Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-18

holyday: neither does my shisther;' an ne WINK.
cd knowninIy at me- It's WE'LL said he, 'that
il wasn't piana- fifty or piana-sixty that he oru
tbered: he's too lavish entirely OF his money
saws the cute young shaver; amt shame ;, LOT
a man of his years to be buyin' musicai CONN:
when it's one of oak he ought to be thlhKih OIL
an he winked so wisely at me agin' tha' sora o.e
o. me he ever suspected he was only maxim,
hare, O, me. sThrue for your HONOR says l,
cts makinhis sowl he ought to be, sure enough
.Ay. an all of u.s. saws he, very soemnly; but,
Paul. in regard of what I'm spakin' about; | be-
Iievc you're to pay forty pounds tor this insthro
ment.' saws he, .i's from that it's named; but II
YOU take my advice. you'll buy piana-thlrty,,'
say he, .an' put the odd ten pounds in your peck
ct for the bei'eft of your wife an childher I've
been very wild myself, Paul. says ne. IAN Ia
Wished great deal o. money an it's full time Tor
me TO begin to be charitable--hem hem'
"AccordingIy we made it up betwixt us, that
should buy the piana-thiry and pocket the dill
fer; but got writin' from under his hand. that
he should pay the money for me, if we'd befound
out Now saws he, as he finished it, you may
as well save twenty pounds as ten. for 1t you
show this to the musical coffin man, he'll take 1t In
place of ten pounds; an besides, 1t gives you
rood correcthur, an that's very useful thing IN
this world, Paul--hem, hem.' Accordingly, when
came to Dublin, went into house where they
sowId them, an inquired to see a Plana thirty
The man looked at me. WHO'S 1t forT says he.
You won't tell tomorrow, nabor' says |, bar
rim | change my mind. Have you musical
coffin-a good stout beneficial piana-thrty, that
man will get the worth of his money of wear
out of it?' He screwed his mouth to the one side
of his face, and winked at a man that stood in
the shop, who it seems, was fiddler; but, by,
gor, if Mcky M'Grory had seen him! Why,
tuck him for a sintlemon! 'Are you musician.
er?' SAYS the other. Il do thrine. that way
saws 'afther the Murph-hem! | name afther
atm my dinner, says myself putin an the bo
dagh, because nobody knew me, 'but never re-
save payment for it; I'D scorn that How long
are YOU Out?' says he. Since last w Insday,'
SAYS L. I'm from home 'And where IS that
pray? Behind Tullymuclescrag, in the parish
of Teernamuckfau- ghalumkish-la-be Il sup
pose,' says my customer, your last walscOat was
great deal too sthrait for your Not so sthrait
as your own is at present. says L: The was small.
screw'd-up crathur, like whitthrit.) 'Wiil you
show me the article want!' DO you see that
shop over the way said he, 'at the corner!-
You'll get the article you want there? accord,
| in"ly went over, and inquired Of the man behind
the counter, if he could sell me piana-thirty.
We sell nothing here but ropes says he thry
over the way thin went back to the fellow:
you thievin' sconce,' says |, did you name to
make fool O. mea' Il never carry Goals to New
CASTLE says the wagabone: go home to your
friends, my honest fellow, an you'll ase them ct
a great deal of throuble on your account; they
miss your music after dinner, very much, says he.
on, SAID the fiddler. tits better to direct the
properly; he'sa stranger .'-wrttin' down at the
same time direction for me. Go to this house,
and inquire for the country, an have perteck-
lar business that you cant tell no one but himself;
an depend upon it you'll get what you rant.
'OaI set: an at long last found great house.
an gave three or four thuRderin' cracks at the
door. Il want to see the master, very bad entire
| ly,' says |. whats wrong!' said fellow, all
powdher, wid a tail CROWN from his head down
his back. have news from the country for him,
says |. that can only tell to himself The
fellow looked frightned, an runnn' up the stairs.
brough down a gentleman wild wig and black
apron upon him. Are you the musicman,' says
l, that has the piana-thrty for sale? want a
musc-cOffin to buy Kick this scoundril out,
saws the ouId chap; show burst you let him in at
ali at all? out wild him into the channel.' In
three minutes we war in one anOther's woods; but
fax, in regard OF way | had, soon sOwed the
hall wild them and was attackin' the ould fellow
himself in corner, within lot of gintlemen an
ladies came to his assistance, hearin' the militia
m,urthers he ris at the first dig in the RIBS hot
him. You dam ould DUST says |, layin' on him,
is this any threatment for dacent man, that
wants to give you the preference in dailin' wild
you, an to lave YOU good Uaiue for what got,
YOU mutherln. ouId rap!
Sat last | was seized hand an fut, till the Of
fishers would be STINT for to take me to Jail. But,
thinkin' of the correcthur that Masther Frank
gaved me- pulled it out, an put it into the hands
of one o. the gintlemen. Here, says |. we IL
conditioned Migrants, read that. an you'll find
that I'm no bird for the crib; it III show wees
what am Sure enough, says he lookin' at it;
it describes you to hair, you villain;' an he
read it is to sartify that the bearer, Paul
Kelley, lis big rascal; an any person securn' him
wiipresave reward Of thirty pounds, as he has
broke out ofjail, where he was confined for sheep
stain. He is a man that squints wild one eye,
an wears long nose, turned wit sharp look
out towards his left year. MAY all kinds of
hard fortune settle down upon him that wrote
that! says l.; but he has fairly desaved me, the
limb o. the devil that he is. Gintlemen, says |,
it's all but mistake. Let me co. says l, AM
III never heed the music for this day, any how;
that NAV never he n bishOp. but il was all