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I heerd him wanst makin' a speech that near injooced me to take a bumb in me hand an' blow up Westminsther Cathedral. 'A-re ye, he says, 'men, or a-re ye slaves? he says. 'Will ye, he says, 'set idly by, he says, 'while th' Sassenach, he says, 'has th' counthry iv Immitt an' O'Connell, he says, 'an' Jawn Im Smyth, he says, 'undher his heel? he says.
He and his men made the West Gate their chief mark; but before they could get a fair sight of it, they were forced to shoot down the fish-flakes, or stages for drying cod, that obstructed the view. Some of their party were soon killed, Captain Pierce by a cannon-ball, Thomas Ash by a "bumb," and others by musketry.
Bee left him, glided like a spirit through the crowd, passed from the room and went upstairs, flight after flight, until she reached the third floor, and rapped at Ishmael's door. "Come in," said the rich, deep, sweet voice always sweet in its tones, whether addressing man, woman, or child human being or bumb brute; "come in." Bee entered the little chamber, so dark after the lighted rooms below.
'Arouse, he says, 'slaves an' despots! he says. 'Clear th' way! he says. 'Cowards an' thraitors! he says. 'Faugh-a-ballagh! he says. He had th' beer privilege at th' picnic, Jawn. "Hinnissy, th' plumber, who blew wan iv his fingers off with a bumb intinded f'r some iv th' archytecture iv Liverpool, had th' conthract f'r runnin' th' knock-th'-babby-down-an'-get-a-nice-seegar jint.
"'Z got me all shuck up. Whar's that 'r bottle?" "'Z goin' t' eat a bumb ol' fool burro!" Hank chortled weakly, feeling tenderly certain nicks on his cheeks where gravel had landed. "Paw, you ol' fool, you, don't hawg the hull thing gimme a drink!" "Casey's sure all right," came Joe's official O.K. of the performance. "Casey said 'e c'd do it 'n' Casey done it!"
Casey, flattened against the wall in preparation for the blast, laughed exultantly. Paw and Hank and Joe picked themselves up and clung together for mutual support and comfort. They craned necks forward, goggling incredulously at what little was left of the burro and the pile of tin cans. "'Z that a bumb?" Paw cackled nervously at last, clawing gravel out of his uncombed beard.
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