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His right fist rested on my back, and I knew he had a knife in it; and while I gasped for breath he watched me, his left hand hovering in front of my mouth to stop the first outcry. Through his spread fingers I saw Don Quixote light the lantern and raise it for a good look at me. And with that in a flash my wits came back, and with them the one bit of Gaelic known to me.
You must pe learning ta Gaelic, or you'll not pe peing worthy to pe her nain son, Malcolm." "But daddy, wha's to learn me?" asked his grandson, gayly. "Learn you, Malcolm! Ta Gaelic is ta lancuach of Nature, and wants no learning.
"I think you may, my good friend," replied I, thus engaged to speak, and in no way willing to spoil the controversy; "and this without losing any advantage by such an admission, seeing, that if the Gaelic were once so general, I don't think it a matter of credit or congratulation to its people that it is now extinguished, or only kept alive by the patriotic prejudices of a few clansmen in the Hielans and by the ignorance of my own countrymen in portions of Ireland."
Edward easily exculpated the Chieftain, who, indeed, at his own personal risk, had probably saved his life. This greeting over, Fergus said three or four words to his sister in Gaelic. The tears instantly sprung to her eyes, but they seemed to be tears of devotion and joy, for she looked up to heaven and folded her hands as in a solemn expression of prayer or gratitude.
The site of the farm where this scene was enacted is still pointed out; and near it runs a rivulet, the Gaelic name of which signifies "the burn of the young ghosts:" so deep was the memory of this horrible deed. A fearful retribution followed the clan for years.
But the Gaelic League, perhaps because of the very simplicity and directness of its objects, made an appeal to all.
The Norman Kings of England were not insensible to the fact that the Cymric element in Wales, the Saxon element in England, and the Gaelic element in Scotland, were all more agreeable to the Irish than the race of Rollo and William. They were not ignorant that Ireland was a refuge for their victims and a recruiting ground for their enemies.
I cannot say that they tripped it "on the light fantastic toe," for brogues and highlows stumped heavily on the floor; but what was wanting in elegance was amply compensated for by merriment and vivacity. The conversation was rather of a polyglot character, being carried on in French, Gaelic, and English.
"What was her name? and I'll send her my love and duty, for, man, between us, I was fond of her,... There was a song she had: The Rover went a-roving far upon the foreign seas, Oh, hail to thee, my dear, and fare-ye-weel. Only it was in the Gaelic she sung it" His voice, that was very weak and thin now, cracked, and no sound came though his lips moved. Miss Mary took a cup and wet his lips.
The O'Donovans were an accomplished family, the one I knew best, besides Edmond, being Richard, who has held a responsible mercantile position for some years, and who furnished me with much valuable information about his father, when Thomas Flannery one of our best Gaelic scholars was writing a life of Dr. John O'Donovan for my "Irish Library" series.
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