The _Doreen_, late _Fanny_, was too foreign-looking to pass unchallenged up Belfast Lough, but he believed that if the cargo could be transhipped to a vessel known to all watchers on the North Irish coast, a policy of audacity would have a good chance of success.

The s.s._Balmerino_, which had brought Agnew and the messenger to Lundy, was such a vessel; her owner, Mr.Sam Kelly, was an intimate friend of Crawford's; and if he could see Kelly the matter, he hoped, might be quickly arranged.

The reliance which Crawford placed in Mr.Sam Kelly was fully justified, for the assistance rendered by this gentleman was essential to the success of the enterprise.

He it was who freely supplied two steamers, with crews and stevedores, thereby enabling the last part of this adventurous voyage to be carried through; and the willingness with which Mr.Kelly risked financial loss, and much besides, placed Ulster under an obligation to him for which he sought no recompense.
Crawford accordingly went off in the _Balmerino_, landed in South Wales on Tuesday, the 14th of April, and hastened by the quickest route to Belfast.

Agnew took charge of the _Doreen_, with instructions to be at the Tuskar Light, on the Wexford coast, on the following Friday night, the 17th, and to return there every night until Crawford rejoined him.