The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-10-20
An Irishman's Strange Fight.

tho queerset lot Of people ever saw
in my life.
Bot. at the same time, IL men
gets used to their ways, an old sailor
might have happy time livIg
among the Dyacks
I landed from my ship one day,
and with Md McHttrick, a boy from
tho green isle, l started for cruise
on the shore.
We reckouel on hunt, and
brought guns, th ugh We didn't
know what kind Of game we were
liiely {, scare up.
And, il must tell the truth. we
didn't neither Of us know much
about gun.
Seth. acushla," said Ned, "pha,
kind nv countbry is this Mt all-at
all Look ut the threos. BY the
great gun Of Athlone but dill We iver
see soch big vans in all yer loife =
Who're wo landed there was a lit
tie river making it's way down to the
sea, aud while we we're walking mp
to tho woods, a big water snake, AZ
thicl, ~ my arm, wont bnzling up
the stream.
Ned gave u war.whoop AM jump
cd four feet from the ground for If
there ia anything on the face OF tue
earth that an Irishman hates it is a
snake
Look at that fellow" he criel -
Shoot him, Seth Kill him. Whoop!
niver saw sech baste in all my
loife."
got him quiet aftera a while, and
went on into tho woods.
Ned was wild at the fruits and
flowers he saw, aud il I had lot him,
he'd have poisoned himself II dozen
timos before we got a nile ON tho
road.
We KEEP, the river for guide, be-
cause u.it her of ~ knew tho conn
try, and If we once got lost in the
trackless woods, there was little
chance of our over getting out alive.
Many queer sight aud sound
disturbed us, AMI at last ~e sat down
under II tree aud took our lunch.
| had just mixed a little stilf horn
Of grog, when Ned started up.
Look yer here. Setb,' he said,
Sec the hairy man. Got out aN
that, yo black thafe av the wJrl H.
Not far away, standing in stoop.
ing posture, with his lJng arms
swim sing by bis side, was huge
oraug -outaug, looking ut us in the
qneer, inqnisitive way which seems
50 natural to monkeys and those OF
/ her tribe.
lie WAS u big fellow, nearly as tall
as man aud no wonder Ned, who
had never seen anything like it.
thought it was man.
didn't say anything, aud Mel
stood looking at the oranS in the ~
/, ly way peculiar to an Irishman woo
thinks himself imposed upon.
Look here, ye rascal" he said,
augrily,"d'ye want anything out av
me ?'
The oraug did not move or make
any sound, uui Ned began to ge,
mad
He shook his head aud walked to-
ward the oraug in lighting po 'thre ,
and | followed, because | didn't
know what he was going to do.
"Now, look said Ned. extending
his HAND, I've got five fingers or
fonr fingers AMI thu nh, which
names the same thing AS we'll as
Won. an' bs th' pIVBr' ~ 20 don I
spake till me, I'll show 70 hIv they
do the trick in Dul lrslill
Il woullu't sta1l tlls nonsense.
i'll VAS you, Ned | said, setting
him on.
He didn't neel any biaking ani
went closer.
"Now, smell Nv that ii t." he sail,
ian msnk me while | spake. Av ye
don't beg me pardon for not answer
ing a civil question, may niver see
ould Ireland again nv | don't knoc k
ye into smithereans.
The orang uttered harsh, grat-
iug cackle, which Ned took for a
langh. aud ne al enoo slapped the
loraug across the jaws and danced
around him with an Irish yell bis
hands up in true fighting style.
No one but an lrish,nan would
have ever thought of such a thing
and I was bursting with laughter.
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sstsp up, ys villain roared Ned
-"How dye loiks that, po~ y