ROMANCE OF A SKELETON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2672, 31 May 1905, Page 46

ROMANCE OF A SKELETON.

beheld her ur.utli. at the iput whore the skeleton \va^ Imiud, kneeling in her bridal robes Although the law is unsatisfied, tli. islandois of Inch are convinced that tin remain- lire those of the murdered d.imjhtvi of tlic -.mus[srler

homo bereft of his bride The island | tongues wore busj , and it \\u> generally agreed that Murtagh hiicl do no Aileon to ' death and fled from the scene of his crime. '• Tfor story was told at the fireside on w.ntor nights, and the ghost of Aileen came to corroborate it. Wayfarers saw her wandvrin^ in the moonlight with the hilt of a dagger protruding from her breast. Othors

a'so beloved by Murtagh O'Sullivan. the 1 handsome young lieutenant of her father in l his illicit trade. The Spaniard won Aileon\ heart, and preparations wore begun on a lavish scale for the wedding But when the \ marriage day dawned Aileen and Murta°h | had vanished. For many days a feverish but ineffective search was made for them, and at length the young Spaniard «ailed

there Ined on Inch Island a man named Moriarty, who had the ieputation of being much of a smuggler and not a little of a pirate. He traded, without the co-oi oration of the revenue authorities, with a Spanish wine merchant, whose son frequently visited Moriarty During one of these visits he fell violently i in love with Aileen Moriarty, who was

I skeleton of a full-grown wonum, of luodium height. An inquest was hold, but the jury could arrive at no decision. There was no eudencc of identification, and there was nutliinq to show the rircumstances of the woman'- death. And tl.on thtre came lack to the min<'s of the older islanders a memory which seemed to solve the mystery. Fifty years ago. says the Irish Independent

Dingle Bay, County Kerry. A boy who was strolling across the island struck his foot against something sticking out of the ground. He stooped down to see what it, was. He had unearthed a human skull, and, full of fear, he fled incontinently from the spot. He told his tidings, and the police went to the place and began to dip. Two feet below the surface they found th •

IRISH MYSTERY SOLVED AFTER FIFTY YEARS. A romance of half a century ago has been revived by a discovery at Inch Island,