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"Easy now! easy!" said the Barrister. 

 "Draw it mild — that fall is twenty feet 

 deep. Did any one see you besides Pat, 

 who I know would say anything ?" 



" Every idler in Belleek," said the Cap- 

 tain ; " and that, as you know very well, 

 implies three-fourths of the population. 

 Because you Ballyshannoners lose your fish 

 whenever you get into a difficulty, you think 

 every one else does." 



"Come, come, boys," said the Squire, 

 "that will do. Order in the pigmarket! 

 Tell us, Barrister, what news you bring us 

 from Ballyshannon." 



" Oh, the top of good news," said the Bar- 

 rister ; "in fact, I was coming up the river 

 on purpose to tell you. The boys have had 

 another onslaught on Hector's nets, and, 

 profiting by their past experience, have 

 done their work thoroughly this time. 

 Hector does not at this minute own more 

 property than he stands in." 



" Well done!" shouted the Captain ; " that 

 is worth twenty fish, at least, to us. But 

 how on earth did they manage it ? I thought 

 those magistrates had given him policemen 

 enough to defend the whole county. They 



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