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Finig O'Finigan," observed James Cavanagh, who was present, "and your words are a credit and an honor to you." "Thanks, James, for the compliment; for it is but truth.
Hycy, I don't know what was. Ha! ha! ha!" "You're half drunk," replied Hycy, "or I should rather say whole drunk, I think, and scarcely know what you're saying; or rather, I believe you're a bit of a knave, Mr. O'Finigan." "Thanks, sir; many thanks for the prefix. Proceed." "I have nothing more to add," replied Hycy, rising up and preparing to go.
On the day in question, our friend O'Finigan, whose habits of intemperance had by no means diminished, called at Cavanagh's, as he had been in the habit of doing. Poor Kathleen was now suffering, besides, under the consequences of the injunction not to mention M'Mahon's name, which she had imposed upon her own family an injunction which they had ever since faithfully observed.
* Alluding to the practice of putting on the black cap when the Judge condemns a felon to death. "Come, Mr. O'Finigan," said James, approaching him, "you must have another glass." "Well no, James," he replied, "I think not." "Faith, but I say you will; if it was only to hear what Dora hem what Bryan said.
"Here, Ted! another bottle, till the Great O'Finigan gets a glass of whiskey."
Clinton the elder here withdrew, and had scarcely disappeared when two voices were heard in the hall, in a kind of clamorous remonstrance with each other, which voices were those of Father Magowan and our friend O'Finigan, as we must now call him, inasmuch as he is, although early in the day, expanded with that hereditary sense of dignity which will not allow the great O to be suppressed.
It was quite evident from the unusually easy fluency of O'Finigan's manner, that he had not confined his beverages, during the day, to mere water. Hanna, on seeing him enter, said to Kathleen, in a whisper, "Hadn't you better come out and take a walk, Kathleen? This O'Finigan is almost tipsy, and you know he'll be talking about certain subjects you don't wish to hear."
"Finigan, I wish to speak a few words to you." "O'Finigan, sir O'Finigan, Mr. Burke. It is enough, sir, to be deprived of our hereditary territories, without being clipped of our names; they should lave us those at all events unmutilated. O'Finigan, therefore, Mr. Burke, whenever you address me, if you plaise." "Well, Mr.
"Yes, gintlemen," proceeded O'Finigan, "the alcohol shall be accepted, puris naturalibus which means, in its native or more properly but which comes to the same thing in its naked state; and, in the mane time, I propose the health of one of my best benefactors Gerald Cavanagh, whose hospitable roof is a home a domicilium to erudition and respectability, when they happen, as they ought, to be legitimately concatenated in the same person as they are in your humble servant; and I also beg leave to add the pride of the barony, his fair and virtuous daughter, Kathleen, in conjunction wid the I accomplished son of another benefactor of mine honest James Burke in conjunction, I say, wid his son, Mr.
It was surrounded by four or five acres of common, where the children played from twelve to one, at which hour Mr. O'Finigan went to the house of some wealthy benefactor to dine.
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