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"Hush! Whisht!" cried the father "here's Dora coming." Dora came in. "Any letter for me?" "Ay, darling, one for you." "Oh, give it me! I'm always in a desperate hurry for my letters: where is it?" "No you need not hold out your pretty hand; the letter is for you, but not to you," said King Corny; "and now you know ay, now you guess my quick little blusher, who 'tis from."
At this moment his brother Michael came to them, and said "Bryan Bryan" but he could proceed no farther. "Whisht, Michael," said the other; "this is a shame; instead of supportin' and cheer-in' my father, you're only doing him harm. I tell you all that you'll find there's no raison for this great grief. Be a man, Michael "
"No; not since about the time of your letter," said Hamish. "We are thinking he may be on the way." For an instant an eager look crossed the face of the old man, but he shook his head. "No. With gold comes the love of it. He will stay where he is a while yet." "You don't know our Allister," exclaimed Shenac hotly. But Hamish laid his hand on hers. "Whisht. He's thinking of Evan," he said softly.
"Odd, Captain, this is a queer place! they winna let ye out in the day, and they winna let ye sleep in the night. Deil, but it wad break my heart in a fortnight. But, Lordsake, what a racket they're making now! Odd, I wish we had some light. Wasp-Wasp, whisht, hinny whisht, my bonnie man, and let's hear what they're doing. Deil's in ye, will ye whisht?"
At this stage of their journey not a light was to be seen nor a sound of life heard, and it was evident that the whole population of the neighborhood had sunk to rest. "Where will this bring us to, Ned?" asked the Dandy "I hope we'll soon be at the Bodagh's." M'Cormick stood and suddenly pressed his arm, "Whisht!" said he, in an under-tone, "I think I hard voices."
What do you mean by telling the American gentleman that I was married to Mary Ellen and her with twins? Was that a lie now or was it not? Twins! Cock the like of that one up with twins! If I'm a liar I'd tell more sensible lies than that." "Whisht, now, whisht," said Doyle. "Sure if Mr. Gallagher said that, isn't the girl a cousin of his own, and hadn't he the best right to say it?"
"I'll not have it done, doctor," he said, "so there it is for you plain and straight. I'll not stand by and see the character of a decent girl " "Whisht, can't you," said Mary Ellen. "Sergeant," said Dr. O'Grady, "this isn't a matter in which the police have any business to interfere. No one is committing a crime of any sort.
'Where's that baste Fingal? says he, rubbing his forehead; 'show him to me, that I may give him a bating. 'Whisht, whisht! cries Shaya, 'you'll wake the babby, and then him that you talk of bating will be the death of you, if he comes in. 'Is that the babby? cried the Scotchman with surprise, looking at the great carcass muffled up in the blankets.
'No wan ye know, says Donahue; 'he's a German musician. 'Thim Germans is hot people f'r music, says Cassidy. 'I knowed wan that cud play th' "Wacht am Rhine" on a pair iv cymbals, he says, 'Whisht! says Donahue. 'Give th' girl a chanst. "Slavin tol' me about it. He says he niver heerd th' like in his born days.
"Whisht, Patsy, he don't want no Irish bog-trotter," said Phil Donovan. "You're Irish yourself, Phil, now, and you can't deny it." "What if I am? I aint no bog-trotter I'm the son of an Irish count. You can see by my looks that I belong to the gintry." "Then the gintry must have red hair and freckles, Phil. There aint no chance for you." "Tell us all about it, Frank," said Dick.
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