Work, hard work, is the key to all doors.

So convinced am I of this, that I have insisted on the younger members of my family learning betimes to put their shoulders to the wheel.

Now, Mr.Mahony, I have been open with you.

Be equally frank with me.

You are an Irishman ?" Candour invariably disarmed Mahony--even lay a little heavy on him, with the weight of an obligation.