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window he could point to the field in which he 

 has broken the leg of an English gentleman with 

 whom he had a dispute at a hunt dinner ; and 

 it was thought extremely good-natured of Mr. 

 Dwyer to have aimed low on the occasion. 

 He was always in debt, but no bailiff could be 

 got to serve him with a legal process. It was 

 reported he had dogs with a nose for a catch - 

 pole who would give tongue as soon as ever 

 the bearer of a king's writ put his leg in the 

 parish. He had a grand wake and funeral at 

 his death, was universally regretted by the 

 country people, and left a thumping legacy of 

 unliquidated debts, mortgages, and Chancery 

 suits to his son, who is sincerely and affec- 

 tionately vain of the talents and virtues of his 

 good father. 



The Lodge of Threeneheila has seen bet- 

 ter days. There are signs and tokens of a flower 

 garden having been before the hall door, there 

 are ragged ramshackle remnants of out-offices 

 and stabling accommodation long disused and 

 idle, barns abandoned even by the rats, odd 

 gnarled apple-trees indicating the site of an 

 orchard, artificial mounds on an acre now sur- 



