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THE IRISH ORPHAN IN AMERICA. 181<br />
my aim this time, but all is not lost ; your brother is <strong>in</strong><br />
our hands, and if we don't make him a good, sound Pro-<br />
testant, my name is not Ge<strong>or</strong>ge Wilson, Remember !"•<br />
And he raised his<br />
left the room.<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ger with a warn<strong>in</strong>g gesture as he<br />
<strong>Willy</strong> <strong>Burke</strong> was far from hear<strong>in</strong>g this threat without<br />
emotion, as his vary<strong>in</strong>g colours truly told ; but yet it did<br />
not prevent him from do<strong>in</strong>g wjiat he thought his duty.<br />
Go<strong>in</strong>g, then, up to Mr. Weimar and Mr. Talbot, where<br />
they stood together near the fireplace, he said, <strong>in</strong> a low<br />
voice— " Might I venture, gentlemen, to ask you a favour,<br />
now that you know I 'm not guilty of that crime ?"<br />
" Yes ! ask what you please, <strong>Willy</strong>!" said Mr. Talbot,<br />
k<strong>in</strong>dly tak<strong>in</strong>g his hand ; " I know very well that you will<br />
make no unreasonable request".<br />
" Well, sir, if you and Mr. Weimar wouldn't th<strong>in</strong>k it<br />
too great a liberty f<strong>or</strong> me to take, I 'd ask you to f<strong>or</strong>give<br />
Mr. Wilson and the other young men. <strong>The</strong>y 're all<br />
longer <strong>in</strong> the place than I am ; and as you never found<br />
any of them dishonest bef<strong>or</strong>e now, its pla<strong>in</strong> that it was<br />
only meant f<strong>or</strong> a joke. And then it would be hard if<br />
they 'd be sent away on my account, that 's only a stranger,<br />
after all. That 's what I wanted to say, gentlemen ; but<br />
I didn't like to come up to speak to you bef<strong>or</strong>e Mr.*<br />
Wilson".<br />
? Now, Weimar !" said Talbot, without reply<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
<strong>Willy</strong>, "you heard what Wilson said to him as he leit<br />
the room ; so that you have bef<strong>or</strong>e you all his conduct,<br />
and yet you hear him sue f<strong>or</strong> pardon f<strong>or</strong> that persever<strong>in</strong>g<br />
foe. What th<strong>in</strong>k you now ?" and he added, <strong>in</strong> a lower<br />
voice, "see if this be not the effect of his religious<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ciples ?" .