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Often, when bent on any expedition with Major Walsh, dining with their neighbours, receiving them in her home, walking, driving with him, talking over the details of the business of the little estate, she was thinking, thinking how she and that other man had gone here and there, said this and that to each other.

I have heard a pretty little story about one of these farmer-families, with which I will close this chapter. In the county of Waterford once lived an honest old farmer, by the name of Walsh. His wife died young, and left him one only child a son, of whom he was very proud. And Patrick Walsh was worthy of a great deal of affection and respect; for he was a fine, amiable, industrious young man.

"Launch her," said Sir Lucius, "paint or not paint." "I'll launch her if your honour bids me," said Peter Walsh. "But what use will she be to you when she's in the water? She'll not work to windward for you under the little lug that's in her, and it's from the west the wind's coming now." He looked round the sky as he spoke. "Glory be to God!" he said. "Will you look at what's coming.

Doctor Walsh was an eyewitness of the scene he describes; and the evidence given, at various times, before the British House of Commons, proves that the frightful picture is by no means exaggerated.

In place of those who had been deposed, Hugh Curwen, an Englishman, was appointed to Dublin, William Walsh, one of the royal commissioners, to Meath, Thomas Leverous, the former tutor of the young Garrett Fitzgerald, to Kildare, Thomas O'Fihil, an Augustinian Hermit, to Leighlin, and John O'Tonory, a Canon Regular of St.

The principal recruiting officer seems to have been Inspector James Morrow Walsh, who became one of the noted men of the Force in later years.

But any way I'll have the mattress and the blankets rolled up between me and harm. It'll be all the better if there's a few grains in the mattress." "I don't know," said Peter Walsh, "that I'll be much nearer drowning the strange gentleman after I've shot you. But sure I'll do it if you like."

She placed stationery before him on one of the school-desks, and he sat down and went to work. "You have witnesses to support your statement?" he inquired. "Oh, yes! scores of them, if wanted." "Give me the names of the most important and the facts they can swear to." Mrs. Walsh complied, and he took them down.

That feller's idee of entertaining a customer is to go into Wasserbauer's and to drink all the schnapps in stock. I bet yer when Walsh gets through, he don't know which is the customer and which is the bartender already." "You got to treat a customer right, Abe," Morris commented, "because nowadays we are up against some stiff competition.

To the Senate of the United States: As it is not deemed advisable that the instruction to Mr. R.M. Walsh, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, should be published at this time, I communicate it confidentially to the Senate in executive session. WASHINGTON, August 27, 1852.