The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-21

words leaped out. What you're afraid
Of" said 1.
whilst you might count 50. Cara sat
cycling me in silence. Afraid Off" he
said at last Then We think we've done
sometime" ,-
II do. How can l help it?"
II know. 1 see. Well" Cara paused.
AN what dye think we're afraid OFF,
80, God knows" said 1.
Eye don't" Not for an instant did his
eyes relax. But you'd like to know,
mebbe?'
"Like?'' I waved hand. Maybe I'm
just as well not to know"
LAY. For all that you'd be happier VI
We did?"
I'D be wiser" answered I.
WISER" Cara laughed in his know
ing way. Jaw, troth might We, an even
then you'd be no Solomon, for sure as
a gun you're a bit of fool. Man, you're
wits are out at grass. There's not what
sense d catch a rabbit behind that
smooth face O. yours; an as for pluck
Phut. You've the pluck of a sheep"
He laughed again, as if at his own dis
corning wit; then tapped my knee with
a finger. Listen to me, an I'll tell ye,'
said he, IAN may the hearn' do We good
IF We knew more about the country that
owns. ye," said Phil, having glanced at
Ned and crossed his knees and laid his
hands upon them, astyou'dswotlder little
to see two country lads takin a jaunt
in a train an keepin' an eye on the POI
lice, an if we knew the police you'd not
wonder at all. Ye can do nothin'
but they're at your heels. If We play
cards in>a train, there's helmet at the
window; if we take drop too much,
there's a black coat at your elbow; If We
brew sup O. poteen, there's an army on
your track; an the man that raps hare
upon the head might as well kill a mag
istrate. You're safe wi your bag an
your black coat but get inside this ould
coat o. mine an shee the face o the
first peeler you'd meet. I'm only a coun-
tryside bosthoon. I'm the man the po-
lice looks twice at. Well, they've need.
I'm no saint, if I'm not much of a sin
ner. I'll gamble so long as / can sit.
I'll pick pocket If 1 want a dinner.
III crack a skull wi the greatest pleas
ure. I'd shoot a landlord the morrow
If so be drew the bean. I'm divil sir"
Cara increased his legs, drove a hand
into either waistcoat pocket and faced
me proudly-"a fair divil. In all Meath
there's not playboy to touch me. An /
glory in it, by God-I glory in it! Jail or
gaIloWs dock or bar-divil a bit 1 fear
them, an divil a straw / care. A free
ments ] envy no man. l care for no
man. Only" and here Cara winked know
lngly as he tapped my knee, when some
thin happens l try to be CAREFUL an
that's why ye see me goin' for a jaunt
this mornin', meself an the boy beyont."
Phil pushed back his cap, glanced fur
lively at Ned; leant over his knees with
his arms crossed upon them, and lowering
his voice, went on. IT'S all because
of himself in the corner. Between our
selves, he's a biz Of a noodle But, like
many another I've met, he's fond o. me
company, an so he'd trot at me heel. And
last night. when his skull was bein'
threatened, what must do, like a fool.
but take his part-an' here am.
Twas like this. Ned havin' trihe
o. money to lose-half a crown or So
an the fancy for cards bein' only young
i'm him, comes 10 me in the evening,
tells me there's a drop O. fresh poteen in
a neighbours, an asks me to keep him
company. Where the house was, an who
lives in it, is no matter now. Well, we
sampled the liquor, we smoked an we
sung, we had our joke an our argument;
an towards 10 o'clock we fell to at the
cards. The game was twenty
five, penny stakes, and every man for
himself. y-a.s
"Twas on a chair our party played.
wi stools for us TO sic .straddRed on; an
Ned was facin' me, an three others were
between US. an one O. them was boy
called Mickey the Wig. a big, thick-wit-
ted butt of a man wi red hair an a tenn
per like a chained bulls. The man that
won was Micky's enemy, the man that
lost-supposin he wasn't himsef-got
Micky's jeers. And last night, as II hap
pened. Ned beyont had all the luck, an
Micky all the losn'; so Ned was the en-
envy.
"'Twas wonderful TO see the two Ned's
face, every time he looked at his cards
or raked IN the coppers, beamed like a
full moon: Micky's. every time he looked
at him or put down "A fresh stake, was
black as the hob. Dang me, but it's
great says Ned, when a round was done
Diyil the like ! ever seen.' shouted Micky
with q scowl across the chair, an bangs
his knee. Not card can l get shouted
Micky, not a pip can I make. Dang such
luck shouts be at last when he hadn't
a cent; AN dang you for pup. says he
TO Ned you're not playin'. but cheatin',
an say 81 20 your face
wow. tn say this for Ned. that he's
o good insured boy. but last night pride
was big Boa him. an poteen strong. an
when Micky said the word be just leant
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