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"I'd depind an him," said he, in a soliloquy, "as soon as I'd depind upon ice of an hour's growth: an', whether or not, sure as I'm an my way to Owen Reillaghan's, the father of the dacent boy that he's strivin' to outdo, mayn't I as well watch his motions, any way?"
But is there such a thing, sir?" "Not a penny, and so you may tell your friends." "Well, but, sir, grantin' that, still you'll acknowledge that I'm long-headed." "No, only long-winded." "Not long-headed, then?" "No, certainly not." "Damnu orth a veehone bradagh! come Rosha. Not long-headed! troth it's a poor religion to depind on an' I'll make a show of it yet, if I'm spared. Come, woman alive."
"To make me escape, sure," said Ted, holding the head of his cudgel close up to his friend's nose; "across the mountains or over the say, by hook or crook, or through the air, escape I will somehow, even though I should have to jump out at me mouth an' lave me body behind me, for depind upon it that all the Turks an' Moors an' boors an' naigers in the Pirates' Nest ain't able to take Ted Flaggan alive!"
"We shall have to depind on Providence to hilp us, though it may be the folks are in no naad of our assistance." "I pray that such may be the case," was the fervent response of Warren, accompanied by a sigh of misgiving. "I think we shall be able to take care of ourselves, but father is in a bad fix with mother and Dot on his hands. I hope Plummer has joined them."
I passed it to-day, and it looked so cheerful; and when you get there, you must take Ellen's advice, and depind solely on yourself. 'Och! ma'am dear, don't mention it; sure it's that makes me so down in the mouth this very minit. Sure I saw that born blackguard, Jack Waddy, and he comes in here, quite innocent-like 'Shane, you've an eye to squire's new lodge, says he.
"Most iv me frinds take their vacations long afther they are overdue. That's because they don't know how to take thim. They depind on railroads an' steamers an' what th' boss has to say about it. Long afther th' vacation will do thim no good, about th' fifteenth iv August, they tear off for th' beauties iv nature.
"I'll back the misthress any money," replied the maid. "Two to one on the masther," said the man. "Whoo! our side o' the house for ever! Come, Pether, hould up your head, there's money bid for you!" "Ellish, I'll fight for you ankle deep," said Katty "depind your life an me."
Could nothing be done for him now, Father Roach? says I, looking up in the priest's face. "'I'm greatly afraid, Mickey, he was a bad man, a very bad man. "'And ye think he'll go there? says I. "'Indeed, Mickey, I have my fears. "'Upon my conscience, says I, 'I believe you're right; he was always a restless crayture. "'But it doesn't depind on him, says the priest, crossly.
Peter evaded this point, saying, "Well, anyway, those times, if there was just the two of them in it, and no harm to be doin', let alone any good people to know the differ, it's on'y a quare sort of Divil he'd get the chance of bein'. I wouldn't call him anythin' much." "He wouldn't be so very long, you may depind," Johanna pronounced.
And that's all there is to it, for sure when you've got that far you're wan of them agitators." The boys listened respectfully, and their mother went on: "Little Jim's got started that way. He's that far along that he don't do nothin' good he's set at only when it's a happen so. You can't depind on him.
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