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The passengers such of them, that is, as were residents in or near Sydney had one and all given Bob most pressing invitations to visit them whenever he could obtain leave; and on the day but one following the arrival of the ship, a very prettily-worded and pressing little note had come to him from Blanche Lascelles to say that the friends with whom she and Violet were staying at Cookstown would be delighted to make his acquaintance; so that Bob was never at a loss for a place whither to direct his steps whenever he could get ashore.
In the Parish Church of Ardtrea, near Cookstown, is a marble monument and inscription in memory of Thomas Meredith, D.D., who had been a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and for six years rector of the parish. He died, according to the words of the inscription, on 2nd May 1819, as a result of "a sudden and awful visitation."
Neots, Bedford, Northampton, Colchester, York, Cambridge; in Ireland at Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Lurgan, Cookstown, Dublin. As the interest of Englishmen in Foreign Missions was still in its infancy, a long list like this is remarkable.
We are to skirmish forward toward Monmouth Court House; Clinton has turned that way." "You learned that from a scout?" "Yes; he just came through; one of Charles Lee's men, I understood a blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked boy, who said his name was Mortimer. He had ridden from Cookstown, and was reeling in the saddle, but would go on. Your men are over there, Major, beyond the clump of timber.
And do you know what 'ud happen to you? The people 'ud cut your head off at the end of a fortnight." "I wouldn't let them." Hinde sat in silence for a few minutes. Then he leant forward and tapped John on the shoulder, "The editor of the Daily Sensation is a Tyrone man," he said. "He comes from Cookstown!..." "I never was in it," John murmured. "Mebbe not, but it exists all the same.
The editor remained silent for a few moments. He tapped on his desk with an ivory paper-knife and glanced quickly now and then at John. "What part of Ulster do you come from?" he demanded. "Ballyards." "I've heard of it," Mr. Clotworthy continued. "It's not much of a place, is it?" John flared up angrily. "It's better than Cookstown any day," he said. "Who told you I came from Cookstown?"
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