I flung down a knife with which I had armed myself; for the old hag on bringing in the wine had removed my sword.
'I volunteer,' said I.
'That's my good fellow.

What name shall I put on my list ?' 'Write Redmond Barry of Bally Barry,' said I haughtily; 'a descendant of the Irish kings!' 'I was once with the Irish brigade, Roche's,' said the recruiter, sneering, 'trying if I could get any likely fellows among the few countrymen of yours that are in the brigade, and there was scarcely one of them that was not descended from the kings of Ireland.' 'Sir,' said I, 'king or not, I am a gentleman, as you can see.' 'Oh! you will find plenty more in our corps,' answered the Captain, still in the sneering mood.

'Give up your papers, Mr.Gentleman, and let us see who you really are.' As my pocket-book contained some bank-notes as well as papers of Mr.
Fakenham's, I was not willing to give up my property; suspecting very rightly that it was but a scheme on the part of the Captain to get and keep it.
'It can matter very little to you,' said I, 'what my private papers are: I am enlisted under the name of Redmond Barry.' 'Give it up, sirrah!' said the Captain, seizing his cane.
'I will not give it up!' answered I.
'HOUND! do you mutiny ?' screamed he, and, at the same time, gave me a lash across the face with the cane, which had the anticipated effect of producing a struggle.

I dashed forward to grapple with him, the two sergeants flung themselves on me, I was thrown to the ground and stunned again; being hit on my former wound in the head.

It was bleeding severely when I came to myself, my laced coat was already torn off my back, my purse and papers gone, and my hands tied behind my back.
The great and illustrious Frederick had scores of these white slave-dealers all round the frontiers of his kingdom, debauching troops or kidnapping peasants, and hesitating at no crime to supply those brilliant regiments of his with food for powder; and I cannot help telling here, with some satisfaction, the fate which ultimately befell the atrocious scoundrel who, violating all the rights of friendship and good-fellowship, had just succeeded in entrapping me.