William Carleton
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra
The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066179748
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.—A strong Farmer's Establishment and Family.
CHAPTER II.—Gerald Cavanagh and his Family
—Tom M'Mahon's return from Dublin.
CHAPTER III.—Jemmy Burke Refuses to be, Made a Fool Of
CHAPTER IV.—A Poteen Still-House at Midnight—Its Inmates.
CHAPTER V.—Who Robbed Jemmy Burke?
CHAPTEE VI.—Nanny Peety looks mysterious
—Hycy proves himself a good Judge of Horse-Flesh.
CHAPTER VII.—The Spinster's Kemp.
CHAPTER VIII.—Anonymous Letter with a Name to It
CHAPTER IX.—A Little Polities, Much Friendship, and Some Mystery
CHAPTER X.—More of the Hycy Correspondence
A Family Debate—Honest Speculations.
CHAPTEE XI.—Death of a Virtuous Mother.
CHAPTER XII.—Hycy Concerts a Plot and is urged to Marry.
CHAPTER XIII.—Mrs. M'Mahon's Funeral.
CHAPTER XIV.—Mysterious Letter
—Hycy Disclaims Sobriety—Ahadarra's in for it.
CHAPTER XV.—State of the Country
CHAPTER XVI.—A Spar Between Kate and Philip Hogan
CHAPTER XVII.—Interview between Hycy and Finigan
—The Former Propones for Miss Clinton—A love Scene
CHAPTER XVIII.—A Family Dialogue
—Ahadarra not in for it—Bryan's Vote.
CHAPTER XIX.—Bryan Bribed—is Rejected by Kathleen.
CHAPTER XX.—M'Mahon is Denounced from the Altar
—Receives his Sentence from Kathleen, and Resolves to Emigrate.
CHAPTER XXI.—Thomas M'Mahon is forced to determine on Emigration.
CHAPTER XII.—Mystery Among the Hogans
CHAPTER XXIII.—Harry Clinton's Benevolence Defeated
CHAPTER XXIV.—Thoughts on Our Country and Our Countrymen
CHAPTER XXV.—The Old Places—Death of a Patriarch.
CHAPTEE XXVI.—Containing a Variety of Matters.
CHAPTER I.—A strong Farmer's Establishment and Family.
It was one summer morning, about nine o'clock, when a little man, in the garb and trim of a mendicant, accompanied by a slender but rather handsome looking girl about sixteen, or it may be a year more, were upon their way to the house of a man, who, from his position in life, might be considered a wealthy agriculturist, and only a step or two beneath the condition of a gentleman farmer, although much more plain and rustic in his manners. The house and place had about them that characteristic appearance of abundance and slovenly neglect which is, unfortunately, almost peculiar to our country. The house was a long slated one, and stood upon a little eminence, about three or four hundred yards from the highway. It was approached by a broad and ragged boreen or mock avenue, as it might be called, that was in very good keeping with the premises to which it led. As you entered it from the road, you had to pass through an iron gate, which it was a task to open, and which, when opened, it was another task to shut. In consequence of this difficulty, foot passengers had made themselves a way upon each side of it, through which they went to and came from the house; and in this they were sanctioned by the example of the family themselves, who, so long as these side paths were