On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . r was so bad thathe might plounge us all into etarnity with-out a minits notice! John kept whis-pering in a loud voice into his horses earpromises of oats, turnips, and a bran-mashby way of dessert, if he would only behavehimself. The tide was running strong,and when we were swept past our landingwTe each became captain in turn withoutappointment, and a variety of languagewas indulged in that would have madethe Tower of Babel seem like a Quakermeeting. The farce was suddenly endedby Bobs breaking loose from his ownerand jumping ashore li
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . r was so bad thathe might plounge us all into etarnity with-out a minits notice! John kept whis-pering in a loud voice into his horses earpromises of oats, turnips, and a bran-mashby way of dessert, if he would only behavehimself. The tide was running strong,and when we were swept past our landingwTe each became captain in turn withoutappointment, and a variety of languagewas indulged in that would have madethe Tower of Babel seem like a Quakermeeting. The farce was suddenly endedby Bobs breaking loose from his ownerand jumping ashore like a chamois. Wethen ran the boat aground, took out thecar, and, after capturing Bob with thepromised oats, were soon on our wayagain. In a short time after again starting, weascended a hill and could clearly see thespot where Lord Leitrim was assassinatedin April, 1878. It lay up the bay in aclump of woods, close to the water. LordLeitrim had been very harsh with histenants and had evicted large numbers of18 oaz H o f o o CO rr *! o o dZ *!0 oz HO>. PORT SALON TO DUNFANAGHY them from their farms; they therefore de-termined to remove him, and a selectband of them lay in ambush along the roadand succeeded in killing his lordship, hisdriver, and his secretary while they weredriving to Derry. There were many trialsin court, but those arrested could never beconvicted. As a boy I have been morethan once startled by the appearance ofa pair of cars with eight men on them,each having a couple of double-barreledshotguns. Lord Leitrim was one of them;the others were his guards, going to Milfordto collect the rents. His temper was soviolent that the government removed himfrom the office of magistrate. His son,the late Earl, was a very different kindof man; he did everything within his powerto advance his tenants interests. Afterhis death, a few years ago, the tenantryerected a fine monument to his memory inCarrigart Square. We later read the in-scription upon it, which was, He lovedhis
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