Kidnapping a Lord.
One day, when he was about seventeen years old, he came into his master's house with a gun in one hand and a squirrel in the other. There were two strangers sitting by the fire. They had found the door open, and had walked in.
One of the men said, "Are you a servant in this house?"
"I am," said James.
"What country did you come from?"
"Ireland."
"We are from Ireland ourselves," said one of the strange men. "What part of Ireland are you from?"
"From the county of Wexford."
"We are from that county. What is your name?"
"James Annesley."