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The Warning !!!
THE WARNING !!!
AN IRISH TALE OF THE YEAR 1817 .
BY A . U . T .
" Or why upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greeting . " Macbeth . " As you value your life , take heed of what I tell you—hasten from this doomed part of the country , or death will be your fate ! " " Why do you address me thus ? " I replied to the speaker , a middle aged Irishman , who , although poorly clad , appeared to be above the general cast of the lower orders , not only in look but manners . " I cannot—I ' dare not tell you , " answered he , "itis enough for you to receive my warning and to act upon it , without you wish to seek the inevitable result I tell you of . "
It was in the year 1817 , that I received the above prophetic warning and in which the dreadful occurrences which I shall hereafter relate took place . I was at this time a visitor at the house of Mr . AVaugh , a ma ° is trate of the county of Waterford , a gentleman , who , having amassed a considerable fortune in trade , retired to private life upon an estate which he purchased at the time the property of the late Earl of * * * was disposed of by order of the Court of Chancery . The mansion was very beautifullsituated could be finer than the
y ; nothing immediate surrounding scenery , and if it were not from the circumstance that at no very great distance there existed a little colony of mud huts , with their poor and discontented inhabitants , it might have been fairl y termed a httle Paradise . The famil y of Mr . AVaugh consisted of his good lady his son Alfred , who had been my attached fellow student at Winchester and their lovely daughter Phoebe , who at this period was emerging from a child into womanhoodI had resided there for nearlmonth
. y a , and may safely aver , that at no time of my life had I before passed so pleasant a period . Alfred Waugh and myself were inseparable , and being left in perfect confidence that we should not pass the bounds of decorum and prudence , we fully entered into the many gaieties that presented themselves in the neighbourhood . At this period , however , Mr . AVaugh senior , was unfortunately called upon in several instances to act upon the magisterial authority with which he was invested . That i ™
, failing subject of hate and desperation , the gathering of tithes , was the question ; and the murderous cry of " Death to the man who enforce ^ the penalties , " was loudly and openly expressed . Nothing daunted by these open threats , Mr . AVaugh performed his painful duty without a moment ' s hesitation . He was blessed with a determined mind and never shrank from performing that which he had sworn to execute it is too often the case that men generall weak mindedinefficient
y are , and yielding , when the performance of duty is painful . Putting aside his being a magistrate , he was respected—nay , beloved by his immediate dependants ; as a landlord , he protected and assisted his tenants , not only with advice but with every feeling of generosity , whenever he saw it necessary to be practised . In two particular instances , in which he had een called upon to act ; the parties , being stripped of their little all
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The Warning !!!
THE WARNING !!!
AN IRISH TALE OF THE YEAR 1817 .
BY A . U . T .
" Or why upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greeting . " Macbeth . " As you value your life , take heed of what I tell you—hasten from this doomed part of the country , or death will be your fate ! " " Why do you address me thus ? " I replied to the speaker , a middle aged Irishman , who , although poorly clad , appeared to be above the general cast of the lower orders , not only in look but manners . " I cannot—I ' dare not tell you , " answered he , "itis enough for you to receive my warning and to act upon it , without you wish to seek the inevitable result I tell you of . "
It was in the year 1817 , that I received the above prophetic warning and in which the dreadful occurrences which I shall hereafter relate took place . I was at this time a visitor at the house of Mr . AVaugh , a ma ° is trate of the county of Waterford , a gentleman , who , having amassed a considerable fortune in trade , retired to private life upon an estate which he purchased at the time the property of the late Earl of * * * was disposed of by order of the Court of Chancery . The mansion was very beautifullsituated could be finer than the
y ; nothing immediate surrounding scenery , and if it were not from the circumstance that at no very great distance there existed a little colony of mud huts , with their poor and discontented inhabitants , it might have been fairl y termed a httle Paradise . The famil y of Mr . AVaugh consisted of his good lady his son Alfred , who had been my attached fellow student at Winchester and their lovely daughter Phoebe , who at this period was emerging from a child into womanhoodI had resided there for nearlmonth
. y a , and may safely aver , that at no time of my life had I before passed so pleasant a period . Alfred Waugh and myself were inseparable , and being left in perfect confidence that we should not pass the bounds of decorum and prudence , we fully entered into the many gaieties that presented themselves in the neighbourhood . At this period , however , Mr . AVaugh senior , was unfortunately called upon in several instances to act upon the magisterial authority with which he was invested . That i ™
, failing subject of hate and desperation , the gathering of tithes , was the question ; and the murderous cry of " Death to the man who enforce ^ the penalties , " was loudly and openly expressed . Nothing daunted by these open threats , Mr . AVaugh performed his painful duty without a moment ' s hesitation . He was blessed with a determined mind and never shrank from performing that which he had sworn to execute it is too often the case that men generall weak mindedinefficient
y are , and yielding , when the performance of duty is painful . Putting aside his being a magistrate , he was respected—nay , beloved by his immediate dependants ; as a landlord , he protected and assisted his tenants , not only with advice but with every feeling of generosity , whenever he saw it necessary to be practised . In two particular instances , in which he had een called upon to act ; the parties , being stripped of their little all