But I thought you'd know that Doherty is one of the ten precious recruits, or, rather, _was_ one of them.' He laughed loudly.

'He'll fight on the other side now, if he fights at all.' 'What do you mean>' asked Hyacinth uneasily.
He was not at all sure what view the authorities in Dublin Castle might take of recruiting for the Boer service, and Miss Goold's hints about informers recurred to his mind alarmingly.

Perhaps this Doherty was an informer.
'Well,' said Halloran, 'I was in one of the police-courts this morning doing my work for the _Evening Star_.

You know I report the police news for that rag, don't you?
Well, I do.

My column is called "The Doom of the Disorderly." Rather a good title that for a column of the kind! There didn't appear to be anything particular on, just a few ordinary drunks, until this fellow Doherty was brought in.