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Howandever, I'm sufferin' for it, but sure you know, Poll, it's our duty I don't mane yours, for you're a hathen and idolather still but mine; it's my duty to suffer for the thruth, anyhow."
Clinton, for asking you; indeed it was wrong in me to tell you who it came from even, bekaise Mr. Hycy told me not to let any one see it, only jist to slip it into the post-office unknownst, as I passed it; an' that was what made me wish to know who it was goin' to, since the thruth must be tould."
"Indeed, and you all know, that what I'm sayin's thruth, except Mr. Morrow there, that I'm telling it to, bekase he's not in the habit of going to wakes; although, to do him justice he's very friendly in going to a neighbor's funeral; and, indeed, kind father for you* Mr. Morrow, for it's he that was a real good hand at going to such places.
"That's no clinch to an argyment," I said, "an thruth is thruth!" "Aye, an' tongs is tongs! An' some o' ye young upstarts whin ye get a dickey on an' a choke-me-tight collar think yer jist ready t' sit down t' tay wi' God!" Anna explained and gave me more credit than was due me. So Jamie ended the colloquy by the usual cap to his every climax. "Well, what th' do I know about thim things, aanyway.
They say it's the divil, sir, that keeps the lawyers on his side; an' that when he an' the lawyers do be dhrawin' up their writins, the devil God betune me an' harm! does be helpin' them!" "And is Colonel B actually or, rather, was he your father's landlord?" "He was, indeed, sir; it's thruth I'm tellin' you." "Singular enough!
Did she tell you she wanted to come here?". "She didn't quite say as much as that. To tell the thruth, thin, it wor I that said it, and she didn't unsay it; so, wid that, I thought I'd come down here the first thing, and av' you, Mrs Kelly, wor thinking it right, we'd get her out of the house before the masther's stirring."
An' in regard o' the stockins', why, I've pulled them down, strivin' to look dacent, till one 'ud think the balls o' my legs is at my heels." "The sorra word's in that but thruth, any how," observed the father; "but what's to be done? For we have no way of gettin' them." "Faith, I don't know that," said Phelim. "What if we'd borry?
My custom is to ask a mother the age of her child, and then express incredulity. "Oul'er nor she's good. She was five on the thurteenth iv last month." "No, but seriously, Mrs. O'Halloran?" "A'm always sayrious about telling the thruth."
"Why, thin, partly herself it war who tould me, ma'am, and partly ; you see, when Mr Barry war in his tantrums and dhrunken like, I didn't like to be laving Miss Anty alone wid him, and nobody nigh, so I and Terry betook ourselves nigh the door, and, partly heard what was going on; that's the thruth on it, Mrs Kelly; and, afther a dale of rampaging and scolding, may I niver see glory av' he didn't up wid his clenched fist, strik her in the face, and knock her down all for one as 'av she wor a dhrunken blackguard at a fair!"
"Well, but the thruth is, Mogue," replied his companion, "that I got a message from my mother, sayin' that she's not well, and wishes most partiklarly to see me about my sisther Shibby's marriage.
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