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ever, you will not do much harm with it 

 here, and that you will greatly benefit your 

 tackle -maker." 



" Well, you have promised not to peach," 

 said the Scholar. " If the Captain finds out 

 how I caught this fish, I shall never hear 

 the end of it." 



" By the bye, I wonder where he and the 

 Squire have got to : I expected to meet them 

 hereabouts. You have not seen anything of 

 them, have you ? " 



"I saw the Squire about an hour ago," 

 said the Scholar ; " he was at his favourite 

 throw, the Bank of Ireland, and I thought 

 I saw him going down the stream with a 

 fish on : but I have not seen him since, nor, 

 to tell you the truth, thought much about 

 him ; I had my own little affairs to attend 

 to. But do not I see some one on the 

 opposite shore now, coming up from the 

 Mois Ruah?" 



" It must be the Captain," said the Par- 

 son ; "he has got a tail of followers after 

 him as long as O'Connell's. And look at his 

 fish ! he must have made pretty good use of 

 the day — I can count four, and they look 

 like big ones. There goes the Squire from 



