon the two friends ^rew their arms about each other's ficckf fcissed, as i" and separated, The night had fallaa before Kyrfe siight- 4g l at the cottage door. Mrs. Frawfey, the dairy-woman, had! been provident enougli to light a fire in the little yellow room, and ta place beside it tfie arm-chair and small painted table, with the volume of Blackstona which her yonrtg nmsiCer was accnstbntzi ta.. fook into in the evening. The night, Sao ob-j sern-ed, "was smait' enough to make an ak ot the fire no unj^eE^ainf thing; and even if it; f mers not cold, a nrei was company w'tgn; one ■rcpuld be alone tfiaf way." Witri e^tial, foresight, she ha/f prepared the materials Mr a tolerable drnner, such as a Kcropr^. oioo niighf noN ccewiernn tr'ab iQa^ther it vwera file. mere effect of. custom^ e4, an iruiicatSoo.1 of atfuait and uiiromaritlcf' a^ptetke, the &yti -■ £ our d^J2td«nig,: Eover' IPCs not dis^fesaaii,' c«n( en€ac««g ilia tittle-§ pIour, la sen* daawu<fed vnti a sniow-wbite damask cloth;, a cooler of the sweetest butter, a small cold bam, and an empty space which he knew to be destined, for a ruast duck or chicken. There is no -C-I,itt-o at which the heart is more disposed to estimate) in a proper light the comforts of br«me and a quiet fire-side, than when it has experienced some severe rejection in society, and it was too feeling of one who after much ?,nd harassing annoyance, encounters a sud- den refuge, that our drooping t ravel lev flung hliuiseif into the chair, and1 exclaimed in the words of Oriana ^Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me: know some little jo-y. We that suffer long annoy, Are contented with a thought, Through an idle fancy wrought, Oil, let my joys have some abiding! While Mrs. Frawley superintended the dressing of the fowl in. the kitchen, much woupJering at the firlom and absent air vvitlii which her officious, attentions were re- cjived by the youag collegian., that medita- tive gentleman was endea-vouring ta concen- trate his at-tepit,ion on the pages of the I Ie;umed work that lay; before ham. His eyes wandered over the concise and lucid detail of the reciprocal rights of baron and feme, boc what purpose could this answer, except j to remind him that he could never claim! the foveiy Anne Chute as his feme, nor would the lovely Anne Chute consent to acknow- fediga him as her baron. He closed1 the volume, and laying it on the little chimney- pLece, resumed his moodi of settlfrl medi- EaiSm by the fire. The silence of the place was favourable to feat sort of drowsy musing in which the mrad) delights ta repose its eniergies after &T<rg strong aJ.1td passionate excitement.. TUere was .no effort made, to invite or pursue s. particular train of reflection; but those thoughts which lay nearest to the heart:— foosa memories, hopes, fears, and wishes,! •adtli uiiich they were most intimately asso- j cSatfedy passed in Tang and still procession before his mindl It was a dreary and funer- at train to witness, but yet the lover found 3 tuxuriouss indulgence in its contemplation. H-a remained gazing on the firev with his! tuuiif sKpportmg his temple, until every crackling turf and faggot became blended id hSj tnoughfs with the figures which his. cxemory called up from the past, or his fancy created for tha future. While he leaned thus silently in his chair, fu3 over-heard in the adjoining kitchen a conversation, which for the moment divert- çJ fris attention from the condition of his fotfertes. £ "Where fo are you running in euch i h'jrrjj', Mary?" saidi Mrs Frawley, "one wouild dunk it was for the seed' c/ the fire y'ou came. Sit down ag-,iTI." "05, wish a," said a strange voice, "Pm tired from sitting. Is it to look after the bataer M'f. Kyde is come down to ye ?'* Oyeh, no. He doesn't meddle in them things at all. If he did we'd have a bad pCary Co fell him. You'll bum -that duck, t-fuliy, if you don't mind it." <V?i.y so—a] bad story, Mrs. Frawiey ?" <;F11 tell you, Man". I don't know what the rsasott of it is, but our butter is going frooae us this two months now. I'd almost take the vestment (Swear by the priest's vestment) of it, that Mr Enright's dairyman, BiH Noonan, made a pishog,* and took away out fvutter.?> "Oyeh 1" ^/hat else-what would become of it ? Sire Bill himself toldJ me they had dbuble tfseir complement last week, at a. time when, if wa were to break our hearts churning ¡ from this till doomsday, we could get noth- ing but the buttermilk in the latter end." "Did you watch your cows last May-eve, ta see that nobody milked 'em from ye ?" "jTdid to be sure. I sat up untit twelve i ddadl-, to Mve the first miilk myself; for Suiaun Lajuther, the fairy doctor, told me j "that if another milked; 'em that night, she'd fiarve their butter the whole year round. And what good was it for me? I would'nt1 vccaadec if old Moll Noonan had a hand in 1 ar '"Tfor I either. They say she's a witch, Uh-4 r ever tell you what Davy Neal's wife did Co her of a; time ?" | '^Tot as I know/' "Me same way as with yorrsdf, the -birtfer—no, tisn't the butter but the t ilk teJf, was going from, Katty Neal, alti.ough i her little cow was a kind Kerry, and had tbie best of grazing. Well, she went, as you clone, to Shaun Lauther, the knowledge- i af)I a ntan. and put half a-crown into his batiicl, zuirl asked his advioe. Well, tell me,' ga 0 Shaun, 'wrere you at Moll Noomm's y$t&da.y?' T was,' says Kate. 'And did you see a. hair spancel hanging over the chimney T says he. 'I did see that too,' Kate. 'Well,' says Shaun, "tis out of e-iat spancel that Moll do be milking your cows, every night, by her own chimney corner, and you breaking your heart at a dry odder the same time.' (And' what am t fca do ?' says Kate. 'I'll tell you,' says ba CC:o home, and redden this horse-shoe rii lbe, fire, and observe, when you're milk- that a grey cat will sit by you on the bawn. Just strike her with the red shoe. ,vtf your business will be done.' Well, she did his bidding. She saw the grey cat, and tiurnther with the shoe, till she flew screech- ing over the hedge." '^Qh, musrther, hadn't she the courage?" CShc had. Weil, the next day she went to Moll Noomn's, and found her keeping hot bed, with a great scald, she s^id she got from a pot of boiling water she had (iwn for scalding the keelers. Ay eh, I thought Kate, I know what ails you well, my I old lady. But she said, nothing, and I'll en- gaga she had the fine can 0' milk from, her ¡ ■ cows next morning." "WeJl, she wa £ a great girl. ,what should ail her?" .said Nelly the servant wench, who was employed, in tum- iiig the duck—'T remember Jug Flarmiigarr, servant wench, who was employed, in tum- iiig the duck—'T remember Jug Flarmiigarr, dte copper's wife, abo%re, was "in the same fcsin'' all her butter, an' she got if again tty, puttfe' a: taste d the last year's butter die dKum, before) churnin', along with tfea oeaane, and into every keeter in the 1, feiWiSfeu- Here, Mrs Frawley, will you have an eye to the! .spit a minute whiiei I go look I at them hens in the coob abroad1? Master j Kyrle might like a fresh egg foe his; cay, j an' I hear them clockin' "Do, then Nell a' ijagal, and, as you're j going, turn in the turkeys, for the wind is 1 rising, and I'm in dread at will be a bad 1 ri^ht," A loud knocking at the door was tiie next j sound that invaded the ear of Kyrle Daly, j The bolt flew back, and a strange? rushed f in, while, at the sarnies moiment, a gust of wind | andi rain dashed the door with violence, j against the wall, and caused aj cloud of f smoke amdi ashes to ipenetrate even to the room in which he sat. "Shut out the dioore!—shut out the doer I" j screamed Mrs. Frawley—"the duck will be j all destroyed from the ashes. Ah, Lowry, | what kep' you till na,w?'f j '•'Oh, let me alcsrue, womain," exclaimed ( IiOWrj", in a toudj and agitated voice. ''Where's Masther Kyrle?'' t "Sitting in the parlour within. What's tlie matter, eroo?" f Without making any reply Lo^y Loob y presented Mmself a-t the parloarr door, aisd waving his hand with much force, exclaim- ed—Come out! corne out! Masther Kyrle. There's the Noira Creinai albrotal just godn' dovvni, and er/ery soul aboard of her. She never will reach the shore, Oh, vol vol "tis frightful to see the swell that's around i har. The Lord in his mercy stretch out his hand upon the wathers1 this fearful j night!" night!" Kyrle started up in ailarm, snatched his hat and rushed out of the room, not paying t any attention to the recommendation of Mrs. Frawley, that he wouMi throw the I frieze riding-coat over his shoulders before I he went out in too rain. Lowry Looby, I mth many ejaculations of terror and of t compassion, followed his master to the shore, within a gun-shot of which the cottage I was situated. They arrested1 their steps on j a rocky point, which jutting far into, the t river, commanded a wide prospect on either side. It was covered1 with wet sea-weed and shell-fish, and afrorded a slippery footing J to the young collegian and! his squire. A small fishing boat lay at on the lee- j ward side of the point, anu her crew, consist- I iiig of a swairthy old man and a youth, were j standing on the shore, and, watching the pleasure-bo-at with much interest. A mystic rite, by which one person is enabled to make a supernatural transfer of his neighbour's butter into his own churns. The failure and diminution of butter at different times, from tOO poverty cf the cream, appears so unaccountable that the country people can only attribute it to witchcraft, and those dairy superstitions have prevailed to a similar degree) in the country parts of England!.

-:0:- REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR, A VETERAN'S RETURN TO LLANCARFAN. -0- Thrilling as have been many of the in- cidents of the South African War, they can compare for merit and exciting interest with the reminiscences of Mr William Thomas, postman, of Llancaafaa, who served 21 years in the 41st Regiment, and! fought in more than one campaign. A soldier to the core still, he was chatting about his liBethe other day, to a "Barry Dock News" reporter. "Nina years of service," he remarked, rfwere spent in Indila; andC so enthusiastic have I always been about military matters that I wouldn't mind being with too colours toda.y. But while in India, through the enervating heat of perpetual summer, I broke down, and became the victem of a severe attack of dysentery. Though I re- ceived the most considerate attention, I never fully recovered from the awfully ex- hausting effects of the illness., and when I L, came home pensioned off, I was nothing like the same man I had been. I suffered so much frosn debility, that not only soldiering lost its interest for me, but I felt dishearten- ad about life generally. The activity an-d energy of my old days had vanished, and I r, y was subject to ever-recurrng illness. I was weak and languid, and did not enjoy much of an appetite. I spent pounds in doctor's medicines, and ordinary drugs, yet nothing afforded me real relief. 1 feared the dysentery would leave its permanent mark on me, when one day, I was advised to try Dr. Slater's Blood Tablets. After wonder- ing whether it was really v <utr while, I reluctantly decided to take the chance. It was a chance which proved very lucky for me indeed. After the first box I felt a difference in my health. I was thus en- couraged to persevere with the course with I the result that the pains I used to suffer grew less, and the fits of weakness, prostration, ¡ and lassitude became less ante. My ap- ¡ petite increased, and I felt better fitted for I my work. A day's walking no longer ex- j haustedi me.-and at the end of the fourth box, I had no need for any more medicine. I was as fit as a fiddle, and have kept so to this day. notwithstanding the rigours of this trying climate of ours." I ( "Doli you attribute your recovery to Dr. J Slater's Tablets?" "Yes," was the eld soldier's reply, "they are a remarkable j medicine, nothing I ever took before did I (me so much good as Dr. Slater's Blood j Tablets. My wife tells me the change :n my appearance, since taking therm i3 mar- 1 rellous for I both look and feel capital, I

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