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"*
* The proverb is pretty general throughout Tyrone. The town
of Clogher consists of only a single string of houses.
"Very well," returned the stranger; "I have something to add, in order
to make this arrangement more palatable to you."
"Hold, sir," replied the other; "before you proceed further, you must
understand me. I shall pledge myself under no terms--and I care not what
they may be--to answer any question that may throw light upon my own
personal identity, or past history."
"That will not be necessary," replied the stranger.
"What do you mean, sir," asked Fenton, starting; "do you mean to hint
that you know me?"
"Nonsense," said the other; "how could I know a man whom I never saw
before? No; it is merely concerning the local history of Ballytrain and
its inhabitants that I am speaking."
There was a slight degree of dry irony, however, on his face, as he
spoke.
"Well," said the other, "in the mean time, I don't see why I am to
comply with a condition so dictatorially laid down by a person of whom I
know nothing.


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