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Did I lie, as O'Hara lied, till the young wans in the Tyrone turned white wid the fear av the Judgment av God killin' thim all in a lump, as ut killed the woman at Devizes? I did not! I have sinned my sins an' I have made my confesshin, an' Father Victor knows the worst av me. O'Hara was tuk, before he cud spake, on Rafferty's doorstep, an' no man knows the worst av him. But this much I know!
Observing a deeper seriousness in her attitude, he added, "Why, if it was in war-time he'd get a BALL from them sodgers on sight." "Yes; but YOU ain't got no call to interfere," said Maggie. "Ain't I? Why, he's no better than an outlaw. I ain't sure that he hasn't been stealin' or killin' somebody over theer." "Not that man!" said Maggie impulsively.
"'What th' devil did ye mean? asked Andrews; 'did ye take her to be Jameson in disguise? "''Pon me whurd, says O'Toole, 'th' first wan that comes aboard was no other an' this one looked enough like him from a stern view. 'Tis a bad trade, though, this killin' av leddies. An' he leered so at Garnett he swore horrible an' went forrads.
"'I've lost my niggah and my instruments, Sam, says the doctah, 'but that's no reason why the damyankees should have the satisfaction of killin' a puffeckly good rebel, when there's not enough to go around now. Hold your leg still, says he, rollin' up his sleeves, 'an' with the help of God and my scissahs and my shirt-tail, I'll save it for you. An' he did.
Rickman,* who were to accompany him on the journey. They first proceeded to Linlithgow, Bannockburn,* Stirling, Callendar, the Trosachs, and round by the head of Loch Earn to Killin, Kenmore, and by Aberfeldy to Dunkeld.
"He's killin' off everybody in town but his friends he's killed eight men, a man a day, since he's been in office. He's got everybody lookin' for a hole." "A man a day!" said Morgan, scarcely able to believe the news. "Who was they?" Stilwell inquired, bringing his chair down from its easy slant against the sod wall, leaning forward to catch the particulars of this unequaled record of slaughter.
Andy put on his hat, glanced at the sun, and strode to his pony. Far across the eastern desert he saw the posse a mere moving dot against the blue. "Wolf-hungry to make a killin' because they're foolin' themselves that they're actin' out the law! Well, come on, Chico, old hoss, we got to make home before sundown."
"Many thanks to you, sir," replied he; "troth and whaix, I didn't taste a morshel for the last fwhour hugh hugh-and twenty hours; and sure, sir, it's this cough that's killin' me by inches." A thought struck Lanigan, who had been also spoken to by the gardener, about half an hour before, to know if he could tell him where he might have any chance of finding an assistant.
That's why I let this hussy in to talk to you. I thought I'd hear somethin', an' I did!" "Lawler, you're free as the air! If there's any more of this talk about chargin' you with killin' them two guys, an' you don't salivate them that's doin' the talkin', I will!" After his first quick glance at Moreton, Lawler looked at Della.
Men make me sick; w'en they're boys they're that troublesome they ought to be kep' under a tub, and we'n they get older they're that cantankerous and self-important they all want killin' off." "I'll bet Mrs Rooney won't be workin' for a different man to him. If her convictions led her that way, you'd see he'd have a flute about her not bein' fit to be out of her home," said grandma astutely.
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