The Shasta courier., 1862-11-29

landlords them as will debar man of all
his just rights, will bar the bite an the sup
out of the mouths of starvin' wimmin an
children, an crowbar them out of their hous-
es; an it's sort O. wholesome to hate ttesa;
yer honor. but to thrate dacent an GIN
tlemany landlord like your honor, as these
San francisco blaggards do, is the height
of ingratichude, SO it is"
g 90 Yis, Misther Doolin," says he, "you
come from an ungrateful world, an con-
gratulate you on settin' out of it. You're
dhrinlin' noshin' SAiisther poo.in, says $a,
pushia' round thel9echaEtcss
- .' / was goin to make the same obsar-
vation of your honor" says /, an if l did,
Mick, it would have 5ecn terrible stretch.
er, for he was batin' me two to one, an it's
yerself know that same is no aisy job
-. know the kind of landlords you
mane Misther Doolin'" says he, settin'
down his RUNNER and smackin' his lips;
gets twelve out of every dozen of EN- an
every time Tipperary gets in among 'em,
there's as purity bit oy skrimmidge, as ever
you set eyes on at Donaybrook.
'' =" Tsr-an-ages !" says ], jumpin' up
an upsettin' the table, - where are the
murtherin' spalpanes!"
g 81 Be aisy wild you, Misther Doolin, ;"
says he; Take yoar safe an ill your
tumbler agin. Well have tha. piece G. di-
varshun another time.
q 8 90 Excuse me bad manners, your hon.
or" says /.
q s.:oh, done mintion it, Missher Doo-
lin says he.
I" Aisher studyin' like Cor while, he
!. .. An there's lot of Washoe .pccu-
ators as gives me dale Of throuble an
anxiety of mind, Misther Doolin. They re
al the time talkin' about freezin' out, an
about closin' the establishment wild an injunc-
ton, or a mandamus, or an execution
What do they name by freezin' out, Misther
Doolin ~
s"Oh,r says /, that's the divil's own
game an then l tould him all about the
big sharks delutherin' the little fishes, an
coaxin' 'em on, an iattherin' 'em what big
fishes they would be some day, an smilin
at 'em, an then aiten' 'em.
. g You do ne injustice, Misther Doo-
lin, in callin' it my game says he, wipin'
tear from his eye. g Stain is stalin',
Misther Doolin, and there's some fairness
an honor among thaves, but willie have
any regard for me own good character, |
can't have any patience with such vagabonds
AZ them freez- cutters"
g :" name no afence. 1t was a mere
ship Of the tongue. yer honor, saysI.
% :. know it, Misther Doolin," says
he. an So we raised the dechanter and low
cred its contints once more.
g :" Z" An then l have parcel of Yam
KEGS here Misther Doolin," says he, " that
are talkin' day an night about layin' pipe,
an about wasted hate, an what a power
of shtame could be ginerated, an about tax
in the institushon by contract, an runnin'
it on shares, an all that an between 'em
it's little pace or quietness have"
q s." It's meself can believe your honor"
says I.
g But me greatest disappointment
Misther Doolin," says he---and he haved a
sigh like high pressure shtaner-"i is con-
sarnin' the ways Of crowds of rebels that
are fockin' here. day and night. The fel-
lows"
g !" Excuse the interruption, your hon.
or" says l, ''but they're not rebels. 1t
disgraces an honest man to call 'em So
They're traitors, your honor-black trail
tors that's what they are, says |, thum-
pin the table wild me fist. An how could l
help it, Mike? Sure wasn't me grandfath.
er killed at Vinegar Hill, ightin' for the
very things these thaves of the world are
strivin' to ruinate an desthroy forever?
g +" Well split the difference, Misther
Doolip," says he, an call 'em what they
call hemselves-secessionis
g g Thatll do, yer honor" says I.
g =" Well, as was sayin', Misther Doo
lin," says he. 90 the fellows shtole an cha
ted an lied with such relish, that thought
they would reduce those qualifications to re-
spectacle science an popularize 'em; an
then, their CRATE idaa seemed to promise so
surely the end of all human governments an
the begin n of gineral riot an ruin, that
at one time formed high hopes of them
But they brought all their principles here
with 'em-their system as they call it
and they tould me that there was nothin' in
the compact to prevent Tophetopolis itself
That's what he calls it now-it's one of his
Frisco idaas from secedin' and pace dim
mycrats told me that if it wanted to secede,
l couldn't help meself, for it was onconsti-
tuchunal TO use coercion. So wild that got
tarin' mad, an says l, The Constchushun
be- An then you'd think they'd all go
into highstrikes; an one of 'em-a lader
like-talked about the Constichushun until
the big tears roul'd down his cheeks, an all
the while he not carin' the snap of his finger
about the..Constichushan, Misther DoolinI
The thing PLACED me so we'll that promoted
him an he thanked me for enlargin' his
field of usefulness, as he said, an the fellow
made such purity little spache that you'd
declare he'd kissed Plymouth Rock"
g. :. You name the Blarney Shtone, your
honor,w ays l.
.s'.. / Jclieve that is it, Mistber Doolin,"
says he. 80 But it's much the same thing
| soon found out what they name by an EN-
larged field of usefulness for the higher |
raise 'em the more they shtale. An now,
Misther Doolin, what throubles me intirely
is. DOW to get rid of the raseals, for if they
remain they'll plumber me out o. house an
home: an they seem dale more at home
here already than meself, the rightful land
lord
- Seein' he looked out o. spirits like,
pushed 'em over to him, an he soon became
more cheerful, an afther bit. says he:
.''"It's great comfort, Misther Doolin,
to know that the newspapers thrate me da-
cintly-an' I'll reminder it of 'em. Sure,
now, if Jimmy A. was to pitch into me as
he does into Gin raj Mcclellan, I'd say at
once, Here, Jimmy. take the poker-you
make betther divil than me-
"'An is it rale poker, Teddy? / al
ways thought it had family likeness to
pitch fork
's.That's only one of his jokes, Mike an
he's full of 'em. It's 10 poker, but splen-
did skepter, all made of dimuns and solid