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"'Why, 'tis my rifle! sez I, comin' up to look; 'Vulmea, ye divil, fwhat were you doin' wid her answer me that? "'Lave me alone, sez Vulmea; 'I'm dyin'! "'I'll wait till you're betther, sez I, 'an' thin we two will talk ut out umbrageous. "O'Hara pitched Tim into the doolie, none too tinder, but all the bhoys kep' by their cots, which was not the sign av innocint men.
"The saints be prraised, 'tis afther darrk," said she, rising precipitately, "and the bhoys promised the lavin's of the table!" They all followed her, suddenly grown shy again as they murmured their thanks. Their host's cheery parting words eased them over this ordeal, however, and each one left with the comfortable feeling that he had said the right thing.
"Now, 'tis powerful dhry wurrk, bhoys, fightin' fire, an' may be Nobby well, I cannot account for ut otherwise him havin' th' nerve' tu du' fwhat he did onless p'raps 't'was just th' natch'ril tindher-hearthedness av th' man thryin' for tu comfort her.
Mrs Milligan, finding that she was known, and as it would be useless to deny that she had guests in the house, shrieked out at the top of her voice, "Run, bhoys, run the pressgang are on ye!" at the same time attempting, with her formidable weapon, to prevent the seamen from opening the door before which she stood.
"Intil them, bhoys!" yelled Dan Murphy, keeping out of range himself. "Intil the divils!" And again and again his men crowded down upon the line against the wall, but again and again they were beaten down or hurled back bruised and bleeding. Meantime LeNoir was devoting himself to Black Hugh at one end of the line, dancing in upon him and away again, but without much result.
I was some wan in the ould days, an' the bhoys was glad to see me all excipt Peg Barney wid a eye like a tomata five days in the bazar, an' a nose to match.
"Shure! we'll take thim," he said, "but" his jaw set ruthlessly "if I wanst get my grub-hooks on um . . . why! 'tis all up! carbines, or no carbines warrant or no warrant. Section thirty av th' Code covers th' warrant bizness in a case like this, anyways. Come on, thin, bhoys, saddle up! An' Lanky! yu give me a hand wid th' team! we must be getthin'!"
Then a ladder was put over the bulwark, and Four-Eyes himself cried out not in an unkindly tone "Gi-me the soop, bhoys, and let's get it in him; begorra, the divil 'll have him afore the skipper if it's no mate you're givin' him!"
Can't ye fancy ould Barber Brady wid a bullet in his lungs, coughin' like a sick monkey, an' sayin', 'Bhoys, I do not mind your gettin' dhrunk, but you must hould your liquor like men. The man that shot me is dhrunk. I'll suspend investigations for six hours, while I get this bullet cut out, and then "
Move him out of the crowd, Moloney; and a gigantic constable pounced on me with a broad grin, snatched the barrow-handles out of my hands, and started off at a trot that made the effigies rock in the most alarming manner. "'Holler, bhoys! shouted the grinning constable; and the 'bhoys' complied with raucous enthusiasm.
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