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Updated: June 7, 2025
The personal reputation of the younger Emmet, the least known to his countrymen of all the United Irish leaders, except by the crowning act of his death, is safe beyond the reach of calumny, or party zeal, or time's changes. It is embalmed in the verse of Moore and Southey, and the precious prose of Washington Irvine.
"I wanted to see you, man," replied Jack, "and ask you to come to the Irvine games. You know I am the piper of the place. There will be dancing and singing." "Thank you, Jack, but it's impossible." "Impossible?" "Yes; Mr. Starr's visit will last some time, and I must take him back to Callander." "Well, Harry, it won't be for a week yet. By that time Mr.
"Plenty ov childther on th' road t' clane teeth, an' dogs an' cats on th' road t' good livin'." "What haave ye fur me, Mary?" Jamie Irvine, Anna's friend, asked. She took his cup, gave it a shake, looked wise and said: "Begorra, I see a big cup, me bhoy it's a cup o' grief I'm thinkin' it is." "Oul Mary was jist bletherin'," he said, as they walked down the road in the gloaming, hand in hand.
After speaking of our three main columns, this fine soldier, who was wounded on duty, says: "Besides these three columns there was another force in the field the North-West Mounted Police detachment, under Colonel Irvine, the value of which has always seemed to me underrated.
Nothing particular happened till the second week of November, when a citation came from Irvine, commanding the attendance of Mr Swinton, on a suffragan of Fairfoul's, under the penalties of the proclamation.
When he had gone into the house and delivered his message, he returned to the street, where by that time a multitude, among which we were, had assembled, and he told to the many, who inquired, as it were, with one voice, That Mr Cargill, and a numerous party of the Cameronians, had passed that afternoon through Galston, and it was thought they meditated some disturbance on the skirts of Kilmarnock, which made the commander of the King's forces in that town send for aid to the captain of those then in Irvine.
Bobby returned home at lunch time to be received with horror by Mrs. Orde. "You're a sight!" she cried. "Where have you been, and what have you been doing? I never saw anything like you! And look at those holes in your stockings." "I've been playing robber 'n policeman with Johnny English and Carter Irvine and all the kids," explained Bobby blissfully. After lunch Mr. Orde kissed his son good-bye.
Well, if I must study, I must; so, here goes," and, drawing the despised grammar towards her once more, Winnie set herself steadily to master part of the contents. Meanwhile, Nellie, deprived of the companionship of her new friend, was being sharply catechised by Ada Irvine as to her antecedents and general history.
That was all not another word he reported that I wanted my name removed, and that practically ended my ministerial standing in the Congregational ministry. The Jewish Rabbi who had taken part in our opening service met me on the street one day. "Dr. Smyth and I are coming to see you, Irvine," he said. "I'll be mighty glad to see you both, Rabbi. What are you coming for?"
A short time after she asked me if I could read, and would I read the news to her while she was peeling potatoes. I answered very sweetly, "Yes, Mrs. Cunningham," and I got my supper. I would see Irvine once in a while, and I was always ready to give up my job, but he would say, "Stay six months, get a recommend, and then you can get something better.
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