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Oct. 22, 1864.]

ONCE A WEEK.

491

A TIPPERARY SHOT.

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

CHAPTER III. AN INVITATION THANKFULLY ACCEPTED.

As may be supposed I lost no time in trying to discover as much as possible concerning the family of the Barnetts from our unfailing source of information, Mrs. Conan; I learned that Sir Denis was a Roman Catholic, his sister a Protestant, and that they lived together, without any other relative or companion in the house. They saw a good deal of company