Show J Tb F J 0 tJ i l Ti The Wom fl thO avest Me Mei i BEING THE STORY RY ONEILL O'NEILL Written by HAL HAU C In Gr Great at Britain 1 12 b by Ja J B. B Co b I bY u ui n i Co 1 13 n U J I-J THE NARRATIVE OF MAI MARY ONEILL O'NEILL First Part Girlhood Part My Part My j 1 CHAPTER I. 1 Out or of the depths 0 Lor Lord i out rt or tlc the depths begus the tho most of f the orvices of our a a it 1 is 18 out of tho depths ot oi nt 10 that I must br bring n the incidents Of f story 1 was was an ai unwanted child u- u as asa I a girl irl at all aU events Father J Lx Donovan Dono our parish priest told mo InC all aN 1 about it 1 O was wat born in October had hac l lODge jong rB been raining heavily all da day j. j Tho The rho rain ram was is-as as beating hard bard against tI t o front of our running nning in n rl house and c rs down the window panes FO o j wards four fout in tho tim afternoon afternoon- the tho wina rose roo and then tho the yellow leaves es of tb tho ch chestnuts s n in the long drive driY n is a mile C and the noisily sea ea which T 1 away moaned like liko a do dog in pain J In my fathers father's room on the tho gound t floor Fath Tattler Father r Dan sat b bv by the nrc fire inger lil ing in his beads and listening to to ever that from m r s came my r j room which was immediately My M lather tather with his hilS heavy te V that made the thc house tremble ca 3 tr tramping to and fro f from om the una window V to lothe the hc ingle from the tle ingle to tb the op r wall Sometimes s Aunt Cn f s was wa 8 biD down to that came ay fa ov intervals als ol 01 t na naan going on well and at an an hour Dr Conrad entered 1 n Ins his i ss way and eat Bat at in iu silence nce b by DJ Ith the r lire fire e took a few puffs from irom a 3 his s cn cargo b bJ v i pipe and then returned to n s 's J J r Upstairs nm V V- V q- q f Mv Iy fathers father's impatience was wa consuming r in him lug ing t l the tuc h t kIVA he sal said scabbing to doctors doctor's fac face E dOUt above all I Dont worry worry-above worry i worn worn- said aid Father Dan Dim Conrad Heros s 's n no need saM said Dr i back and gel i it o over ocr hustle Then to if 4 will be It said aid father my alt all right i you if this his comes off great roan roan father was a 4 1 I think my ny i nt t that timS time I think be he is fU still a t. t a anavo great reat man Hard lIard and cruel croel as i b he be i maY roay to sa say bound hound navo c been to ID inc I feel born borna borni that for him If ft II ho bo had been p nation have made matIe his nation would J i a R king he ho throughout through through- and perhaps respected W born peasant a a. it out the world Ho hlo was Darn of peasants ts a crofter The Tho i no t the tho poorest o it with mth Its ito itoC itoc 0 ittle of his family t f thatched whitewashed walls wals and straw stra bleak avre roof still stands on the of mottled cd herd berd lands of En n like liko a together in a storm torro cattle c crouching father b bad d been a wild lId crea- crea C Ills His ow own darin dreams and thet the Ule t f L. L Frt JJr full t C i of m h had rr conned in him himself cf v I IL 40 L cabin Although h ht in a brought be belie tl D nab Neale eale as to ho belon belonged ed by lineal th that t island his l 1 r t of hi h hi highest hest aristo aristocracY the of the thc Mansion House the Bi Big house and caned called barons of Castle Baa To prove the in search search- his days claim he spent his oV or the parish ji in the tho in loudly in the his nights and et in inca in jest village illa o inn Half him U Neale the called st ca One Ono no day ho no was o brought home v with Lord quarrel 1 d in a drunken 1 JI ile ae d k a a. a dissolute braggart CaT Captain 0 the temple emple Su k k hint him over who had str Ills His wife iny my r grand grand- I. I with a herring net across the tho mother hun bun hung a 1 luse e to hide hida his bis body 1 of ller i. ii in the other only from tho child cn 11 slept lU bed six of and after six There A were hU i ho had md Ja to tc i ot nf r rd t r y death I the The lit lits c 0 olt roiL 10 was wa wasa fend for a. a a eo to make nako and land d weed weed f fc o I r her Her more inor to used I living nJ sins she It as a ill paid paW prosperous r a day sy fin fill 3 days day andi and l n bor weatherS wit i a can an of 61 f aU all and nd a luz jp 0 of butter mn t a and then Iben nT T Thc uC o wavu wa in US nOW flOw So the SW n a O cre the tE and bard ivo o 0 t them em dide died did were vo first V st to In feel fee them them- t J r tay Iy wit witT with tn r They Y to say oay M L r alono aloo Ole he be used end b hot 0 not er b ber r h e was oft to ho he w up up l h li 4 grea great T Daniel As I suro uro hu h help tO o. o his biB DIfficult as aa i d r boo be ti t t. t Jov d. d b r. r I ad a think it t no c i natural natura biB with that begin i and g o rou to of h. h a atory not tolt of inc 1 lii Hi rong It would 1 had llad been n In tb h 1 t molner and b coise goe andic an h i ii lo mountains cutting n thO curragh to h b with turf from 5 00 It 0 the crofter s pricklY c kly y Vilo ni of ith b a the do down mato loto ii ging 10 d ft 7 hi rope ropo Tf b JU n. n they crossed r the te r n c f t T by jy a brid cago which r alu tho B f i splendid drive o of 01 Big 9 S ft the tbs a tf I denly deny out of f spirit spirited ba b. jS drive two high I I. fex- fex behind bebin coachman n gOrg s I 5 b by bv an a En hores JJ A and hi a J f. f 0 s J I livery erY Tile inin of 01 kindlin h vh Ii n rV carra am j 1 at the the tho ge bruUl the tho man a Sut out and lod at the bare bre oman fi V abin ont whip hip P ruck the l boy you on c. hit his with hIS bis I. I 4 legs 86 tho l lj naked moment bd At j the tho li next nest to gf 0 of the JI had n. n of n. n 0 Lord jord Captain j 0 bd ad so 10 n nearest a lOY DI I I n said eod le JO J hiS lu as ilk ht hi toon eyeS oye a ip d bi ragged sa said d and y 1 Jl f. f r WInd h Ner your en J 1 I bo bavo a and then t t. mae lOan n a Lm aro b 20 O yon 1 died dod l time a. a rg d mu lUt at that I 0 f et ago hr a bIg ad an a au t bo aton but hili so 50 Ira A blo to Wj W t I 1 b I and first I chest n at r world od be I found an U onlY Sy rInh d toh gh 11 ool tg kne kneW it aS anger s t- t that t. t I tb th Ie and I beara e mOd ah rapidlY F to bUo ot otY i Iwa 0 dropped orero bites bi a 0 7 eaT hO a er I cLr a. a ho wa A lI de A 0 ot 1 e rich i i o a ho a am c 4 tt and m. m r a cOOl nl thit ss a i n J f. f 11 bi lii tJ rno L I J sha t d I I J t crO o n oH It f A 1 of a n. n no 1 out r r l last ot I pend a Ui f coll flU o of s a l t tv i p pi to jtb b Is w. w All 4 i t f hi bi l a tat fir o a torY al v 1 p I-I I I return to Elian Ellan lie fa was then jhen a with a a. hard h tongue a n and a masterful lift Jilt of tho I eyebrows His liis passion for wealth had bad left its upon him bim but hilt the people b h J n i. i game of f his liSe- liSe father came camo cra his f ot iko cockroaChes hes 1 he thins thiap ho he did id on coming homo home tra t up h his s mothers mother's croft cron roo ro- u- u that old house and put in in lD a pOOl poor take care of it Oness it may mav conic come hand handy some somo daJ Al 0 Md 11 act wa was worthy worth of ot the son eon sonO oc O of e Ne le let t the tho be Loid 1011 Ending that Captain ON eill had hind fallen deeply in iii he bought up UI tho hr braggarts garts mor mortgage ga tinned him out of t the ll Big land House took up his own abode in iu It w C h months later he ho ma made o amends manner by br marrying marrin one of ot tho thoC Captains Captain's daughters There were the elder was a Isabel Isabol beautiful girl irl very delicate delicate and most s sweet when whon mos most submissive like liko tho the woodland herbs wh which chr give io out ont their sweetest fragrance and crushed y arc trodden on Oil Br CJ iho younger youn er was ivas as rather homely home home- ly tier common proud of her mind and will ivill leep deep chagrin of the tho Ul JO younger Cr I El Ct father tho the elder one 1 h cr heard that lH my mothers mother's I Iw w consulted Her father and anti I dealt with tho the marriage as asa asa asa a of bm business and that was an ancI anella cI end ella d f matter On the wedding n day lay my ather did lid two thin things 5 that wore were oro cant lie Ho signed tic the pari hT register io in the tho name namo of ci Daniel right t of lett letters rs patent a d dt his bride back hack to ier earll home ho he ho hoisted sted over O thc the tower thill gray house the sta stars and his on co adopted stitch stitched to the fla flag of his native nate island iland J Ile hat had ta talked less than I the thc I lint he lie hail had thought and acted moro mora m. m passed without offspring made no disguise of Ins his disappointment o which almost amounted st st. Hitherto he hc had hind occupied improvements in his house and tate but lUt now his llis restless energies I l rid a wider field and ho he began be an to him was then a place pace and aul its inhabitants half haH n hall half hail seamen were wore a simple living in a sweet poverty descended into want I But lit m father had magnificent schemes for fort t push energy and anel enterprise e ho hoIt It the island into new lire build hotels theatres casinos cI drinking halls hails and dancing palaces palace lay ha Outpace construct electric I rail niB i the tops of tho the mountains and otherwise transform the place into a holiday l lr r resort for the people of the tho J W JH lust just j st sa sail l in in and ana make this I I old js island lul hum ho said and a number o neighbors i nothing loth oth to bo ho rIch by magic advocates ad advocates bankers ane and insular councilors joined councilors joined hi him hini in his adventurous hind had ho begun when a a 3 startling incident inc happened haJ Tho The old L I of Castle Castlo Baa Raa head of the the tho tame same that had sworn at 1 rl after man inan years rears in had hind lived Jived a bad lifo fifo abroad where whereto ho hud had contracted fatal maladies I returned to BUan to tile die Bein Being a ab I b hi his heir would have bayo been Cap- Cap but m my mothers mother's father durin during tl tl p previous pro winter muter and aDd absence of direct male issue it ctr mcd likely likely- that flint both title ann and in itan co b tho cO s of might hwo bavo descended descend ell to nearest j l mae through rough the fe Ic would go to a distant rela rela- ti a bo 11 H years of a age e a Protes Protes- tit who was then thou at school at Eton JI r re than over ever now o my father chewed the tho cud o of his bis great disappoint disappointment aeD ment But it is is tho the unc unexpected that happens an and ono ouo da day in tho thos s spring Dg Dr Conrad being called to jes' py r mother WilO who was indisposed IDDo announced that sho she was about t to hi bear achild My fathers father's delight was almost Oil though at first his happiness was by y the fear that the tho child mS to be he born boru to him mi might ht not Aa boy y- y Even i this danger dis- dis from his mind after a time WJ db More fore Ion lone his l vanity and his un- un wi will had so triumphed over h common mInon sense that he lie began to ij of his hi unborn child as a ii son just iH bo o of ff a a. male malo child had been rr ug With my my mother with mth Dr Conrad o d and anti above e all with Father ather Dan je be sometimes went the length th of dis dis' jj Dg his lus sons son's name It was to be that had haul been tho namo name heads of the tho ON through through h all th 8 ages as far back as the legen dm in in which a as it was believed I tb bad had been tho the km kings Icings s of oe Elian Ehlan MV mother was no less overjoyed I Sh She had d justified herself at last ast and nil if if f sh she urns as happy appy enough h at tho the beginning in ln the tm ting Jin jag delight of the woman oraan vb is is about to know know tho of joys the tho joy ot of bearing a child b be acquiesced at length ii in tho accepted accented accented idea d that hat her child hIlt would ouM be lA t T h I I I p e bar sho was moye moved to this mc nc I I b by ra a to bu submit nut to to her husbands husband bIn ant and nd to realise 11 his hopes llope and n e ext ex ex- t Or she he had bati another on ona a t se secret ret reason a reason that c- c of f her own weakness and md JS roman namely that the man mau S tO t born of her would be strong and ina free vo rec b well down to o the thc end endT and then or oi alarming in Baa Haa rise fhe cause came t. t 01 old 1 lord Jord r had T IC tJ d some somo further i iS op r malady maladj and was ed t to be sinking rapidly T Dr was was' consult consulted cd anti and ho lie gave U it nt that tho the patient could hl liv be Beyond cond the year This Thi throw not my mv f fat her into a fever of anxiety R Sou I ID for r hIS hig advocate ocate ho took took cOunsel bO ith him nim and Father I Dan bOc Como mo mn now lot tt us get ci cl the ihn n s business ho said hang bang of lb bi and wh v ho bo d that 0 according to tn the 5 the ancient patent latent Kif If th the terms o 0 ole Cli lord before isis Ins child w was ya s born lorn hi hl hils v u wo would wod d bo he In in the tho lust hi his nis h Is became a c consuming g t fire r r the first time in lii his life hiS t 11 nt took forms pf of ot religion and aud 5 0 Tx n. n c be ol Iro Ho Promised that If vont well vell lie ho y overy b oIl us cl to fo Our OUI Ladys Lady's chapel jn in thin the a new flew JA C ebur 1 of 81 t. t Mary Iary a l to on of Coal coals parish to CYC r n a radius or of diles and fi 1 n a to cry C in of or tile the t i imore A ns aS more Vore tha 0 IJ c biJ J t Q gr t I I II II II 4 A 4 e I 4 t e c j iW t I t y I z r 4 4 v j z i 4 i I s VP 0 i t tI I 43 t 4 C z 1 I c I P 10 I I S J I IL 1 L I was always fond foud of music and mother used to teach me rue to sing to a little upright piano which site she was allowed to keep keen in her rooms I I It was even rumored that ho he went so 50 soar far ar in m. m secret as to provide funds for forthe the tho fireworks with which some sonic ot his to celebrate tho the forth forth- coining event and that one ono form of il illumination il- il n. was a gigantic frame which set Sky hill bill immediate in in front or our r house was intended to display display dis dis- disI dis- I pIa play i lights th the glowing glowin I words God God Bless Bloss th the Happy Heir Heir 1 birth was to be announced by tho by r ringing in of the bi big bell of tho the tower ns to the country r round roundabout roundabout roundabout about that that- the tho appointed festivities might t h begin gin Day Say day by Y day through September into Octo October er n news ws came camo from Caf Castle Castlo Raa by Mornin Morning by morning morning morn morn- i ing Dr was sent lor tor to see seemy seemy my mother Newer Never had the sun looked hooked down clown oi onto ouia fa more moro gruesome spectacle It was a ric race between the tho angel of deaths death and th of life life with my fathers father's masterful soul between struggling to toI keep h back the th ono one and to hasten on tho the oti other r My ry fathers father's impatience affected everybody c about him Especially it communicated c itself to the thc person c chiefly chief chief- 1 ly Is conc concerned ed The Tho result was wag just jUt what might bt h have he e b expected My mother was bro 1 brought nt to bed bea prematurely a full fun month bet oro her time of I I I CHAPTER CHAP ER H. H Hk k By Br ck thc the wind had risen to the thc foie a a. hurricane Tho The last of tb the tho withered leaves of the trees in in n the time drive ha had fallen and the bare baro branches branchesI were beating together like e bundles of rods The Th sea was VaR louder than ever and tho the bollon boll on St. St Marys Mary's Rock nock a milo mile away from the thc shore was tolling like liko likon a n knell tind r tho the sur surging ing bf- bf the of-the the waves Sometimes etim |