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In truth, Father Giles looked upon Father Brosnan as an ignorant, impertinent puppy, whereas Father Brosnan returned the compliment by regarding Father Giles as half an infidel, and almost as bad as a Protestant. "Well, Master Florian," said the priest, "and how are things going with you?" "Oh! Father Brosnan, I'm in terrible throuble." "What throuble's up now?"
To be sure there's my brother John's people; they're attorneys; but it's about robberies, and hanging, and such things they're most engaged; and I was thinking, av' your lordship wouldn't think it too much throuble to give me a line to your own people; or, may-be, you'd say a word to them explaining what I want. It'd be the greatest favour in life." "I'll tell you what I'll do, Kelly.
He'll take your money and then turn you off in three or four weeks." "I didn't intind to give him my money," replied Jemmy; "a schoolmaster I met on my way here, bid me not to do it. I'll give it to the priest." "Give it to the curate," said Thady "wid him it'll be safe; for the parish priest doesn't like to throuble himself wid anything of the mind."
'He's a r-rough-lookin' charackter that was in th' Soo war, he says. 'His name is Gin'ral Fiteum, he says. 'Throw th' stiff out, says Mack. 'I seen him in Pinnsylvania Avnoo yisterdah, r-ridin' in a sthreet ca-ar, he says. 'Ah, Willie, me boy, he says, ''tis little ye know what throuble I have fr'm these vulgar sojers with pants that bags at th' knees.
No man in trade has a right, widout committin' a sin, to neglect his family for politics or parties. There's Jack Cummins that was doin' well in his groceries till he began to make speeches, an' get up public meetins, an' write petitions, an' now he has nothin' to throuble him but politics, for his business is gone. Every one has liberty to think as they plase.
When Moya went down to set the oil stove in position for use he was amusing himself contentedly with the rubbish in the fireplace, his face and hands already in need of renewed attention from his mother. "'Tis the sooty-faced young one ye are," she called to him good-naturedly. "Run up to the brook and wash yerself an' save yer mother the throuble."
Bhoys, 'tis not for me to countenance any sort av wrong-doin' me bein' the ould man but anyway he has had ut nine months, an' he dare not make throuble av ut was taken from him. Five miles away, or ut may be six" There was a long pause, and the jackals howled merrily. Learoyd bared one arm, and contemplated it in the moonlight. Then he nodded partly to himself and partly to his friends.
I'd advise you to thry. "Och! my owld granny sleeps with her head on a stone, 'Now, Malach, don't throuble the galls when I'm gone! I thried to obey her; but, och, I am shure, There's no sorrow on earth that the angels can't cure. "Och! "Malach!" shouted a laughing group. "How was it that the old lady taught you to go a-courting?" "Arrah, that's a sacret!
"Prevent throubles," soliloquised Thady; "there is no way with me to prevent all manner of throuble I believe I'll go in and get a tumbler of punch;" and determined to adopt this mode of quieting troubles, if he could not prevent them, he followed Ussher.
"Well, to be sure, they all stapt eating at wanst, and began to stare at me, and faith they almost looked me out of countenance, and I thought to myself, it was not good manners at all, more betoken from furriners which they call so mighty p'lite; but I never minded that, in regard o' wantin' the gridiron; and so says I, 'I beg your pardon, says I, 'for the liberty I take, but it's only bein' in disthress in regard of eating, says I, 'that I made bowld to throuble yez, and if you could lind me the loan of a gridiron, says I, 'I'd be entirely obleeged to ye.
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