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But Marian, who like many of her sex seemed to consort naturally with banshees, bogies, apparitions, and the like, declared to me that at several different and equally inconvenient times this ghost had presented itself to her, startling her on two occasions to such an extent that she once let fall the contents of the broth-bowl on Herne the blood-hound, thereby causing that beast to maliciously devour two breadths of her new black taffeta Sunday gown; again, a hot iron wherewith she was pressing out the seams of Lady Margaret's night-gown.
Trouble, I believe, always goes with people in this world, wherever they move to, in some form or other, it travels with them, and settles down with them, as sorrow, ill-luck, disease, disgrace, discontent, fear, or remorse, and if we may credit Irish traditions, the old nobility and gentry had to endure howling Banshees in addition. No wonder they wasted away under their aristocratic infliction.
Smugglers and caves, and murders and mermaids, and duels, and banshees, and fairies, were all mingled together in my early associations with Connemara and Dick Martin, "Hair-trigger Dick," who cared so little for his own life or the life of man, and so much for the life of animals, who fought more duels than any man of even his "Blue-blaze-devil" day, and who brought the bill into Parliament for preventing cruelty to animals; thenceforward changing his cognomen from "Hair-trigger Dick" to "Humanity Martin."
"Sure as me name's Dinny Shane!" exclaimed the old man. "Who else would have tied up little Brian, the dog that was never tied before in his life! Sure I'd like to 'a caught them at it," and he brought his fist down hard on something. The boys and girls exchanged glances. "Something doing," ventured Jack. "I'll bet Denny has seen the witches." "No banshees," corrected Ed.
"Take that thing off, Jeekie," said Alan, "we don't want any banshees here." "Banshees? Not know him, he poor English fetish p'raps," said Jeekie, as he removed the mask. "This real African god, howl banshee and all that sort into middle of next week.
A vague blur of complementary color swam in Madden's eyes. A gasp went up from the watchers. "Bhoys," faltered Hogan in an awed tone, "th' banshees ar-re dancin' to-night!" "Banshees!" sneered Mulcher. "Th' deck's caved in it'll break out again!" "Th' engines must be ruint complately." "Wot do ye make of it, Mister Madden?" asked Galton, bewildered. "Look there it is again!"
"She's a witch, and the banshees do her bidding," he whispered hoarsely. "Well," said Mr. MacMasters, much puzzled, "is there any place where we can get dry and get some food?" "I'll take you all to my cabin," she said. "That's what I come for." She turned around abruptly and strode back along the path. There seemed nothing for the castaways to do but to follow her.
I can see him now, standing like a great pyramid in the midst of the little group, every now and then throwing his head back in good-natured abandon, recounting wild and fantastic tales about the fairies and banshees of the Old Land from whence he had come.
It would be very lonely for you without us, I'm sure." "Indeed, it would be. That portion of me which is Irish would picture my old hacienda alive at night with ghosts and banshees." Mrs. Parker was looking at him thoughtfully; seemingly she was not listening.
There were many strange legends treasured up in the memories of all old inhabitants of the place, wild stories of enchantments, or of fairies or banshees; and little Dermot would never tire of listening to these tales.
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