The Irish standard., 1886-08-14

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hands to haul him up; but alas! he
might as we'll have seized the horns of 9
buffalo: on drove the headstrong little
Rahery at the top Of his speed, and APP
parently with as much ease as if he car
ried child on his back.
.sHoa! hoa!'' shouted Weeks, s'hoa,
ye darned critter.''
The pony, unaccustomed to the Yam
kee manner of address, mistook it prob
ably for command to go the faster, and
on he drove accordingly.
sTarnation to vel" cried Weeks, as
his hat flew off, and his long sandy hair
Aoated back on the breeze. ''Tarnation
to We! hain't ye got no mouth on ye nor
nothing? hoa, there, hoa! I say. O
snerciful Heavens! such a eountry!"
At this moment, party Of ladies and
gentlemen, some five or six in number,
came riding up, meeting him at a smart
trot, and Weeks, seeing their approach,
motioned them to stop his horse. One
Of the riders crossed the road for that
purpose, and waved his handkerchief;
but the misch1evous animal, On seeing
his way blocked up, instead OF coming
to a sudden halt, wheeled off sideways,
and ran, or rather stumbled, down a
steep bank by the roadside, right into
far1ners's kitchen, with the riders arms
clasped round his neck. The blind i'm
petuosity with which the pony drove on
and the nearness OF the house, left him
no time to choose; SO that rider and
horse were both i'll the mans house be-
fore they knew it, Then came the ca
tastrophe; for the pony, unable to stop
his speed down the band, not only
passed through the door with reslstless
force, but came full tilt against the
s:dresser, which stood opposite, break
ing alta single crash every article of deli
on it's shelves, and confounding man,
horse, and dishes in one common dis
aster.
The confusion which followed was
amusing. The mans wife ran out with
g child in her arms. screaming murder
and robbery-half a dozen little boys
and girls ran after her, yelling and cry
ing for help the pony backed out after
doing the mischief, and scampered off to
his 1nanger-and the owner Of the house
made his appearance in his shirt sleeves
with q pitchfork in his hand; swearing
all sorts of instant vengeance against the
ssmurdherin" villain in the kitchen.
''Stop, stop, my good fellow ex-
claimed one Of the party on horseback,
who, seeing how matters stood, had dis
mounted and arrested the weapon.
'sstop-this is a mere accident, my good
man."
"Away--ou5i' my road,'' shouted the
farmer. s.Stand off, and let me at him
this minute, or by"
But here he paused and swallowed the
oath, for ON looking over his shoulder
he found himself in the hand of Cap
tain PetersLam.
II beg yer honor's pardon, but I will
have his life.''
s'Silence!' commanded the captain.
81 can't sir; look at the wraclz he
made, the murdherin villain! I'll brain
him this minute. TIL smash :.
'sListen to me, sir.
"Flesh and blood cudn tstand it, cap
tain"
sStop this instant, or I'll horsewhip
you within an inch Of your life"
ss'rhe thievin vagabond! where is he?
till knock saucepans out Of him, ~
"Will you listen to me you dog?"
1.-The bloody cutthroat, I will have
his life"
'tRobert, no there, Robert, hand the
reina tie Mr.. Whately. Quick sir; and
you, Mr.. johnson, help him to gag this
laundering fool, while I go in ard see
what the matter is.
'sBe]zase he's one O the quality, he
has lave to do what he lakes; but I'll
tache him the difference.
"Who is he, Mr.. Whately?" inquired
one Of the ladies, whose horse kept
prancing in front of the door.
els the unfortunate man in this neigh
borhood?" demanded another.
els he much hurt?" said third, adj
dressing the farmers wife, who was now
making her way through the crowd of
horses, with the child still in her arms.
7 "How can I tell yer ladyship whether
he's hurt or not? But the sorra's cure to
him any way, the dirty gomeril-to
smask our bits o. plenishin, that l
bought only last week in Erancy Nc
Garvey's with the dribs i money [
earned hard with my own four bones.
Bad luck to him every day he rises"
By this time Captain Petersham sue
ceeded in making his way through the