Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-26

I 'Och never fear Nick Rooney for that !,
replied the inkeeper; 'there are the notes safe
! in my pocket book and I'll put the same un-
der my bolster this blessed night
The door keeper saw that now was his time
TO take part in the coiIoquy; ccordingly he ev-
claimed, Troth, Mistur Nicholas Rooney, and
il is not myself would be after trusting such an
old Belzebub as you are with any money at all.
Much better, sure, for the farmer to lend me a
hold of the flinsies; for I'm an honest man
every inch, and I'll keep them as safe for him
! as if they were lodged in the bank of Ireland
BY the holy;' replied the farmer, but ye're
a mighty dacent sort Of brute bas,e now, to
be after thinking that ould trust my money
wild you that never before sat eyes on. And
sure, Mr.. Rooney ought TO givo ye great
big batting for the dirty suspicion upon his
honor
Set out Of my house ,youthef Of the world,
roared out the landlord to the officer; what a.
ye name by il sur p
'Ay, bad manners t'yc,' rejoined the coun-
tryman, 'what dye name, sur, by computing
to Mr.. Rooney that he is a robber, and the
likes of that But barring yer onda cency, isn I
there yerself there to the fore, yn spalpcon, to
bear witness that giv'd him The money ? Get
out, ye blackguard it's like enough ye'rc q
| swnder yerself, ane ye're trying at this mo-
ment to pick my pocket but l knows the
thricks of Dublin, can tell ye.'
The officer now that it was his turn 10 make
an apology, which he did by swearing that
what he had said was only joke, and no Of
| fence in life; after which he called for a nog-
gin of whskey, and took his departure. The
countryman, Likewise, after short refresh
ment, bent his steps towards Ely Place, where
he reported progress to Mr. Curran.
very WE'LL said the counsellor; now 60
ba ok to the inn alone, and tell Rooney that
you have been informed your landlord sails Tor
England to morrow morning, and that you
want the money now; for that the only chance
you have Of getting your lease renewed, is by
having it done this evening.
Away hied tho farmer, not well knowing
what to make Of his directors manTuvres ;
but ho punctiliously executed his message, and
soon returned with the money Rooney. though
sorry TO let the booty out of his grasp, was too
well aware of tho consequences Of denying
transaction, to which there had been (what
| he thought) even an accidental witness.
On putting the notes down on the table,
Curran thus addressed his client. 'Well, now,
my friend so far, so well we have now got
! the rascal fast
The Lord above be raised for his tender
mercies replied the countryman bur, with
your worship's honors lave, may be so bould
as 10 obsarve, that the villain still houlds tho
| money he first tuck from me-
No such thing = returned Currnn: 'why
you laundering blockhead, don't you see that
this is the first hundred pounds and that you
have nothing 10 do, TO morrow morning, but
TO go with your witness, and clam the hun
drod you left with him 10 day p
'The holy vargin and the blessed sa nts be
! good unto you, Masthur Curran, all the days
Of your lifa,' replied the farmer 'yo advise
the right thing any how, and III do that same
sure enough
Accordingly. next day, the bitter found him
self bit, when the countrynan arrived with the
officer to claim the money which the latter
saw him deposit the day before, ho was COM
! PEELED to make restoration, III order 10 avoid
worse consequences.
Cu-r0n often told the story, as an instance
of his own ingenuity; and he declared, that if
the coun,ryman could not readily have pro-
curod the ,moncy from his uncle, he himself
would have advanced the hundred pounds for
the second deposit, so confident was he of the
! SUCCESS of his scheme