It was no mistake! You know I sent him tickets yesterday for the theatre.

Well, he returned them; this did not annoy me, but on one account, I had made a wager with Alderman Gullable, that the Colonel should see me in Othello--what was to be done?
Don't you see, now, there was only one course, and I took it, old boy, and have won my bet!" "And lost your commission for a dozen of champagne, I suppose," said the adjutant.
"Never mind, my dear fellow," I repled; "I shall get out of this scrape, as I have done many others." "But what do you intend doing ?" "Oh, as to that," said I, "I shall, of course, wait on the Colonel immediately; pretend to him that it was a mere blunder, from the inattention of my servant--hand over Stubbes to the powers that punish, (here the poor fellow winced a little,) and make my peace as well as I can.

But, adjutant, mind," said I, "and give the real version to all our fellows, and tell them to make it public as much as they please." "Never fear," said he, as he left the room still laughing, "they shall all know the true story; but I wish with all my heart you were well out of it." I now lost no time in making my toilet, and presented myself at the Colonel's quarters.

It is no pleasure for me to recount these passages in my life, in which I have had to hear the "proud man's contumely." I shall therefore merely observe, that after a very long interview, the Colonel accepted my apologies, and we parted.
Before a week elapsed, the story had gone far and near; every dinner-table in Cork had laughed at it.

As for me, I attained immortal honour for my tact and courage.