. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. isters and the otherbrothers were whirling and spinning airily overthe grass. The other sister was busily plying herspinning-wheel and watching the moving turns each of the sisters took her place at thewheel, and the one relieved instantly plunged intothe mazes of the dance. The girls were tall like their brothers, and pic-turesque in their red tippets. Like their brothers,they were handsome and graceful. They weremature maidens, but they had not lost their elegantfigures or their fresh red-and-white home-mad
. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. isters and the otherbrothers were whirling and spinning airily overthe grass. The other sister was busily plying herspinning-wheel and watching the moving turns each of the sisters took her place at thewheel, and the one relieved instantly plunged intothe mazes of the dance. The girls were tall like their brothers, and pic-turesque in their red tippets. Like their brothers,they were handsome and graceful. They weremature maidens, but they had not lost their elegantfigures or their fresh red-and-white home-made dresses, though of plain woollenmaterial and simply made, fitted them well, andwere in perfect harmony with their rustic sur-roundings. Their hair hung in ringlets roundtheir shoulders, and they moved with unconsciousgrace, w^hirling over the greensward as if theyscarcely touched it, or mazing through a * countrydance, or an eight point reel, or waltzing roundand round in a manner to make the onlookergiddy. There was nolhing in the performance suggest-. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX FOUNDATIONS R L THE BRONTES AL FRESCO V/i ive of the rough peasant or the country clown ; allwas exquisite grace and courtesy. The musicianwas also relieved from time to time, each of thebrothers taking his turn at the violin. The scene was of the most weird and romanticcharacter. The place selected for the family dancewas in a secluded widening of the Glen, downwhich flows a little stream that makes a murmuringnoise as it tumbles over stones and among theroots of alder and willow. It was wide enough togive full scope for extended gallops, and sufficientfor all the exigencies of Sir Roger de Coverley^The ground was thickly carpeted with grass, andsurrounded by large trees with overhangingbranches ; the trees were festooned with ivy andhoneysuckle, sweet briar and wild roses overflowedthe hedges in great profusion, and * floweringSally in pink bunches fringed the brook. The su
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