United States or Antigua and Barbuda ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !


"There, paddy, what do you think of that?" said he, seizing the heap of silver with one hand, whilst he pocketed the guinea with the other. The thimble-engro stood, for some time, like one transfixed, his eyes glaring wildly, now at the table, and now at his successful customers; at last he said, "Arrah, sure, master! no, I manes my lord you are not going to ruin a poor boy!"

"That 'ere chap's a greelye, I strongly 'spect," whispered one, a regular down-east Yankee. "A what?" asked his companion. "Why, a greelye one o' them 'ere Mexikin robbers." "Arrah, now! did yez see the rid sash?" inquired an Irishman. "Thim's captin's," suggested the Yankee. "He's a captin or a kurnel; I'll bet high on that." "What did he say, Nath, as he was running off?"

"Arrah, how would we begin widout his Rivirince!" This was unanswerable. Once more into the breach, up the lonely shivery steps. This time I heard voices, and opening a door found a narrow room with about twenty people therein. The show was just agoing to begin, for, as I entered, somebody proposed that the Priest should take the chair.

Arrah it's on his hands an knees he'd have to do it." The voice which replied was pitched in a much deeper and softer key, but it was heard distinctly to say, "Ay, widdy Lynch, that's the door I seed him an' a boy go through; so ye'd better rap at it an' inquire." "Faix, an' that's jist what I'll do, though I don't half belave ye."

Every one knows of the world's opinion of the Irishman's love for fighting. Pat became nettled. "Arrah!" says he, "yer mighty fond o' swagger, but I'll tache you manners, you black baste! Come on!"

"Will we be getting ready to go now, Miss Isabel?" she asked after a moment, in a voice that shook. The glory died out of Isabel's face, though the reflection of it still lingered in her eyes. "I am very selfish, Biddy," she said. "Can you guess what Miss Dinah has just told me?" "Arrah thin, I can," said Biddy, with a touch of aggressiveness. "I've seen it coming for a long time past.

Arrah! have a care, Meetuck, ye baste, or ye'll have us kilt." This last exclamation was caused by the reckless driver dashing over a piece of rough ice that nearly capsized the sledge. Meetuck did not answer, but he looked over his shoulder with a quiet smile on his oily countenance. "Ah, then, ye may laugh!" said O'Riley, with a menacing look, "but av ye break a bone o' me body I'll "

The wild animals have now almost entirely disappeared. As will afterwards be shown, the fair since 1848 has diminished to one third its former dimensions. This subject has been fully discussed in Chap. The old Persians. Especially the sea-board Habr Gerbajis clans, the Musa Arrah, the Ali Said, and the Saad Yunis are interested in asserting their claims.

"Av ye hurry, Oi'll sthay to take him away; but Oi'll not remain here long, fer it's th' cops will be down on us roight away." "We'll get away ahead of the cops, don't fear that," declared Frank. "They're bringing him downstairs now. We had to take two or three others with him; but well not bother with them long." "Arrah! th' poor freshman!" said the driver.

A fortnight of more inactivity followed, and then we ventured out into the fields once more. But I went with the guard this time, not with the women, thanks to a whim the men had for humoring me. "Arrah, and beant he a man all but two feet," said Terence, "wid more brain than me an' Bill Cowan and Poulsson togither? 'Tis a fox's nose Davy has for the divils, Bill.