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It was arranged, therefore, that Fred Neville should join his regiment at Limerick in October, and that he should coht or three weeks at Christuest at that time, and at last it was decided that Mrs Neville, who had never been seen by the Earl, should be asked to coer son, John Neville, who had been successful in obtaining a couests should be invited, and an atteloo the heir

Early in October Fred went to Liiment he was sent to the cavalry barracks at Ennis, the assize town of the neighbouring County Clare This was at first held to be a misfortune by him, as Limerick is in all respects a better town than Ennis, and in County Li bad, whereas Clare is hardly a country for a Niard distances; and the Limerick balls and the Limerick coverts were found to be equally within reach From Ennis also he could attend some of the Galway meets,--and then with no other superior than a captain hardly older than hie in that wild district the spirit of adventure which was strong within hie the spirit of adventure, they generally do so by falling in love with young women of whom their fathers and mothers would not approve In these days a spirit of adventure hardly goes further than this, unless it take a youngtable

When Fred left Scroope it was understood that he was to correspond with his aunt The Earl would have been utterly lost had he atte special to communicate to him But Lady Scroope was ht that the heir would hardly bring himself to look upon Scroope as his home, unless some link were maintained between himself and the place Lady Scroope therefore wrote once a week,--telling everything that there was to be told of the horses, the game, and even of the tenants She studied her letters, endeavouring to e prospects would like to receive from his own mother He was "Dearest Fred," and in one of those earliest written she expressed a hope that should any trouble ever fall upon him he would come to her as to his dearest friend Fred was not a bad correspondent, and answered about every other letter His replies were short, but that was a ht as a trivet;" had had "one or two very good things," and thought that upon the whole he liked Ennis better than Liood fellow!" Johnstone was the captain of the 20th Hussars who happened to be stationed with him at Limerick Lady Scroope did not quite like the epithet, but she knew that she had to learn to hear things to which she had hitherto not been accustomed