ord,
asked his kind friends to kill us.

"Well, to make a long shtory short, the inimy being very badly beaten,
threw up their arms, an' we captured the entire lot, excipt about five
hundred wayleals who flew away as fast as their heels cud carry thim."

"How did the king conduct himself when captured?" I inquired.

"He came up to me, an' bowin' very nicely, offered me his sword. He
said he was glad to surrender to a brave gineral an' hoped Oi would
give him the honors of war.

"'Be jabers, Oi will that,' said Oi; 'but that'll be afther we thry ye
by coort-martial. But where's Mrs. Bhooly?' says Oi.

"'Does your excellency mean her late majesty?' said Bhooly; 'if so, Oi
regret to say the unhappy fate which has overtaken both myself and my
counthry prostrated her so much that she died.'

"'Well, thin,' said Oi, 'where's that other conspirator, Koshnili?'

"'Oi am here, your excellency,' said he, steppin' forward an' handin'
me his sword, 'an' Oi also surrender.'

"'You do well,' said Oi, 'to give up yer sword, for it saves me the
throuble of takin' it from you.

"'An' now, me rascals,' Oi said, 'we're goin' to save the throuble of
lookin' afther you by thryin' you by coort-martial. Let the coort be
formed,' said Oi, 'an' bring forth the prisoners.' The king's sojers
were disarmed, an' their wings taken off, an' were assimbled in a
circle undher guard. Bhooly an' Koshnili, undher a special guard,
stood in the middle of the ring.

"'Now, bhoys,' said Oi, 'fair play an' no favor. Who has got a charge
agin' the prisoners?' Wid that, wan of me min stepped forward an' said
that Bhooly an' Koshnili had organized resistance to a change of
government an' religion, thereby blockin' the wheels of reform, an'
furthermore had conspired to murdher, an', be jabers, did murdher, her
holiness the goddess, of blessed memory, who, although alive ag'in,
was undoubtedly kilt.

"When Bhooly an' Koshnili heard that the goddess was alive ag'in their
knees knocked together wid fear.

"'This is a terrible charge agin' ye both,' said Oi. 'Oi don't know
which offince is the greatest--killin' a dacent goddess or blockin'
the wheels of reform; annyhow, the wan crime is as bad as the other.
Who supports this charge?' Oi added in thunderin' tones.

"Well, ivery sojer on the spot volunteered to give evidence as to the
blockin' of the wheels of reform, but nobody saw the murdher
committed.

"'Now,' said Oi, addressin' the prisoners, 'di