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I have the good wishes of the neighbors, and indeed of the whole parish, let the thing go as it may." "I know that, Dominick, and for the same rason well have a collection at the three althars. I'll mintion it to them after Mass to-morrow, and let them be prepared for Sunday week, when we can make the collection.
'Good whiskey? exclaimed Phelim; 'did ever you see any whiskey that was bad. 'Now that you mintion it, says his riverince, 'I never did; but I've seen some that was scarce. 'Another bottle, Aunt Molly, says Phelim, 'his riverince has a hollow leg. When I came back with the bottle they were talking to a little, wild gossoon from the hills.
"Troth, it's my belaif that there's no pass at all," said Larry, somewhat doggedly, as he shifted about uneasily in the saddle; "haven't we bin comin' up to places all day that we thought was the pass, but they wasn't; I don't think Mister Arryhairo knows it hisself, and this baist of a mule has blistered my hands an' a'most broke my arms with baitin' of it not to mintion other parts o' me body.
"It's very sad," repeated Jack, "to look abroad upon this lovely world, and know that thousands of our fellow-men are enjoying it in each other's society, while we are self-exiled here." "An' so it is," said Teddy, "not to mintion our fellow-women an' our fellow-childers to boot." "To be sure we have got each other's society, O'Donel," continued Jack, "and the society of the gulls "
"Why, man, we're goin' to have a line of ilictric street-cars in this town next spring." "'A line of electric street-cars," repeated the Swede, stupidly. "And," said Scully, "there's a new railroad goin' to be built down from Broken Arm to here. Not to mintion the four churches and the smashin' big brick school-house. Then there's the big factory, too.
"Took a sup on account o' what's expected! an' what's the manin'o' that, Bartle?" "Why, what would it mane but but your marriage?" "An' thunder an' fury?" exclaimed Connor, his eyes gleaming; "did you go to betray trust, an' mintion Una's name an' mine, afther what I tould you?" "Don't be foolish, Connor," replied Flanagan; "is it mad you'd have me to be?
We'll build a castle, and you'll have upstairs and downstairs a coach and six to ride in lots of sarvints to attend on you, and full and plinty of everything; not to mintion hem! not to mintion that you'll have a husband that the fairest lady in the land might be proud of, says he, stretching himself up in the saddle, and giving the filly a jag of the spurs, to show off a bit; although the coaxing rogue knew that the money which was to do all this was her own.
And what are the bloody wretches to do, Mick. But I needn't ask that, for I suppose it's to murder myself, and to burn my place. "'I'm afeard, sir, you're not far from the truth, replied Mick; 'but, Mr. Johnston, for God's sake don't mintion my name; for, if you do, I'll get myself what they were laying out for you, be bumed in my bed maybe.
But plaze don't mintion the little debt you say you owe me an' the other boys. Ye don't owe us nothin' o' the sort. But who comes here? Muster Fred it is the very man I want to see." "Yes, and I want to see him too, Paddy, so let me speak first, for a brief space, in private, and you can have him as long as you like afterwards."
"That's right, mother," cried young Malone, "howld yer tongues, boys, and let's hear what the widdy has to say. Isn't it herself has got the great mind not to mintion the body?" "Shut your murphy-trap, Teddy," retorted the widow, "an' here's what I've got to say. We must have only wan man to guide us if we are to get on at all. Too many cooks, ye knows well enough, is sure to spile the broth.
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