Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-04-16

/" 1 beg yer pardin, sir; but 'tis bothered in.
tirely / am. Will give her an ould country
mash, or an Ameriky masil!'
"'I don't know Of any distinction between
then,'I answered, rather puzzled in my mind at
what he was aiming at. | found afterwards he
! was ignorant of what mash was i don t
Know said ], 'Of any distinction between them
"'Arrah, 'tis reasonable enough that ye
shouldn't, responded Peter. @.1 s." --
Look here, Mulrooney,' said I, impatiently.
i want you To put about two double handsful
Of bran into bucket ofw water, and after,
stirring the mixture well, TO give it to the black
! flly. That is what we call bran mash inthis
country. Now-do You perfectly understand
me?' ...
"'Good luck to yer honor replied Peter.
looking very much relieved for the rascal had
got the information he was fishing for. Good
luck to yer honor, what 'ud be good for i'll
| didn't! Sure, 'tis the ould country mash,
! after all '~.
81 thought as much said l. so now away
with you, and be sure you make no mistake.'
"'Tisn't likely III do that, sir said he, look.
ing very confidently. But about the warm wa
ther, sir?' " ...
"'There's plenty to be had in the kitchen
"'An' the naygur! Will | say to her it's
yer honor's ordhers!' ., E...,el rr.. ... f..
"'Certainly; she'll make no difficulty, ,
"Oh, begOrra, stlsD't q traneen care for that.
But will give her the full Of the bucket sir?"
''Twil do her no HARM said I, careessly-
And with that, Peter made his best bow, and
departed from the presence. t.r..s.u... . ...5s
| might have been some ten minutes after
this that Mrs. Stanley entered the room where
| was sitting, and as she is still somewhat of an
invalid, / laid down the5book had in my hand,
and leading her to the sofa, arranged the pillows
to her king -.
Il wish YOU would 90 into the Kitchen
George she said, as | was disposing light
shawl about her person. Il am Il fraid there is
something wrong between that Irshman, Of
yours and Phi'l~. Both their voices appeared
to be good deal raised as I crossed the ball;
and heard the man say something about some
orders you had given him."
."Oh, it's nothing, my DEAR said, half
laugbing'y. Il understand it all. Mulrooney
requires some warm water, which Phillls who
bears him no lore, has, ! suspect, declined to
give him. . .a.., a.,S @a. r-.sg.. b. q. =s4.
Ny explanation scarcely satisfied Mrs. Stan.
ley. who seemed to think that the disturbance
was greater than would be likely to arise from
such trfe. However, she said nothing more,
and was searching for passage in my book,
WHICH tIUusHL VOulu plchsc. tttE, NHchs All dt
once, we were startled by distant crasl. of
crockery ware-plates and dishes, in fact, as
afterwards discovered. To add to our annoy.
ance, this era sh was speedily followed by
half-suppressd shrek. Mrs Stanley started up
in alarm. ..,.-...
"Do go and see what is the matter, George"
said she. eltold you was sure it was some
thing serious That Irishman will be the death
of Phills some Of these days. They are al.
ways, quarrelling."' .s....s ... ..-.-.sf
Scarcely pausing to listen to the closing
portion of my wife's speech hurried from
the room, and soon heard, as passed through
the hall, an increasing clamer in the kitchen
beyond. First Of all came the shrill voice Of
Phillis. 80 '''t s's@.'f S| s>+'~ ''''-'
n 'sHs s'done say!saI won'thab muffin to do
with the stuff, nairaway" ".4s4 IL ste19d vsHgyo.
sa''Ye ugy and conthrairy ,ould naygur, don't
| tell ye It's the mas.her's ordhers!" heard
Peter respond. '''''. '''"' - ''-..
""Fan.t no such thing. Go way, poor
white lrister! T.. l tell 'ee lwont.l Who ebba .
hearn oh a eolored CONAN a takig' bran
mash afore, I'd like to know?" .,..s...- .-.,
The whole truth Of what had been suspect
ing for some time flashed upon me at once. snd
the fun fthe thing struck me so irresjstibly
thai hestaied fora while tolbreak in aponit.
sA1ah Il aisy, saos ye' an take ths dose
Go way, I,eli 'eeg' screamed PhilIis. aI1l
call missus, dat will" .s54sta aw d>iaw c5
"Och, by this an by that" said Petg reso-
lutey, "if It's .aboML 10 trighten the beautiful
misihress ye are, an she SICK too at tile Same
time, IN soon put atop to that "#o '7o5'a u
Immediately afterwards, l. heard the sound
Of Ais s4leayy ssep across the kilghaa floor, and
then came a short scuffie and stifed scream
Concluding that It was. now time for me to
Interfere, finioved quickly on,,'and Just as the
seufiing gave way to ssmothered sobs and
broken CALCULATIONS, i flung open ihe door and
noked in.. The first thing that caught my eye
i as phis seated in chair, spu:tering and
,a$pfng, willie Mnlrooney, holding her head
lnderIs left arm, was employing ghisright hand
n conveying q lineup Of bran mash frow the
oucket al bis side, TO her upiurned mouth.
""What in The name Of all that is good, are
7ou doing nov, Muirooney?' said T. 92 '52
n "Sure, sir said he, what 'udid 4 do but give
,laek Phillis The warm mash, aecordin' foyer
ionor's ordher? ,Augh, the hsytheni. Bad cess
8 her! It's ttrouble enough I've had to make
'errasonable an obadIenr, an that's no lie
The stupdoaid thafeef amy gurp' o tor hjh
MY dear Urba n, you may imagine the finale
o so rich . scene; even Mrs. Stanley. caught the
nfecton. and laughed heartily. As for Peter,
he hast j heard Of him was his muttering, us
70 walkedaway- oSl5asa Oil ty 7a3tla aa&
nsAyeh.g Why didn't he, tell me- If theylcaH
aygur, fllys, and horses r,fllys, how should1
nov the differ!' -Ladys Book. ..,
i igTThomas de Quincy has writtebsn article
or Hoggs Ltss,1etep, "hiehris. copied nNo.
81 of LiAelfs Lirings, Age. arguing that lhe
tier depreciation Of gold il near at hand and
1evitable, unless the Solitary hope be realized
hat the gold quarriss may aeon be exhausted.