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ceiycd that.if howoud get rid of his guest, he
must enable him to make the start. Ger
tainly sir, said he; 'but comblc de mdihcarS'
the bread is only IN process OF baking. You
must wait therefore, few minutes before it
be served In the meanwhile | shall hasten
the operations of the cook who is our baker,
and bowling respectfully, he quilted the pre-
sence.
tionn had been scared nearly out of his wits
by the monstrous proportions OF his visitor:
He saw that in combat, or other manual trial
with him. he (Fionn.) could only succeed, if
at all, hya ruse. Fortunately he was full Of
resources, and determined on II grand coup to
extrcatc him from the difficulty.
lie therefore sought the parsonage he called
his baker, and who in fact was cook, slut and
butler, u mere maid-of-all- l-work, and ordered
her to prepare forthwith some cakes of mus
lin (mixcd wheat and ryc); but he added,
that when the dough should be ready, instead
Of putting tho cakes on the griddlc singly,
two were to be joined together with grddlc
III the centre, SO as to form II cake OF three
layers, and in this state they were to be cook
cd on cmbcrs. I'll make him spit a tooth,
said FiOnn aside.
The cook was intelligent and active, and
promised to furnish forth the breakfast table
within an hour.
lnereunOn GlOnn Teplncu MS guest, WHO
was much gricycd that an interval so long was
to elapsc before his meal would appear.
To beguilo the time, said he let us have
a game of some kind one that may afford me
an nkling of the sort of education given you
by your papa.
Alas sir said Fonn, my bringing up
has been Of II very common place, or rather
of very peculiar kind am only taught
and exercised in gymnastics.
So much the better. Let us have a trial
Of that kinda tour de force if you please.
approve the system Of your parent highly,
and shall measure my strength with you for
notwithstanding your early youth, find you
"a tidy bit of stuff What shall we have
a game OF pigs, sir.
Pigs | never heard Of that 1ow'
1T is very simple, sir, Papa is iuud of
picked pork, and keeps ii large live stock Of
the raw material on hand. Besides hundreds
of thousands abroad under the care of herds
men, he has always in his several stycs as
many more. For exercise he take me into
the centre of one Of them, and tucks up his
sleeves ! do the same and we commence
emptying the stye of its stock, each sezing an
animal and by main force hinging HIM out.
al find that pretty" as Garagantua said,
when his mare beast Of quality--laid waste
the neighboring woods observed the giant.
Let us have game OF pigs.
| Fionn led him to the piggery, "A large OBJ
| long building, in which were many hundred
specimens of the grunting order. lie left the
| door open and throwing off his coat, advised
his visitor to do the like.
Now sir, said he, when his guest was un-
! frocked let us begin and see whether you or
am the stronger and more adroit.'
The visitor addressed himself to the strange
task with impatience and vigor, forgetting all
! observation Of tionn until he had jerked out
the last pig, the respectable father of nu
merous family, which had been previously
evictcd by him with as little compunction as
is felt in the modern operation Of clearing
in the county of Roscommon. Turning to
Fionn with an air of exultation, he found him
moping and breathing hard, as iffrom fatigue;
although in truth he had not caused a single
shrek Of regret. or single tear to fall, by
the expulsion of SOW or hog from his habita
ton Not one ofthe cvicted grognards coulC
say that by fionn he had been
Forced from his home, yea from where be was born.
ell that Job is done said the giant, us
ing his hundlter,hier but how are we to as
certain our comparative merits How dis
criminate between those thrown forth by 70,
and by myself
Nothing more easy, said FIonn; while yol
seized your animal by the leg, took mine b,
the tail; a peculiar twist taught me by papa
enables me to mark my game at the very mo
mcnt mste my point. Do you know an.
thing of that art ,
Nothing.
consequently the animals expelled by yo
will present no appearance by which you ca
distinguish them, while every pig pitche
out will be found to have u curl in his tail.
The giant cast an eye abroad, and wen
forth with his willy host. Nineout of ten of tn
herd were found to have Fionn mark upo
them, The giant looked unutterable thing
, shook his head, pronounced it bad job, an
said peevishly: Let's in to breakfast
By this time the repa.t was served.
consisted simply of cakes and ale. lh
stranger, ravenous, seized one of the gdtedu1
> thrust it between his jaws, and closed thci
with snap and report that would hay
! startled one of less nerve than flonn III
> consequence upon the cake was visible, for b
had bitten
a huge half-noon--a mon.trous cantle out
j Throwing it on the table, with Il roar whc
shook the wclkin, he at the same momer
= elected two canine, and a molar'of the low'
G set-the last mentioned, it must be cOntesse
the least bit in the world carious.
9 W hat a deuced hard crust he exclame,
: 'Oh, that's nothing replied Fionn. Pap
. following our countryman Mr.. Abernethy
!, rule, has them well baked and papa, al
according to that polite mans system, mast
It Gates his food well and saves himself Il
trouble and expense of calling in DOCTOR
u Why, do you pretend to say that this
the ordinary bread of your father =
is oh dear, no. Papa would blow up t
st cook sky-high, if she presumed to serve ,
to him " soft Tommy" as he would call tf
Z crumb
n The stranger looked aghast, Then reco
is siderlng-his first impression was reproduce
20 and he said apart, If the son-a mere chi
e he calls himself-can pitch out nine porkt
is for my one, and if the fathers jaws C
: MUNICH granite like this, | shall come
NJ second best in a set-to with him Rising
continently therefore, and wiping his III
l. from which the blood was fast oozing,
eaid: Good morning to you, Master Fior
My compliments to papa and bolted, mutt
= ing maledictiOns on 'Abernethy biscuits