only one
of his haunts which I know, is the old Cleikum Inn, where he chose to
take up his residence. He has now left it, but perhaps the old crab-fish
of a landlady may know something of him."

"I will not fail to enquire," said Lord Etherington; and, with these
words, he took a kind farewell of Mowbray, mounted his horse, and rode
up the avenue.

"A cool fellow," said Mowbray, as he looked after him, "a d--d cool
fellow, this brother-in-law of mine, that is to be--takes a shot at his
father's son with as little remorse as at a blackcock--what would he do
with me, were we to quarrel?--Well, I can snuff a candle, and strike out
the ace of hearts; and so, should things go wrong, he has no Jack Raw to
deal with, but Jack Mowbray."

Meanwhile the Earl of Etherington hastened home to his own apartments at
the Hotel; and, not entirely pleased with the events of the day,
commenced a letter to his correspondent, agent, and confidant, Captain
Jekyl, which we have fortunately the means of presenting to our
readers.--

"Friend Harry,--They say a falling house is best known by the rats
leaving it--a falling state, by the desertion of confederates and
allies--and a falling man, by the desertion of his friends. If this
be true augury; your last letter may be considered as ominous of my
breaking down. Methinks, you have gone far enough, and shared deep
enough with me, to have some confidence in my _savoir faire_--some
little faith both in my means and management. What crossgrained
fiend has at once inspired you with what I suppose you wish me to
call politic doubts and scruples of conscience, but which I can only
regard as symptoms of fear and disaffection? You can have no idea of
'duels betwixt relations so nearly connected'--and 'the affair seems
very delicate and intricate'--and again, 'the matter has never been
fully explained to you'--and, moreover, 'if you are expected to take
an active part in the business, it must be when you are honoured
with my full and unreserved confidence, otherwise how could you be
of the use to me which I might require?' Such are your expressions.

"Now, as to scruples of conscience about near relations, and so
forth, all that has blown by without much mischief, and certainly is
not likely to occur again--besides, did you never hear of friends
quarrelling before? And are they not to exercise the usual
privileges