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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 31, 27 November 1896, Page 29

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A younu Irishman in want of a few dollars wrote to his uncle ag follows " Dear Uncle — It' you could see how I blush for shame while I am wntmu 1 , you would pity me. Do you know why I Because i have to a»k you for five dollars, and do not know how to express my>elt. It is impossible for me to tell you. I would rather die. I send you this by messenger, who will wait for an answer. Believe me. my dearest imele. your rno-t obedient and affectionate nephew. ■. P.S. — Overcome by shame for what I have written, I have been running 1 after the messenger in order to take the letter from him. but I cannot catch him. Heaven grant that something ni.iy happen to stop him or that my letter may get lost." The uncle was naturally touched, but was equal to the emergency. He replied as follows • •• My dear Jack — Console yourself, and blush no longer. The messenger lost your letter. Your affectionate uncle ."' All were Irishmen — It is an interesting 1 circumstance that the latent dynamite conspiracy, with an Irishman as its central figure, has been mainly circumvented by Irishmen in our detective service. The dynamite factory at Antwerp was discovered by Mr. O'Brien the resident British detective ; Tynan was captured at Boulogne by Mr. Riley, the resident detective, and Inspector Walsh, of Scotland Yard : prominent actors in the arrest of Hell at Glasgow were Sergeants McGuire and Carroll, of the Royal Irish Constabulary; and finally the work of laying- the conspirators by the heels was directed horn the headquarters of Scotland Yard by Chief Inspector Melville and Inspector Quinn. All these men are Catholic Irishmen and like hundreds of thousands of their race and creed in the army, 1 n,i\y police and Civil Service of the United Kingdom they are the I most loyal and elheient servants of the Ktate.