This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...signs of having been ridden hard. My own men, drunk and bound, were slung each behind a saddle, but Hogan was gone. My guard ordered me to mount and, riding one on each side of me, led my horse by ropes attached to the bridle. The captain, who had already mounted, asked O'Brien to guide his party to the bridge by the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...signs of having been ridden hard. My own men, drunk and bound, were slung each behind a saddle, but Hogan was gone. My guard ordered me to mount and, riding one on each side of me, led my horse by ropes attached to the bridle. The captain, who had already mounted, asked O'Brien to guide his party to the bridge by the shortest route. I heard him reply in his calm, courteous tone that it was his intention to do so, as parties of Eapparees were in the neighborhood, and, immediately placing himself at the head of the dragoons, he rode by the upper end of the lake. Having left the water in our rear, we entered a pass between the hills. I saw that the Captain was no fool and rode warily, throwing out flankers. My hopes of rescue diminished, but I nevertheless kept an alert lookout for my friends. The crests of the hills on each side were hidden by gray-brown clouds that crept along the ridges, beneath which came the steady sheet of fine rain. A flock of seagulls passed like shadows through the white mist, winging in from the rough weather that was beating across the Atlantic. Before long a scout returned to report the presence of a body of men at the end of the pass, whereupon the Captain called a halt and took council with O'Brien. He spoke sharply, evidently angry at having ventured his men for so little; but his frown lessened when a second scout brought in the news that it was a hundred Rapparees, not regular soldiers, that held the outlet. I hoped he would try to cut his way through, believing that I should then escape. But, to my disgust, he listened to O'Brien's advice and led us up the hill on the left. Here we were completely hidden in the mist, and, feeling our way along the ridge, rode down the other side, where, the dragoons setting spurs to their hor...
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