The Irish standard., 1886-06-05
TIE lRIsH STANDARD: SATURDAY, JUNE s 1886,

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low in his ways, had probably discover
ed his weak point, and seemed disposed
to tease him about it in requital for the
rebuke he gave him in the presence of
strangers.
"You may take my word for it, I'll
lean upon you some Of these days, my
good fellow" said the priest, pushing
the skipper aside, and stepping ashore
With the greatest ease imaginable, 'slll
lean upon You the right way, too"
@"But sure, yer riverince. accordin to
yer own words, we're all bound to for
give one another"
.'Never mind, sir; I have crow to
pluck with you, Notwithstanding"
ga crow!'' retorted the skipper; ''be-
dad, sir, that's tough pickin. But sure
if ye'd accept Of brace OF grouse or
wild duck, I'd bring them up
sSHold your peace, Lanty Hanlon, .
exclaimed the priest---for the skipper
WAS no other than our quondam friend
"hold your peace; you are growing
quite too malapert Of late. Perhaps il
you thought l heard all about your
treatment TO Mr.. Johnson's gamekeeper,
last Monday night, you would hardly be
80 bold"
ME, sir?;'
'sAy, you, sir"
why, nov just listen to that, gentle
men. May niver do harm, # it (lou't
beat Banagher out and out. Upon my
conscience it is the most astonishin--"
so. you needn't affect al that inno-
cent surprise, +" said the priest interrupt
ing him. II know you too we'll to be
hoodwinked i'll That way, Mr. Hanlon.
So not another word now, but make
haste to land your passengers
so, to be sure-av coorse--that's al
ways the way with me- mutterea Lam
ty. making show OF hauling up the
boats side to the beach. 30, no, why
sllud I be allowed to clear myself? Az
coorse nobody in the whole parish does
the Taste harm in life, from Monday
nornin till Saturday night, but Lanty
Hanlon. But isn't it mighty odd, y he
continued, winking styly at one OF the
occupants OF the boat, show bad entire
ly he feels about the gamekeeper, when,
if report be true, he was himself, once
in his days, the terror Ut all Alia game
keepers in the barony! But it's not
that ails him-there's sometime else in
the win. I'll wager he's angry about
that salron I sent him last week." and
closing one eye hard, he looked with
the other at little man in the bottom of
the boat. s*Sure if I cud only be sar
tint it was that, I6l ask his pardon and
PROMISE never to do The lake again"
HAL ha! Capital capital! Lanty, %
calculated the little man from under the
thwarts~ promise never to send him a
again il he only forgiyes you: he! he!
excellent, T. declare!''
''Salmon! What salmon. sir, do you
nean?" demanded the priest.
so, nothing worth speakin OF, yer
riyerince,'' replied Lanty, pushing up
his rabbit-skin cap from lis eyes, and
giving The boat another pull; ''nothin
but q small twenty poundher [ apeared
uuiler Mr.. Watts zailldam, and sent up
to the houselzeeper for your last Fridays
dinner; but Of coorse yer riyerince niver
suspected how il came, or you wouldn't
taste g 1norBel Of it for the world"
'tHal hal'' laughed the same voice;
that's il; give it tc him, I4anty-that is
just his deserving"
'sT4:tnty Hanlon,'' exclaimed the priest,
laughing at thr joke himself he saw
in an instant he had been made rnwit~
tingly to entertain those very friends
low sitting in the boat to 81 stolen SAL
mon, last Friday at dinner, despite all
his public threats and denuuciations
against so unjust and nischieyous a
practice, 80 anty Hanlon, he repeated.
should you attempt such trick again,
you may depend Oh it shall report you
10 the conssabulary.
CHA! Ls;nty, listen to that-eh, now
very big spoken he is! why, vow and
declare, Lanty, I haven't seen bit OF
game at his table these five years but he
threatened to throw out of the win
dow"
so, it's wonderful, yer honor, how
mighty tender his conscience is in regard
of game. But isn't it quare, sir, this
weakness niver comes over his riyerince
while there's bone Of it to be seen on
Che table afore HIM.
"Hold your scandalous tongue" cried
the good natured priest, raising his
cane, at last, over Lanty's head; 'hold
your inpudent tongue, I say, or I'll be
tempted to make this acquainted with
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