362 WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST. 



of an attempt I had myself encouraged was told me. 

 My first care was to look to the safety of my foster- 

 brother and his bride ; and until pursuit was over, 

 I had them conveyed by Pattigo in the hooker to Innis- 

 boffin. There they remained in safe concealment, and for 

 six months it was not deemed prudent to permit them 

 to return, as the clan of the deceased were numerous 

 and vindictive. 



" Time flew. They came back, and for some time 

 remained here unmolested. Kathleein was near her 

 confinement, when one day we received information 

 that the Malleys had procured a warrant with a civil 

 force to execute it, and were determined at every hazard 

 to arrest my foster-brother. I, a magistrate myself, 

 could not openly protect him ; and that evening he 

 left the Lodge at night-fall, to shelter himself in the 

 island of Innisbiggle until the threatened danger passed. 

 Kathleein, unfortunately, accompanied him ; although 

 we told her that there was but one poor family on the 

 place, and its difficulty of approach, while favourable 

 to the concealment of her husband, was unsuited to any 

 female situated like her. 



" On landing on the island, the solitary family, who 

 generally resided in the single cabin it contained, were 

 absent at the fair of Westport. Hennessey and his wile 

 took possession of the hut, lighted a fire, and made 

 themselves as comfortable as the wretched hovel would 

 admit. Even then he urged her to return to the Lodge, 

 but to leave him in perfect solitude on this desolate place 

 was more than she could determine. Night came, and 

 the weather, which had been squally all day, became worse 

 momently, and at midnight blew a gale. The outlaw 

 and his wife were now shut out from all the world, 



