The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-05-06

! ''Misther Doughtery,' .es the Squire.
Sur" ses l.
The misthress is looken AZ you," -ez he.
Shes welcome, sur" ses l.
''She's looken at you," se, he, laying his hand
! on the decsnter
Blur an nouns,' sez l. what's a,niss Wild
me y looken round at my clothes TO see If all my
| buttons were fast
''Oh, she only wants to take wine with you,
| ssz he.
Thank you and her. sez I.
Your health, sur, sez she.
"God bless your own pretty countenance,
madam" seq l. But bad luck to the more than
a thimble full the stingy fellow after put
ting in her glass.
''Blur an nouns - / to myself, he helps
her as he likes her, may be- and l pitied the
| creature. So l watched my opportunity and
when thought he wasn't looken nodded 10 her
and pointed to the decanter uften up my glass
at the same time, which she understood, for she
smiled and helped herself; but she was much
afeard oY him that divil more than a tooth-full
she put in it in spite of all the mods and winks
could throw at her, and pointing to my full glass;
/
| the same time, hasn't he her undher great con-
! troll entirely" and while this was all goen on,
the sarah morsel the fellows behind the chairs
| left on the table, but what they whipped away
with them.
| 'Oh, ye VILLAINS, see in my teeth, finding l
was put of with mouthful of dinner. '.Oh,
ye Williams, If l mad ye in my tobacco press,
may be I'd give you squeeze that would put
| the conceit out Of yez; but there was no use in
| talking. Up they came impudent as ever,
and placed fornenst each one Of US great glass
! bowl half full of wather with towel beside it,
! and myself not knowing what they meant at all
at all, WAS watching to see what every one else
would do when the Squire sez to me-
''Nisther Dougherty."
Sur sez l.
Make use OF the 1sther," seq he, tin We get
at the claret.
| ''Yes sur sez l.
! tux up the bowl betwane my two hands, and
THROWN myself back in the chair with my mouth
wide open, gulphin the whole ofthe wather down
| in one swaller. till il filled me up 20 the chin,
tho there was not the full egg shell in my
body before, barrin' the thrite ov boiled nettles
| / got at by chance.
Och, mavourneenl the cold wather began TO
give me such at almost gives the choic
to think ov il now but such rumblin' an grum-
bin, an shiverin' an shakin', that heartily as
the Squire and the ladies laughed at me, the
| sorra q wrinkle was in my stomach. So, sez
to the Squire in pigs whisper
''I'm fairly done over; you must excuse me
| Squire, jewel, for goin' off, but Pm in north
al great hurry, and there's back doors for
me-so l must be gone as quick as l can Oh,
Tom! Tom what suffered for your sake
s.Yis, but there is" sez he, whispering behind
| his hand to me.
''Och, no, mavourneen!' sez I, squeezing my
CUTS and sinking down stairs as if hadn't g
minute to live
Eyer hat, sir sez the first fellow Imet at the
foot ov the stairs, giving it nate twirl with the
sleeve ov his coat.
| THANK We, sir" seq taking it from him
''Hope ye won't forget me, sir-we always get
a tenpenny or two SEE he.
ssOch, murther !" sez I, drawing tenpenny
like tooth, from my breeche, pocket. What
suffered for your sake Tom, honey: and here
had to squeeze my CUTS again
eyer gloves, sir" sez another fellow-'they're
nicely aired; hope ye won't forget me-
Och, Tom Tom sez /, pulling out another
ten-penny and giving it to him.
eyer cane, sir,' third, handing it to me;
l TUX great care ov it +; hope ye wont forget me-
Och, Tom Tom seq l, groaning as l pulled
out a third tenpenny and gave it to him.
Let me out now, jintleman, sez l, as they
opened the door, and bowed and scraped enough
TO make one think them the rale sort; but tbs
divil fire me, Nsez when got on the flags, anC
cooked round at the house as l heard the doc
shuttle diyil fire me if ever l give half
crown for mouthful of chopped nettles and
bellyful of cowld water?
| Is not this too True.
1.-The gay will laugh