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I plugged away at number siventeen an' it came up eighty-two times runnin'. 'Tis thrue I squandhered th' money on th' fickle Countess de Brie, but aisy came aisy go. Me disappointment was soon f'rgotten among th' gayeties iv Algeers. I often go up th' Nile because it's handy to th' Ar-rchey Road. I can get back befure bedtime.
Th' tailor d'ye mind is a rivolutionist in disguise, an' has come down fr'm Paris f'r to injooce th' young man to take th' vacancy. 'Fourteen, six, thirty-three. How'll ye have th' pants made, Impror? says th' tailor. 'Wan or two hip pockets? says he. "'Two hips, says young Napolyon. 'What do ye mean be that"? he says. "'Thirty-eight, siventeen, two sides, wan watch, buckle behind.
"Ye didn't stay long," said he reflectively, after he had put the bag up in front. He took up the reins. "Not very," replied his master. After a dozen rods or more, Pat tried again. "Just siventeen days, I make it." "Seems longer." "Perhaps you'll be after going back soon." "Why should you think that, Patrick?"
There's wan man cut to pieces, and good riddance, for it's Black Dick. I'm thinking it's the morgue they'll be taking him to, though it was for the receiving hospital they started with him. It was a dandy row, and it was siventeen arrists we made." "Where is Mother Borton?" "The ould she-divil's done for this time, I'm a-thinking. Whist, I forgot she was a friend of yours, sor."
"Ye kin see a poile uv 'em out yon, in the road, an' there's more uv 'em on the fince. But ye nade have no fear about gittin' wan. There's sthacks of 'em in the place. I'll jist run over to Mrs. Hogan's, wid ye. She's got sixteen or siventeen, mostly small, for Hogan brought four or five wid him when he married her, an' she'll be glad to rint wan uv 'em."
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