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them off to Kildoney without waiting for 

 the issue of the trial in which he was so 

 much interested. It was time ; for he found 

 the boys actually in possession, and as they 

 are handy enough at the work, a quarter of 

 an hour more would have been quite enough 

 for them. 



" However, if they were defeated in that, 

 at all events they got back General Micky, 

 whom on their return they found at large, 

 and looking more stupid and more innocent 

 than ever. With such a leader they set 

 about the work in good earnest, and by the 

 next morning all their plans were arranged. 



" When I got back to Bally shannon yes- 

 terday evening, after catching the Parson's 

 fish at Cos na Wonna, I must say I was 

 myself astonished to see the excited state of 

 the town, for Paddy generally manages these 

 little matters quietly enough ; and I re- 

 member thinking at the time, that if the 

 Peelers suffered themselves to be taken by 

 surprise after such a warning as this, they 

 must be very green Peelers indeed. I little 

 thought that it was part of the plan, and 

 that it was fully intended that they should 

 have complete warning. Soon after dark 



