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"Come, Kate," said her husband, "you're a Trojan by japers you're a Trojan; you've settled him any way is there life in him?" he asked, "if there is, dash wather or something in his face, an' drag him up out o' that ha! ha!
"Aisy," said the fellow who had fired first, pulling out a long Spanish dagger; "an inch or two of this is as safe as a bullet, any day; and by japers he won't escape it." He sprang after M'Carthy as he spoke, followed by his companion.
"'What's the reason, then, that the Protestant gentry of the country don't stand by their own? Why do they deal with Papishes? By Japers they don't daserve us to stand by them. "'I say, Fulton, it's a d d lie. I was at the wrecking of the Ballygrass Threshers, when you shabbed sickness and wouldn't go. "'And I am glad I didn't.
"Always starvin' the counthry!" exclaimed another, playing upon the word, "be my sowl you're right there, Ned. Well sure they're gettin' a touch of it now themselves; by japers, some o' them knows what it is to have the back and belly brought together, or to go hungry to bed, as the sayin' is; but go on, Dick, an' tell us how it was."
"Be japers she'll kill him," shouted Bat, rushing to her; "come, Ned, till we unclasp her take care pull quickly bloody wars, he's dead! Kate, you divil! you fury of hell! let go let go, I say."
How d'ye know I ain't like to git a beest apiece for 'em eyther a mule or a hoss? This child ain't a going to fut it all the way to Californey. B'yont the Morming City, he rides a spell, I recking." "Be japers! that's an out-an'-out good oidea. But how dev ye mane to carry it through? that's what bothers Patrick O'Tigg." "We ell, Petrick, I'll tell ee my plan.
"Not at all," replied a third; "this is a daughter of the Black Prophet himself; and, by japers, you hardened gipsey, it's a little too bad for you to come to see how your blasted ould father's work gets on.
He replied by a stare and a shake of the head as before. "Hookum daddy," resumed Dan, stooping to gaze earnestly into the man's face, and placing the thumb of his right hand into the palm of his left, by way of emphasising his remark, "Hookum daddy, saringo spolli-jaker tooraloo be japers bang falairo och!" he added, turning away with a look of disgust, "he don't understand a word.
He was a crotchety old fellow in the primary stage of drink. God, do you remember? Ben bulky Dollard said, turning from the punished keyboard. And by Japers I had no wedding garment. They laughed all three. He had no wed. All trio laughed. No wedding garment. Our friend Bloom turned in handy that night, Mr Dedalus said. Where's my pipe, by the way?
"A snake, be japers!" was the conjecture that dropped from the ship-carpenter's lips, while the same thought occurred simultaneously to the others; for they could think of no living thing, other than a serpent, capable of sending forth such a sibilant sound as that just heard. "What is it, Saloo?" hailed Captain Redwood; "are you in any danger?"
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