The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-16
PHELAN'S FIGHT.
Peck,s Sun.l

Pnats the matter wid yer legs, Pae- Ian ?" said Michael o R burke, who had just succeeded in getting the twins to sleep, and stepped over to O'Pnesy's sa- loon to hear the latest news
 "Oh nothin' serious but, be hivens, had a moighty narrow escape an if it hadn't been for PAtsy's bull pup 1 wud have been just roight for a coroner's in. quest. was ko,nd av nervous lasht noight, an didn't slape very good, an Mary Ann inshisted on putting a mus tard plaster on me chist. It don't matter phat ails me, whither it's the pink eye or a touch av the rheumatism, Mary Ann won't rist aisy in her moind until sue gets wan av those ould blister faisers on me chist. wud jist as soon have an cleo ton bonfire ris,ing on me purson as wan av those plasters, but moight as well thry to argue wid thirty dollars or sixty days as to talk Mary Ann out of her mustard plaster, an the consequence is, if anything is the matter wid me, an she foinds it out it names that have got to wear wan av thim
 "As l said befure, me nerves were somephat unsthrung, an afther Mary Aun had got through wid me, was in furst-class foighting trim, an wud jist as soon foight as ate. l had been in bid abute two hours, should judge, whin | felt a dig in me ribs, an Mary Ann ser
 "' Hist Pnelan.' ser she, there are burglars in the house.
 "' An phat if there is P sez 1, 'there is nothing for shim to stale; besoides, sex l, 1 am sick
 "' Faith an it's big coward ye are too,' sex she.
 GA coward is it?' seq I, an 1 got up an pulled on me pants. had no more than got thim on whin heard yell that wud have turned barrel av soft soap to stone. Me hair began to raise up an l hesitated abute going out into the hall, but whin l remimbered that Mary Ann had called me a coward tha at was enough, an would have gone out if it was to mate :he divel himself.
 opened the dure an the hall was as dark as pitch, but cud sec the forms av two men, an l made for thim. Init wan av thim wid stick that Mary Ann had used to hould up the window wid, am he howled murder. This attracted the other vans attention, an the two av thim jumped on me.
 "For abute foive minutes we had it hot and heavy betune us, an thin we all elinched. In this position VIC reached the hid av the stairs, an thin all av q suddint we losht our balance, an the three av us wint sailing down to the Hdre below. Whin we sthruck bottom the ind av me back struck PAtsy's bull pup roight betune the shoulders, an thin the ether two fellows came polling on top av me. If 1t hadn't been for the dog me back wud have been bhroke shuTe, but the dogs back was bhroke inste'd. At this moment Mary Am came to the hid av the stairs wid loight, an begorra, the twc burglars were no wan bat me son Edward, the dude, an me son-in-law Patsy o Reilly.
 "The two av thim had been out on a tear an they though. it wud be a good joke to scare the ould man be bowling an making big racket in front av me dure. hope they enjoyed the joke. but 1t ] was to judge be Patty an Eddie's face the laugh is on thim. Patsy got three te:th knocked out, an his coat was ripped up the back, an Eddie got his roight eye biacked half way down his face. The only place that got hurt was on me legs, an that don't amount to any thing except that am a little bit lame. Hereafter, the Gsoheagan hotel closes up al precciccly in o'clock, an no wan can gain admiftance afther that, unless happen to be out meselE Nov, Mister O'Phesey. if ye win pass over the bottle, ve will all take dhrink, an thin 1 viii depart"