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For the intervening months had not brought the desirable "thrifle more wit" to his unsteady brother Thady, who, on the contrary, was developing into one of those people whose good-for-nothingness is taken as a matter of course even by themselves; and a bolt was thus, so to speak, drawn across Mick's locked door. He set off betimes on his long ramble.
"Owen, I tould you awhile agone, that you must be a man. I gave you the worst news first, an' what's to come doesn't signify much. It was too dear; for if any man could live upon it you could: you have neither house nor home, Owen, nor land. An ordher came from the Agint; your last cow was taken, so was all you had in the world hem barrin' a thrifle.
"Well, well," said Honora More which means great Honora, in opposition to her daughter, Fardorougha's wife; this being an epithet adopted for the purpose of contradistinguishing the members of a family when called by the same name "Well," said she, "I suppose it's as good. My own heart, dear knows, is not in a thrifle, only I have my doubts about Fardorougha.
Hickman, sir, the head agent, your honor; that's the go. Throth, the same Mr. Hickman is but, God forbid, sir, I'd spake a word against the absent; but any way, he's a good round thrifle, one way or the other, out of your pocket, from Jinny-warry to December."
"Have you yourself been working upon the feelings of the young man's susceptible nature to injuice him to break off an engagement, and with it me adored Emily's heart? Have a care, sir, how you thrifle with the honour of John Costigan. If I thought any mortal man meant to do so, be heavens I'd have his blood, sir were he old or young." "Mr. Costigan!" cried out the Major. "Mr.
God pity you both an' grant you a betther fate than what appears to be before you! for I did hear a thrifle of your discoorse." There was something singularly benevolent and kind in the old pedlar's voice, as he uttered the last words, and he had not gone many perches from the stone, when Dalton's heart relented as he reflected on his harsh and unfriendly demeanor towards him.
It's surprisin' the foolery there does be in people." "Och, murdher, women alive!" said Ody Rafferty, whose pipe went out at this moment, "there's no contintin' yous at all. It's too cute they are, and too foolish they are. Musha, very belike they're not so much off the common if you'd a thrifle more exparience of them; there's nothin' to match that for evenin' people.
He's comin' again." 'She pointed to the veranda, an' by the Hoight av Impart'nince, the Corp'ril man was comin' out av Bragin's quarters. "He's done that these five evenin's past," sez Annie Bragin. "Oh, fwhat will I do!" "He'll not do ut again," sez I, for I was fightin' mad. 'Kape away from a man that has been a thrifle crossed in love till the fever's died down. He rages like a brute beast.
Brady; 'then why don't you go for a doctor? 'Arrah, sure, you're the docther for my friend; he had an accident which wants yer honor. 'Well, what was it? 'Well, yer honor, he was arristed for a thrifle of a burglary, shure. Quick as Mr. Brady was, with the readiness of his race, for repartee, he sometimes met his match among his own countrymen.
Isn't there Jemmy Shields, that goes to his duty wanst a month, malivogues his wife and family this minute, and then claps them to a Rosary the next; but the ould boy's a thrifle to him of a fast day, afther coming from the priest. Betune ourselves, Katty, you're not much behind him."
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