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Not conceiving the object of the inquiry, and having hitherto without hesitation helped myself from the decanter, which bore some faint resemblance to sherry, I immediately turned for correct information to the bottle itself, upon whose slender neck was ticketed the usual slip of paper. My endeavours to decypher the writing occupied time sufficient again to make O'Flaherty ask,

I don't think O'Flaherty heard him. He only hugged his knees tighter, and slowly turned up his face, wrung into ten thousand horrid puckers, to the sky, till his chin stood as high as his forehead, with his teeth and eyes shut, and he uttered a sound like a half-stifled screech; and, indeed, looked very black and horrible.

Before removing to our home, my uncle engaged Mrs. Burnside to find a person suitable to occupy the position of housekeeper in his dwelling. It immediately occurred to Mrs. Burnside that my old friend, Mrs. O'Flaherty, would be well qualified for that position. She had remained in the service of Mrs. Wallingford since the time when I first introduced her to the reader; but, fortunately for us, Mr.

Even the chief is dangerous. I would as soon think of playing a joke on a wandering tiger, as on him. The major is not a man to trifle with, at the best of times and, except O'Flaherty, there is not a man among them who has a good word to throw at a dog. Faith, when one thinks of the good time one used to have at Athlone, it is heartbreaking." "Well, come in and refresh yourselves.

Saying these words, O'Flaherty proceeded to walk towards his quarters, accompanied by the sergeant, with whom he conversed for some time eagerly occasionally replying, as it appeared, to objections, and offering explanations as the other seemed to require them.

'You see, Sir, at that time, our Colonel-in-Chief was my Lord Blackwater, continued the old soldier, 'not that we often seen him, for he lived in France mostly; the Colonel-en-Second was General Chattesworth, and Colonel Stafford was Lieutenant-Colonel, and under him Major O'Neill; Captains, four Cluffe, Devereux, Barton, and Burgh: First Lieutenants Puddock, Delany, Sackville, and Armstrong; Second Lieutenants Salt; Barber, Lillyman, and Pringle; Lieutenant Fireworkers O'Flaherty

'And is it true old Tresham's going to join our club at last? 'He! hang him! he's like a brute beast, and never drinks but when he's dry, and then small beer. But, I forgot to tell you, by all that's lovely, they do say the charming Magnolia a fine bouncing girl that is all but betrothed to Lieutenant O'Flaherty. Devereux laughed, and thus encouraged, Toole went on, with a wink and a whisper.

The expression of increasing wonder and surprise depicted in Mr. Cudmore's face at these words, my friend Phiz might convey I cannot venture to describe it suffice it to say, that even O'Flaherty himself found it difficult to avoid a burst of laughter, as he looked at him and resumed.

"To whom may I address myself?" said one of the British who, I may inform my reader, en passant, was no other than O'Flaherty "To whom may I address myself as the officer in command?" "I am Major Brown," said a short, plethoric little man, in a blue uniform and round hat "And who are you?"

"I kept him very short here," O'Flaherty laughed, "and told him that if he did not obey orders I would have him invalided home; I have got him to promise that he will draw in a bit in future, and have good hopes of his keeping it, seeing that when the army starts again you won't get much chance of indulging." "It will be a good thing for others as well as O'Grady," Terence said, quietly.