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

in throuble, nfther ALL IT'S neither spake till
him ciyilly; sure that costs nothin'. any how!
| How are ye Shamus? sez the little ould
| gintlemnn, wid IL crack in his voice like pinny
thrumpet.
( .s.Purty well, thank ye.' SEE Shamus. How
is II wild yourself, an all yer little fosther bro
! thers an sisthers. an aunts. an uncles, an
gran fathers, an gran mothers? :?
| ...He;rty = sez he, L PLACED TO say"
; '.'Sure it does good to hear IT, sez Sha-
mus an the purty wife, wild her intherestin
family the ciidher that she does be putin TO
bed in the egg shells. may be SO h"uld as TO
ax if they've got well over the ninises. an the
scarlet rash, widout siniin' for the docther?"
'''NIake yer mind aisy on tLatscore, Shamus,
s,z tie little man.
Long life an good luck to ye. thin, dhrunk
or sober, for 'tis happy husband an tathe, We
must he. I'm thinkin'. SEE Shamus
'..'Tis obleeged to ye am, sez the little man.
'.'Iu-ha. thin, but yees wilcome as tile
prmroses' SEE Shamus
'''Augh there's plinty seq that rs don't name
it,, SEE the little man.
.. Fax. it's no wondhern sez Shamus; an
thin he hrut nut into II lnugh, an SEE he
1T s u wurum country ye live i'll whin yees
at home I've harI sty: sort Of underground
Aist Iniees wild Vcshuvius for q smoke pipe TO
yer kitchin p
oh, but wasn't he the bouId to say
that?
".There's no denyn' It's grand place SEE
the little tnan it bates ould Ireland out an
out"
why wouldn't it ? seq Sharnus, 'lookln' AT
the dacent people that's born and bred down
there. takin' yer honor for specimint."
oh SEE the little IN IN. AS pleased as col
leen wild her first sweetheart, tits you that has
the grea: fickilty Of discarnment. Shamus."
MANY thanks to ye,' seZ Shamus. lis
proud of the compliment am, since II revhes
to me that, considherain' yer inches, yees gin
tleman OF extraordinary sinse an sagashity.
".Shamus' SEE the little man, what's the
use Of buttherin' mt that-a-way? Can't read
ye as asly book!
"'Arrah. thin, why should he sootherin yer
SEE Sharus: would be maxim u behay OF my
self for nothiu' at all ut all ??
:" Sure enough that's thrue, any way, seq
the little man. But isn't them sOjers hears
thYa,r,pin' over the hills heyont :?
".Och militia murther. tits thin, sure enough,
sez Shamus, am | standin' here like ii omadhaun
wastir' the precious time.
.sNusha thin, It's sorry am for yees, sez
the little man, wild quare twist Of his mouth.
Deed an deed but it thr0uhies me-, sez he.
',uould your whist! Bad luck 70 We for n
desaiver as We are 'Tis little good yer sorrow
'ul! DO an unforthinet boy whin the muriherin
red coats is Mt his fut. How will he thravel-
lin acrass the big bog. I'd like to know? Tell
me that an I'll listen to yees wild all my heart
:. May be / can. an maybe cant, sez the
little man. What u We give me to whisk ye
,er it widout victim the sole of yer fut?
:. 'I'd lik the dhry ground beither,' sez Sha-
mu=.
:. what 'ud ye give thin, for sthraight
path mel firm an sthrong acrass IT, an rs fast
rs We can thravei it ?"
=. Where's the good Of it? sez Shamus;
wouldn't the snjers folly it too!
Not if its destroyed AS fast as ye goes over
it, sec tie little man.
...What 'ul We AK p sez Shamus desperately.
Whist sez the little man 'spake low, an
}
Och muriAer." scz Shamus, is it myself
ye want ??
s.If We can't ou.run the path afore it touches
t'other side ssz the little man.
=. How will do that? SEE Shamus, III n qnan-
dary Won't | be drowned IN The deep bog :!
'Thry it, sex the little man
..I'll be Il gone man if do SEE Shamus.
..sWhcres the differ? p the little man;
won't the soers be here in mint an ketch
ye? 'Tis plIsant TO dance a hornplpe III the air,
does be tIinkin'.'
bad scran to yen SEE Shamus; why do
wees be remimbcriu me of that Tor? sure 'tsn't
staudin' upon daisies AN butther cups am the
night
We'll seq the little man, will make the
road for yees or not?
Sorrl IL bit 1 know SEE Shamus. Ills n
stiff price re askin and what good ud IL poor
bewliihered noy do yees, afther all. Sure fat
pig is betther me; ora year ould calf thin
u hapc betther ATTN
...Yeu. it's little care about the bargain,
anyhow sez the sieeven, 'considherln the
throuble I'd have; besides tbs dark night IL
comm on an IN y be they wont ketch yees al
ther ALL
s..Ochone!' sez Skamus, 'what'H | do? lis
hanged, an dhrawn, an quarthered III be-
'.'Theres Iity on my heart for We, Shamus,
SEE the little man. AN I'd be PLACED To sarve ye
'..MuSha! small tnauks to ye, sez Shamus
'sarve NE first. an roast atther. Don't
know tbs coaxin' the pig 10 a market ye are
An that underground Aist lnjees yees come
from, tits dhreadfu grand place. I'll 60 Dtll
for it T; but, AKIN yer pardin, I'm afeard IT 'ud
not be agreeable wid my tendher constitution.
IT'S a cOnthrary an ould maid ye are,
Shamus OShaughnessy, seq the little man, AN
as foolish sthray gandher. I'm mortaliy
ashamed OF myself for lettln ye thrte wild me
So long. Well, stay where ye are, thin, ye silly
man an let the red coats grip ye. Oh by the
powers but they'll houd ye tast enough, whin
taey come down from the hills; there isn't man
in all the barony that could ship from thin whin
they wanst gotta honlt.
Sure thnt's no lie.' seq Shamus.
''.Arrah, thin, is it II bargain Spake quick
for the red coats IS comm
.'.Oh, wirfa, wirrn, went ye have the soft
heart for poor distressed craythor, wild 4 wife
an sivin small chldher depindin' on him, an
niver a frind il this wide wureld to give 'em bit
or sup. barrin' myself?
s''Spare yer breath, Shanaus, sez the htte
man: maybe tits wantin' it yen be presently.
...Wol't We help poor boy IN his throubies
for the sake Of the blissed charity! sez Shamus.
Would the sojers let yees off for nothln' z