!"

The poor mother, however, could not stir; the unexpected revulsion of
feeling which she had so suddenly experienced was more than she could
sustain. A long fainting-fit! was the consequence, and Darby's commands
were obeyed by the wife of a friendly neighbor.

The mendicant immediately wetted Mike's lips, and poured some spirits,
copiously diluted with water, down his throat; after which he held the
whiskey-bottle, like a connoisseur, between himself and the light. "I
hope," said he, "this whiskey is the raal crathur." He put the bottle to
his mouth as he spoke, and on holding it a second time before his eye,
he shook his head complacently--"Ay," said he, "if anything could bring
the dead back to this world, my sowl to glory, but that would. Oh, thin,
it would give the dead life, sure enough!" He put it once more to
his lips, from which it was not separated without relinquishing a
considerable portion of its contents.

"Dhea Grashthias!" he exclaimed; "throth, I find myself, the betther o'
that sup, in regard that it's good for this touch 'o' configuration that
I'm throubled wid inwardly! Doxis Doxis Glorioxis? Amin!" These words he
spoke in a low, placid voice, lest the wounded man might be discomposed
by his observations.

The rapidity with which the account of Mike's restoration to life spread
among the neighbors was surprising. Those who had gone for the priest
and doctor communicated to all they met, and these again to others:
that in a short time the house was surrounded by great numbers of their
acquaintances, all anxious to hear the particulars more minutely.

Darby, who never omitted an opportunity of impressing the people with a
belief in his own sanctity, and in that of his crucifix came out among
them, and answered their inquiries by a solemn shake of his head, and
a mysterious indication of his finger to the crucifix, but said nothing
more. This was enough. The murmur of reverence and wonder spread among
them, and ere long there were few present who did not believe that
Reillaghan had been restored to life by a touch of Darby's crucifix; an
opinion which is not wholly exploded until this day.

Peggy Gartland, who fortunately had not heard the report of her lover's
death until it was contradicted by the account of his revival, now
entered, and by her pale countenance betrayed strong symptoms of
affection and sympathy. She sat by his side, gazing mournfully on his
features, and with difficulty suppr