248 MARTIN RATTLER.

people that a great Barono Flanagoni had come, and
was up at the house wid the master. But we cor-
rected him afterwards, and gave him to understand
that I was the Baron Fagoni. I had some trouble
with the people at first, after the owner left; but I
pounded wan or two o’ the biggest o’ them to sich
a extint that their own friends hardly knew them,
an’ iver since they’ve been mighty civil.”

Having carefully filled the black pipe, and in-
volved himself in his own favourite atmosphere, the
Baron Fagoni then proceeded to relate his adventures,
and dilated upon them to such an extent that five or
six pipes were filled and finished ere the story came
to a close. Martin also related his adventures, to
which his companion listened with such breathless
attention and earnestness that his pipe was constantly
going out, and the two friends did not retire to rest
till near daybreak.

The substance of the Baron’s narrative was as fol-
lows :—

At the time that he had been so suddenly separated
from his friend, Barney had overcome many of his
opponents, but at length he was overpowered by
numbers, and his arms were firmly bound; after
which he was roughly driven before them through

the woods for several days, and was at length taken