He could drink in the yellowish green, with here and there in the distance a little house; and about two miles away smoke stealing up from the midst of the plantation where Playmore was--Playmore, his father's house--to be his own one day.
How good it was! There, within his sight, was the great escarpment of rock known as the Devil's Ledge, and away to the east was the black spot in the combe known as the Cave of Mary.

Still farther away, towards the south, was the great cattle-pasture, where, as he looked, a thousand cattle roamed.

Here and there in the wide prospect were plantations where Irish landlords lived, and paid a heavy price for living.

Men did not pay their rents.

Crops were spoiled, markets were bad, money was scarce, yet-- "Please God, it will be better next year!" Michael Clones said, and there never was a man with a more hopeful heart than Michael Clones.
Dyck Calhoun had a soul of character, originality, and wayward distinction.