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Baptiste shook his head and moved sorrowfully away. "Hey, by howly St. Patrick, here's that little fruit-eater!" called the centre of another group of strikers perched on cotton-bales. "Hello! Where " began a second; but the leader suddenly held up his hand for silence, and the men listened eagerly.
Murphy. For an instant she failed to comprehend her position, but the strong brogue of the energetic landlady broke in sharply: "A bit av a cup av coffee fer ye, honey," she explained, crossing to the bed. "Shure an' there's nuthin' loike it when ye first wake up. Howly Mither, but it's toird 'nough ye do be lookin' yet."
O'Rourke, wandering retrospectively in the mazes of the marriage service, "to have and to howld, till death bad luck to him! takes one or the ither of us." "You 're a blasphemous creature," said Mrs. Bilkins, severely. "Thim 's the words his riverince spake this mornin', standin' foreninst us," explained Mr. O'Rourke. "I stood here, see, and me jew'l stood there, and the howly chaplain beyont."
"Be the howly powers, but he's dead!" gasped the horrified Irishman, starting back, and then stooping still lower, and hurriedly examining him. "What killed him?" asked the terrified Fred, gazing upon the limp figure. "Lone Wolf, the haythen blackguard.
"Aye, ye little dhivils, beggin' yer pardon, Masther Harry, an' thankin' the Howly Mither that their good-for-nothin' little bones ain't broke to bits. Av they saw a hippypottymus hitched to Pharaoh's chariot, they'd think 'emselves jist the byes to take the bossin' av it, the spalpeens."
Suddenly, there came to him in a flash of exaggerated memory the figure of the Christmas Angel which not ten minutes earlier he had kicked into the street. A pious horror fell upon him. "Mither o' mercy!" he cried, again crossing himself. "What have I been an' done? It was a howly image; an' what did I do to ut? Lemme go back an' find ut, an' take ut up out av the street."
What was her terror on beholding a white-robed figure, with extended arms. "Howly virgin, defend me!" she exclaimed, in paralyzing terror, which was increased by a guttural sound which proceeded from the throat of the ghost, who at the same time waved his arms aloft, and made a step towards Hannah.
As for the apostates I mane the fellows that stick to their owld haythinism it might be well to make an example av a few av thim, jist for the encouragemint av the faithful. Suppose ye should organize an inquisition, or howly office, Heller, an' conduct the proceedin's yerself intirely, be way av seein' that they are regular an' effective?
On Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, Irish came rushing down stairs on the jump, rushed up to me, and said: "Be the Howly St. Crispin and Moses in the bulrushes! May the divil fly away wid me if I haven't found moy pants!" "Good! Good! Where were they?" "Howly Moses! come wid me to wan side. I'll tell yez on the quiet." "Never mind about the quiet, Irish. Sing out; tell everybody."
"Certainly," assented the professor. "Nothing so injurious to weak eyes as too much light." "Y' 'ave put it in a nutshell," replied the priest. "Sure an' that's the rason we're opposed to gineral schoolin', an' to readin' the Bible to the children. Y' are a masther mind, Heller, an' ought to been in howly ordhers. An' that brings me to another idee av high importince.
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