The Irish standard., 1886-07-17

1Ou must excuse me, sir; can
partake of your hospeetality," said tn
doctor grufay, turning away and NOV
ing to and fro like Gagged lion.
| 'Don't you remember, Eolus?'' sai
Uncle Jerry, whispering in the priest
ear-''Vadit per claustram magno Gun
murmure rauco. He, he! he's the yer,
man.
''Is there no way to conciliate him2
inquired the captain, turning to th'
priest.
"None that know Of"
s'Let us start Kate at him." said th,
captain; ''if the man has soft spot il
his heart, she'll fnd it,
And Kate did beg and entreat him t
stay for the night, and begged ant
begged again, but MI to no purpose-th,
doctor was inhexible. Nay, he Wen
even so far at last to rehnke her harshl,
for her familiarity; and Kate, the poo
kind hearted girl, unaccustomed to suct
language, blushed like e child under thf
reproof, and stole away, mortified, from
the room.
!sNow then, in the name of all the
gods i'll Olympus exclaimed the cap
tain, who had been watching Kate, anc
Witnessed her repulse, ''that makes ar
end of it, An apology is as much as one
gentleman can require of another, ano
I've already satisfied my conscience Oh
that point. Ho, there! who waits
Thomas?''
s'Here sir.''
''Let the coachman drive up instantly.
and take this gentleman home. Con
found such stubborn--sulky-maw-
worms: . he edded, turning again to the
priest. tim sorry sir, for this ridicu-
lous blunder on your account, but hang
me- if I can play supplicant any long
er."
''Of course not.'
''Should he happen to be gentleman
and desire satisfaction OF another kind |,
J. shall be most happy to accommodate
him. He can have johnson Of Birch
field, you know, in q moments worn
ing"
"No, no, captain" replied the priest,
smiling; She must dispense With such
fayors for the present. For myself, l.
exceedingly regret having brought him
with me to Castle Gregory, But there
was no help for it. The night
was dark and Mr.. Gurkie alb
solutely refused to pari with the negro
till he had seen you, and placed him
under your special protection. I'm sorry
also must accompany the doctor; for I
had promised myself a long chat with
Kate on certain interesting subject
which,
(which is neither more nor less than
the.couaparative merits of the Anglican
and Catholic churches. 1 suspected all
along, my dear fellow, what you and
Kate were about; but it's no concern Of
mine--let here please herself. If she
wishes to adopt new form of religion,
Im satisfactorily let it be decent
one; hut for all the saints in the calen-
dar, if she dared look even sideways at
any of those tintering religions they
manufacture nowadays, I'd hang her up
for the crows to pick. -
"Ha, la! you don't like these new
tangled systems, I perceive
ssI4ike them! why, they're the most
damnable nuisances i'll the country.
One Of those canting fellows who pedd;e
them around here, called Oh me last
week, and after disgusting me with his
hypocritical twaddle, had the impndence
to invite me to what he called a prayer
meeting Ha, hal. by George, J. had a
good mind to fling the fellow, neck and
heels, out of the window. No, SIT; l
was bred Protestant myself, and in
tend to live and die one; but Kate is old
enough now to know what she's about,
and may, for aught it concerns me, turn
Catholic, if here taste lie that way-but
let her keep clear Of these pettifoggers,
that's all the stipulation I make.'
"Well, but suppose" observed the
yriest smili1lg-sssuppOse her taste led
her to adopt the Methodist
go, hang the Methodist. I'a rather
see her peddle eggs with basket on
her arm.;'
s'You don't apprehend much danger
of that, I suppose? Kate's not exactly
of that turn of mind. .
s'No; but you can't tell what may
happen-you can't tell. Those Hard
wrinkles are here night and day since
she stopped going to church ON Sun
days.
"Hu1nph, and these visits are intend
ed to counteract the influence Of Mary
Lee, I suspect
"Poor Mary! Is she not a most fas-
cinating creature?'' said the captain,
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