o teach us to bear poverty
and cowld, without complaining: learning is a fine thing for the
hunger--"

Her irony was too delicate for the thick apprehension of poor Jim, who
felt himself addressed by the remark, and piously responded--

"It is so, glory be to God!"

"Well," said the young man, who now seemed all eagerness to resume
the subject--"well, and what then?"

"Then, she was wondering where was the roads up to the cabins on the
mountains, as if the likes of them people had roads!"

"They've ways of their own--the English," interrupted Jim, who felt
jealous of his companion being always referred to--"for whenever we
passed a little potatoe garden, or a lock of oak, it was always, 'God
be good to us, but they're mighty poor hereabouts;' but when we got into
the raal wild part of the glen, with divil a house nor a human being
near us, sorrow word out of their mouths but 'fine, beautiful, elegant!'
till we came to Keim-an-eigh, and then, ye'd think that it was fifty
acres of wheat they were looking at, wid all the praises they had for
the big rocks, and black cliffs oyer our heads."

"I showed them your honour's father's place on the mountains," said Joe.

"Yes, faith," broke in Jim; "and the young lady laughed and said, 'you
see, father, we have a neighbour after all.'"

The blood mounted to the youth's cheek, till it became almost purple,
but he did not utter a word.

"'Tis the O'Donoghue, my lady,' said I," continued Joe, who saw the
difficulty of the moment, and hastened to relieve it--"that's his castle
up there, with the high tower. 'Twas there the family lived these nine
hundred years, whin the whole country was their own; and they wor kings
here."

"And did you hear what the ould gentleman said then?" asked Jim.

"No, I didn't--I wasn't mindin' him," rejoined Joe; endeavouring with
all his might to repress the indiscreet loquacity of the other.

"What was it, Jim?" said the young man, with a forced smile.

"Faix, he begun a laughing, yer honour, and says he, 'We must pay our
respects at Coort,' says he; 'and I'm sure we'll be well received, for
we know his Royal Highness already--that's what he called yer honour."

The youth sprang to his feet, with a gesture so violent and sudden, as
to startle the whole party.

"What," he exclaimed, "and are we sunk so low, as to be a scoff and a
jibe to a London money-changer? If I but heard him speak the words--"

"Arrah, he never said it at all," said