The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-12-12
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t.Oh!' said Mr.. SIarling, sneer-
ingly; $50 you had the pleasure of
4, spending the day in Miss fKieman's
eompany.?"
v"May I ask If you impaired to
- much information regarding
trk?" w Yr ~" Sff
'.No," replied Heyworth, coolly;
I always sink the shop when I'm in
company with the ladies'"
. .rHa, ha! bedad, he had ye there,
.Marling," roared Kieman. ''I like
to hear o brace of Englishmen spar
ring with their tongues; they're as
slow as o Frenchman with his fists"
.'Oh! SO you thought pigs vulgar
subject" (" continued Marling. "Pos-
sibly You talked the language of
'Aye, T did, responded the Ian
castrian.
"Wh--a-a-a-t?" shouted Mau-
rice, starting to his feet. whats
that you say?"
ST say that asked your sister to
take me for husband"
"Why, you Internal, low, greasy
pig-jobber, how dare you?" began
N1arling.
"Coom, lad" said Heyworth,
quietly rising from the table, and
taking off his coat; go pig-jobber 1
may be, and not ashamed of it either;
q cheat I am not; so COON on" and
he put himself in fighting attitude.
"Thank you, Mr.. Heyworth," SIM
pered Marling. Gentlemen don't
defile their fingers with pig-jobbers'
greasy noses"
"Aye, but pig-jobbers amt so par
ticular wiz gentlemen" answered
Heyworth, dealing Mr.. Marling o
) well-directed blow on the chest, fol-
lowed by another on the nose, which
sent his opponent reeling against
Kieman, who, having risen from his
seat, and steadied himself with ex-
treme difficulty, -umbled over in q
moment like nine-pin.
In rushed the faithful Thady, and
with exclamations and vociferations,
raised his masters PROSTATE body;
while Marling sullenly gathered him
self up, and sat aloof, wiping the
blood from his disfgured face.
''I'H fight you in the morning" {"
said he, with a malignant expression.
I'm willing. lad," returned Hey
worth.
"Ah! iintlemen. that's right and
noble" said old Thady. eight like
Christian jintlemen, wild pistols, and
none of this bloody work"
''Nay, that I'll not," said Hey
worth. "Fists, with fair ring, and
no favor; but I wunna' murder any
: body, and don't choose anybody to
murder me-"
"Murderl" cried old Thady. "Sure,
your honor, it's all fair and honest;
and I'll ride on before daylight for a
Justice of the pace to be your honor's
second"
"Well, mark my Words" said Mar
ling, quitting the room; eff you don't
give me satisfaction of sword or pis-
tol tomorrow morning, I'll take my
own revenge, though wait for years
to accomplish it.
So saying, he retired; and as Thady
at the same time removed his helpless
master from the room, Heyworth was
left alone.
He sat for some time by the flicker
ing light of the expiring turf fire,
immersed in gloomy reflections over
the unfortunate result of his visit to
.Kilglassin, when the door was softly
opened, and Miss Kieman entered,
pale and agitated. She took a seat
near Heyworth, and then said, in a
low, earnest tone, but with melan-
choly smile on her lips:
. ''Mr. Heyworth, I fear you will
carry but poor accounts of our Irish
ways to England; but, thank heaven
and st. Patrick"- she solemnly
crossed himself -"Mr. Marling is no
Irishman, but countryman Of your
own. Be he, however, English or
Irish. the scene of this night, which
Norah has told me word for word,
would forbid me ever marrying such
q man."
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