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Updated: June 13, 2025
Be-gorra, av you had as much trouble in catching him as I had, you'd think twice about letting him out. Listen to me, now," here he placed his closed fist within an inch of the poor prisoner's nose, "listen to me! Av you say peas, by the morreal, I'll not lave a whole bone in your skin."
"'I know it will, says he; 'for when Luke's mother was leaving the place, and yer father saw the door open, he made a rush at it, and, be-gorra, before it was shut he got his head and one shoulder outside av it, so that, ye see, a thrifle more'll do it. "'Faix, and yer reverence, says I, 'you've lightened my heart this morning. And I put my money back again in my pocket.
Not that you care for money; but he's going up at eight o'clock with two young ladies." "Oh, be-gorra!" said the other, "and so he is. And faix, ye might do worse; they're nice craytures." "Well," said I, "your advice seems good; but perhaps they might object to my company." "I've no fear; they're always with the officers. Sure, the Miss Dalrymples " "The Miss Dalrymples!
"This, strange as it may sound, was so far true, as I held a commission in an African corps, with my lieutenancy in the 5th. "'Be-gorra, av he was six There now, you done it! "At the same moment, a tremendous crash took place and the large dish fell in a thousand pieces on the pavement, while the spiced round rolled pensively down the yard.
"Well, Mike, I'll speak to some of my friends here about you, and we'll settle it all properly. Here's the doctor." "Arrah, Mr. Charles, don't mind him. He's a poor crayture entirely. Devil a thing he knows." "Why, what do you mean, man? He's physician to the forces." "Oh, be-gorra, and so he may be!" said Mike, with a toss of his head. "Those army docthers isn't worth their salt.
"Be-gorra, though, ye had better keep that to yourself; for they're not the men to have that same said to them." "Of course I wouldn't offend them," said Mr. Crow; "faith, it's not me would cast reflections upon such real out-and-outers as they are. And where are they going now?" "To Dublin straight; there's to be a grand lodge next week. But sure Mr. Crow knows better than me."
"'Be-gorra, it's little fun there's left in me, says my father, 'with this drilling, and parading, and blackguarding about the roads all night. "'And is this the way you salute your officer? says the general. "'Just so, says my father; 'devil a more politeness ever they taught me. "'What regiment do you belong to? says the general.
"'Three pounds! says I; 'be-gorra ye might as well ax me to give you the rock of Cashel. "'I'm sorry for ye, Mickey, says he, gatherin' up the reins to ride off, 'I'm sorry for ye; and the time will come when the neglect of your poor father will be a sore stroke agin yourself. "'Wait a bit, your reverence, says I, 'wait a bit. Would forty shillings get him out?
"'Be-gorra, it's what I'm afraid of, says my father; and the words wasn't out of his mouth before off went the musket, bang! and down fell the general, smack on the ground, senseless. Well the orderly ran out at this, and took him up and examined his wound; but it wasn't a wound at all, only the wadding of the gun.
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