Hugh became a favorite with purchasers and employers. Among the regular customers were the Todds and McAllisters of Ballynaskeagh and Glascar, in County Down. Their servants were often accompanied by a youth named McGlory, who drove his own cart. McGlory and Brontë, who were about the same age, resembled each other in the fiery color of their hair. They became great friends, and it was arranged that Brontë should visit McGlory in County Down during the Christmas holidays. This visit was fraught with important consequences for Hugh, and marked an epoch in his eventful career. EDITOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT.--In the September number of McClure's Magazine will be told the romantic story of Hugh Brontë's courtship, and his elopement with Alice McGlory upon the very day appointed by her family for her marriage with Joe Burns. * * * * * Transcribers Note Table of Contents and Illustration List added. Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.