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The young lord slept one night at Ennis, and on the thirdfor Liscannor and the cliffs of Moher He took a servant with hie of clothes And as he went his heart was very heavy He could not live a coward in his own esteely would he have saved himself from the misery of this journey, and have sent to his Kate to bid her coland! He feared the priest, and he feared his Kate'swords He altogether doubted his oers to perform satisfactorily the task before him He knew men who could do it His brother Jack would do it, were it possible that his brother Jack should be in such a position But for himself, he was conscious of a softness of heart, a feminine tenderness, which,--to do him justice,--he did not mistake for sincerity, that rendered him unfit for the task before him The farther he journeyed from Scroope and the nearer that he found hiroithin hiical in its dominion over him But still he went on It was incumbent on him to pay one more visit to the cliffs and he journeyed on

At Limerick he did not even visit the barracks to see his late coiment At Ennis he slept in his old room, and of course the two officers ere quartered there came to him But they both declared when they left him that the Earl of Scroope and Fred Neville were very different persons, attributing the difference solely to the rank and wealth of the new peer Poor Si whispered confidential conversations respecting the ladies of Ardkill; but the Earl had barely thanked him for his journey; and the whispered confidence, which would have been so delightful, was at once i like rank to spoil a fellow He was a good fellow once" So spoke Captain Johnstone, as the two officers retreated together from the Earl's room

And the Earl also saw Mr Crowe the attorney Mr Crowe recognized at its full weight the iht now call "My Lord" as often as he pleased, and as to whose pecuniary position he hadinquiries A very feords sufficed Captain O'Hara had taken his departure, and the ularly Mr Crowe also noticed the stern silence of thein an Earl with so truly noble a property Of the Castle Quin people who could hardly do entlefolk, and ere mere Irish, Mr Crowe did not think much