[{"node":{"title":"Hanna214","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna214","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Townland, Andrew","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna214","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna214_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff207\n\nChapter Four\n\nIn the farm-houses scattered through the townlands,\nSarah was known as Mrs Echlin. To the older generation\nher story had lost its savour; and what profit was there\nin retelling an old story against a strong family like\nthe Ehchlins? There may have been little change among\nthe names of the old-established families. The Ogles,\nBourkes, Fentlands, Gomartins,Arts, Gilmores, Purdys\nwere still thriving, but an old residenter was cut\ndown with each harvest, and birth, marriage and litigation\nhad changed the families in the farms.\n\nOne of the last threads that bound Sarah to her\npast was Agnes Sampson. Since those early unhappy days\nat Rathard Sarah had discussed all her problems with the\nwoman on Knocknadreemally hill. But a day came when\nshe lost her old friend.\n\nIt happened about six months after Andrew had left\nschool. One grey March afternoon as he was brerding a\ngap in the hedge near the road, he saw Petie trotting\ndown the hill as fast as his old legs would carry him.\nWhen he heard the boy chopping in the hedge he stopped\nand called on him. \"Andray Andra, son\u2019. Run for your\nmother and tell her Agnes is gey ill!\"\n\n\"Is she very badly, Petie?\"\n\n\"Aye, she's very badly. Now dont delay, like a good\nlad, but fetch Sarah.\"\n\n\"Will I yoke the pony and go to the dispensary for the\ndoctor, Petie?\" the boy asked eagerly.\n\n\"Ach, you know what Agnes is about doctoras! Now, like\na good son - or will I hae to go mysel?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]