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THE GOMBEEN MAN. —
steps towards Carnaclif, and the journey was the
dreariest one I had ever taken. I had only one thought
which gave me any pleasure, but that was a pretty
constant one through the long miles of damp, sodden
road—the warm hand and the sweet voice coming
out of the darkness, and all in the shadow of that
mysterious mountain, which seemed to have become a
part of my life. The words of the old story-teller came
back to me again and again:
" The Hill can hould tight enough ! A man has
raysons—sometimes wan thing and sometimes another
but the Hill houlds him all the same ! "
And a vague wonder grew upon me as to whether it
could ever hold me, and how
