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"You didn't start to tell me about Mr. O'Halloran." "No. He wasn' your sort at all; and besides, he's dead. But about Black Sultan Miss Montagu used to rest 'im, 'alf-way in his turn, while the clown they called Bimbo but his real name was Ernest Stanley as't a riddle about a policeman and a red 'errin' in a newspaper.
"An' now jest a few words more on the subject o' not settin' judgment on the errin' a subject near my heart."
From Father we heard of Angus the Subtle, Morag of the Misty Way, and the King of Errin, who rides and rides and whose road is to the End of Days.
It was his grandfather's horn, then, Jason had heard. The lad turned to go, and the old circuit rider rose to his full height. "Come in, boy. Yo' grandpap had better be a-thinkin' about spreadin' the wings of his immortal sperit, stid o' shakin' them feet o' clay o' his'n an' a-settin' a bad example to the young an' errin'!" "Hush up!" said the old woman.
Havin' a schooner o' your own from now on, you won't be tempted to steal one an' commit wholesale murder a-doin' it. You're forgiven, my man. Take the Maggie II with our blessin', organize a comp'ny, an' go back to Kandavu an' make some money for yourself. Scraggsy, are you a-willin' to prove that you've given this errin' mate complete forgiveness by shakin' hands with him?"
"The Mormon Church, she come to my relief by sendin' me out on a proselytin' expedition to York State. But I wasn't built proper to lead errin' sheep into the fold. Most of the sheep they hollered 'Baa! when they see me, and gathered distance with both feet. If I did get a chance to talk to a man he always asked me awkward questions.
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