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The tithe system was another all but unendurable burden, and it was against the tithe proctors that the worst of the Whiteboy outrages were committed. That these outrages had little directly to say to religion is, however, clear, from the fact that the tithe system was nearly as much detested by the Protestant landowners as by their tenants.
To a certain extent the family were satisfied, but as M'Carthy had communicated to the male portion of them the friendly warning he had got from the Whiteboy, they said, that although he might have been, safe enough when Mogue left him in the mountains, yet considering the state of the country, and that he unquestionably had enemies, he might not be free from danger on his way home.
"Frank M'Carthy," exclaimed Julia, "and a Whiteboy! Oh, yes, be advised by him, Alick; as for me, I care not how soon death comes I have little to live for now!" "If there was time, dear Julia, for explanation, I could soon satisfy you; but, alas! I fear to ask for your father and John."
Why I know 'tis betther to have anybody nor be without one; but we might kill two birds wid one stone if we could get a masther that would carry 'Articles,* an' swear in the boys, from time to time an' between ourselves, if there's any danger of the hemp, we may as well lay it upon strange shoulders." * A copy of the Whiteboy oath and regulations.
These words were said as Daniel had just re-entered the room, and he stopped and asked, 'Where to? 'To a Whiteboy village called Cruhan, some ten miles off, close to an old castle I have been sketching. 'Do you mean to go there to-morrow? asked he, half-carelessly; but not waiting for her answer, and as if fully preoccupied, he turned and left the room.
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