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 9 merly; and the cornet, to make him a requitai for so generous an action, made a promise that he would use his best endeavours to obtain the king's pardon for him, in hopes of him forsaking his new trade, and was as good as his word, as by the sequel will appear.

A little after this action, a merchant in Dundalk had a draught on a merchant in Newry, for a large sum, but was so much afraid of Redmond O'Hanlon, that he was afraid either to send for the money, or to go for it himself; while he was thus consulting with his wife how to get the money safely home, his apprentice, a lad about sixteen years of age, overheard their discourse, and as soon as he got an opportunity, desired his master to tell him why he was so much afraid of sending to Newry! The master having answered his request, the boy asked him whether he would venture to trust him with so much money? The master said he did not doubt his honesty, but on that occasion he could not know what to think of the matter. However, by many entreaties, the boy prevailed on the master to let him go for the money, promising to forfeit his ears if he lost one halfpenny of it The boy having obtained privilege to go for the money, immediately set about preparing himself for the journey: and by his master's assistance, being provided with about forty shillings in halfpence, he divided them into two parcels, and tied them close up in a little wallet, at each end, and then went to the field and brought home an old vicious stone horse, (much of the same humour with Sir Teague O‘Regan's war horse, on which he rode out to meet duke Scomberg after the surrender of Charlemount) that when any other came up to