A Girl of Galway Author:Katharine Tynan General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: Blackie and Son Limited Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. COROFIN OF THE TREES ONE blear-eyed old man came out to welcome them as the crazy carriage swept round the grass-grown way in front of Corofin. Behind the house doubtless the glory of sunset yet lingered. In front it was cold. The lower range of windows facing them were blind. The hall beyond the open door was full of a red glare ; but here all was grey and silent, save for the yelping of dogs and the songs of birds. They had driven through woods for some time, woods intersected by glorious avenues of trees which made Bertha, who had got over that first unreasoning terror, cry out in admiration. " They do be greatly admired," said Mrs. Butler, " but to my mind they do make the place lonesome. I don't like too many trees about a place, nor the things they brings wid them -- bats an' owls an' them melancholy birds. I'd rather see the Pins myself, an' smell the sea wind." " This is good enough for me to-day," said Bertha. " I never saw such trees, so tall, so slender, with so many exquisite greens " " There's a story about the same trees," said the old servant -- "a qnare ould ramausk of a story. I'll be tellin' it to yon some night when we're comfortable by a snug fire. Aye, indeed, many's a time you'll find abit o' fire agreeable, Miss Bertha, even on a summer evenin' I 'Tis not to say much cowlder here in the winter nor in the summer, and them trees breeds damp." " I'm sure yon are full of stories, you dear old woman I" said Bertha. " You shall tell them all to me, every one." " There might be truth in this wan," said Mrs. Butler. " See, M...« less