So, if they come here and begin their devilries, you run for your life down to the river, opposite Ballygan, with a white cloth or a shirt, if it's daytime, and wave it.
You are to have a pile of sticks and straw ready, and, if it's night, ye will just set it in a blaze, and there will be help over before many minutes.

You stop there till they come, to tell them how strong the enemy are.
"'The master says you are to tell Bridget about it, so that, if they misbehave themselves inside the house, she can slip out and let you know.
You understand that ?' "'I do,' says he; 'and its a comfort to me, for it's fretting I have been over what might happen, if a troop of those murderin' villains were to come here, and not a sowl save me and the other boys to take the part of the mistress and Miss Claire.' "'Well, you know now, Pat, what's to be done, and see you do it; and now I must go, for the master is waiting for me.

I will be with you tomorrow night for the answer.' "And so I came back, and I lost ten minutes looking about for the boat, for it was so mighty dark that I could not see a fut.

I kicked against it and very near fell over it.

It's well I didn't, for I should have knocked it into smithereens, entirely!" "Capital, Larry! you couldn't have done better.