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besides. Deed, sir, twas mighty afTcctionate
they wor wild him. Twas always The top
o the mornin to We. Msther Neal, or 'Tis
glad am to see We, Msther NJ 'Gowk' For
they entertained respect for his scientifcal
requirements in the matther of horses that
was beautiful to see. Wheniver thev wanted
to buy "a SPLENDID hunther, or a span of fine
horses for my lady, or a pony about the size
of a month-ould calf for the childher, who
but Neal M'Gowk must ride wild them to the
fairs, an the markets, an discoorse upon the
qualities of the bastesl By a mysterious
gift he could tell their ages, too''-
'That is not at all difficult, ," said |, little
contemptuously. "Any fool can tell that by
looking at their teeth
" lis Of Irish horses am srakin, yer ho-
nour. responded Peter, with an air of the
utmost simplicity
81 know of no difference between Irish and
American horses in that rcspect,' said I ,
laughing
ooh, hut did iver hear the likes o. that"
exclaimed Peter. ''Sure it doesn't become
poor boy to impache your honor's larnin' ,
but, from under hts half-closed eyelids-
there ism t an ould maid, wild all her silks
an her satin s, an her good, an ber bright
sparklin jewels, that does be more fractious
about havin' her age tould than an Irish
horse
1t was almost impossible to resist this bnt
managed to restrain my disposition to burst
out into hearty roar, and merely said, 'Pch!
poh Have done with your nonsense, Null
rooney, and go on with your story"
Sure enough twas by the teeth sir, that
he tould the age of horse for why would
| be tellin' yer honour lie about it But
twas only the coaxin' way he had that put
the comether on the jealous baste, and per-
suadcd 1t to open its mouth
Ah, know you Irish are famous for
barney
" Deed, sir, that's thrue, any way" said
Peter. " Well, Neal was but a poor crav-
ther. afther all for, by rason of the genthry
colloguing wild him, he began to turn the
cowld shouldhcr to his ould frinds, an to
brag, an to boast, as if he bate the world for
wisdom. Arrah, where was the use of da-
cent man demaning hisself in that way
Well, one day he took it inso his head to
thravcl to Dnblin for dcvarshin an mighty
purity divarshin he made of it, sure enough.
Och, but it's Il beauty of a city. that same
Dublin, wild its four cOorts, an its strates o
flne houses, an its College-grecn, an' its
bridges over the lhfcy Ry-an'-by, Neal
sthrolls to the market. Bcdad but twas his
evil ianus tux him there, | does be thinkin'
Aithcr admirng the hapes of ptatces. and
the lashins of bafc, an mutton, an other
Vegetables OF II similar character, he comes
to u fisherman stall, where he sees iycr SO
many black things pokin' out their thin legs
an dhrawin' them back agin in Il lazy sort
of IL way.
-" hats thim = seq Neal to the fisher
men.
"' Lobsthers, sez the man
So lis .lokin yc are, SEE Neal. Lobs-
thers are red craythers, as red as soicrs
coats, seq he, for Misthers Hoolagan. the
housekeeper at Squire Doolin' S, tould me so >
Misthress Hoolagan is dacent woman, ,
an tells the thruth, sez the fisherman. 'ris
the hilih docs 1t. The hot wather turns
en-.
80 Ayeh but that bates Bannagher y sez
II he PLACED to sell ye one SCI the
man. lis the iligantest attn lis what
they teed the great lords and ladies upon.
:" 30 Neal thought what a mighty fine
thing 1t would be to take a lobsther home
wild him, an dine, for wanst in his life. for
all the world, like intleman.'
g Is this baste fat = sez Neal pontin' wild
his finger to the biggest fellow on the boord
:. Begorra, ye might thry him down an
make sparm candles out of him, SEE the
fisherman.
''' But it sthrikes me the baste ism t
young, SEE Neal obviously.
60 lis aisy to see for yerself, seq the fisher
man, silly.
go How will do that . sez Neal
Hash t he got two mouths wild teeth in
EN- sez the fisherman
''' Bedad, but that's thrue,' seq Neal
An, wld that, he lays hould of it, as
bould as brass-whin, WOW clip goes the
claws into his hand,
GO Och, murther y cries Neal, shakin' his
hand wild the black lobsthel clingin' to it,
an he skippin' about like monkey on a bar.
rel-organ. Murther I'll be kilt intire-
ly says he. Take the baste off, will We :
lis dead man | am this blessed day Och,
wirra wirra whatll become of Biddy an
the childher Murther murther, the var
mint is sucking all the blood from my body.
lis 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 me 'Tis poor divil am,
wild wife an six childher down in Galway.
Take the baste off, | say Will any good
jintleman cut his head off, or run a knife
down his throat,'
But the crowd they wor screechin' wild
laughter, an houldin' their sides, an niver
a soul of 'em stirred, till big butcher bruk
through 'em wild his cleaver.
So Ilould yer hand down upon the boord,' ;
the claws, an set M'Gowk free
- Now, III pay We for the lobsther. if We
pia|e, SEE Neal, in II passion, to the fisher
man
oh' seq the man, if It's batin We re
aithcr, ye re welcome to it An with that
he sazcs II couple of lobsthcrs by the small of
the back. Gnd ilourishes them at arlus len IN
N.rah, come on = seq he
- But, as soon Neal heard the lobsthers
shakin an rattlin near his face, he drops
liS fists an run out of Dublin, wild the pco-
pie 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
VI Howk to tell 'em the age Of a lobsthrr by
lookin' at his teeth, An that's the story.
sir. -
Very admirably embellished. dare say
And now, Muroonry, can dispense with
you for the present So bear in mind what
told you"
About the mash, sir ="
- Certainly, about the mash.
Stlll' Peter unaccountably fingered and
was about to ask why he waited, when he
said softly.
IL beg your pardin, sir; but tbs bothered
intirely am Will give her AN ould coun-
thry mash, or AN Amcrk. mash -
~ don't know Of any distinction between
'hen' answered, rather puzzled IN my
hlnd at what lac was aiming. | found after
wards he was ignorant of what a mash was
- don't know, said |, "of any distinction
between them
Arrah, It's reasonable enough that We
shouldn't, responded Peter.
Look here, Mulrooney," said |, impa-
tlently, II want you to put about two double
handiuls OF bran into a bucket of warm
water, and, after stirllnS the mixture we'll,
to give it to the black flly. That is what
We call bran mash in tlss country. Now,
do you perfectly understand me -
Good luck TO yer honour, replied Peter,
looking very much relieved for the rascal
had got the information he was fishing for.
" Good luck To yer honour, what 'ud be
good for if | dida't Sure, It's the ould
country mash, afther all a"
- | thought as much ~ SAID -, so ,,ou