. Charles O'Malley, the Irish dragoon . t intimate friends, said Webber. Of course not, said the doctor, as he shook his handwarmly, and prepared to leave the room. OjMalley, Ileave you here, said he ; Webber and you can talk overyour arrangements. Webber followed the doctor to the door, whispered some-thing in his ear, to which the other replied, Very well, Iwill write; but if your father sends the money, I mustinsist — The rest was lost in protestations and profes-sions of the most fervent kind, amidst which the door wasshut, and Mr. Webber returned to the room. DUBLIN. Ill Short as was the
. Charles O'Malley, the Irish dragoon . t intimate friends, said Webber. Of course not, said the doctor, as he shook his handwarmly, and prepared to leave the room. OjMalley, Ileave you here, said he ; Webber and you can talk overyour arrangements. Webber followed the doctor to the door, whispered some-thing in his ear, to which the other replied, Very well, Iwill write; but if your father sends the money, I mustinsist — The rest was lost in protestations and profes-sions of the most fervent kind, amidst which the door wasshut, and Mr. Webber returned to the room. DUBLIN. Ill Short as was the interspace from the door without to theroom within, it was still ample enough to effect a very-thorough and remarkable change in the whole externalappeaiance of Mr. Frank Webber; for scarcely had theoaken panel shut out the doctor, when he appeared nolonger the shy, timid, and silvery-toned gentleman of fiveminutes before, but dashing boldly forward, he seized ak^y-bugle that lay hid beneath a sofa-cushion and blew atremendous Come forth, ye demons of the lower world, said he,drawing a cloth from a large table, and discovering thefigures of three young men coiled up beneath. Comeforth, and fear not, most timorous freshmen that ye are,said he, unlocking a pantry, and liberating two , let me introduce to your acquaintance My chum, gentlemen. Mr. OMalley, that isHarry Nesbitt, who has been in college since the days ofold Perpendicular, and numbers more cautions than any 112 CHARLES OMAXLEY. man who ever had his name on the books. Here is myparticular friend, Cecil Cavendish, the only man who couldever devil kidneys. Captain Power, Mr. OMalley, a dash-ing dragoon, as you see ; aide-de-camp to his Excellency theLord Lieutenant, and love-maker-general to Merrion SquareWest. These, said he, pointing to the late denizens of thepantry, are jibs whose names are neither known to theproctor nor the police-office ; but with due regard to theireducation
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