The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-06-04

| bOi hlii inC uoS. EeL Tue hdSuf, tTOlu,
b'lieve the nagur set him an me at first.
%! Nv coorse not sez l. 4 wouldn t
hurt hair NV his head, an down brought
IN the sacind time. Be this time, he was
gettia' as long am as saft az hearth-rug.
Don't kill the dog, ye viliin yc!' shouts
he nagur again. Let the dog go! sez
he
Don't ye see,' sez I swingin' m round
again, that if let m go now, he'll fall
an get hurted 2 sez I; but jist thin, the
nagur fired away at me with brick
'Hah = sez l. is it there ye are?'
ar before he could fire again, l throwed
the dog at m, when both come tumbling
down tagither. % no ! sez I, me yellow
yorih', have l got ye now?' an I give IN
half-adozen paltogues about the head that
arned him betther manners, I'll be bound,
for the futsher.
Yer a Throjan, McShane,' sez Col
Martin, t me the following night, whin
they wure all tagither. The thrain g
well laid sez he, am Wen blew up the
for. the night, with little more injimeerin'.
fe'll take me carriage now an conway
the F'rinchmam here as soon as We can; an
immajintly afther, yell go back for the
sisther. Will ye go along up for her?'
sez he, thurnin' to Dlvil Davis. Why
don't ye spake, man 2 sez he, seein' that
the other was hesitatin'.
I'D give thousan' dollars this mint
to be clane out wv this scrape,' sez the
Divi.
Tut, man sez the Colonel, 1t 'ud he
the best thing ye could do to make up yer
mind au' marry her; she's good enough for
ye. m thinkiu too it III look rather odd
if something Nv that kind isn't done.
There II be some ugly talk an powdher
burnt before all's over. Throth, l 'udn't
oe in yer shoes the morrow mornin', Divil
Davis, for thrihe,' sez he, mockin' like.
'Aa VIII Sc fault is it all, Col. Mar
tin? sez the Divil, very vexed lookin'.
AT might make bould,' sez I, 'gintle-
min,' sez I, seeiu thin all in great swith-
erS-
Swithers What the devils the mean
ing of swthers? enquired Capt Swelter.
Swlthers names very parpleXed state
Nv man natsher, whin he'd as soon go
packard as forafd, All sooner too. For
instance, Gineral Hanspike wus in great
! swithers witfnslles raate-sof4 me Fioriday
wars. We'll, az | was sayiu, sez l, .gn-
tlemin,' sez |, L suppose the only thing
is be done is to get the ould foulks out OF
the way?'
That's it, sez the Colonel. -
AN who'll attind to the young lady
wiin that's done p sez +.
Il shall, sez Misther Hartley, who didn't
seem to half like some Nv the arrange
ments.
well an good" seq /, craekin' me
whip over me horses, an aft l sthar-
ted.
is that Col. Martins carriageH sung
out the Frinchman when | came up to his
door.
/ The diyil a other sez l.
| is that you. ye iafarnil sivige ye,' sez
he, that bate Inc sarvint last night?'
| Pm the giatleman,' sez l, that deliver
ed ye the invitation last night for party,
an I'm ready to resaye ye now af yer &C.
in to co. sez I.
/ 'Ye bloody yillin ye?" sez he, a-gettin'
into the vahicle, IN have ye discharged
and yer ears cut aft We the morrow,
sez he
1 wus as mad as a pig, but didn't
say word; for who should see at that
mint but the sisther comm out nv the
door all the tips af her toes. The ijiot,
thinks |, has heered tie carriege, an thinks
tits come for her runaway. o, mur-
ther! the fats in the fire now, any how.
But a thought jist struck me:-thinks /,
af can only get her into the vahicle on
Get, it may do. So jumps down an
handed her in without sayin' word bar
rim squeeze Nv the hand to lit her know
Ijist that it wus all right.
What does this mane?' sez the brother
Has she been invited too?'
%! av coorse, sir, sez /. It's to be q
mixed party all out, sez /, maxim as much
haste as could. But the divil invagle
ME if she did Mt think it was Divil Davis
she had in the carriage in the place Nv bel
own brother
'Augh, darlin : sez she, THROWN hel
arms about him, i m Altered ye II consid
er this step in me very iudelicate; but MI
passion for ye has triumphed over iver.
female scrnple.
The divil burn ye! What dye man'
at all at all? sez he a-startin back from
: her.
| But love like mine. me darlin Davis
| surmoulits all impidimints in its way t.
5 maxim its object happy. Why does mt M
: dsrlin spake? seq she, for she did nj hea
word that wus sed yit, seein she was S,
, .deef.
"Darlin Davis! sez he. wondering lik
) a stuck pig. There's something wron;
|. here, sez he. The woman mad !
Stap the carriagel sez he very loud an
. grabbed.
e It's too late in the day for that, me boy
now sez I to meself, as put the viii
!, ito the horses.
y Dye hear me !? sez he again., leude