, 1879-03-16


deed saws /: 'a1,d what's worse, uon't thlnk
/ could mako any one else feel it aft'lsr.' 'Ch!
YOU want stic:1 to batc peoplo VIII! Gays He'
TO be surc,' eavs i; sure that's the nse Of 2 2
stick.' TO knock the siusis out u neopfe !.
SAYS he, grinnln' again- sarI.nly,' says l. ~
they're saIcy. lookn hard at him nj tic same
time. .Wtll, tt. Sc is cnly wa!S:n icSs,. says
he sThroth. you may sa; 1'UnaiN' '-stitks,' SAYS
]. for you d:rsn'r stand before anv onG W'1'
sitch q Mraneen as that in your 1ist.' wen,
pick out tie heaviest o. them you pazc' sass
he; 'taSe your cnoice.' So wint pokin' and
rummagin' among thin,, and, il you believe me,
there wasn't stick in their whole shop worth Il
kick in the shins,-liyil one!"
tor the priest!'
s*Bekase there's not u man in the parish wants
1t more" says Rory.
ais he SO quarre!some, thenl' said the
mo, but the greatest o. paccmakers," says
"1iep what does he want the heavy stick
"For wallopin' bis flock. to be sure" said
"'walloptng said the traveller, choking with
laughter.
"Oh! you may laugh,'' said Rory, " but 'pon
my sowl! yor wouldn't laugh il you wor undher
his hand, for he has brave heavy one, God bless
him and spare him to us!''
" Aud what is all this waliopng for!"
why, sir, whln VIC have Il bit Of n fight, Tor
Fun, or the regular faction one, ut the fair, his
rcv~reuce sometimes bears Of ii, and come5 nv
coossc."
:" Good God!' said the traveller, in real aston
1Ehncnt, does tho priest join III the battle!"
No, no, no, sir! see you're quite
stranger in the countlry. The priest
Join it! On! by no inanes. But he
come aud stops it; and av coorse the only wav
he can stop it is to ride into th,m, and ~allop
thin all round before him, and disparsc thin;
scatter thin like chai1 bcfore the wind; md it's
the best o. sticks he requires for that same"
"But might he not nave mis- heavy stick for,
that purpose, and make use OF Lighter onc On
other occasions!"
AS for that matthcr sir,'' said Rory, there's
no knowin' The mint he might want it, for he is
often necessitatcd to have recoorse to it. It
might be, going through the village, the public
house is too full, and in he goes and dhrvcs
thin out. Oh! it would delight your heart to
sec the style he clears oubic-house in, in no
time!'
But wouldn't his speaking to them answer
the purpose+as well!''
''Oh no! lie doesn't like to throw awar his
discoorse On Thin; and why should he! he kceps
tit.er place for it; besides, be does not like to
be seyare on us.7'
.'Scycre!" said the traveller, in surprise,
"whg, haven't you said that he thrashc5 you
round on all 0ccaSions!" :"
"fes, sir; but what o. that? sure that's
no.hln' to his tongue; his words is like swords
or rllazors. l may say: we're used to lick OF a
stick every day. but not to SIGH language rs his
reverence sometimes murthers us WIN when ne
displaze him. Oh!it's terrible, SO it Is, to have
tile weight OF his tongue IN you! ftroth! I'd
rather let him bate the from this till tomorrow,
than have one angry word with him."
~ see. tllrn. he must have heavy stick"
said the traveller.
ITO. be sure be must, sir, at all times; and
that was the raison was SO particular in the
shop; and afther spcudin' over an hour. would
YOU b'lleye it? diyil stick could get In the
place tit for child, much less man."
But about the grid:ronen
"eure I'm teliu' you about it." SAID Rory;
''only Pm not come 10 it yet. You see," con-
tipued be, II was SO disguised with them shop
keepers in Dublin that my heart was farly broke
with their ignorance, and | seen they knew
nothin' at all about what wanted and so I
though it was on my mind all this day on the
road; anu comu' through the last town in the
middle O. the rain, I thought Of gridiron.''
"A very natural thing to think Of in shower
of rain, : said THE traveller.
"No, 'twasn't the rain made me think Of 1t.
think it was God must hare q gridron in nv
heart, secin' that It was present for the priest
intended; and when thought Of it, it came
into my head, aftter, that it would be fine
thing to sit on, for to keel one out Of the rain,
that was rutnatin' nly cordcrOyS on the ton o.
the coach; so kept my eve out as we Ghrovc
along up the stllreet, md sure enough what
should see at . shop halfway down the town.
but q gridiron hanging up at the door! and So
went back to get ii.'
But isn't gridiron an odd present? hasn't
bis reverence one already"
''He had, sir, before it was brnlz; but that's
what remembered, for happened to be up at
his place one day, sittin' IN the Kitchen, when
Molly was brilin some mate, an it for his reyer-
ence; aud while she iist turned about to get
pinch o. salt 10 shake over it, the dog that was
Ia tue place made dart at the gridiron on the
fire. aud threw it down, and up he whips the
mate. before une OF us could stop him, With
that Molly whips up the eriliron, and, says she,
Bad luck to rou, you disrespectfnI bastc would
not him sarve you out the priests dinncr?' and
she made 4 crack o. the gridiron at him. tAs
you have the mate, you shall have the gridiron
too,' says she; aud with That she gave him such
rap on the head With it, that the bars flew out
of it, and his head went through 1t,
and array he pulled it out Of her
hands, and ran of with the gridiron
nangiu' round his neck like necklace; and he
went mad almost with il; for, though kettle
to dogs tail is nathrel, q gridiron round his
neck is very surprisin' to bin; aud away he
tatthereu over the country, till there wasn't
tasle q the gridiron left together"