nited, and united they would have been
to this day but for the Civil Wars. I'm no great hand at dates, sir,
but it was somewheres about 1642 that things began to get unpleasant.

"One day, not long before the wedding was to be, Fulke and his daughter
went over to Morgan Hall; and while the young folk spent the day love-
making in the garden the two old folk sat and discussed the affairs of
the nation in the house. And it's safe to say the two out of doors
agreed far better than the two indoors. For Morgan went with the
Parliament, and told Fulke the King had no right to try and arrest the
five members, and that the Parliament had done a fine thing in
protecting them, and that if he'd been there he'd have called out
against the King as loud as any of them. At that Fulke--who was a hot-
headed man at best of times, and who went mad to hear any one say a word
against the King--got up in a rage, and, taking his hat, stalked out
into the garden, and taking his daughter by the arm marched away from
Morgan Hall with never a word.

"It was a sad business. The young folks begged and the old Morgan sent
a letter; but no, Fulke wouldn't listen to one of them, and forbade his
daughter to leave the castle.

"Whether the lovers saw one another after that I don't know, but almost
directly after the war blazed out and the whole country went mad.
Morgan and his son had to leave these parts, and took arms under the
Parliament, while Fulke brought guns and powder into his castle, and
hoisted the flag of King Charles.

"The young lady had a busy time of it sheltering and entertaining the
Royalists who came this way. But she had no heart in it--not that she
didn't love the King, sir. Yet she loved young Morgan more.

"So things went on for four or live years. The King, as you know, sir,
got the worst of it, and was driven to his wits' end. Most of his
friends had fallen, and some had deserted. But so far no one had given
Fulke much trouble. Either they had never heard of him, or saw there
was not much to fear from him. So the Royal flag waved over the castle
day and night, and the young lady did what her father bid her, and never
went abroad or heard a word of young Morgan.

"But at last the King, not knowing what to do, tried to bring over the
Irish to help him. And then it was the troubles in these parts began.
For every one that was suspected of aiding in this venture was doomed by
the Parliament.

"And Fulke was sus