HOGAN, M.P.

VOL. III

NOW AT ALL THE LIBRARIES.

ISRAEL MORT; OVERMAN.

A STORY OF THE MINE.

BY JOHN SAUNDERS,

Author of "Abel Drake's Wife," "Hirell," etc.

Three Volumes, crown 8vo.

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HOGAN, M.P.

CHAPTER I.

"But by record of antique times I find
That wemen wont in warres to bear most sway,
And to all great exploites themselves inclined
Of which they still the girlond bore away;
Till envious men, fearing their rules decay,
Gan coin straight lawes to curb their liberty.
Yet sith they warlike arms have laid away,
They have excelled in arts and pollicy,

That now we foolish men that prayse gin eke t'envy."
Faerie Queene.

DIANA BURSFORD determined to go to London as soon as she heard of Mr. Hogan's success at Peatstown. She had indeed been considering the desirability of such a move for some time previous to that event. The family friend, Mr. Saltasche, having told her mother that his protégé was likely to be in Parliament ere long, Miss Bursford kept the contingency

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