312 GARRYOWEN 



You know the man. 



Moriarty, having watered the horses and seen 

 to them with the scrupulous attention of a nurse, 

 called Andy to him. 



" Andy," said Moriarty, " did you see the chap 

 that's come to collar the horses? " 



" Seen him? " said Andy, for once loquacious. 

 '* Faith, I was near pitchforkin' him to h — 1 as 

 he was standin' there afther you'd left him. Sure, 

 wasn't I listenin' to him — " 



" Shut your head," said Moriarty, " and listen 

 to your betthers. Go fetch me a big truss of 

 straw." 



Andy, obedient as a dog, went off for the straw 

 and returned with it on his back. 



Moriarty opened the door of the loose- box next 

 to The Cat's. 



" Stick it here in the corner," said Moriarty, 

 indicating the corner in question. 



Andy flung the truss of straw in the corner. 



" That's right," said Moriarty. 



He took a five-shilhng piece from his pocket 

 and, leading Andy to the side of the bungalow, 

 gave him the coin, gave him some instructions and 

 pointed in the direction of the village. 

 Andy, with a grin on his face, started. 

 At half -past eight that evening Mr Piper, 

 seated in the kitchen, finishing his supper, heard 

 Andy's voice. He was colloguing in the scullery 

 with Mrs Driscoll, and what he said was distinctly 

 audible in the kitchen. 



