Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-10


your honor come through the clouds IN
a baloon9 plase your honor, Pm stew.
ard of the Polly Packet; and every
Monday in the week the captain gives
the sailors treat; and the good mate
and the good drink of the captains
didn't agree with me- at all at all | ate
go much that / would never desire to
lave off and when was home and
bed. | was mono the better OF it; and
when went to sleep the devil wink
of sleep could ] get for draining all
night. Och, wish may never drame
such another "What was your dream
Daniel?D Why, then saving your
presence, I'll tell you--I was draining
was coming homo from Molly Crini-
gan, the fairy woman, where had been
to get charm for the cure of the bra
ked heifer that was bewitched, and !
drained was coming across the Key of
Ballanaskeugh, and was looking up at
the stars and blessing myself, when
what did myself do, but | missed my
footing, and fell into the water, that
was very well--then | thought was
swimming away for the bare life of me,
when / swimmed on shore on desolate
island, where there was water enough
to drowne Johnny Mac Glee, the Irish
giant, that was very well-so | sot
myself down, and set up crying; and
as was setting there by myself, lus-
ty big black devil of an eagle come up
to myself" "Good morning, Daniel
O'Rourke, says he,'' "Good morning
sir. said i" "God save you, Dan, said
he.' You also sir, said l." "What
are you doing there DAMP" said he.
Nothing at all, SIR" said ], 81 was
only wishing was safe back at Ballan-
aSkeugh.' "Come, get horseback
upon me, said he, and my life against
yours but I'll bring you safe home to
Ballanaskeugh." "Och by, my soul
sir,' said !, "here's psrsuading; |
hank you sir, said l, for the loan of
your civility, sir, said l, & will accept
your offer sir, said J.; SO got horse
back upon him, and away he few with
me till we came close up to the moon;
so then l thought to set him right, the
cause why, thought for sure he didn't
know the right road to Balanaskeugh;
but I'll be civil to him, says |, for why,
bekase he has me in his power: so says
|, phase your honor's glory, sir, said |,
I'm thinking you are not in the right
road 10 Ballanackeugh." Hold your
tongue, Daniel, said he, and mind your
own business, and don't interfere with
the business of other people" May
be not, sir, said /; go SAID no more till
we came to the moon itself" "Take
off me, Dan, said he, I'm tired"
:" will not sir, said l." "Take off me
said no." ''Indeed and | won't, sir,
said | bad enough, sir, said |, what
will | do?'' "Take off me, Dan, said
he, while rest me. ''Och and is it
to fall and be killed sir, said l." "Get
upon the moon while rest myself, said
he." "And is that the way you'd be
sarving me, sir, said L." "Never fear,
Daniel said he, don't you see reaping
hook sticking out of one side of it, said
he" "I do sir, said l." 'ETake
grippe Of it, said he; and you'll come to
the ground like a flea In blanket"
81 did so, when what does himself do
bat turns about. and "good bye to you
Dan, says he.'' sis shat all, you ug ~
old brute you, sir, says devil speed
the traveller says |, you are an unnatu-
raj haste go you are Is this the way
you d be sarving me, sir, said l." Well
that was very we'll; when out came the
man of the moon himself. Daniel o.
Rourke," said he. "The same sir,
said l." What are you doing with
nv reaping hook, Dan? ?" said he. 'No
BARN sir, said |, only holding on for
fear I'd be falling off, sir, said l."
&c Let GO your grippe, Dan, said no.
&c Indeed, and with your honor's lave
and 1 will not, sir, said - "Let go
your gripe Dan. said be. or else you'd
better, you had" &C Indeed, and will
not sir, said |, and the more you bid
me leave 90, sir, said |, the more
won't, SO will" "We'll see that"
said he, and with that he goes in, and
fetches cut large hammer, and knocks
off the handle of the reaping hook, and
down myself falls, falls, falls like bird
that would be flying, when Il pleased
God to send a flock of wild geese by,
from my own bog of Ballanaskeugh, Or
how should they know me? " Is this
Daniel O'Rourke?" says orc of them.
8 1t is so sir, said l." 81 think you
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