IIO MEMORIES OF GLENAUGH. 



of " Take you up, old boy ! How much 

 can you book for r" greeted this insane chal- 

 lenge. 



When the noise had somewhat subsided, 

 Lieutenant Browne, the senior lieutenant of the 

 regiment, produced a betting-book, and said 

 to Dick, 



" If you are serious, Mr. Poole, for a hun- 

 dred you don't do it." 



" Done !" replied Dick at once ; and it was 

 fixed there and then that the performance was 

 to take place on the following Saturday. 



For a wonder Poole walked off steadier than 

 many of his hosts could on that night. Lieu- 

 tenant Browne expressed himself well in to 

 win ; * for if the fool would be mad enough 

 to attempt such a thing himself, there is no 

 one living who would be idiot enough to go 

 on his back," thought he. Next morning 

 Poole told Dan Doherty how he had enjoyed 

 himself at the barracks, and then quietly men- 

 tioned the bet, as if he made nothing of it. 

 Dan for a few seconds could not speak a word 

 for horror and surprise ; at last he managed to 

 stammer out, 



