Self-preservation rendered this policy necessary, and we believe there are but few instances on record of a Rapparee having been arrested in a state of intoxication.
Their laws, in fact, however barbarous they were in other matters, rendered three cases of drunkenness a cause of expulsion from the gang.
O'Donnel, however, had now relaxed from the rigid observation of his own rules, principally for the reasons we have already stated--by which we mean, a conviction of his own impunity, as falsely communicated to him by Sir Robert Whitecraft.

The sheriff had not at first intended to be personally present at his capture; but upon second consideration he came to the determination of heading the party who were authorized to secure him.

This resolution of Oxley's had, as will presently be seen, a serious effect upon the fate and fortunes of the _Cooleen Bawn_ and her lover.

The party, who were guided by Tom Steeple, did not go to Mary Mahon's, but to a neighboring cottage, which was inhabited by a distant relative of O'Donnel.

A quarrel had taken place between the fortune-teller and him, arising from his jealousy of Sir Robert, which caused such an estrangement as prevented him for some time from visiting her house.