The Last King Of Leinster.

The Last King of Leinster .

B v F . Jt . A L L K X . ( KI ) MUXD DOWXEY . ) Author of " Through Green Glasses , " "Captain hamujan ' s Lon , " . j ' c [ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . ]

CHAPTER I . ^•• M ^ . EUJIOT MiicmuiToiigli wits a great oultl schoiindhrel of a man . He @§ Wf |!) W was tlc ^'" K Lcinsther , but instead of mindin' his jnb , as ., u OTl $ "S 3 f / g' »« l kings shott'd , he spent the most of his time coortin the ^ ——& M & . " 0 CI 1 S t ' mt livct ' "' ' lis 0 WI ' distnriet . It would havi' licen all very grj k pg ^ i well , mnylie , if he contented himself with thc Leinsther lasses , but W ho cast , his coveehus e \ c on a nice fair-haired young girl who was thc wife of a neighbour , Tiernan O'Horkc , Prince of Bictney 'Tis sthrange , sure enough , that faymnles , especially mimbers of the quality , are so uisily led away from their nice comfortable homes by some { wlivanthiT who manages to put the " comether" on 'em as aisily as you'd slip a halther round the neck of a cart-horse—but ' tis toothrue all the same .

The sthransrest thing of all about the Princess of Brefney was that thoii'di she had a line young man for a husband , au' la-hins of aitin' nW drinkin' nn ' divartin ; plenty line clothes , an' jewels "galore" ; she should be led asthray by a grey-headed ould vagabone like King Dermot , who was about three-score years of age , an' bad a voice , by all accounts , as hoarse an' car-splittin' as a steamboat ' s whistle .

Of coarse O'Uorkc , the Husband , like many a husband before an' af titer him , didn't sec what was in the wind at tho start . Anyhow , wn :. ce upon a time he invited King Dermot over to his Palace to spend n week or so wud him , uif never dbrained for a moment that a mon irch so ould , .-ID' SO full of the cares of state , would bo botherin' his head about the women folk at all .

But , begor , it ought to be n lesson to husbands of all soorts , this business about King Dermot Maciminvjugh and the Princess Devorgilla , or " G'illv , " as she was called lor short by licr friends . But , to make n stbraight course wud my story— the King of Leinsther started off from his uncesthral palace at Ferns wan line in urn in' for Brefney , tbravellin ' iirst-cliiss of coorse , an' not throublin' himself to bring any retinue or heavy luggage wud him .

Prince Tiornan was waitin' for his royal friend on tlie platform at Brefnev , nn' he gov him a warm shake bands , for ho was proud to have the Kin" - of the biggest province in Ireland visitin' him . ' Well , Tierny , " says the monarch , as lie passed through tho station and gov up tho half of his return-ticket , " how it nil wud you ? " " Sthrong ! " answers the Prince . " An' bow is yerself an' all at home ?" " I ' urSy fair , " says the King . " 1 hope yer good wife is shakin' off the could she had in her head ?"

" 0 ' begor , she ' s as right as paint now , " says the Prince . " Let nic give you a lift , " says he , as he saw King Mac . startin' to mount , the private ontsido- ' car which was in waitin' at the station . " Arrnh ! what do you take me for ? " axes the sixty-yoar-ouh ] boy , springin ' up on tho sate wwl as much agil . ty as if he was only a youthful member of the Royal Irish Constabulary .

Faith , Prince lieiiiau felt a bit nonplussed at bavin' shown that he was lvgardin' the King as an ould man that wanted an odd helpin ' -hatul , so he said notion' to his risithor , but turned to the dhriver , woo who was stundin' at the horse ' s head , an' cried :

"Come , off with the nose-bag , Michael , an see if you can ' t do a twelve-mile nn-hour throt to the Palace ! " " I U make a tl-. i-y , sir , " siys Michuol , takin' off the nose-bag from the horse nn' puttin' it into the well of the car . An' then he mounted his sate—an , ' by me word , it wasn ' t long until the Prince ' s horse was clettlierin' along the highroad as fust as if he was comin' home from it funeral .

There was no demonstration , or speechifyin ' , or anything of that sort at the railway station , for King Mac . hud axed Prince Tiernun not to make a public nffair of his visit , an' as the stition was miles away from the town of Brefney as is usual wud raikiwny stations in those parts — there was no one to denioiisthrato to , or speechify to , except the usual detachment of the Royal Irish .

The Last King Of Leinster.

" 1 m glad you kept your promise not to have a inonsthcr-ineetin to welcome me , " says the King to the Prince . "If there ' s wan thing I bate more than another it is to have to put my bare head out of a carriage window an' heave ii sthring of remarks to a crowd at a railway station—but don't be talkin ' , " says he , suddenly clapping the this of his lingers on the rim of bis crown , "this is the

mischiefs own throttm , an the cur istt t too well springer ! , Tierny , mj * boy . The crown is nearly shook off of me pole the way it ' s rockin ' . " An' faith it was it line pace they wor goin' ! Xot content wud the whip , Michael the dhriver was giviu' the horse an odd prod of the toe of his boot , an ' sartinly 'twas great speerl for a rough-cast road .

"lies fresh this mornin ' . says the Prince , lightly , not purtendin'he was specially proud of the animal ' s paces , " nn' my little crown is secure enough wud a piece of elastic-sthring . " "I can give yer Majesty a bit of cord to keep tho crown safe , sir , " says Michael , turniii' round in his sate an' addbressin' King Mac .

" Don t tlmmble yerself , me man , says the King , haughtily , for he did't like the notion of dhrivin' up to the Palace an' uppeuriii' before Princess Gilly wud a sthring tied out of his royal crown . "How ' s ths crops promisiu'in your district this s : \ ison ? " says he , turnin' to the Prince of Brefney . " There ' s a line show of turnips an' cabbage , " answers Tiernan ; " but I don ' t like the look of the spuds nt all . ' '

"Nothing like grass farms , me boy , " says the King . "Iconic from a grass country , as you know . " " Have ye any gra s widows there ? " a . vcs the Prince , thinkiu' to pass thc time wud a taste of a joke , "for I ' m towld yer Majesty is partial to that line . " " Take care that . you ' re not threspassin' too far , young man , " says the King , not likiu' that Tiernan should be threadin' on such delicate ground , or perhaps in dhread that he was beginnin' to smell a rat .

" I beg your pardon , sir , says the Prince , who of course was a degree in royalty undber bis visithor , an' bound to give way to the supayrior monarch . "That's the Palace , sir , " says Michael , thc dhriver , pointin' wud his whip to a big huildiii' in behind the threes at the right hand side of horccn , about half a mile off . " We ' re just at the avenue gates , " says lie the next minute , givin' thc horse a divil of n prod of the toe of his boot that sent the animal Jlvin ' .

" Stop ! stop the car , you selionmlhrel ! roars the King , grippin the driver by the coat tail an' nearly haiilin him off bis sate . '' That last jerk tumbled tlie crown off , " he bawls , turnin' round to the Prince . The horse was pulled up " all stundin '" there an' then , an' tbrowin' the reins to his cmplcyor , the poor dhriver jumped down unci ran back the road for the crown of Leinsther .

"Heaven grant it may not be a bad omen ! says Prince liernan , scarcely able to smother a laugh as be looked at the ould monarch stundin' up on the step of the car , hoiildin' on by grippin' the rail of the dbriver ' s sate , wild the eyes nearly blaziu' out of his head wud rage , an' his long gray hairs sthreamin' in the wind like a tattered iki < r of rlisthress .

"Omen be Mowed ! roars King Mac . in Ins loghorn voice—for he was a desperate , bad-tenipered man . " 1 II catch me death of could if I ' m kept here much longer undber bare polls . Bail scran to yerself an' yer " omadhawn " of a Jurvey an' yer prancin' horse ! 'Tis at a circus he ought to be , thryin' to Hy through hoops , an' not between the shafts of any dacent man ' s jaunting car . ' "

CHAPTER II . All the way up the avenue the King kept grunilin' and growlin' about the accident to bis crown , but the moment his eyes caught sight of the Princess as she stood on the steps of the hull door of the Palace he became a changed man . Ho was all over smiles an' smirks , an' he gev the crown , which was it thrille muddy afther the fowl it got on the road , a jaunty cock to wuu side of his head to thry an' make himself look younger and gayer .

Prince Tiernan bounced off the car just before it was dhrawn up , iiitendm to go round au ' offer a hand lo the King , but faith the ould buck made a tlyiu ' jump off the car himself , just at the same moment us the Prince , an' he was shakin' hands with Mrs . O'Rorke on the steps before the husband got a chance to put in his spoke at all . " Begor , " says tlie King , moriheratiii' his rough voice until you'd think he was < i suckin' dove , " ' tis fresh you ' re lookin ' , sure enough , ma ' am . "

" Faith then , yer majesty can ' t complain uither in regard of fresh looks , " says she , tossin' her head . " TIB younger you seem to be growin' every time I meets you . "So thc Indies tell me , " says thc King , gallantly , "but I'd sooner hear the remark from your purty mouth than from the mouths of all the epieens in the five provinces . ''

The Prince of Hivfney , tii ' ihev ortllicnn' Michael to put up the horse un car , stood at Ihe botli . iii of tlie hull-door steps while his wife an' the King wos ill ' scoorsin ' i an' fni . v he didn ' t feel at , all too well plaiscd at Ihe milliner of the wife , for she seemed to take no notice of his presence . " 1 suppose , " says he to himself ,

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