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I have often heard the grannies croon over the babies: Oonahgnai Birrablee, Oonahgnoo Birrahlee, Oonahgnoo Birrahlee, Oonabmillangoo Birrahlee, Gunnoognoo oonah Birrahlee. Which translated is: 'Give to me, Baby, Give to her, Baby, Give to him, Baby, Give to one, Baby, Give to all, Baby.
The Indians uttered a long wailing cry like the Seneca "Oonah," but did not move from their places or show any sign that they wished to pursue. The colonel's empty hand remained poised in the air, and he gazed with mingled anger and wonder at his hat, lying upon the ground, and perforated neatly by a bullet. Wyatt, Blackstaffe and Cartwright looked at him but said nothing.
On her death-bed she called Oonah to her, and said, "I leave you this quilt, alanna 't is worth more than it appears. The hundred-pound notes Andy gave me I quilted into the lining, so that if I lived poor all my life till lately, I died under a quilt of banknotes, anyhow."
His wonder and delight were shared by his mother and the blushing Oonah, who did not struggle so hard in Andy's embrace on his making a second vehement demonstration of his love for her. "Let me send for Father Blake, my jewel," said Andy, "and I'll marry you at once." His mother reminded him he must first have his present marriage proved invalid.
"Sure, let me tell you how it was, sir, and you'll see I am quit of all harm, good or bad. 'T was a pack o' blackguards, you see, come to take off Oonah, sir." "Oh, a case of abduction!" "Yis, sir; so the women dhressed me up as a girl, and the blackguards, instead of the seduction of Oonah, only seduced me." "Capital!" cried Dick; "well done, Andy! And who seduced you?"
Mullarkey was at the Dooclone market; Peter was not to be found; but Oonah and Molly came, and also the old lady from Mullinavat, with a package of raffle tickets in her hand. We left this small army under Benella's charge, and went down to my room for a hasty consultation. "Could you wear any evening bodice of Francesca's?" I asked. "Of course not.
But then came the terrible thought of his marriage to dash her joy and triumph. This was a source of grief to Oonah as well.
Andy uttered several pieces of original eloquence on "the law's delay." "Well, anyhow," said he, "I'll drink your health, my darling girl, this day, as Lady Scatterbrain for you must consider yourself as sitch." "Behave yourself, my lord," said Oonah, archly. "Bother!" cried Andy, snatching another kiss. "Hillo!" cried Dick Dawson, entering at the moment, and seeing the romping-match.
He was now, however, beyond the reach of their bullets, unless it might be a longer shot than ordinary, but the four dogs were upon him, and in the extremity of despair he shouted out, "Finn and Oonah, won't you save me?" Shame upon the friendship and attachment of man!
Freed from his death-grip, I stood breathing convulsively, hands clinched, one foot on my fallen rifle. An Indian ran past me, chased by Elerson and Murphy, but the savage dodged into the underbrush, shrieking, "Oonah! Oonah! Oonah!" and Elerson came back, waving his deer-hide cap. Everywhere Tories, Royal Greens, and Indians were running into the woods; the wailing cry, "Oonah!
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