CHAPTER VII.
THE OUTBREAK .-- MR.

O'BRIEN IN CARRICK .-- CASHEL .-- KILLENAULE .-- MULLINAHONE .-- BALLINGARRY .-- AFFAIR AT KILLENAULE .-- DEFEAT OF MR.

O'BRIEN'S PARTY AT THE COMMON .-- PERSONAL ADVENTURES OF THE WRITER AND HIS COMRADE, UP TO THE DATE OF MR.
O'BRIEN'S ARREST On the night of the 24th of July, I was awakened, where I was staying, by a rapping at my window.

I recognised the voice of my sister-in-law, and learned from her, in a few seconds, how matters stood.

Her information, in brief, was this that: Messrs.