omise, he oughts never to go
back from his word."

"That is to say, you endeavoured to persuade him to go?"

"By-dad, I don't know about persuading; it warn't for the likes of me
to persuade him."

"On your oath, sir, didn't you endeavour to induce the prisoner to go
to Mrs. Mulready's?"

"I towld him he ought to be as good as his word."

"Yes, you did; and you think he ought to have gone?"

"May be av he'd gone there, he'd never have stood here this day."

"You wanted him to go to Mrs. Mulready's, then?"

"Wanted! No, I didn't want nothing about it."

"You only asked him to go?"

"Jist as I towld you; I said av he guv the boys his word, as a man he
shouldn't go from it."

"Did you say anything to him about Mr. Jonas Brown?"

"Jonas Brown?"

"Yes, Mr. Jonas Brown, the magistrate?"

"Faix, I don't know. I can't rightly say."

"Think now, my man; when you were trying to persuade your master to
go to the widow Mulready's, did you mention Mr. Jonas Brown's name?"

"D'ye think I do be counting my words that way; how am I to say all
the names I mintioned four or five months back?"

"On your solemn oath don't you remember mentioning that gentleman's
name to the prisoner with reference to his visit to Mrs. Mulready's?"

"What, Jonas Brown's name?"

"Yes."

"Faix I may."

"Don't you know you did?"

"Faix I don't."

"Didn't you threaten your master, that if he did not attend the
meeting, some of the boys would swear against him, before Mr. Brown,
for having joined the party and taken the oath at the wedding?"

"What av I did?"

"But did you?"

"Maybe I did--maybe I didn't; I disremember thim little things."

The cross-examination continued for a considerable time; but nothing
further that was material could be drawn from Brady. He seemed even
more unwilling to answer Mr. O'Malley, than he had been in replying
to Mr. Allewinde, and at last he was sent off the table.

The next witness called was McGovery, who had been summoned on behalf
of the prosecution. He was asked whether he had not suspected that
some foul play was intended against Ussher, and he stated in what
manner he had, in the first place, cautioned Ussher himself--then
that he had told the same thing to Father John--and that after
overhearing a portion of the conversation at Mrs. Mehan's, he had
gone to Father Cullen, for the purpose of informing him that he
feared there was a conspiracy against Mr. Keegan. Little, however,
could