I inscribe this Book

IN MEMORY OF

A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAPTER
I.[MIRAGE.]
II.[RETROSPECT.]
III.[SHADOWS.]
IV.[BANISHMENT.]
V.[STROGUE ABBEY.]
VI.[MY LADY'S PROJECT.]
VII.[TRINITY.]
VIII.[CAIN AND ABEL.]
IX.[THE PRIORY.]
X.[LOVES AND DOVES?]
XI.[STORMY WEATHER.]
XII.[A MOTHER'S WILES.]

MY LORDS OF STROGUE.

CHAPTER I.

[MIRAGE.]

'Hurrah! 'tis done--our freedom's won--hurrah for the Volunteers!

By arms we've got the rights we sought through long and wretched years.