The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-03 00:00:00

THE DOCTOR'S HORSE.

" The very leanest hackney coach-horse that ever
crawled would have blushed to be seen in company with
such a prodigy of attenuation. It was just the sort of
animal you would expect to see grazing on the Great
Zaara."

Dr. Killquick dying, Terence is removed to the
house and supervision of a good Catholic priest, one
Father O'Flanaghan, with whom he remains until
his twenty-first birthday, when Father O'Flanaghan,
he tells us,(was " unexpectedly summoned to take
his seat in Paradise." Shortly afterwards Terence
O'Blarney—the susceptible vagabond—falls in love !
Och ! but it is in love he falls, up to his eyes, up to
the roots of his hair entirely. Listen to him. Miss
Mahony was the chosen object of his affections—in
regard to whom thus writes Terence
" If I went out for a ramble, it was to steal a glance
at Miss Mahoney. If I smiled, it was on Miss Mahoney.
If I prayed, it was for Miss Mahoney. If I rhymed, it
was ou Miss Mahoney. If I swore it was by Miss
Mahoney. If I dreamed, it was of Miss Mahoney."
For " offering" to love the beautiful Miss Mahoney,
however, poor O'Blarney is tossed in a blanket. A
circumstance not altogether so very amazing when
it is remembered, by the way, that the enamorato
is a poor devil with scarcely a coat to his back,
while the " ladye" is no less important or less
elevated a " demoiselle" than the Squire's daugh-
ter. Saith our hero when writing about the catas-
trophe :
" I forbear to enumerate the reluctant somersets I
threw ; I shrink from details of the height to which I
rose, or the depth to which I fell : suffice it to say, that
at one moment I was as near to heaven as a doctor's
patient, and the next as far removed from it as a lawyer."
Disheartened by his mishap, Terence flies from
his native village, taking shelter the first night at a
roadside tavern with the sign of the head of Brien
Boroihme. He has here the felicity of participat-
ing amidst the fun, whisky, and devilment, in a
delightful scrimmage—of which he thus speaks in
tender commemoration :
"It was indeed a lovely scrimmage.' No one
dreamed of siding either with this party or with that ;
impartiality being the order of the day, all you were
expected to do was to pitch into your next neighbour,
and get as much fun out of him as possible."
Meeting at this hostel with a strolling player,
O'Blarney is induced to join his " Company"—the
Manager being in want of a novelty by way of
attraction. The brilliant success won by our hero
in his new profession may be conjectured from the
terms employed in the following critique taken
from the columns of a local journal d Molly-
niereen
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4, Last night, a Mr. Terence Felix O'Blarney made
his first appearance here as Romeo, in the immortal
bard's well known play of that name. Barring a slight
brogue, this young aspirant possesses every qualification
for the part, lie has excellent lungs ;is exceedingly

vigorous in his movements ; and
quite, six feet in his shoes.

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picturesque, and ho was received enthusia..._ uy a
most respectable and fashionable audience. We under-
stand he appears to-morrow night as Harlequin. Judg-
ing from his Romeo, we should conceive he would play
this very difficult part to admiration. Both characters
have many points in common ; both are young, active,
in love, and fond of leaping, and condemned by unpro-
pitious destiny to experience the most startling vicissi-
tudes. We wish Mr. O'Blarney all the success that his
genius so richly merits."
Hastening on we find Terence married shortly after
this, and travelling with Mrs. O'Blarney (who
brings him a little money) on the Continent.
Sauntering up the Rhine, he encounters the fol-
lowing indication of—