proceed for the greater part of a winter without a visit from several successful had come off which had of course turned out highly profitable and they were just now preparing to commence their last not only for the season but the last they should ever work together aa george was making preparations to go early in the spring to ev running was going on to and the had been thrown into the still from the worm of which projected the strong r as the commenced � last term meaning the spirit in its pure and finished state on this occasion the two were more than ordinarily anxious and certainly doubled their usual precautions against a for they knew that s visits resembled the of a hawk or the springs of � tiger more than any thing else to which they could compare them in this they were not disappointed the was about half finished he made his attended by a strong party of reluctant for indeed it is to tlie military t they never delight in the people at of a ns they generally tiie it had been arranged that the � t the iron plate whistle a tune the moment that the or a red coat or in any person whom he did not know should appear accordingly about o clock in the morning they heard the little fellow in his highest key up that well known and yery significant old irish air called go to the devil an shake � case applied to the id any thing but an be the pins was usual oath be the pins it s over with ns s here s the sign fer a and listened very gravely out a take it easy said he r z have half a about the hills any one as like t fe a your r ht hand is to left did t i knew we d get over fi we d be out of hi power well my good lad said the what s this fire for what is it for is it yes if you don t let me blow your brains out and get you and afterwards this he said with a thundering voice a horse at the same time why sir said the boy it s a still i am but be the hole o my coat if you tell upon me upon these be soon where is the still then an tlie stiu house is it as tb the stiu or is they wouldn t tell me that why didn t you say moment yon were watching bob ob i meant sir replied the lad with a oe that spoke of pure that it was the i was an i was to whistle upon my fingers to let the boy at that fire on the hill there above know he was who told you to do so � little george sir an m ay ay right enough there my lad � two of the most notorious they are both but now like a good boy tell me the truth an i ll ve you the price of a pair of shoes do you know where the still or still house is because if you do an won t tell me here are the soldiers at hand to make a prisoner of you an it they do all the world can t prevent you � rom being hanged drawn and � oh bad may seize the morsel o me knows that but if you ll give me the mon sir tell you who can bring you to it for he me that he knew an offered to bring me there last night if i d steal him a bottle that my mother keeps the holy water in at home he d put in it well my lad who is this boy do you know harry or mankind sir i do my good boy � well it s a son of his sir an look sir do you see the smoke farthest up to the right sir to the right yes � well tis there sir that is and he says he knows how long have you been watching here this is only the third day sir for me j but the rest them boys above has been here a good while have you seen nobody stirring about the hills since you came this was a g to harry who was a and made be necessary vessels fur thb � � only sir i seen two men an empty sack or two across the hill there above at this moment the military came up for he had himself ran forward in advance of them and he repeated the substance oi his conversation with our friend the upon examining the of his countenance in which there certainly was a deficiency of meaning they agreed among themselves that his appearance justified the truth of the story which he told the and upon being still they w re confirmed that none but a stupid like himself would to his keeping any secret worth knowing they now separated themselves into as many detached parties as there were fires burning on the hills about tv era the himself to make for that which had in his keeping for he could not help thinking that the s was too natural to be they were just in the act of separating themselves to pursue their when the lad said � look sir look sur i bad be from me but there s a still any way sure i often seen a still s just like the one that philip the mended in george s bam boys exclaimed � � stoop stoop they are coming this way and don t see us no hang them no they have discovered us now and are off towards by jove this will be a bitter trick if they succeed confound them they are 