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hunting, and would also thank him, with 

 my hest oheisance, for calling me a rough- 

 rider. 



I am. Sir, 



Yours obediently, 

 Nannie Power O'Donoghub. 

 October 31, 1880. 



Sir, — I must, in justice to myself, ask you 

 io he so kind as to grant me space in your 

 influential journal to reply to the very serious 

 charge ^* Jermyn " brought against me in your 

 issue of the 30th of the past month. I am 

 the friend who asked Mrs. Power O'Donoghue 

 to ride ** the big bay," and yet I believe that 

 nobody in all the world has a higher esteem 

 for that lady, nor a truer regard for her safety 

 han I have. Indeed there are few men in 

 Ireland (if one) worth being called the name, 

 who would not willingly lay down their own 

 lives rather than imperil the life of one so 

 universally beloved. The horse up to the 

 day of the runaway had been perfectly quiet 

 ;and most easily managed. He carried me 



