alks, during which he proposed a plan
of their own for the robbery of Henderson; and so admirably was it
concocted, and so tempting to the villainous cupidity of Duncan, that
he expressed himself delighted from the commencement of its fancied
execution until their ultimate settlement in America.

"It was a treacherous thing, I grant, to betray you, Rody," said Hanlon;
"an' if I was in your place, I'd give him tit for tat. An', by the
way, talkin' of the Prophet--not that I say it was he betrayed you--for
indeed now it wasn't--bad cess to me if it was--I think you wanst said
you knew more about him than I thought."

"Ah, ha," again thought Rody, "I think I see what you're afther at last;
but no matther, I'll keep my eye on you. Hut, ay did I," he replied;
"but I forget now what's this it was. However, I'll try if I can
remember it; if I do, I'll tell you."

"You an' he will hang that murdherin' villain, Dalton--"

"I'm afeard o' that," replied the other; "an' for my part, I'd as soon
be out of the thing altogether; however, it can't be helped now.'"

"Isn't it sthrange, Rody, how murdher comes out at last?" observed
Hanlon; "now there's that ould man, an' see, after twenty years or more,
how it comes against him. However, it's not a very pleasant subject, so
let it dhrop. Here's Masther Richard comin' through the private gate,"
he added; "but if you slip down to my aunt's to-night, we'll have a
glass of something that'll do us no harm at any rate, and we can talk
more about the other business."

"Very well," replied Rody, "I'll be down, so goodbye; an' whisper,
Charley," he added, putting on a broad grin; "don't be too sure that I
tould you a single word o' thruth about the rob--hem--ha, ha! take care
of yourself--good people is scarce you know--ha, ha, ha!"

He then left Hanlon in a state of considerable doubt as to the discovery
he had made touching the apprehended burglary; and his uncertainty was
the greater, inasmuch as he had frequently heard the highest possible
encomiums lavished upon Duncan's extraordinary powers of invention and
humbug.

Young Henderson, on hearing these circumstances, did not seriously
question their truth; neither did they in the slightest degree shake
his confidence in the intentions of the Prophet with respect to Mave
Sullivan. Indeed, he argued very reasonably and correctly, that the man
who was capable of the one act, would have little hesitation to commit
the other. This train o