An Irish Rising When night came on Archie started for the west, accompanied by Ronald and two of the Irish as guides.

They crossed the country without question or interference, and reached the wild mountains of Donegal in safety.

Archie had asked that his conductors should lead him to the abode of the principal chieftain of the district.
The miserable appearance of the sparsely scattered villages through which they had passed had prepared him to find that the superiors of such a people would be in a very different position from the feudal lords of the Highlands of Scotland.

He was not surprised, therefore, when his attendants pointed out a small hold, such as would appertain to a small landowner on the Scottish Border, as the residence of the chief.

Around it were scattered a number of low huts composed of turf, roofed with reeds.