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"He object!" replied Father Philemy, "if' I take it in hands, let me see who'll dare to object; doesn't the Scripture say it? and sure we can't go against the Scripture." "By the by," said Captain Wilson, who was a dry humorist, "I am happy to be able to infer from what you say, Father Philemy, that you are not, as the clergymen of your church are supposed to be, inimical to the Bible."
Now, of the five individuals in whose houses the "stations" were appointed to be held, we will select Phaddhy Sheemus Phaddhy for our purpose; and this we do, because it was the first time in which a station was ever kept in his house, and consequently Phaddhy and his wife had to undergo the initiatory ceremony of entertaining Father Philemy and his curate, the Reverend Con M'Coul, at dinner.
"Don't ye, know whin I'm a clargy I will but I'm only a lignum sacerdotis yet, Phaddhy." "What's ligdum saucerdoatis, Briney?" "A block of a priest, Phaddhy." "Now, Briney, I suppose Father Philemy knows everything." "Ay, to be sure he does; all the languages' that's spoken through the world, Phaddhy." "And must all the priests know them, Briney? how many are they?"
"Aliquid, Petre, alliquid; 'de profundis' si habes nihil aliud," said Father Philemy, feeling for his embarrassment, and giving him a hint. This was not lost, for Peter began, and gave them the De profundis a Latin psalm, which Roman Catholics repeat for the relief of the souls in, purgatory.
He was not aware, however, that Briney had kept that place open during the preceding part of the week, in order to effect this point. Father Philemy, however, was now beginning to relate another anecdote to the Captain, and the thread of his narrative twined rather ludicrously with that of the examination. Briney, after, a few hems, at length proceeded "Gallus Gallinaceus, a dung-hill cock "
"Ay," said Father Philemy, "wait till we get once into the Big* House, and if we don't turn the scales if the Established Church doesn't go down, why, it won't be our fault. Now, Kelly, all's right but the money have you brought your dues?" * Parliament. This was written before the passing of the Emancipation Bill. "Here it is, sir," said Kelly, handing him his dues for the last year.
This was more than Father Philemy could stand with a good conscience, so after getting himself out of the dilemma as well as he could, he shook Phaddhy again very cordially by the hand, saying, "Well, good-bye, Phaddliy, and God be good to poor Sarah's soul I now remember her funeral, sure enough, and a dacent one it was, for indeed she was a woman that had everybody's good word and, between you and me, she made a happy death, that's as far as we can judge here; for, after all, there may be danger, Phaddy, there may be danger, you understand however, it's your own business, and your duty, too, to think of that; but I believe you're not the man that would be apt to forget her."
"Father Philemy," said Father Con, "Captain Wilson was addressing himself to you in a most especial manner." "Oh! Captain, I beg ten thousand pardons, I was engaged talking with Phaddhy here about his son, who is a young shaving of our cloth, sir, he is intended for the Mission* Phaddhy, I will either examine him myself, or make Father Con examine him by-and-by. Well, Captain?"
The conversation would then pass to the merits of Father Philemy and Father Con, as Confessors. "Well," one would observe "for my part, I'd rather go to Father Philemy, fifty times over, than wanst to Father Con, bekase he never axes questions; but whatever you like to tell him, he hears it, and forgives you at wanst."
"Arrah, Phaddhy," said Katty, "wasn't it friendly of Father Philemy to give us the hard word about the wine and mutton?" "Very friendly," retorted Phaddhy, who, after all, appeared to have suspected the priest "very friendly, indeed, when it's to put a good joint before himself, and a bottle of wine in his jacket.
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