216 SPORTING REMINISCENCES 



now staggering hireling arrived, thirsting for the 

 blood of the unknown thief who had got off 

 piteously tendering the horse to anyone who would 

 take it and let him run away and hide. 



It is needless to say that they rode back to 

 Croom together and had tea there, and that the 

 incident made a friendship which lasted longer 

 than the young soldier's stay in Limerick. 



