From: Packett W. <unp...@ca...> - 2009-09-01 17:24:02
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Aited upon the Sovereign of the town, and requested to see him. Immediately after his encounter with the black the preceding night, and while Ellen Neil offered to compensate him for the obloquy she had brought upon his name, he formed the dreadful resolution of sending him a challenge. In very few words he stated his intention to the Sovereign, who looked upon him as insane. "No, no," replied that gentleman; "go home, O'Rorke, and banish the idea out of your head; it is madness." "But I say yes, yes, with great respect to you, sir," observed Lamh Laudher. "I've been banished from my father's house, and treated with scorn by |