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REDMOND FITZGERALD^ ~
Altliongli my father was a soldier,
in liie military acceptation of the term,
I don’t think the:e ever was another
man in this world so badly eut out
for the army.
Not that he was a coward, by any
means, or given to turn the left cheek
when smitten on the right; but so
adverse was he to the shedding of
human blood, or to the entailing of
misery on others, that vcryjlittle was
expected of him when his regiment
was ordered Jfor duty to the County
Wexford, on the breaking out of
the Irish rebellion, in 1798.
As if Fate would favor him, the
company to which he belonged was
not engaged once throughout the
whole of that memorable struggle,
although often placed in positions of
great danger, and the witness of
scenes of the most heart-rending
character.
But now that his humanity was so
frequently and forcibly appealed to
by those w ho were suspected of dis
loyalty, or found in open arms, his
commiseration and friendly offices
were such a reproach to some of the
non-commissioned officers, that he
might not have r escaped the charge
of treason, had lie not been in some
way related to the colonel of the reg
iment.
It was,* Lbelieve, in Emniscortliy
that his company was quartered
shortly belore the battle of Vinegar
Hill, aud as billets order of
the day, lie and two others were as
signed to a handsome white cottage
on the verge of the town, belonging
to a respectable though suspected
Catholic family named O’Brien; and
consisting of a still hale and healthy
couple with their only child, Mary, a
beautiful girl of nineteen or twenty.
Of course such guests were far
from welcome to the inmates; hut as
my father’s name and kind acts had
somehow already reached their ears,
when once satisfied of his identity
they began to bless their stars that
matters were no worse. Mary, in
particular, seemed greatly relieved
on this head; and having learned ac
cidentally that his “market was
made”—that is, that he was mar
ried—she began to show less reserve
toward him than she evinced toward
his two companions, who were some
thing less liberal and humane than he
was.
It is not to be supposed that a
lovely and well educated girl like
Mary O’Brien could have arrived at
the age of maturity, or, rather, ap
proached the threshold of woman
hood, without more than one ad
mirer.
Consequent’y, it was by no means
surprising that young Redmond Fitz
gerald, who had recently come to re
side near the town, and Mr. Henry
Armstrong of the Hill, as he was
called, should have both fallen in love
with her; although the two rivals
had never met, notwithstanding that
Redmond had seen Henry while Hen
ry was utterly unacquainted with
Redmond’s appearance. It was,
however, thought strange that Henry,
who was a Protestant, should unite
himself to a Catholic. But, then,
Armstrong was far from being in
love with Mary, and only desired a
union with her so as to obtain the
snug few acres that should fall to her
as an only child, and that lay
quite convenient to his own small
property, tliat he had so involved
with his riotous and extravagant liv
ing, as to have permitted it to slip
out of his grasp, his claim to it being
merely nominal.
But Mary was too thoroughly
aware of his heartlessness and gen
eral character to entertain any idea
of linking her fate to his; while, to
make such more impossible still, she
had already given her heart unre
servedly 10 young Fitzgerald, who
wrns the noblest and handsomest fel
low imaginable, but who, now that
the rebellion was under way, had
cast bis lot with the insurgent-', and
had so distinguished himself in their
ranks as to have become a leader
amongst them.
It was well known that Mary and
he loved each other most passion
ately; and of tic : fact Armstrong
now determined to take advantage;
for he was certain that Redmond
would contrive various opportunities
of seeing Mary, and if eeessary, visit
ihe cottage after nightfall, at the rb'
of his life, wh*n within .ny reasons
ble distance of >hc being he so ar
dently worshipped.
HAMILTON, HARRIS C 0„ GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1875.
Although not discarded in abso
lute words by Mary, he felt that he
was no welcome visitor at her resi
dence; but yet he kept up the sem
i.'ance of a kindly feeling toward the
old people; and as they were Oatho
lies and under a ban, they suit they
could not afford to excite his animos
ity to any great extent; and the more
so, as he had long been all-powerful
with some of the magistrates of the
county.
Mary, also, since her lover had ta
ken up arms against the king’s troops,
had, out of policy, and with a view
to the interests of Redmond, behaved
with more civility of late, little dream
ing that now his only object and aim
was to secretly betray his successful
rival into tho hands of the authori
ties, from whom, he well knew, he
should receive but a short shrift.
Every evening, consequently, he
was to be seen at the garden gate,
discoursing with the father of the
poor, frightened girl, or seated with
in the house in the hope of gleaning
some information as to the where
abouts of Fitzgerald, trusting to ac
cident, or an unguarded word, to en
lighten him on that point.
From the first moment that my fa
ther got a glimpse of this tre cherous
scoundrel, and began to see which
way the land lay, he was determined
to keep his eye on him, and, if he be
gan to play any foul tricks, to check
mate him if possible.
In furtherance of this design, he
became acquainted with the unwel
come visiter, who, perceiving him in
■the livery of George 111., thought
that all was right, and at once, and
without the slightest suspicion, in
formed him that he had sure and cer
tain intelligence that the rebel Red
mond Fitzgerald had more than once
visited the cottage at night, and that
now, as doubtless ho was informed of
the presence of soldiers in it, he
would not approach it, but might be
surprised at some point convenient
to it, if Mary were closely watched,
as be was satisfied he would risk his
neck at any moment to gain an inter
view with her.
My father appeared to be greatly
elated with this information, and to
enter wish gusto into the spirit of his
informant, assuring him, at tlies same
time, that he should not lose sight of
Mary, but strongly counseling him to
the strictest secrecy, and extracting
from him a promise that i e would
not broach the subject to any other
soul living, and with a view to giv
ing Mary fuller opportunity to meet
her lover, visit the cottage less fre
quently after sunset.
This decided upon, Armstrong, firm
in the assurance that he had laid a
deep and effective trap for his riva',
and hoping that if he fell into the
hands of the authorities, he might
yet be able to vanquish the repug
nance of Mary, and make her his wife,
he left my father, after his first confi
dence with him, iu the very best of
spirits, and the more so as in any ac
tion that might be taken in the case
of Fitzgerald he had determined to
keep altogether in the dark, so that
he might, not, on that score, evoke
any additional animosity against him
on the part of the fair young girl or
that of her parents.
Now, th's was all very well, and
would, doubtless, have led to some
thing serious, had not ray father had
the least little drop of the Iri.-li party
stowed away in one corner of his
heart, and had he not told Mary, for
whom he began to entertain a ster
ling friendship, every sentence that
passed between ltim and Armstrong.
The sweet youDg girl became
flushed and pale by turns, and trem
bled violently as the disclosure was
being made to her, and, in a trans
port of gratitude, grasped my fath
er’s hand and kissed it with tears,
when he had closed his narration.
Nor was this all; for, on my fa
ther’s assuring her that she was free
to go and see her lover when she
pleased, without the slightest sur
veillance on his part, arid that if he
knew where he could lay his hand on
him, he w ould rather assist him to
avoid the clutches of the law than to
attempt to betray him into them, she
took him aside aDd confessed that she
was in the habit of meeting him al
most every evening; and that while
she spoke he was secreted in a glen
scarce half a mile from the cottage,
from which he intended to move,
now that the soldiers were stationed
so near it.
(>f course, Mary world never have
tfu-dc a confession so dangerous had
ehc not been well aware of my fatk-
er’s leanings, • and the proverbial
goodness that influenced all his acts
re'ating to the insurgents. But stil',
notwithstanding the fact of her new
friend’s truth and fidelity, there was
imminent peril in the position Red
mond was placed in; for the glen was
a perfect wilderness of strawberries,
and was consequently a very general i
resort for the children of town, as
well as for the soldiers thwn.-elves.
In this way matters stood when
Armstrong made his way one even
ing to the cottage, and with a gleam
of triumph in his eye, drew my father,
who was in the gardeu, away from
the house, intimating at the time, in
a low voice, that he had something
of great importance to communicate
to him.
When they were alone and suffi
ciently out of earshot, he exclaimed,
as he clapped my father on the shoul
der:
“ I have him I—l have him 1 Not
an hour ago I received information
that ho and one or two of his com
rades are secreted in a small cavern
in the glen, so covered with briers
and foliage that one might pass it a
•housand times without noticing it.
But there lie is; and it is only for
you to get men enough of your com
pany to surround the cave to night,
after dark, and render his escape im
possible. I don’t know him myself,
or I’d go with you and point hint out,
but, of course, you don’t need my as
sistance; although, if' you desire it,
I’ll lead you in the very path to the
cave, for it was pointed out to me on
my way here; aud now that I remem
ber, I did hear, two or three years
ago, of a cavern, or something of the
sort being in the glen, but paid no
attention to the matter until it was
brought under my notice just now, as
I have told you.”
My father was all attention, you
may be sure, and promised to aid in
the capture of the rebel leader, as the
only magistrate of the town was ab
sent at the moment, and the soldiers
had it pretty much their own way.
Besides, as -I already said,
Armstrong wished to have the cap
ture effected without his name being
brought into the affair, else he would
have gone personally to the captain
of the company, as about eighty men
were stationed in and about the place.
It was Saturday evening, and when
my father saw Armstrong on his way
into the town, from which he was to
return about ten o’clock, and meet
him and the parly, lit the mouth of
the glen, he instantly sought out Ma
ry, and dropping a word or two in
tier ear, sat down outside the door.
Five rainuti s afterward, the fair young
girl was seen carelessly strolling out
of the garden gate, with a little bas
ket in her hands as if she had deter
mined to gather a few strawberries
among the fields that stretched away
from the town in eveiy direction.
It was yet quite light when slut re
turned, and, approaching my father,
who was on the lookout for her, she
gave him a look of gratitude that
brought tears to his eyes. lie sym
pathized with her, and the more so,
as mother’s brother, who was a Cath
olic, and whom he loved dearly, was
reported to have joined the insur
gents, on their first outbreak, under
an assumed name, and who might one
day he in as sore straits as Iledjnond
Fitzgerald.
This young patriot, Edward Ken
nedy, knowing the position of my fa
ther, who had not seen him or heard
from him for three years, was most
considerate, in not carelessly compro
mising his sister’s husband, or the
Protestant side of the family, by at
tempting to visit or correspond with
them.
And it was by mere accident that
they heard he had changed his name,
hilt for what other they had not learn
ed. They were, however, grateful
that he had been so careful of his
standing,-and thought the more of
him in consequence, were that pos
sible, for he was already a great fav
orite with them.
For the purpose of making matters
appear all straight, a sergeant’s guard,
which was considered sufficient, was
told off to visit the irlen just one hour
after the time appointed by Arm
strong to meet my fat her and the men
at the point decide-1 upon; and these
arriving at the t ine in question, were
led forward under tiie guidauce of a
little urchin who pur|K>rted to know
all about the path and the cave, and
who, singularly enough, appeared to
be coming out of the town by acci
dent, at the very moment the men
were leaving, and who managed to
keep along with them until they came
to tiie place where Armstrong was to
have been waiting, hut where no one
was now to be seen. At this junct
ure the old-fashioned little fellow re
lieved him of all difficulty by leading
them to the opening of the cave,where
I their attention was attracted by an
oceasidnal cry for help. Now one of
•he men, through the means of his
tinder-hex, lighted a candle and en
tered the cavern with the rest.
Here they discovered but one indi
vidual only, and he was Mr. Henry
Armstrong stripped to tho naked
waist, and hound to a stake, with the
blood trickling from his back, after
having received what were supposed
to be a couple of dozen lashes of the
severest description.
In no oilier way had he suffered,
however; and as his life was spared,
ho begged that, he might he unboned
and conducted safely to his dwelling,
without any attempt, at the moment,
to pursue the aggressors, who had,
he avowed, accidentally met him at
the mouth of the glen, and, recogniz
ing him, pounced upon him, and, sti
fling his cries for help, hurried him
off to the cavern, where they inflicted
this plini-hment upon him, ancHcft
him bound, subsequently quitting the
place to the number of three or four.
The bird, or birds,had fiown, then;
and the party returned to town with
Armstrong, accompanied by theolher
two soldiers who were billeted on the
O’Briens, leaving my father Uf find
his"way alone to the ‘cottage, where
Mary aud the family were skting up
waiting for him.
Seeing that he was not acoompa
nitd by anybody, poor Mary, free
from restraint, rushed over to where
he had seated himself, while laughing
heartily, and bunt into a flood of
grateful tears. On learning, however
that there was no fear of his comrades
returning until, morning," and that
Armstrong would not be apt to move
about much for a day or two, she dis
appeared suddenly from his presence,
and in about teu minutes returned,
but not alone, for close behind her
followed a second party, a dashing
young fellow, who strode into the
apartment with a smile upon bis hand
some though excited countenance.
“Hero is your benefactor—your
saviour, Redmond!” said Mary, tak
ing him by the hand for the purpose
of leading him over to where tny fa
ther was seated. But before tho
words were well out of her mouth,
both men were in each other’s arms,
for Redmond Fitzgerald was neither
more nor le.-s than my uncle, Edward,
Kennedy, his own wife’s brother!
r-£T“Is Mr. Brown a man of
means?” inquired a lady visitor ot
Aunt Betsy. “ Yes, I should think
he was,” replied Aunt Betsy, “as
everybody says he is the moanest man
in town.”
137“ “ I lived witli him nineteen
years,” says an Indiana applicant for
divorce, “ and all the clothing he ever
bought me was a bunch of hair pins
and a tooth brush.” Yon can see by
this what a hard time she had to keep
well dressed.
“ llow old are you ? ” was the
polite inquiry of a Fourth Ward cen
sus taker to a lady member of the
family ho was visiting officially. “I
ani old enough to put this mop han
dle over y’er head till ye’ll see more
stars than in the ’stronomy, darn
ye ! ” Rcreamed the lady in reply, and
he moved rapidly toward the side
walk.
|An Irishman was strolling
along the Dublin quay, the other
morniug when his eye lighted on the
name Psyche ” on a yacht. After
spe ling it out slowly, he exclaimed,
“ Well, if that ain’t the oddest way
to spell fish I ever saw !”
gently pushing him from her, as the
moonlight flooded the bay window
where they were standing, “I think
you had better try some other hair
dye; your moustache tastes like tur
pentine.”
a. ■ i
At the commencement exerci
ses of Abbott Academy, Andover,
Mass., Prof. Smith told the young la
dies that while he was “not prepared
to send them forth as captains in the
social ship, there would never be any
difficulty in their finding situations sa
first mates.”
£37" A Tenne see girl told a fel
low she would give him a kiss if lie
would catch her. She ran well till
lie got out of sight of the old folks,
and then gave in. This shows what
a Tennessee girl will do when she’s
hard run.
From our Florida correspondent.
FLORIDA.
A Trip down tho River.—Boat-
Racing.—Dull Times in Jack
son.— Fashions— LoYe- Making-
Young Ladies, etc.
Gricnwoop, Fla., Oct. 18, 1875.
Yours Truly left, the “red old hills”
of Harris on the oth inst., and a ride
of little more than an hour on the N.
& f 3 . train brought him to the oitv of
Columbus, where tho Columbus Bap
list Association was in session. The
Association passed oft’ very pleasantly
and the citizens were as ho-pitablo
as could be asked—leaving nothin"
undone for the entertainment' of their
guests: yet it is my humble opinion
that it was a mistakefto convene the
Association in Columbus, or would
he, in any other city. The attend
ance was smaller than it has been
since the war, owing no doubt, to the
fact that those who would have at
tended ’were afraid they would find
difficulty inj obtaining accommoda
tions. Such would not have been
the case.
DOWN TUB niVKR.
The Association over, a trip to the
“ Land of Fowcrs ” was next on dock
et, and I turned my course riverwurd,
where the Julia St- Clair was formd
lying at the wharf—steamed up and
ready to shove out. A few minutes
on board and the ready bell was
rung—the pilot helled the boat ahead
the huge paddle wheels were put
in motion, and we were '* all gone ”
aud on our way down the Chattahoo
chee.
All went as “ merry as a marriage
bell ” for the first ten miles, as we
went gliding down the river with an
agreeable party of passengers, but as
the Julia was rounding Wolfork’s,
her bow struck the bar, and wo were
stuck hard and fast for six hours.
After hauling, lightening, and run
ning out a line, we finally succeedeid
iln crossing the bar, and just here we
are reminded of the vast sums of
money that has been uselessly expen
ded at'jVVolfork’s bar, and now the
steamboat men say that the river is
in a worse condition than when the
work first began. The Federal ap
propriation of $25,000 htfS undoubt
edly been a failure.
a boat
Passing beyond tlyfi bar, a good
river was stretched Ant most of the
way to Eufauladwict* the steamers
George \V. Wyl™apd tho Julia had
quite an exciting” race of twenty d?
thirty miles. First one boat and then
the other gjnuld be in the lead, then
both alongside, but as tho Julia is
the fantyslfaiid finest boat on the riV!”
ur, Bhe distanced the Wylly, and saw
more until she caught up a
wo were receiving freight at Eufaula.
With the exception of the race and a
few hales of cotton which were acci
dentally let fall Mn the river, nothing
occurred to disturb the monotony of a
trip down the river—save the beau
tiful scenery along the river banks.
Some of the mo.it romantic spots in
the world are seen here, and many
places if photographed could bo sold
as a grand picture of the Hudson,
and they would not appear less beau
tiful than many that are bought aDd
sold for large amounts.
AT NEAL’S LANDING.
We arrived at Neal’s, the famous
dueling ground, on the 13th inst., and
were sorry to find Mr. I. 11. Satter
field, the junior partner of S. H. Dick
enson & Cos , seriously ill with yellow
disease. The intelligence of his death
yesterday, has just been received at
Greenwood, and every one seems to
regret it very much. He was one of
the first men in the county, and being
young and energetic, his loss will be
universally felt. The firm was one
of the strongest on the Chattahoochee.
To Capt. Dickson is “ Yours Truly ”
indebted for a nice ride across the
country to Greenwood.
DULL TIMES.
Well, it is abominably dull around
here, so far as business is concerned,
and nearly all the merchants and pro
fessional men have got the blues.
There seems to be a complete dearth
in business circles, and the thieves
who have set up little shops around
iu order to persuade the poor igno
rant negro to steal cotton and bring
it to them iu the seed, are the only
ones that seem to be doing much.
Many of these “cotton trap ” fellows
pretend to attaiu to respectability,
but they are unquestionably the most
contemptible sneak thieves that dis
grace the country, and are responsi
ble to some extent for the dearth in
business,
$2.00 A YEAR.
The cotton crop has been cut short,
and it is the exception where the far
mer can see even a “ cheap for cash *
suit in the future.
Tlte 21 per cent commission mer
chant, like the little boy that went to
mill, will have to wait or take pay in
ground peas. In spite of dull timea
there are a few persons that carry on
just as though the times were flush,
and this is the spirit we like.to see.as
we believe it is better to “grin than
to growl.” How comforting to Bi
jah’s large heart must have been tho
song by the boys:
“ The kite-1 of a fellow I like to see, *
Is a fellow that acts around;
A fellow that sows, an! reaps, and mows.
And tears big holes in the giounJ.’*
FASHIONS.
It is rather a breaking off to quit
the dull times and go to fashions, but
it is a step I will make now, as fash
ions seem to be all the rage, and even
: here in the low country, the elite are
bohind the times. One of the strik
ing features is, how and where thq
hair should bo worn. As switches,
waterfalls, rats, mice, eto, have passed
out of style, many of the girls con
tend that the hair should be worp on
the back of tho bead, and by no
means upon the lapel of a gentle
man’s coat, unless the parties are en
gaged. Another striking feature is
the “pullbacks,” which are universally
worn, and which by the way are pow
erful terrifying to the unsophisticated.
I have always had ft tendency to sor
ter like tho style, and think it seta
them off to better advant age (unless
the individual is illy shaped), and
since Kate Staunton refuses to wear
one, it is high time to stop so much
palavering, and those who are always
prating about them
“ Should cense their lifeless bickering o’er,
And jeer at pin ’em bnoks no more,”
fSIKLS IN JACKSON.
From fashions to girls, come in the
natural order of things, hence there is
no necessity of apology. The young
ladies of Jackson are noted for being
young ladii-B of great expectations,
and in most cases they are worthy of
all they realize. While their largo
expectations have have led them to
think they would marry some ex C.
S. major general, several of them
have been content to tie themselves
to those who can lay no higher claim
to military honor than an 11. P. R. R.
Many of them have married outside
i their State, and most of them
gentlemen from Georgia, and it is a
singular fact, have all done well, with
out an exception. The ladies of Jack
son arc proverbial for good taste and
sound discretion, and this, of coarse,
accounts for it. It can be very truth
fully added that all the Georgia men
who have married here, have also
done remarkably well.
LOVE MAKING.
Speaking of marrying reminds me
to say a word about love-making, and
it is as good as a show to stroll
around and watch tl)e different ma
neuvres in courting. It is carried on
to an extent heie that should be
encouraging to the clergy, supposing
a fair proportion of marriages to be
cousumated. Young men and young
ladies cast looks of love and glances
of devotion at each other, and they
don’t seem to care a straw whether
you are looking at them or not. The
most amusing feat ure is the ntter in
difference to observation they enter
tain bo far as outsiders are concerned.
Love-makiug is not confined exclus
ively to the young people, as those in
the middle classes are trying to step
into the pool, and they too, don’t
seem to have more basbfulness than ia
comfortable to carry. An old bach
elor of thirty odd years is seen often
visiting a charming and graceful girl,
not yet out of her teens, and though
he is poor, ugly and “hard up,”
Madam Rumor says they are to be
married. In almost a stone’s throw,
is a bright-eyed young lady just
blooming into womanhood, and she
seems determined to waste her sweet
ness on an old widower with five or
six children to boot. What a multi
tude of faults can bo hid by love, is
remarkably strange, and it ia some
times the case that ladies fancy them
selves in love when they really are
not. The love of being loved, lond
n ess of flattery, and passion for nov
elty are frequently mistaken for some
thing far holier and better, till matri
mony disenchants the fair deceiver,
and leaves her astonished at her ud
mistake.
It is a good long step from love
making to crops, politics, etc., and
one that I do not care to take just
now, but iu humble imitation of “Se
nex,” who once said, **l wi.l reserve
that for next time,” 1 will do like
wise. VutJBOSi