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Next morning, we set out in earnest on our travels for St Thomas in the Vale, in two of our friend Bang's gigs, and my aunt's ketureen, laden with her black maiden and a lot of bandboxes, while two mounted servants brought up the rear, and my old friend Jupiter, who had descended, not from the clouds, but from the excellent Mr Fyall, who was by this time gathered to his fathers, to Massa Aaron, rode a musket shot ahead of the convoy to clear away, or give notice of any impediments, of wagons or carts, or droves of cattle, that might be meeting us.
Proceeding along a rough bridle path for the space of two miles, we attained the highest part of the saddle, and turned sharp off to the right, to follow a small footpath that had been billed in the bush, being the lines recently run by the land surveyor between Mr Bang's property and the neighbouring estate, the course of which mine host was desirous of personally inspecting.
If I should fall," here I involuntarily grasped Bang's hand "and I doubt if I shall see another sunset, for we are going to fight against fearful odds." "Well," interrupted Bangs, "if the enemy is too strong for you, why didn't you leave him to himself, my dear fellow, and take to flight?" "A thousand things, my worthy friend, prevented me from taking such a step.
The first thing I did was to send the wine and sea stock, a most exuberant assortment unquestionably, belonging to my Jamaica friends, ashore; but, to my surprise, the boat was sent back, with Mr Bang's card, on which was written in pencil, "Don't affront us, Captain Cringle."
"You know what I mean a big bang when the powder went off." "Then why don't you call things by their right name?" said Bob. "A bang's a bang and nothing else." "Well, the powder went bang and knocked the big rock right off the place where it stood." "What! Up in the air?" I said. "Up in the air? No; over into the deep water, where it sank to the bottom."
I took Mary's hand I could not raise it for lack of strength, or I would have kissed it; but, as she leant over me, Fyall came behind her and gently pressed her sweet lips to mine, while the dear girl blushed as red as Aaron Bang's face.
A cry was raised that this was a fresh force from Waterford; the disorganised multitude endeavoured to rally in turn, but before the leaders could collect their men, the town was once more in possession of the Bang's troops. The rebels, in their turn, unpursued by their exhausted enemies, fell back upon their camping ground of the night before, at Corbet hill and Slieve-kielter.
The female, who was the elder prisoner's wife, suddenly leant forward in her chair, and peered intently into Mr Bang's face "Prayer book," said she "prayer book why, I have a prayer book I will go for my prayer book" and she rose quickly from her seat,
There was a sail in sight when we anchored, which at first we took for the Jamaica packet; but it turned out to be the Tinker, friend Bang's flour loaded brig; and by five in the evening our friends were all three once more restored to us, but, alas! so far as regarded two of them, only for a moment.
My superior was evidently bent on wickedness. "Get up and put on your trowsers, man." I did so. "Now wait a bit till I cooper him Here, my darling" to the sable virgin who was now on the qui vive, bustling about "here," said the captain, sticking out a leg of Bang's trowsers, "hold you there, my dear" She happened to be a native of Haiti, and comprehended his French.
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