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THE IRISH ORPHAN IN AMERICA. 185
"I hope you'll not forget me in your prayers then",
said Willy, with unaffected fervour ; 'for there's nothing
more delightful to all true Catholics, than to see them
that 's outside the Church comin' in, where they know
they '11 find a safe shelter. You may be sure I '11 pray
for you If They then bade each other good night, and
each went his way to his room.
CAAPTEE XL
THE REVENGE.
*^N the following morning Wilson was paid
off and dismissed, with a friendly admonition
from Mr. Talbot, warning him
of the danger of giving way to his pas-
sions, and reminding him of the disgraceful
scene how the night before, and
the consequent loss of his situation,
were but the sequel of that memorable conversation
wherein he had so wantonly (though, perhaps, without
any degree of malice) attacked Willy Burke on the score
of his religion. "Revenge", said Mr. Talbot, "is at all
times an unholy feeling, and, if indulged, will often be
found to recoil on the head of him who worked it for
another. Thus you promised to be revenged on Burke,
merely because he put a sudden stop to your ridicule of
his religion and its priests. Well, you have done your
utmost; you have made a desperate effort to fulfil your
vow, and here it is yourself who suffers. You sought to