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with you, my men, on the grass ! We will 

 give you a passage in the boats, presently ; 

 hut finish the kettle first." 



" Now, Pat, fill that coffee-pot up again," 

 said the Captain, " and put it on the fire. 

 You will find another flask of whisky in my 

 Macintosh -pocket — jump down to the boat 

 for it — we must do without lemons for this 

 brew." 



"Pll tell you what," said the Parson, "if 

 you fill up much more, you will have M 'Go- 

 wan seeing his double hares again." 



" Hallo, Johnny," said the Squire, "what's 

 that?" 



" Sure it's the double hares," said M'Go- 

 wan, sheepishly ; " but his reverence should 

 not be talking of that, there's bad luck 

 in it." 



" I know you have had bad luck with the 

 single hares ; they have shown you the in- 

 side of Enniskillen gaol before now : but 

 what do you mean by the double ones ?" 



" Ah, now, don't be talking of that, and 

 the sun setting, too." 



" Pll tell you what it is," said the Captain, 

 who, heretic as he was, feared neither the 

 twilight nor its potentates : " Johnny was out 



