" To be sure," said Peter ; " divil resave the man in
all Europe I'd do more for than the same gintleman,
if it was only on account of the regard he had for her
that's gone. Come, I'll go wid you in a minute."

He accordingly returned with the flask in his hand,
sayin, " I never thravel widout a pocket-pistol, John.
The times, you see, is not overly safe, an' the best way
is lio be prepared — ha, ha, ha ! Och, och ! It houlds
three half-pints."

" I think," observed the servant, " you had better not
taste that till after your return."

" Come away, man," said Peter ; " we'll talk upon it as
we go aknig. I couldn't do really widout it. You hard
that I had lost EUish .' "

" Yes," repKed the servant, " and I was very sorry to
hear it."

" Did you attend the berrin ? "



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" No, but my master did," replied the man ; " for,
indeed, his respect for your wife was very great, Mr.
Connell."

This was before ten o'clock in the forenoon, and about
one in the afternoon a stout countryman was seen
approaching the gentleman's house, with another man
bent round his neck, where he hung precisely as a calf
hangs round the shoulders of a butcher when he is
carrying it to his stall.
" Good heavens ! " said the owner of the mansion
to his lady, " what has happened Smith, my dear ? Is
he dead ? "

" Dead ! " said his lady, going in much alarm to the
drawing-room window — " I protest I fear so, Frank.
