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"Oh Alick, Alick, for the love o' God save me from Flanagan! it's me, your sisther Biddy, that's in it; save me, Alick, or I'll be lost; he has cut me to the bone wid a blow, an' the blood's pourin' from me." Her brother flew to her. "Whisht, Biddy, don't be afeard!" he exclaimed. "Boys," said he, "let my party stand by me; this is the way Bartle Flanagan keeps his oath!"
"Yes, they all know it father and all; what was the use of telling a lie about? Feemy was with him when I struck him." "And war she going off with him? Niver mind, Mr. Thady, niver mind; it's a comfort to think you've saved your sisther from him, an' you know what a ruffian he was.
"Barney," said the brother of the bridegroom, "you may thank God that Pether is going to be married to your sisther to-morrow as you say, or we'd larn you another lesson eh, masther? That's the chat too ha! ha! ha! To the divil wid sich impedence!"
"Well, my hearty," said Dan, as Thady followed his guides into the cabin, where his family party were engaged drinking raw spirits round the fire, "so you've done for that bloody thief of the world, have you? Joe tells me you riz agin him quick enough when you found him at his tricks with yer sisther.
"Not unless you like it, you ain't, Mr Lynch; but I'll tell you this if you can do so, and do do so, it'll be the best bargain you ever made: mind, one-half of it all belongs to your sisther."
Now, Mr Daly, av' the blessed thruth is in you this minute, don't your own heart know who it is, is most likely to rob Anty Lynch? Isn't it Barry Lynch himself is thrying to rob his own sisther this minute? ay, and he'd murdher her too, only the heart within him isn't sthrong enough." "Ah, mother! don't be saying such things," said Martin; "what business is that of our'n?
How is your sisther, Miss Pugshey, an' all the family, sir? all well, I hope, sir?" "All well," replied M'Carthy, laughing as loud as any of the rest, every one of whom actually in convulsions for they knew, with the exception of Julia, who was deceived at first by the pedlar's apparent gravity, that he was only bantering her lover.
'Only funning and merriment, Missie dear. They'd never have had to be faulted if Miss Alda had let Miss Cherry deal with them; but she could neither rule them herself, nor bear to see them ruled; and though she was like a mad cow if they played their pranks on her, she backs them up if Miss Cherry, or Master Clem, or even the Sisther, do but say a word to them, so 'tis no wonder if the poor dears have been a bit off their heads, but they'll be as quiet as doves now ye're back again.
An' tell him," speaking with animation and in rather louder tones. "Tell him I didn't fret at all, an' died quite contint an' happy an' an' thankful to be in this blessed place, where I got every comfort. Will ye tell him that, Sisther alanna?" The Sister bowed her head: this time she could not speak. It was nearly two months afterwards that Sister Louise was summoned to the parlour to see "Mr.
"An' thet little chap ov a canary thet had a crist on the top ov his hid, loike a crown, sure, thet yer sisther Jenny used fur to make so much ov the little darlint!" Whether this term of endearment of his was meant by Mick to apply to Jenny or the bird, I can't say; but I could see clearly enough in what direction his thoughts were concentrated.
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