ss, was the Printer's Devil, from
the Pall Mall Gazette office, whom the writer endeavoured, as best he
could, to satisfy. His exertions to complete his work rendered his fever
the greater: he could only furnish a part of the quantity of "copy"
usually supplied by him; and Shandon being absent, and Warrington not
in London to give a help, the political and editorial columns of the
Gazette looked very blank indeed; nor did the sub-editor know how to
fill them.

Mr. Finucane rushed up to Pen's chambers, and found that gentleman so
exceedingly unwell, that the good-natured Irishman set to work to supply
his place, if possible, and produced a series of political and critical
compositions, such as no doubt greatly edified the readers of the
periodical in which he and Pen were concerned. Allusions to the
greatness of Ireland, and the genius and virtue of the inhabitants of
that injured country, flowed magnificently from Finucane's pen; and
Shandon, the Chief of the paper, who was enjoying himself placidly at
Boulogne-sur-Mer, looking over the columns of the journal, which was
forwarded to him, instantly recognised the hand of the great Sub-editor,
and said, laughing, as he flung over the paper to his wife, "Look here,
Mary, my dear, here is Jack at work again." Indeed, Jack was a warm
friend, and a gallant partisan, and when he had the pen in hand, seldom
let slip an opportunity of letting the world know that Rafferty was the
greatest painter in Europe, and wondering at the petty jealousy of
the Academy, which refused to make him an R.A.: of stating that it was
generally reported at the West End, that Mr. Rooney, M.P., was appointed
Governor of Barataria; or of introducing into the subject in hand,
whatever it might be, a compliment to the Round Towers, or the Giant's
Causeway. And besides doing Pen's work for him, to the best of his
ability, his kind-hearted comrade offered to forgo his Saturday's
and Sunday's holiday, and pass those days of holiday and rest as
nurse-tender to Arthur, who, however, insisted, that the other should
not forgo his pleasure, and thankfully assured him that he could bear
best his malady alone.

Taking his supper at the Back Kitchen on the Friday night, after having
achieved the work of the paper, Finucane informed Captain Costigan of
the illness of their young friend in the Temple; and remembering the
fact two days afterwards, the Captain went to Lamb Court and paid a
visit to the invalid on Sun