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"Here, Darby," said one of them, "dhrink this off, an' my life for yours, it'll warm you to the marrow!" "Och, musha, but I wanted it badly," replied Darby, swallowing it at once; "it's the only thing that does me good when I'm this way. Deah Graslhias! Oxis Doxis Glorioxis. Amin!" "I think," said M'Kenna, "that what's in the horn's far afore it."
"But the dhrame, Darby?" inquired Mrs. Reillaghan. "Won't you tell it to us?" "Let Mike follow me to the barn," he replied, "an' I'll tell him as much of it as he ought to hear. An' now let all of yez prepare for the Midnight Mass; go there wid proper intuitions, an' not to be coortin' or dhrinkin' by the way. We're all sinners, any way, an' oughtn't to neglect our sowls. Oxis Doxis Glorioxis.
Why, throth, I believe the little wits I had are all gone a shaughran! I must fast a Friday or two for the same words agin St. Pether. Oxis Doxis Glorioxis Amin." Hope is strong in love and in life. Peggy, now that grief had eased her heart of its load of accumulated sorrow, began to reflect upon Darby's anecdote of Captain Cramer, which she related to those about her.
"I did not," replied M'Kenna; "I could clear myself on all the books in Europe, that he met his death as I tould you; an' more nor that," he added, dropping upon his knees, and uncovering his head, "may I die widout priest or prayer widout help, hope, or happiness, upon the spot where he's now stretched, if I murdhered or shot him." "I say amin to that," replied Darby; "Oxis Doxis Glorioxis!
They say, indeed, that dhrames go by contriaries, but not always, to my own knowledge." "An' what was the dhrame about, Darby?" inquired Reillaghan's wife. "Why, ma'am, about some that I see on this hearth, well, an' in good health; may they long live to be so! Oxis Doxis Glorioxis Amin!" + + + "Blessed Virgin! Darby, sure it would be nothin' bad that's to happen? Would it, Darby?"
God save it to the North!" and he formed the sign of the cross in every direction to which he turned: "God save it to the South! + to the Aiste! + and to the Waiste! + Save it upwards! + and save it downwards! + Save it backwards! + and save it forwards! + Save it right! + and save it left! + Save it by night! + save it by day! + Save it here! + save it there! + Save it this way! + an' save it that way! + Save it atin'! + + + an' save it drinkin'! + + + + + + + + Oxis Doxis Glorioxis Amin.
God bless you, Mike Reillaghan; an' I'm proud that he put it into your heart to buy one for the rasons you know. An' now that Father Hoolaghan's comin', any of yez that 'ill want them 'ill find me here agin when mass is over Oxis doxis glorioxis, Amin!" The priest at this time made his appearance, and those who had been assembled on the cross-roads joined the crowd at the chapel.
Didn't he tell you what's in it?" "The gorsoon's right enough," replied Darby. "I got the horn from Barny Dalton a couple o' days agone; 'twas whiskey he had in it, an' it smells of it sure enough, an' will, indeed, for some time longer. Och! och! the heavens be praised, I've made a good dinner! May they never know want that gave it to me! Oxis Doxis Glorioxis Amin!" + + +
The heavens be praised for it, 'twas a blessed an' holy night, an' remains so from that day to this Oxis doxis glorioxis, Amin!
It shows the power of this Crass, any way; an you may tell your frinds, that I'll sell bades touched wid it to the faithful at sixpence apiece. They can be put an your padareens as Dicades, wid a blessin'. Oxis Doxis Glorioxis Amin! Let us now bear the corpse home, antil it's dressed and laid out dacently as it ought to be."
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