Charles OMalley, vol 2

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CHARLES O'MALLEY
The Irish Dragoon
BY CHARLES LEVER.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHIZ.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
[Illustration: EXORCISING A SPIRIT.]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER
I. THE DOCTOR'S TALE II. THE SKIRMISH III. THE LINES OF
CIUDAD RODRIGO IV. THE DOCTOR V. THE COA VI. THE
NIGHT MARCH VII. THE JOURNEY VIII. THE GHOST IX.
LISBON X. A PLEASANT PREDICAMENT XI. THE DINNER XII.
THE LETTER XIII. THE VILLA XIV. THE VISIT XV. THE
CONFESSION XVI. MY CHARGER XVII. MAURICE XVIII. THE
MASQUERADE XIX. THE LINES XX. THE RETREAT OF THE
FRENCH XXI. PATRICK'S DAY IN THE PENINSULA XXII.
FUENTES D'ONORO XXIII. THE BATTLE OF FUENTES
D'ONORO XXIV. A RENCONTRE XXV. ALMEIDA XXVI. A
NIGHT ON THE AZAVA XXVII. MIKE'S MISTAKE XXVIII.
MONSOON IN TROUBLE XXIX. THE CONFIDENCE XXX. THE
CANTONMENT XXXI. MICKEY FREE'S ADVENTURE XXXII.
THE SAN PETRO XXXIII. THE COUNT'S LETTER XXXIV. THE

TRENCHES XXXV. THE STORMING OF CIUDAD RODRIGO
XXXVI. THE RAM
PART XXXVII. THE DESPATCH
XXXVIII. THE LEAVE XXXIX. LONDON XL. THE BELL AT
BRISTOL XLI. IRELAND XLII. THE RETURN XLIII. HOME XLIV.
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE XLV. A SURPRISE XLVI. NEW
VIEWS XLVII. A RECOGNITION XLVIII. A MISTAKE XLIX.
BRUSSELS L. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE LI. THE DUCHESS OF
RICHMOND'S BALL LII. QUATRE BRAS LIII. WATERLOO LIV.
BRUSSELS LV. CONCLUSION L'ENVOI

ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHIZ IN VOL. II
Etchings EXORCISING A SPIRIT THE TABLES TURNED 210 THE
GENTLEMEN WHO NEVER SLEEP 405 THE WELCOME HOME
472
Illustrations in the Text A FLYING SHOT 28 O'MALLEY
FOLLOWING THE CUSTOM OF HIS COUNTRY 77 MR. FREE
TURNED SPANIARD 96 CHARLEY TRYING A CHARGER 118
GOING OUT TO DINNER 152 DISADVANTAGE OF
BREAKFASTING OVER A DUELLING-PARTY 157 MR. FREE
PIPES WHILE HIS FRIENDS PIPE-CLAY 218 A HUNTING
TURN-OUT IN THE PENINSULA 240 MIKE CAPTURING THE
TRUMPETER 248 CAPTAIN MICKEY FREE RELATING HIS
HEROIC DEEDS 310 BABY BLAKE 355 MICKEY ASTONISHES
THE NATIVES 403 DEATH OF HAMMERSLEY 463

CHARLES O'MALLEY.
THE IRISH DRAGOON.
* * * * *

CHAPTER I.
THE DOCTOR'S TALE.[1]

"It is now some fifteen years since--if it wasn't for O'Shaughnessy's
wrinkles, I could not believe it five--we were quartered in Loughrea.
There were, besides our regiment, the Fiftieth and the Seventy-third,
and a troop or two of horse artillery, and the whole town was literally a
barrack, and as you may suppose, the pleasantest place imaginable. All
the young ladies, and indeed all those that had got their brevet some
years before, came flocking into the town, not knowing but the Devil
might persuade a raw ensign or so to marry some of them.
"Such dinner parties, such routs and balls, never were heard of west of
Athlone. The gayeties were incessant; and if good feeding, plenty of
claret, short whist, country dances, and kissing could have done the
thing, there wouldn't have been a bachelor with a red coat for six miles
around.
[Footnote 1: I cannot permit the reader to fall into the same blunder,
with regard to the worthy "Maurice," as my friend Charles O'Malley
has done. It is only fair to state that the doctor in the following tale was
hoaxing the "dragoon." A braver and a better fellow than Quill never
existed, equally beloved by his brother officers, as delighted in for his
convivial talents. His favorite amusement was to invent some story or
adventure in which, mixing up his own name with that of some friend
or companion,