collision as must take place if he put his threat into execution. I was too late, however; ere I could obtain a footing on the lobby, a blow had been struck, and in quick succession the report of a pistol followed from within, the balls splintering the panels as they passed through, one whizzing by my ear, while a stinging twitch in my right arm indicated where the other had found a resting-place. I looked down in horror at the depth below; it was little less than twenty feet; my head grew dizzy, my arm failed, and down-down I went crashing into the hall of the basement story.

When I came thoroughly to myself, and recovered from the bewilderment in which I was plunged immediately on my resuscitation, I found myself stretched on a sofa in a little parlour, with the wind blowing on my face, and a strong smell of apothecary stuff affecting my nostrils. Seymour I recognised at once, standing at my head, with a face as doleful as if he had been guilty of manslaughter. Desmond and one of his bailiffs were looking on, and a couple of policemen gave interest to the group. A surgical-looking old gentleman was feeling my pulse, and two or three other people whom I did not know, but whose local importance authorised them to poke their noses into the transaction, were standing at the foot of the sofa. A buzz ran through the whole party when I revived, and I observed the servant who drove me out quit the room hastily, as if to impart the good news elsewhere.

the head; item, a serious bruise on the hip; item, a couple of ribs broken; and, all things considered, I regarded myself as being more fortunate than usual. Seymour's deepest sympathy I had, as a matter of course. People always have such a liking for their own jobs, even though they are not professionally entitled to kill or slay; but the joy of his sister when she learned that I was but slightly hurt, was more to me than the sympathy of all the lords of the creation together. She had fainted on the first report of fire-arms, and on her recovery received the distracting intelligence that her brother had shot a gentleman. I don't want to take credit to myself for all her woe, since even the death of a tinker under such circumstances would have been a serious affliction; however, that it was in some slight degree aggravated by my being the victim was an idea too pleasing to be abandoned. Be that as it may, as soon as my wounds and bruises were dressed, and my garments replaced according to the rules of decency, Seymour led her into the room to join him in thanking me for all I had done, and in pleading with him for pardon for his almost fatal rashness-a thing that I had forgotten already, dazzled by the hopes which now crowded upon me. A fig for Demerara! I should wait for the next packet at all events, and before that time I might have reason good to stay in Ireland.

To shorten my story, let me say that the surgeon refused to let me be removed for at least a week; and as Seymour refused to quit me for a moment, Grace had to return home by herself, promising to pay us a visit on the morrow. It is needless to say that double the pain I suffered would have been a cheap purchase for half the bliss; and, as I don't intend inflicting on you the journal of my sick room,-how I grew feverish with very delight, and recovered under the same stimulant, until at last I was permitted to change my quarters for the greater comforts which their residence in M Street afforded, let me omit the daily attentions of my gentle little Grace, the hourly cares of her brother, who at my instance moreover consented to rest satisfied with the bloodshed he had already perpetrated, and let Hall go to Jericho after his own fashion,-a sacrifice which after all he could not have helped making, for the fellow absconded next morning to Germany. Let me, in fine, transport myself to the quiet, cozy little study in M-Street, where a bed had been prepared for the invalid. It was the first day I had been allowed to take wine, and Mrs. Seymour and I were sitting by ourselves, Frank and Grace having gone out to pay a few visits. The worthy old woman being a bit of a proser, and deeming it her duty to keep me in chat, had commenced a long and edifying disquisition, displaying no small fund of labour and learned research, with the purpose of investigating within what possible degrees of consanguinity the Donellans of Killmony might, could, would, or should stand related to the Blakes of Fort something, from which ancient and respectable house she derived her origin. In vain, however, she laboured; to her infinite regret she could not make out even a thirtyfirst cousinship. Common politeness demanded I should come to the poor woman's rescue; and so, following the suggestions of the wine, I spoke my mind boldly, and proposed an arrangement which would obviate the necessity of tracing back so far for an alliance. You may guess the rest. In a year's time, when she reached her years of discretion, Grace Seymour became Grace Donellan. And now, how do you like my story?

664

G.

Galatea, lines on, 271.

Gane, W. Law, the Sailor by, 357.
German Poets, specimens of modern, 573.
German Student's Tale, 516.
Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House, 462.

622.

Girl at No. 7, 507; see Old Ledger.
Grey Mare, the, see Old Ledger.
Guy Fawkes, an Historical Romance,
continuation of, the Star-Chamber,
1; the Jailor's Daughter, 3; the
Counterplot, 113; White Webbs, 121;
Marriage of Guy Fawkes and Viviana
Radcliffe, 225; the Capture of Guy
Fawkes, 233; Flight of the Conspira-
tors, 329; the Examination of Guy
Fawkes, 339; account of his under-
going the Torture, 441; the troubles
of Viviana, 453; Huddington, 551;
explosion at Holbeach, 564.

H.

I.

Legends, County, No. II. Nell Cook,
81; No. III. The Lay of the Old
Woman clothed in grey, 521, 574.
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, lines on Ga-
latea by, 271.
Light, a poem, 422; see Poems.
Lines to One far away, 149; on Elec-
tion Freedom, 179; on National De-
ficiencies, 254; to Paddy, 292; on the
successful getting-up of a new Come-
dy, 344; on the rumoured intention of
knighting Mr. Brunel, 461; to Myr-
tha, 473; to Hope, 592.
Linkman, the, 635.
Loewenthalt, Jesias Rumpler von, lines
to Hope by, 592.
Longfellow, Professor, the Village Black-
smith by, 53; It is not always May,

196.

"London Assurance," Light, by the
author of, 422.

Love Adventure, account of an Irish, 241.
Lundt, Zacharias, Bridal Hymn by, 530.

M.

M'Teague, P. Irish Superstitions by, 188.
Man about Town, Horæ Offleanæ by,
272. 413; see Hora Offleanæ.
Marine Memoranda, No. II. 206; No.
III. 503.

Martin Opitz Von Boberfeld, Content-
ment, a poem by, 398.

Medwin, Captain, Sydney, from the Me-
moranda of a Physician, by, 168
Merrie England in the Olden Time; an-
cient sports and pastimes, 17. 129. 257.
361. 486. 593.

Mobility, Children of the, 164.
Modern English Dramatists, Mr. Serjeant
Talfourd, 301.

Moscherosch, J. M., Praise of Wine by,
186.

Mountebank, the, No. III. of the Old

Ledger, 390; see Old Ledger.

Mump, story of the, 457.

Murray, Hon. R. Dundas, the Lonja of

Seville by, 583.

Mussulah Boat, 571.
My Grand Tour, 40.
Myrtha, lines to, 473.

N.

National Deficiencies, lines on, 254.
Nature, a Day with, 646.

Nell Cook!! A tale of the "Dark En-
try," 81; see County Legends.
Notes on some new Novels, 526.

North Pole, Rumfuskin, King of the, a
tragedy, 345.

Novels, notes on some new, 526.

0.

Ode, a classical one, with a free transla-
tion, 292.

INDEX.

Old Ledger, Introduction to the, 54; No.
I. The Grey Mare, 59; No. II. Septi-
mus Jeffs, 197; No. III. The Mounte-
bank, 390; No. IV. The Girl at No.
7, 507.

Old Woman clothed in Grey, Lay of the,
No. II. County Legends, 521. 574;
see County Legends.
"Omnibus," epistle from the, to Fanny
Elssler, 328.

One Hour with Death, a poem, 255; see
Poems.

Opinions of the "Times," 37.
O'Toole, Phelim, an Irish Love Adven-
ture by, 241; Adventure in the Fifteen
Acres, 647.

Paddy, lines to, translation of a Classical
Ode, 292.
Pangloss, Dr., Notes on some new novels
by, 526.

Plain Advice to Mr. Gabriel Blackadder,
474.

Physician, tale from the memoranda of a,
168.
Poems-Victoria Regina, 38; the Village
Blacksmith, 53; When shall we three
meet again, 64; the Dancing Master,
157; in Praise of Wine, 186; Sum-
mer in the Heart, 208; One hour with
Death, 255; Contentment, 398; the
Return of the Birds, 421; Light, 422;
Wishes, 502; the Bridal Hymn, 530.
Poole, John, Rumfuskin, King of the
North Pole, a Tragedy for the First of
April, by, 345.

Pop" Visit, the, 150.
Porcelain Bath, see Bath.
Pouldu, the Mill of, 644.
Poyntz, Albany, Abdications, a Prize Es-
say by, 49; The Children of the Mobi-
lity, 164; Diary of a Dining-out Man,
280; Secrets of the Blue Chamber,399;
the Linkman, 635.
Praise of Wine, a poem, 186; see Poems.

Sailor, the, 357.

Sargent, Epes, Summer in the Heart, by,

208.

Secrets of the Blue Chamber, 399.
Septimus Jeffs, see Old Ledger.
Seville, the Lonja of, 583.

Smith, O., a Tough Yarn by, 158; lines
on Taglioni, 662.

9

Albert, a Rencontre with the Brig-
ands by, 375.

S. N. H., One Hour with Death by, 256.
Songs Of the Exile to Fatherland, 205;
The Wanderer, 506.

Sonnet on presenting a young lady with a
locket of hair, 573.

Stanley Thorn, his introduction to the
House of Commons, 98; the Petition,
its progress, and the result, 107; an
important disclosure in the affairs of
the Widow, 209; reconciliation between
Bob and Venerable Joe, 212; Stanley
resolves to retrieve his fortunes, 216;
the commencement of his speculations,
423; the Countess of Clarendale's Soi-
rée Musicale, 436; the Countess re-
ceives another lesson, 531; commence-
ment of Stanley's pecuniary embarrass-
ments, 536.

S.

Rencontre with the Brigands, 375.
Return of the Birds, a poem, 421; see
Poems.
Rumfuskin, King of the North Pole, a
tragedy, 345.

T.

Taglioni, lines on, 662.

Talfourd, Mr. Serjeant, remarks on his
new Novels, 301.

Tale of the Tea-pot, Hyson and Bohea,
382.

Thorn, Stanley, see Stanley.
Three Ravens, story of the, 180.
Times, opinions on the, 37.
To One far away, lines, 149.
Tough Yarn, a, 158.
Tragedy, Rumfuskin, King of the North
Pole, 345.
"T. T. T." Hyson and Bohea, a tale by,
382;
the Porcelain Bath, 610.