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"Bad cess for ever saize him for a murdherin' villain, whoever he was. You have no notion, Masther Purcel, darlin', where he went to?" "Not the slightest, Cannie; the villain wouldn't have got off so easily, only that he had the diabolical cunning to lock the gate outside and conceal the key: so that whilst I was coming round to the place, he escaped. Did you meet or see nobody yourself?"
"Why, to tell you the truth, my dear Fitzy, I was a good deal alarmed when I heard of that ugly notice you got; but it's not every man would have borne the thing with such courage as you did." "Thank you, Mister Purcel, I feel that as a compliment coming from you; and by the way, I haven't forgotten to mention you with praise in my correspondence with the Castle.
Purcel spoke: "Alick," said she, "you must save yourself: we may receive some mercy at the hands of these men, but you will not; hide yourself somewhere, and, when they come in, we will say that you perished with your father and brother." "No, my dear mother," replied her son, "while I have life I will not separate from' you and these dear girls."
Purcel, as I'm tould that they're brought to the dry praitie at last, God help them." It was in the early part of the day of O'Driscol's last triumph on Duke Schomberg, that John Purcel went to discharge to a clergyman in the next parish, a commission of a similar nature to that just recited.
However," he added, "if you will postpone this matter of Hourigan's for a few minutes, I shall soon see whether there is any one there or not." Purcel declined them with a nod, taking a good case at the same time out of his own pocket. "No, sir, thank you, I never travel without my two friends here, with either of which I can break a bottle at the distance of thirty yards.
"Thank you, Purcel; I must say you certainly have, on all occasions, exerted yourself faithfully and honestly in support of my interests." "Money, sir," pursued the other, without appearing to look to the right or to the left, "I have for you. Would you venture to guess to what amount?" "Well, under the circumstances you speak of, less, I dare say, than I expect."
"There is another charge still to come," said the young man who conducted the prosecution; "we pass by the three massacres, and all the blood that was shed in them; and all the sorrow and misery, and affliction that they occasioned we pass them by, I say, and to show all here present that we are not like Purcel and his sons, resolved to avail ourselves of any advantage against those we prosecute, I will just confine myself to one case of murder, instead of many because you all know, that if they are found guilty upon one count, it will be sufficient for our purpose.
He began his examination in such a delicate manner that the girl grew more and more communicative, and revealed her history, which was not a common one. Her name was Mary Ann Purcel, and she was the daughter of a respectable cordwainer of London.
"In that case, the girls must certainly buy something," added Purcel. "But we've no money, papa." "But," replied the pedlar, "you have what's betther good credit with the Cannie Soogah och, upon my profits I'd rather have one sweet coaxin' smile from that purty little mouth of yours, Miss Julia, than money in hand any day! Ah!
Get me my pistols, I say a case for each pocket, and the blunderbush under my arm then come on, M'Donough, as the play says, and blazes to him who runs last." "We do, sir," said Fergus, laughing; "not a doubt of it." The latter then whispered something to Purcel, who smiled, and immediately turning to the doughty magistrate, said: "Well, sir, since you insist upon protecting me home "
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