CHAPTER XIII Dublin--The Boarding-house--Select Society CHAPTER XIV The Chase CHAPTER XV Mems Of the North Cork CHAPTER XVI Theatricals CHAPTER XVI* (The chapter # is a repeat) The Wager CHAPTER XVII The Elopement Volume 3. CHAPTER XVIII Detachment Duty--An Assize Town CHAPTER XIX The Assize Town CHAPTER XX A Day in Dublin CHAPTER XXI A Night at Howth CHAPTER XXII The Journey CHAPTER XXIII Calais Volume 4. CHAPTER XXIV The Gen d'Arme CHAPTER XXV The Inn at Chantraine CHAPTER XXVI Mr O'Leary CHAPTER XXVII Paris CHAPTER XXVIII Paris Volume 5. CHAPTER XXIX Captain Trevanion's Adventure CHAPTER XXX Difficulties CHAPTER XXXI Explanation CHAPTER XXXII Mr O'Leary's First Love CHAPTER XXXIII Mr O'Leary's Second Love CHAPTER XXXIV The Duel CHAPTER XXXV Early Recollections--A First Love CHAPTER XXXVI Wise Resolves CHAPTER XXXVII The Proposal CHAPTER XXXVIII Thoughts upon Matrimony in general, and in the Army in particular--The Knight of Kerry and Billy M'Cabe CHAPTER XXXIX A Reminiscence CHAPTER XL The Two Letters CHAPTER XLI Mr O'Leary's Capture Volume 6. CHAPTER XLII. The Journey CHAPTER XLIII. The Journey CHAPTER XLIV. A Reminscence of the East CHAPTER XLV. A Day in the Phoenix CHAPTER XLVI. An Adventure in Canada CHAPTER XLVII. The Courier's Passport CHAPTER XLVIII. A Night in Strasbourg CHAPTER XLIX. A Surprise CHAPTER L. Jack Waller's Story CHAPTER LI. Munich CHAPTER LII. Inn at Munich CHAPTER LIII. The Ball CHAPTER LIV. A Discovery CHAPTER LV. Conclusion A WORD OF INTRODUCTION. "Story! God bless you; I have none to tell, sir." It is now many--do not ask me to say how many--years since I received from the Horse Guards the welcome intelligence that I was gazetted to an insigncy in his Majesty's __th Foot, and that my name, which had figured so long in the "Duke's" list, with the words "a very hard case" appended, should at length appear in the monthly record of promotions and appointments. Since then my life has been passed in all the vicissitudes of war and peace. The camp and the bivouac--the reckless gaiety of the mess-table --the comfortless solitude of a French prison--the exciting turmoils of active service--the wearisome monotony of garrison duty, I have alike partaken of, and experienced. A career of this kind, with a temperament ever ready to go with the humour of those about him will always be sure of its meed of adventure. Such has mine been; and with no greater pretension than to chronicle a few of the scenes in which I have borne a part, and revive the memory of the other actors in them--some, alas! Now no more--I have ventured upon these "Confessions."