Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-06

avaita this SaiSOn- m comm along as
soon as l finish big Englishman's (bad
luck TIL himD that I'm doin now. Yours
thruly, The Red PoOcher,' or words to that
effect. Feth, 1t TUX more nor hop out
of me.
This Red Poocher was the coolest scoun-
dhril I ever calculated upon The cat, too.
was out of the bag at q jump. There
wasn't anything for it but make a clane
done 1t. An when I say that Misther
O'Mara of Maith stormed an swore at
both me masther an meself, I'm putin
the case as calm as can. There wasn't
bang at both OF US, an sayed that as the
divil made us he matched us. I knew we
were both in the wrong, I as we'll as the
masther. for not layfn' full program Of
the whole case afOre him earlier in the
business; so sat down an smoked till
OMara's win gave out, an he could barge
an abuse no longer An then he ordhered
out wan of his men-he had two men with
him-an' thrap, an TUX me also, an niver
dhrew rein till he was at the Ardhara polls
barracks. We sent in. an he put the
letther Until the sergeant of polishes hands,
an demanded their purtection. The ser
seant read 1t. an sayed it was deuced cool
Of the red villain surely. But he tout Mis-
Their O'Mara all the arrangements he mad
made for police pathrols to watch Meena-
valla night an day. an lie sayed If, from
wan end of the shootin' to the other q
frog jumped unknownst. he'd be willin'
to offer him his head on side dish. But,
though the sergeant's arrangements was
good an very good an wouldn't let snipe
sneak about on the sly, they weren't half
good enough to plaise Misther O'Mara.
who went so far as to demand that even
two polismen should for the mkt ten days
live at the meanwhile house. An to p1afse
him. the sergeant even give in to this.
From there he dhriv OFF. an away to
pay his respects to. an have the counsel
an advice of the young English bucks who
had taken the nsighbourin' shootins. An.
upon me davy. he sthrikes the six lads of
then all congregated in the house on the
Carkir shootin', livery wan Of them with
blly-ducks from the Red Pooched in his
fst-same Misther O'Mara had got! But
the English college chaps were enjoyin the
thing rather. They sayed they wanted a
good Irish adventure, an this looked purity
wished t heaven the Red Poocher would be
as good as his word. an come along. till
they'd put slug or two in his tail to bal
last him.
They'd give half their grouse, they
said, for the excitement. an they prayed
God the red villain might turn up. An
when they foun' the state of flusthrifca-
ton O'Mara was in, an the elaborate ar
polls. for purtection they did laugh their
hearty skinful, 1 tell you. O'Mara he
wasn't more nor half pleased that they'd
make so light of the thing, an of him,
Time enough till halo boys; when yez IS
out of the wood he says. An them laughs
last, laughs best. All which set the Eng
lish lads off in fresh kinks An when they
Parnt from Misther O'Mara that he was an
egg merchant from the county Maith. an
that he had big practice shootin' crows an
pigeons, they went outside the house in re-
liefs to aise themselves Of all the laughter
was weightin' their stomachs, an which
they didn't want to laugh out Until his
face
We'll. OMara. he wished to the Lord he
was safely through with his shootin', any
how-an he didn't care how soon he'd be
Avis n1 hat hn Of fhnt
poocher was hangin' like rotten roof tree
over him.
"Tll tell you. QUIZ fella.' says they at
last. If We don't mind we'll give We few
days, an lower every wing on the Ian for
ye. Faith. OMara jumped at it. Upon
my word siz he, Ill not aisiy forget 1t II
We do 1t was only an exthra bit of sport,
come chape. to them. an they agreed. with
a heart an a haitian tout him. moreover,
that he could afterwards, If he choose,
come an amuse himself gettin' in the way
of their guns, on their shoOtins, though
they couldn't promise him neither pigeons
nor crows, they wor afeerd. OMara him
self Joined them in the laugh at this, for
he was in purity good humour now he seen
he'd have but little to dhread from the
Red Poocher.
Still he didn't slacken wan bit in his
watchfulness. He arranged with the polls
that every day the English lads 'ud be
helpin' him on Meenavalla they'd have to
do their pathroln' upon the lands Of the
step in, on the grand opportunity, an not
laive a kickin thing upon their grounds.
But, in all cases he ordhered, as afore, that
two polls should stay day an night by his
own place, an ait an dhrink in his own
house.
He likewise planned that me an his
own two men should take the hampers Of
fowl nightly until Glenties. to the railway
station, an have them shipped. He'd lend
me an his men. an his conveyance. also
to the English chaps to carry in theirs,
further on; an they could, for safetys
sake add one or two Of their men to the
contingent. From all the stories,' sez he,
I'm tould of the Red Poocher we can't be
too cautious Faith, yer right says the
college chaps winkin' the wan at the other.
THE very mkt mornin' the whole six of
them, with three of their men. an O'Mara
an wan of his men. an meself, was on
Meenavalla bangin' away like regiment
of Jarmins in the war. They wor all purity
fair Shots the college chaps; an Mls.her
used at tumblin' pigeons an crows, didn't
do at all so badly, an give the bucks
deal less laughin' than they expected; an
odd time he conthrived to get wan Of the
lads right in the line Of his fire. which al
ways give five Of them a hearty iaugh. Of
course; but generally he went wan betther
nor the man who could fire at mouse an
hit q mountain.
Ian three days We might catch all the
grouse We left Twin by putin salt on their
tails. Every evenin', too. meself an the
rest Of the escort TUX Off the days baggin'
for the Glenties railway station. An its
meself was noways sorry to go the same
journey, bekase Dan (wan of O'Mara's mem
was the best sowl in the wurrl', an MIXER
let us pass Jimmy Kinny's public house
without we'd go in an wet our whistle. An
| he'd give US two three drinks. no less,
afore he'd let us out. O'Mara's other man,
Tarance, was grumpy, growlin', gooG-tor-
nothin' og-in-the-manger kind Of d div:l
! that wouldn't AK ye had ye a mouth on We
! If We thraveled with him from Cork to
Christmas, an begrudged SEEM Dan thrai.-
| in, moreover. He'd not go Until Jimmy
Kinny's with US, whether we stayed q
| minute or an hour. but 'ud remain danylin'
his heels over the baskets Of game. an
| countin' the stars to keep himself warm
| till we's come out again. An then Dan
| TUX us in to see if Jimmy Kinny was still
| alive on our way back. Them was pleasant
| evenings. 1 tell you.
"An for ten days this kind of thing went
| on Bekase, O'Mara TUX meself an his
| own two men to help to weed the game
out Of the three shootfn's Of the college
| chaps An we had always wan or two. OF
maybe three Of their men with us he way
| of escort to Glenties every evenin', an Dan
| who must have laid hans on a 1eprechaun