He had not long to wait, however.
Reilly, who had no thoughts of abandoning him to the mercy of the military, without at least knowing his fate, nor, we may add, without a firm determination to raising his tenantry, and rescuing the generous fellow at every risk, immediately sprung across the ditch and joined him.
"Well, Fergus," said he, clasping his hand, "I heard everything, and I can tell you that every nerve in my body trembled whilst you were among them." "Why," said Fergus, "I knew them at once by their voices, and only that I changed my own as I did I won't say but they'd have nabbed me." "The test of the barn was frightful; I thought you were gone; but you must explain that." "Ay, but before I do," replied Fergus, "where are we to go?
Do you still stand for widow Buckley's ?" "Certainly, that woman may be useful to me." "Well, then, we may as well jog on in that direction, and as we go I will tell you." "How then did you come to describe the barn--or rather, was your description correct ?" "Ay, as Gospel.

You don't know that by the best of luck and providence of God, I was two years and a half an inside laborer with Mr.Graham.

As is usual, all the inside men-servants slept, wintrier and summer, in the barn; and that accounts for our good fortune this night.

Only for that scoundrel, Steen, however, the whole thing would not have signified much; but he's a black and deep villain that.

Nobody likes him but his brother scoundrel, Whitecraft, and he's a favorite with him, bekaise he's an active and unscrupulous tool in his hands.