As the evening was rainy, he said he'd take one of the neighbors; and he hadn't to go far, for Andy Moore was going home, and he brought him down at once.' "'Did he shoot him ?' said Mr.Prettyman, while cold perspiration broke over his forehead.

'Did he murder the man ?' "'Sorra murder,' said Peter, disdainfully.

'But why shouldn't he shoot him when the master bid him ?' "I needn't tell you more, Charley; but in ten minutes after, feigning some excuse to leave the room, the terrified cockney took flight, and offering twenty guineas for a horse to convey him to Athlone, he left Galway, fully convinced that they don't yet know us on the other side of the Channel.".