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In one corner, you might see a knot of ould men sitting together, talking over ould times ghost stores, fairy tales, or the great rebellion of '41, and the strange story of Lamh Dearg, or the bloody hand that, maybe, I'll tell you all some other night, plase God: there they'd sit smoking their faces quite plased with the pleasure of the pipe amusing themselves and a crowd of people, that would be listening to them with open mouth.
On the other hand, Lamh Laudher Oge was poor, and by no means qualified in point of worldly circumstances to propose for her, even were hereditary enmity out of the question. All things considered, the brother and friends of Ellen would rather have seen her laid in her grave, than allied to a comparatively poor young man, and their bitterest enemy.
A motion and a violent thrusting aside, accompanied by a second shout, "he's here!" gave intimation of his approach. In about a minute, to the manifest delight of all present, young Lamh Laudher, besmeared with blood, leaped upon the platform. He looked gratefully at the crowd, and in order to prevent perplexing inquiries, simply said
Strip his breast there, an' see if there's a blood-mark on the left side." "I'm beginnin' to fear something dreadful," said the criminal, trembling, and getting as pale as death; "there is there is a blood-mark on the very spot she mentions see here." "I would know him to be Andy Hart's son, God rest him!" observed Lamh Laudher More, "any where over the world.
"Father," said he, "my name's' cleared. I hope I have the Lamh Laudher blood in me still. Mother, you never doubted me, but you wor forced to give way." "My son, my son," said the father, embracing him, "my noble boy! There never was one of your name like you. You're the flower of us all!"
The magistrate instantly admitted both the force and ingenuity of the thought; and after having appointed three persons to the task of keeping her under surveillance, he set her at large. This was all judicious and prudent; but in the mean time, common rumor, having first published the fact of young Lamh Laudher's cowardice, found it an easy task to associate his name with the robbery.
There's nobody able to do it but you, Lamh Laudher Oge!" "Aunt, aunt, my girl's destroyed," said John, "her heart's broke! Ellen!" "But to-morrow, John to-morrow sure yo' won't fight him to-morrow? if you do if you do he'll kill you an' 'twas I that that"
In several of their preceding dialogues, she had impressed him with a belief that young Lamh Laudher was the person who had robbed his wife; and now to the hatred that originated in a spirit of avarice, she added the deep and deadly one of jealousy.
His brow, black and lowering as a thunder-cloud, hung fearfully over his eyes, which he turned upon Lamh Laudher when entering the hut, as if he could have struck him dead with a look.
"'Ha, ha, ha! that's my stout man, my brave little soger! Wus dha lamh avick! give me your hand, my son! Here, Nelly, he would say to the child's eldest sister, 'give him a brave whang of bread, to make him able to bate the Caseys. Well, Lanty, who more will you leather, ahagur? "'All the Orangemen; I'll kill all the Orangemen!
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