Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1848-03-29
ADVENTURE IN IRI

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ADVENTURES IN iRE
"AND so, Pat, you think you q y me
plenty of snipe = This was BY
young sportsman to an Irish pea DO NJ
hanging over what was INTENDED TOT eatc.-
Pat was dressed in beautiful suit Of rags,
which left nearly every part of "a bfawnv per-
son exposed to the chill air; hat s. had hot, but
his head was covered with aafkIcG}f matted
cropped Of red hair which disdaiheda restraint.
In his mouth he held an empty s'duddeeb." the
stem of which was just long enough ID admit
of being held between his tech and under his
arm he held 1beatitiful stick" with most
enchanting knob at the end oft, in which was
inserted piece of sharp iron about two inches
long.
"Faika, and it's meself as can show YES the
! snpe; you may well say that word, but how do
yes think can be after LAYING the farm, and
this the digin times siifein
The sportsman smiled at the wori farm, for
the shantee stood surrounded by bog the only
sign of cultivation was very small Jotatoe
patch, in which two hogs were most ihI!istfi-
ously roofing,
"Well now, Pat, I'll pay you for your truu-
ble.''
cara, now, be after giving be half a CANA,
and I'll show yes as many birds as yes could
shute in mont"
"Well, show the game, and we won't quar-
rel about the money"
"Shjw YOU the money, and we won't quar-
rel at ALL" said Pat.
swell, here's CROWN said the stranger,
producing well-flled purse, ''and when see
the Birds you shall have the mate to it,"
Pats eyes winked as he saw the weli-iillcd
purse, and his fingers fidgetted about the club.
He took the money, and in silence s.rdie forth
into the morass.
After pufsuin labyrinth-like path through
| a bog for some time, Pat leading the say III
| sullen silence, they came to some higher grotind
and were Instantly among the birds: For some
time the sportsman pursued his vocation, bird
after bird falling, and Pat proving most excel
lent retriever: ct last couple of snipes rose at
| the same moment. Bang. bang! went the bar
| rels, and the birds were futtering in the agon-
les of death. Instead of picking up the birds as
usual, Pat NOW made spring at the sports
| man, and before he was aware of his determih:
| alton, Pat snatched the gun from his hands; and
| 1ourshing his club over his head, cried out
"Now, We spaIpeen of an AnglasHer: what
wad yer say if [ was to break yer tory skull;
yer orange vilaini Just be after handing IND
that purse wild tina swate shining gould. or by
the club of St: Patrick yell niver sa D,,bliti a.
GAIN The sportsman hands over the purse:J
Sand now yev been so very kind as to lind md
yer money, yell just be after showing rs the
time o'day, ma lsdI give us hould of the beau-
purse. eyer good natured cratur enough;
and as harmless as the birds yer KILN; and now
tink of it, We say I'm hungry; so y6u'ii iii be
after refusing ma the bag full of snipe, and it's
heavy it's. The young man with monrnful
countenance gave him the game-bag.) .'Bsck
luck to We for INF O. the world, don't We sd re-
We good coat on yer dirty back, and yer beth:
ers, that's that me, Patrick o. Bally SHAFT fsS' it
as much as a rag to his Elegant shoulders
/ "But Pat, my good fellow; you don't intend
to strip and leave me to perish this cold Oily iii
| the bog?''
"And be japers, that's life that's too good
| for the likes of ye-so oft wit yer cEots aiure
split your bloody tory kuIl;--and its little help
yell get from myself to get ont of the bog ;and
| by the powers, if We find yer way ont ystseff
why yell be the first as ever did; and should ye
jest happen to die in the bog, why thin it isent
me that have the numbering of We on itiy con-
science any how"
| "Well. said the poor sportsman, IL suppose
must give you all" and putting his hands up
to his breast. as If to pull off his coat, be pro-
duced-a brace of double barrelled pistolss--and
presenting them to the head Of the astoni<hed
robber, ha exclaimed, "Now you numbering VII
lain, cad the way out of this bog. You shall
haze the pleasure of carrying my traps 10 town
and if you but turn your head, Ill put . brace
of bullets through your carcass. Nod t.len,
= march,"
90 sure it's myself as II be delighted T. DO
that same, and with all the pleasure il life
wasn't only joking about the coat and the
tings, and didn't intend to be after carrying
yer honor's gun, saying yer honor was mi: htv
; fatigued and tired, faint, but yer hadn't be af-
Their getting in such passion with poor in.
nocent boy, as is willing to work all the days Of
his life for such swate lord as yerself."
. And Pat tramped forward with the LOAD.
, caught in his own trap, for when he arrived in
town the police at once recognized him d.
daring rascal, who had long. evaded justice: and
, as two persons had lately mysteriously disap-
peared near this bog, very little doubt remained
D of their. fate. Theyoung sportsman had most
: probably to thank his precaution and ccolness.
without which he would have shared their COM
] Portable resting place. the snipe-bog.
i CO Mr.. Clay has risen in bis strength.
5 BuF. Paper:
% Then we advise him 10 lie down agair.-
K Troy Budget.
q .G|7And if he will not sqe down" of his own
" accord, no doubt you will try hard to lie D ",
doun.-LouisriHe jour.
n "Sir, if you are capabl. oil making an a"cn-