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Phil, who had got alarmed at the extraordinary energy of her manner, as well as of her language, said, "what do you want, and who are you speaking of?" "Who am I speaking of? who should I be speaking of but of old Deaker, the blasphemer? and who am I speaking to but the son of the ungodly villain who threatened to horsewhip the mother that bore him. Do you know me now?"
As for security, I trust it is only necessary to say, that Randal Deaker and Cadwallader Tullywagger, Esqrs., are ready to give it to any amount, so that there is no difficulty there at all events.
In the mean time the respected father and grandfather of that worthy young gentleman were laboring as assiduously for his advancement in life as if he had been gifted with a catalogue of all human virtues. Old Deaker, true to his word, addressed the very next day the following characteristic epistle "To the Right Hon. Lord Cumber.
Deaker wishes to see you above all things; he is just dying, and swears he cannot depart till you come." "I shall order the car immediately," replied Solomon. "Say I shall not lose a moment." The man wheeled round his horse, and galloped off at even a greater speed than before. "Darby, my friend," said he, "I shall attend at M'Loughlin's without fail.
At this moment Miss Isabel, or as he most frequently called her Miss Jezabel Puzzle, came in with a gleaming eye and an unsteady step her hair partially dishevelled, and her dress most negligently put on. The moment Deaker saw her, his whole manner changed, notwithstanding his previous violence the swagger departed from him, his countenance fell, and he lay mute and terror-stricken before her.
"How?" asked Deaker, who was quite as able a tactician as his son; and who, in fact, had contrived to put himself so completely! in possession of the political influence of the county as to be able to return any one he wished. "How is it to be done? Tell me that?" "I have understood from George Gamble, Lord Cumber's own man, that he wants money."
Indeed, with the exception of that whelp of mine, I believe the greatest but that fellow's my master." "Nobody can quarrel with your candor, Deaker, because it's all at your own expense," said the treasurer.
"Tut," replied Deaker, who now forgot a great deal of his swearing, and applied himself to the subject, with all the coolness and ability of a thorough man of business. "Tut, Val, is that your news? When was he ever otherwise? Come to the point; the thing's desirable but how can it be done?" "I think it can; but it must be by very nice handling indeed." "Well your nice handling then?"
Their most unjustifiable excesses, however, Were committed in his absence, and without his orders; for it is due to Deaker himself to say, that, although a staunch political Protestant and infidel, he never countenanced violence against those who differed from him in creed. Deaker's creed was a very peculiar one, and partook of the comic profligacy which marked his whole life.
Deaker groaned several times during this eulogium, and repeated his favorite text let us eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we die; but whether its application was designed for Lucre or himself, was not very easy perhaps we should rather say difficult to determine.
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