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"Roguery," said he, "Misthur Hees, is a sthrong term; and which, in consideration of my friendship for your family, I shall pass over. You doubt your son's honour, as there wrote by him in black and white?" "You have forced him to write," said Mr. Hayes. "The sly old divvle's right," muttered Mr. Macshane, aside. "Well, sir, to make a clean breast of it, he HAS been forced to write it.
Continuing, he said, "A porter in our establishment, who is an Irishman, came to me the other day, and speaking very confidentially, whispered, 'Sure now, Misthur , you woudn't guiss be me taulk, thit I wus an Irishmin." "Certainly not," said my friend, laughing, when the fellow replied, quite happily, "Whi-thin that's right any how."
But that gentleman, contrary to his usual wont, seemed to have no opinion on the matter; he continued scratching his head, and swinging one leg, while he stood on the other. Thady, finding that his counsellor said nothing, continued, "Joe Reynolds will out of that this time, d'you hear? what has he on that bit of land of his?" "Pratees mostly, Misthur Thady.
"Obstinate ould fool! why, Pat, he must have the money." "Money, to be shure he has the money, Misthur Thady; but maybe he'd be the bigger fool if he gave it to your father." "Do the boys mane to say they won't pay the rent at all?" "They mane to say they can't; an' it's nearly thrue for them." "Was Joe Reynolds at the fair, Pat?"
"Me frind, the honorable Misthur Magrew, is hard o' hearing," explained the Irishman in an undertone. "Be hard o' hearin'? then he be hard o' payin' too," answered the landlord. "He 'ave been a whole veek in my 'ouse and not one pickyunne 'ave paid." "Lave all to me," said the Irishman in his conciliatory manner, gently leading the landlord to another part of the room.
It's true for you; he is persecuting them too far; what with revenue police, constabulary police, and magistrates' warrants, they won't let them walk to mass quietly next. I didn't care what they did to Master Myles, but they'd have the worst of it in the end." "And it's little you ought to care for the same Captain, Misthur Thady, av you heard all.
"I tell you what it is, Pat," said he, after finishing the process of blowing, and drawing, and throwing the coal on the earthen floor, and pressing down the hot burning tobacco with the top of his forefinger repeatedly, "Misthur Joe Reynolds will out of that.
"An' you'd be for puttin' a stranger over thim, Misthur Thady; an' they that would stand between you an' all harum, or the masthur, or the old masthur afore him; becaze of the dirthy money, and becaze a blagguard and a black ruffian like Flannelly has an ould paper signed by the masthur, or the like? An' as for Mr.
"Sorra a one av me knows then, Misthur Thady; only that the tenants is no good frinds to the Captain; nor why should they, an' he going through the counthry with a lot of idle blagguards, with arms, an' guns, sazin' the poor divils for nothin' at all, only for thryin' to make out the rint for yer honor, with a thrifle of potheen?
"Ye see me frind, knowing his infirmity, asked mesilf to pay all bills for Misthur Magrew, and he gave me the money, I clear forgot it, or I should have paid you." Then Terrence drew forth a well-filled purse, which greatly mollified the landlord, and when all differences were squared, he was completely satisfied, smiling and agreeable.
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