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"Now, Purcel," said he, when they had reached the garden, "this, after all, is only a false alarm, or even if it be not, we know that the government could by no means afford to abandon the established church in Ireland, because that would be, in other words, to reject the aid of, and sever themselves from all connection with, the whole Protestant party; and you, as a man of sense, Purcel, need not be told that it is only by the existence of a Protestant party in this country that they are enabled to hold it in union with England at all."
"Well, now," said the pedlar, whilst folding up again the goods which he had displayed for sale, "upon my profits, Misther Purcel, it's a perfect delight to me to call here, an' that whether I dale or not although I'm sure to do so always when I come.
And what was equally striking, the female portion of them were as free from the weakness and timidity of their sex, in this respect, as the males. On the morning but one afterwards, John Purcel proceeded to the house of his friend and neighbor, Fitzy O'Driscol, as he was usually termed for brevity. O'Driscol was rather a small man that is to say, he was short but thick, and of full habit.
Julia Purcel, however, though a women, possessed no whit of her sex's cowardice; on the contrary, her bosom heaved with indignant scorn, and her eye gave him back glance for glance, in a spirit that disdained to quail before his violence.
Purcel was a warm and impetuous young fellow, who certainly detested everything in the shape of dishonesty or deceit and here he had too many instances of both to be able to keep his temper, especially when he felt that he and his family were the sufferers.
"Well, Jack," said the pompous distributor of justice, addressing young Purcel, "how do you do? Take a seat by the way, is it true that your father and my excellent friend, Dr. Turbot, were shot at yesterday?" "True enough," replied John; "the bullet whistled right between them, and so close that each felt the wind of it." "The country is getting into a frightful state, friend Purcel, eh?
Purcel says, your worship; for instead of that, plaise your reverence, when I threatened to come to you to get the law against him 'I'll go to Squire Driscol, says I, 'and that's the gintleman that will give me justice at any rate. 'You and Squire Driscol may go be hanged, says he; 'I don't regard him a traneen; he thinks, since he has been made into a justice of pace, that the ground's not worthy to carry him, says he.
"He is dead, captain," replied several, "and so may every one die that's a traitor to the Cannie Soogah our bold Captain Right." A body of about a thousand men now made their appearance, every one of them personally devoted to the Cannie Soogah; and brought there for the humane purpose, if possible, of saving Purcel and his sons that night.
Purcel, on seeing him, signed hastily with his hand that he should approach, which the other, observing the unusual agitation betrayed by his gesture, immediately did at a pace considerably quickened. "Here, Cannie," he shouted out to him, ere he had time to approach, "here has been an attempt at murder by some cold-blooded and cowardly assassin, who has, I fear, escaped us!"
Even as a stranger you can hardly be safe, and if you wish to know why, whisper," and she spoke so low as only barely to be heard, "there's a meeting of Whiteboys to be here to-night; anyhow, you're the friend of O'Driscol and Procthor Purcel, and that same would be enough to make them give you a knock.
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