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ONCE A WEEK.

[Oct. 15, 1864.

A TIPPERARY SHOT.

By the Author of “Myself and my Relatives,” “Little Flaggs,” &c.

CHAPTER I. GOING TO TIPPERARY.

“My dear Richard, are you really to go to Ireland?” asked my mother, with some concern, as I flung down the letter I had just received from Colonel Fulham.

“Yes, and my destination is——” I hesitated to finish the sentence.

“Is what? Some frightfully savage spot, I suppose.”

“One of the Irish cities, formerly a royal seat.”