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"Ye dinna think I wad tak it wantin' leave, Phemy!" returned the laird. "Mony a supper hae I made this w'y, an' mony anither I houp to mak. It'll no be this sizzon though, for this lot's the last o' them. They're fine aitin', but I'm some feart they winna keep." "Wha gae ye leave, sir?" persisted Phemy showing herself the indivertible guardian of his morals as well as of his freedom.
"Ay, pancakes they is, made of flour an' wather fried in grease, an' the best of aitin', as ye'll find; but, musha! they've all stuck together from some raison I han't yet diskivered: but they'll be none the worse for that, and there's plenty of good thick molasses to wash 'em down wid." "And this," said Jack, pointing to a battered tin kettle, "is the the " "That's the coffee, sur."
"But didn't the Lianhan Shee," said one of them, "put a sharp-pointed knife to her breast, wid a divilish intintion of makin' her give the best of aitin' an' dhrinkin' the house afforded?" "She got the victuals, to a sartinty," replied Bartley, "and 'overlooked' my woman for her pains; for she's not the picture of herself since."
"Faith, Tom, me bhoy," he would say to me, "Oi can't say howivver ye can go fur to do it, sure, a gossoon loike yersilf who's got a carrackter fur to loose; aye, an' fur sich a dirthy, nasty thing as thit, a- spillin' the tasthe ov good ghrub, so thit ye can't tell whither ye're aitin' spuds or pay doo.
'Bedad, but that's a fine smell with it, says he, for Micky was mighty particular in his aitin' and drinkin'. 'I'll take a dhrop of that, says he, not noticing me particular, and if ever I'd the saycret of a good cup he gets it, me consayling me face. 'What will it be? says he, setting down the mug, 'What would it be, Micky, from your Mother? says I, and I lifts me head.
I wish to God I understood praichin' at aitin' the bacon and fowl I am as good a Methodist as any of them but, be me sowl, as I don't understand praichin', I'll stick to the Quakers, for when a man praiches there, all he has to do is to say nothing." Having uttered these sentiments in a kind of soliloquy, Darby, after having given the priest a very significant look, took his departure.
It's a lucky thing I didn't set her to sit the way I was intendin'; on'y I niver could get a clutch gathered for her, be raison of the lads aitin' up the eggs on me. Sure, I can't keep them from the little bosthoons when they be hungry." "'Twould be all the same thing to me, in coorse, supposin' she was equally so good," Jerry admitted with caution. "Ivery feather she is," said Mrs. Joyce.
I've a mortal love for aitin'!" It needed not Larry's assurance to convince his hearers of the fact, for he consumed nearly twice as much dried meat as any of his comrades. "Well, if ye don't drink gin-sling or cocktail," said Stiff, "you're mighty hard on the tea."
"The grub was on the table, and I says, 'Sit by and fill yourself up. His cheeks was fallin' in wit' the hunger. With that his poor ould eye begun to water. 'Twas one weak eye he had that was weepin' all the time. 'I've got out of the habit of reg'lar aitin', he says. 'It don't take much to kape me goin'. 'Niver desave yourself, sor!
"What!" replied the farithee, "is it wid-out either aitin' or dhrinkin'? Why, the girsha's beside herself! Alley, aroon, get him the linin'* an' a sup to tighten his elbow." * Linin' lining, so eating and drinking are often humorously termed by the people. The good woman instantly went to provide refreshments for the musician. "Come, girls," said Barny, "will yez get me a scythe or a handsaw."
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