24O Mr. Garnctt's Resistance of a Footpad. 



once decided to make my case known, and 

 take the chance of being permitted to mount 

 with the driver. I rode up to the window, and, 

 addressing myself to the gentleman, stated, 

 that I had never in my life been a candidate for 

 a place till this moment, when, from a com- 

 bination of disappointments, I was nearly re- 

 duced to the necessity of walking, and as this* 

 ill suited with my engagements, I should feel 

 highly obliged to obtain a place on the ba- 

 rouche seat. As I suspected, the parties be- 

 came amused with the style of my application, 

 and the manner in which I was appointed. I 

 doubt not I should have succeeded with any 

 Irish gentleman, but I became perfectly secure 

 of my object on being recognized by Mr. Gar- 

 nett. In the course of our drive, I learned an 

 interesting anecdote of the spirit with which 

 the old gentleman, to whom 1 had become so 

 much obliged, had conducted himself. On re- 

 turning the preceding year from Ballinasloe, he 

 was attacked by a footpad ; the man stopped 

 the carriage, and presented a pistol ; Mr. Gar- 

 nett refused to deliver his money, though he 

 had only a stick with which to defend himself. 

 The villain fired and wounded him in the face, 

 which, however, did not prevent a continuance 

 of his resistance, until some persons fortunately 



