Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-08-04

Neal.
'Pll be PLACED to sell ye one,' sez the
man. IT'S the illigantest attn! Tis what
they feed the great Lords and ladies up
on
so Neal thought what mighty fine
thing ii would be TO take lobs ther hom e
wild him. an dine, for wans't in his life
for all the world like iintleman.
is this basic fat? seq Neal, pointin
wild his finger TO the biggest fellow on
boord.
'Begorra, ye might thry him down an
make sparm candles out Of him. seq the
fisherman.
But it strikes me the baste isn't young
seq Neal. dubously.
'Tis aisy TO see for yourself, sez the
fisherman, slyly.
How will do THAR sez Neal.
Hasn't he got two mouths wild teeth
in 'em?' sez the fisherman.
'Bedad, but that's thrue.' sez Neal.
An wild that, he lays hould of it as
bould as brass. whin WOW! clip goes the
claws into his hand.
hand wild the black lobsther clingin to it,
an he skippin about like monkey on
barrel organ. 'Murther, IL! be killed in
tirelyp Says he. Take the baste off will
ye? Tis dead man | am this blissed day.
Och, wirra! wirra! whatll become of Bid
the varmint is sucking all the blood from
my body. Tis that makes the lobsthers
SO red. Sure ought to have known it
afore. Oh. blissed Saint Pathrick, what'll
do? Good people have pity on mel
Tis poor divil am, wild wife and six
childher down in Galway. Take the
baste off. say Will any good jintleman
cut his head off, or run knife down his
throat?'
But the crowd they wor screehin' wild
laughter. an houldin' their sides. an niver
a soul of 'en stirred, till big butcher
bruk through 'em wild his cleaver.
'HoulG yer hand down upon the boord.
sez he to Neal. And. wild that. he chopt
off the claws. an set McGowk free.
Now III pay you for the lobsther, if
ye plaze, sez Neal, in passion. to the
fisherman.
'Oh,' sez the man, 'if it's batin' ye're
afther, ye're welcome to it, An wild that
he seized couple of lobsthers by the
small Of the back, and flourshes thin
al arms length. 'Arrah, come on. seq
he.
But as soon as Neal heard the lobsthers
shakin' and ratlin' near his face, he dhrops
his fists an runs out of Dublin. wild the
people shoutin at his heels. Faix! when
he came back to Galway, there wasn't
many o'the boys that wor bould enough
to ask Neal McGowk to tell 'em the age
of a lobsther by lookin at his teeth. An
that's the story. sir
Very admirably embelished. | dare
say. And now Mulrooney. l can dispense
with you for the present; so bear in mind
wha: told you.
About the mash, sir?'
Certainly. about the mash
Still, Peter unaccountably fingered;
and | was about to ask why he waited,
when he said. softly
i beg yer pardin. sir; but tits bothered
in,irely am. Will l give her an ould
country mash, or an Ameriky mash?'
Il don't know ofany distinction between
them
'Arrah. it's reasonable enough that ye
shouldn't responded Peter.
Look here. Mulrooney.' said l. imoa-
tiently. Il want you to get about two
double handful of bran into bucket of
warm water. and. after stirring the mix
ture well, to give ii to the black fiilly.-
That is what we call bran mash in this
country. Now do you perfectly under
stand meg
Good luck to yer honor replied Pc
ter, looking very much relieved, for the
rascal had got the information he was
Fishing for. Good luck to yer honor,
wha;'ud | be good for if | didn't? Sure,
It's the ould country mash, afther ALL
j thought as much,' said J.; so now
away with you, aud be sure you make no
mistake
'Tisn't likely I'll do that SIR said he
looking very confidently. But about the
warm wather sir?'
There's plenty to be had in the kitch-
en-
And the naygur; will l say till her It's
yer honor's ordhers?'
Certainly; she will make no Difficult
ty.'
oh, begora, 'iisn'ta ;raneen care for
that. But will give her the full of the
bucket, sir?'
Twill do her no harm. said l. careless
ly. And with that. Peter made his best
bow and departed from the presence.
1t might have been some ten minutes
after this that Mrs. Stanley entered the
room where was sitting. and. as she
was still somewhat of an invalid. l laid
down the book had in my hand. and
leading her to the sofa. arranged the pill
lows to her liking.
! wish you would 90 into the kitchen,