The Irish standard., 1899-08-05
NEWS FROM IRELAND.
Robert Sauette.


They're here with song and there with
shout;
They're here in flash and there in
flame,
And they Aeer and jeer at King
Georges name.
fret
But the Liberty Boys will beat them
4, yet;
And the chief OF the Boys is Robert
Sallette.
Rabnrt Sallette-his limbs are long,
And his good right arm is uncommonly
J. strong.
He rides like centaur, he swims like
fish;
And the Liberty Boys will rise at his
wish;
And the Tories have never a chance to
forget
The name and the fame of Robert Sal
lette.
There's gentleman Tory, rich and old;
He has bought up acres and boarded up
gold.
He sits in his house never making a
noise,
For fear of visit from the Liberty
Boys
And he says aloud: "a price I will set
On the head of this traitor, Robert
Sallette.
ooh, Governor Wright is mild and kind,
And justice and mercy are much to his
mind;
But harsher voice than his should be
heard
To uphold the cause of King George
the Third,
> And to silence this horrible noise that
comes
From Boston way Of flies and drums.
One hundred guineas the man shall get
Who will bring me the head of Robert
Sallette!"
The Tory sits in his old oak chair,
Is With arms and blazonry carven fair;
He sits and quakes, and his very heart
aches,
And not even the ghost of noise he
makes;
For news came last night that the Boys
would ride;
And he hears the tramp of horse out
side,
A jingling stirrup, a ringing tread,
And the soul within him sits cold with
=, dread.
There falls on the door a thunderous
knock.
And it jars his ears like a cannon's
shock.
And into the room there strides, before
The trembling darkey can close the
door,
"A :sta1wart man with pondrous sack,
A sword at his side and gun at his
back.
He drops the sack with heavy tfump,
And it strikes the floor like leaden
lump;
And he says, with look so stern and
bright
- 1t seems to pierce Like sword OF light:
"a hundred guineas come to get,
For I bring you the head Of Robert
Sallette!"
The Tory starts and his heart grows
sick,
And his eyes grow dim and his breath
comes quick,
AS he stares at the thing that bulges
round
AT the end of the sack that lies on the
ground.
=. "Show me the head, ere you speak SO
bold!'
tNay!" quoth the stranger. "First, the
gold!
I have ridden too fast and ridden too
far,
And have seen too much Of your Lib
erty war,
To run risk at the very end,
So out with your money, my loyal
/. friend;
And then, I promise you, you shall get
A sight OF the head of Robert Sallette!"
The gold rings out on the table there;
1t lies in heap both broad and fair,
A, Offering pyramid rich and rare a.
: Outshining Egypt's, beyond compare.
The stranger laughs at the splendid
sight,
But again his look is stern and bright.
"A bargains bargain, FRIEND" he said.
"You-pay right we'll for homely head!
For"-he swung his hat from his fore
head clear 81:
"The head of Robert Sallette is-here!''
There's man who rides, and sings as
he rides,
And shakes in his saddle and claps his
sides
For glee at hearing the guineas ctink
!, In his pockets so merrily-tink! tink!
tink!
He laughs cha! hal" and 'he laughs
"Ho! ho!"
. And he's off to the forest like shaft from
bow.
"My fine old friend, twill be some time