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Branagan voiced the situation in rich brogue one evening when Adams had exhausted his limited vocabulary of abuse on the force for its apathy. "'Tis no use, ava, Misther Adams. If you was the boss himself 'twould be you as would put the comether on thim too quick.
Theer was never a soun' ov her feet, Misther Helbeck! She gaed ower t' grass like a bit cloud i' summer, an she wor sma' an nesh as a wagtail on t' steeans. I ha seen aw maks o' gells, but this one bet 'em aw." And after that, to think of her pouring herself out in impetuous explanation to the old peasant and his wife! It had needed a strong will to stop her. "Mr.
"'Tis only a happen-so, Misther Eckstein. Merriam owns a mine or two in the Copah, and ye know the fever: a man can't keep away from thim." "That may be; but it's a cursed unlucky combination, just the same. I tell you, Brian, he knows too much this fellow Merriam. He knew what was up when he was steering Frisbie. You told him too much.
'Who, says she, 'but but Mogue himself only honor bright, Mr. Magrath' says she, 'sure you wouldn't betray me? 'Honor bright again, says I, 'I'm not the stuff a traitor's made of; and so you see we both laughed heartily, bekaise we understood one another. Mogue," proceeded the other, "will you answer me the truth in one thing?" "If I can I will, Misther Magrath.
If Mr. Donovan 'll hire me I'll thank him." "Don't be Mistherin' me, Bartle; Misther them that has means an' substance," returned Donovan. "Oh, God forgive you, Fardorougha!" exclaimed his honest and humane wife. "God forgive you! Bartle, from my heart, from the core o' my heart, I pity you, my poor boy. An' is it to this, Fardorougha, you've brought them Oh, Saviour o' the world!"
Tim Rooney, however, was the most unkind of all. Later on in the morning he popped in his head at the cabin door. "Arrah, sure now, Misther Gray-ham, arn't ye sorry ye iver came to say, at all at all?" I should like to have pitched something at him, although I knew what he would say the moment he opened his mouth, with that comical grin of his and the cunning wink of his left eye.
What's he lying betune the quilts now fur, but by token of the bad heart in him! It's a wicked could he has, an' how did he come by it? I'll tell ye, Misther Garon.
"But I have so much to do, Riley," Gorham protested. "The more items I cross off my daily memorandum, the more I find left there to be done." "Yis, sor; that's right, sor I know it's right; it's just like th' Widow Cruse's oil jug in th' Bible, sor. But th' widow come out all right, Misther Robert, and ye'll do th' same. I'll have ye'er things ready f'r ye in a minnit, sor."
Hinnissy, th' gay young man; Hinnissy, th' high-hearted, divvle-may-care sphread-th'-light, Hinnissy's been skatin' again. May th' Lord give that man sinse befure he dies! An' he needs it right away. He ain't got long to live, if me cousin, Misther Justice Dooley, don't appoint a garjeen f'r him.
"Faith!" said he drily, setting the table in a roar as he winked from one to the other of the mess opposite, though this wink of his was hardly necessary, the habits and character of his questioner being very well known throughout the ship, "it's a rum tasthe ye'd foind thim sperrits, Oi'm afther thinkin', Misther Sharp!
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