Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-08-10
PAT AND THE DOUBLOON.
By 0LD DoBBs.

Diverted bishops live like princes, and
where priest and politician like Noses and
Aaron, plumber the people in Gods name,
was wandering along, f%ootsore and hun
cry, through a small village in the west
of England. thinking of the bad luck he
had in being robbed the night before, to
use his own words by =" a parcel Of nav
yies out az the only crocn had IN the
world. Shnre ay ! was a King God for
give me Dthey couldn't have used ne
worse, BARN they'd take the crown
az me head away wild thin, But
wasn't it cute Az thin to lave me tins
ould chroua bbaan* in me pockets SO as
| wouldn't miss me FIVE shiilin' piece too
soon (! Oh. the schamersl Well, bad
money, they say, is better nor no money,
for it'll kape the divil, imttness, out az
me pocket, anyhow" So saying, he
made for the open door Of a bakers shop,
and going IN without saying "by your
leave" O. whats the price Of this y
began to operate fercely IN a good-s:zed
loaf, branching his way through the
crust as an epicure would through a soft
she'll crab.
Hello me covey !! yich be you or h
the measter Of there shop y said the
baker ; "what do tLee mean BY takin
that there loaf, I'd loike to know !"
After a choking effort to speak through
a huge mouthfuI of bread, just orammed
in, Pat looked slyly at the baker and
said
AZ hope ye don't think it's stain it /
am T.
"Dom it, mon, one be's bad as tother
it's cen q most ct now, an thee hasn't
ax'd me the price ov IN, or glen me a rap
to pay for it. awther. | dunno loike
that /"
Och shure now av it's ounly a rap ye
want for it, it's meself can give it to ye!
in a jiffy," said Pat pulling one from the
depths of his breeches pocket, that look
cd as if it was one of those alluded to IN
the Orangeman's toast when he drinks
the Glorious, pious and immortal memo
ry Of King William, who freed us from
Pope and Popery, brass money and wood
en- shoes" 1t is delightful, as a study
Of the consistency in human nature to
hear an Englishman glorify the day when
a Dutchman whipped and ruled them in
their own country, and think be delivered
them (among other things) fom wooden
shoes. Heaven knows the Glitter clatter
of thousands Of factory feet deny the
deliverance while the emigrant from
Williams country might give q clue to
where this gift to Britain came from
However, Pat took the penny from his
and holding it balanced on the tip
of his forefnger, and presenting it to the
baker, said:
CAV it's only a rap ye want me to
offer ye, there it is for We, an in troth a
lookin' one it is. It puts me in
mind az the ould diviI | worked for last,
He came from the Aist Ingees-his face
was iist as yaller as this; an for all the
good there was in him he was as much
a rap. They say it was huggin' his
yoold so close made him the color he is.
Be me sowl it must have struck in the
same as my love for this loaf Oh.
mother av Moses | but I've made a holy
av it II
Look a here me- chap, thee coomes
olke a thief, an pecks off my grub, an :.
'fers me bad mummy fort. yTeli-ee what
'rigs loike thee ought to be put in the !,
stone jug, by gum Why didn't ZEE beg !.
I Zee wanted summit to ate ?" Il
BEG !" exclaimed Pat don't be at. {
her AKIN me 10 beg, or be me sowI it's
mother kind ov a rap %intirely I'll be az :
her givin' ye." /,
Here q choking sensation and q tremb- |
voice mastarnd 4ha MAJ, c,JIo~..L l. !