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His frankness, as he was
shrewd enough to guess, was a scource of perplexity to the
elders; it prevented them from excommunicating him without further
probation, while it left him free to indulge in further
recreations.
Some months passed away, and the absence from which Henry Donnelly
always returned with a good supply of ready money did not take
place. The knowledge of farming which his sons had acquired
now came into play. It was necessary to exercise both skill and
thrift in order to keep up the liberal footing upon which the
family had lived; for each member of it was too proud to allow the
community to suspect the change in their circumstances. De Courcy,
retained more than ever at home, and bound to steady labor, was man
enough to subdue his impatient spirit for the time; but he secretly
determined that with the first change for the better he would
follow the fate he had chosen for himself.
Late in the fall came the opportunity for which he had longed. One
evening he brought home a letter, in the well-known handwriting.


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