"Did you ever see a river ?" "Of course," replied the other; "why do you ask ?" "Well, now, could you, or any livin' man, make the strame of that river flow faster than its natural course ?" "Certainly not," replied the stranger.
"Well, then--I'm an ould man and be advised by me--don't attempt to hurry the course o' the river.

Take things as they come.

If there's a man on this earth that's a livin' divil in flesh and blood, it's Sir Thomas Gourlay, the Black Barrownight; and if there's a man livin' that would go half way into hell to punish him, I'm that man.

Now, sir, you said, the last day you were here, that you were a gentleman and a man of honor, and I believe you.

So these words that have spoken to you about him you will never mention them--you promise that ?" "Of course I can, and do.