ur son not cast aside--not disgraced!--for what else would the people
think it? The horse!--a poor bit of a coult--a poor unsignified animal!
To the devil wid him. What is he compared to the joy an' delight of
this minute? Take him, sir; take him--an' if he was worth his weight
in goold, I vow to Heaven above me, I'd not think him too good. Too
good!--no, nor half good enough for you. God remimber this to you!
an' he will, too. Little you know the happiness you have given us,
Counsellor! Little you know it. But no matther! An' you, too, Father
Finnerty, helped to bring this about. But sure you were ever an' always
our friend! Well, no matther--no matther! God will reward you both."

"My brother wishes me to see Mr. Finnerty and your son," said the
barrister; "I think they had better go up to him. He is anxious to get a
slip of your shrub, Mr. Finnerty."

"Ah, I thought so," said the priest--"I thought as much."

The Bishop, on their reappearance, presented Denis with the long
wished-for letter. He then gave him a suitable exhortation with
reference to the serious and responsible duties for which he was about
to prejjare himself. After concluding his admonition, he addressed
Father Finnerty as follows:

"Now Mr. Finnerty, this matter has ended in a manner satisfactory, not
only to your young friend, but to yourself. You must promise me that
there shall be no more horse-dealing. I do not think jockeying of that
description either creditable or just. I am unwilling to use harsher
language, but I could not conscientiously let it pass without reproof.
In the next place, will you let me have a slip of that flowering shrub
you boast of?"

"Doctor," said the priest, "is it possible you ask it of me? Why, I
think your lordship ought to know that it's your own, as is every plant
and flower in my garden that you fancy. Do you dine at home to-morrow,
my lord?"

"I do," said the Bishop. "Well, then, I shall come up with a slip or two
of it, and dine with you. I know the situation in which it grows best;
and knowing this, I will put it down with my own hands. But I protest,
my lord, against you allowing me to be traced in the business of the
shrub at all, otherwise I shall have the whole county on my back."

"Be under no apprehension of that, Mr. Finnerty. I shall be happy if you
dine with me; but bring it with you. How did you come to get it so early
after its appearance in this country?"

"I got it from headquarters, Docto