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"Well, sir, so you see, bein' given to deep ways of thinkin' o' my own, I had many bouts at arguin' Scripthur as every longheaded man has, of coorse an' yestherday meetin' wid Brian Broghan, the mealman him that keeps it up on the poor, sir he challenged me, but, in three skips of a Scotch Gray, I sacked him cleaner than one of his own meal bags, and dusted him afterwards: 'so, says he, misther Grattan, see what it is to be long-headed."

As they made me take a solemn oath not to revale what I saw there, I can't tell you any more: but they thrated me badly, an' it was only yestherday I escaped." "Well, Owen, ahagur, we ought to be thankful that you're back here safe; bud do you think the magisthrate will be satisfied with this story they are always anxious to do justice, but they must be satisfied."

Bit t' Bible says 'How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough whose taak is o' bullocks? Aa coom on that yestherday an A've bin sair exercised aboot thy preachin ever sen!" Daffady held his peace. The clergyman departed, and Daffady went out to the cattle. Laura had not given the red-haired man her hand.

Listen but wait I hear somebody's foot. No matter I'll surprise you both by an' by." "Godsave all here," said the voice of our friend, Jemmy Branigan, who immediately entered. "In troth, this change is for the betther, at any rate," said he, looking at the house; "I gave you a lift wid the masther yestherday," he added, turning to the woman.

You remember Antony Cusack, that ran away from me wid seventy-three pounds fifteen shillin's an' nine pence, now betther than nine years ago. Many a curse he had from me for his roguery; but somehow, it seems he only thruv under them. His son Andy called on me yestherday mornin' an' paid me to the last farden, inthrest an' all. Wasn't I in luck?"

I'll go and stand by the rails, and I'll call you in now and then just to make people look at her!" "Sure I had Masther Freddy doing that to me yestherday," said Patsey; but hope dies hard in an Irishman, and he saddled up with all speed.

"I will I will, Connor; an' if I had always done so, maybe it isn't here now you'd be standing, an' my heart breakin' to look at you; but, indeed, it was God, I hope, put this plan into my head; an' the money yestherday that, too, was so lucky far more so, Connor dear, than you think.

"But is Miss Lynch so very ill, Martin?" "'Deed, and she is, Mr Frank; very bad intirely. Doctor Colligan was with her three times yestherday." "And does Barry take any notice of her now she's ill?" "Why, not yet he didn't; but then, we kept it from him as much as we could, till it got dangerous like. Mother manes to send Colligan to him to-day, av' he thinks she's not betther."

It is but yestherday that we were hoeing praties in the field." "Yes, Jenny, God has been very good to us, and I hope that we shall never learn to regard with indifference the many benefits which we have received at His hands." Reader! it is not my intention to trouble you with the sequel of our history.

"Poor Shane," said Nancy, in a whisper to Andy Morrow, "night and day he's thinking about that woman; she's now dead going on a year, and you would think by him, although he bears up very well before company that she died only yestherday but indeed it's he that was always the kind-hearted, affectionate man; and a better husband never broke bread."