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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 13 of 18 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
The brothers bowed . ' Yet my love , " replied Morgan , " I shall not consider my absolution complete until you have brought forth a libation to the household gods . I have often decanted a bottle for those young gentlemen at their own table before , I shall now have the pleasure of opening one for them at mine . " And he did so , his mistress presiding over , and giving more zest to the festivities .
" My love , " said he , in the sequel of their hilarity , " we arc indebted to Providence for many favours ; but , for none more than for the happy en' counter which has brought us all together here , at this hour . You can afford beds to those young gentlemen : they will want them presently , as they cannot but feel rather sleepy . " This suggestion was at once obeyed ; the brothers rose , and , having bid good night to their hostess , followed Morgan's steps , as he showed them the way to their respective apartments .
CHAPTER XVIII . Thurlo"h , the next morning , rose refreshed and enlivened ; and as if he had gone through no more fatigue than that of his daily exercises . But a longer journey still awaited our young adventurer ; he had yet to accelerate his route to Dublin . To walk there was out of the question , and in the limited time seat
after the ground he had already crossed , ; a , therefore , was taken on the outside of the mail , which was to start from Cork at four in the afternoon ; and , having thanked his friend Morgan for his spirited conduct , desired his brother Lucius to console himself for the separation , as they were both obliged to do once before , he mounted with a light step , however weighty may have been his heart , upon the box beside the coachman . Scarce had they proceeded beyond the suburbs of the city , when it was the matter with the harnessto
perceived that there was something ; complete the embarassment at this identical time they happened to be issuing through the mouth of a bridge , which formed the landing to a very precipitate declivity , and ere they could know where they stood , or either party take measures to avert their danger , pell-mell came down upon them a furious mountaineer , driving a foaming steed at the full stretch of his haunches , never looking left or right—before or behind him , until he clashed with the crash of thunder against the paralised four-in-hand ! Heavens ! I shudder at the thought ; yet all was saved—but by a miracle .
This peril over , which threatened destruction indiscriminately to coach , horses , and to passengers , another soon occurred which marked out more particularly the object of its vengeance . The coachman having alighted to take a glass of something at an alehouse , the several parties who were inside , regaling themselves with the liquor of the merry god , popped out , through curiosity , to see the description of exports that formed the caravansera . Among the rest sneaked out one whom Thurlogh recollected to have seen before ; he looked at him resemblanceinto the
with a piercing eye , unwilling to be misled by mere , commission of a faux pas , and again delicate to wound sensibility by betraying a recognition under circumstances so degrading . This all passed at a glance ; after which , having decided on the point , Thurlogh asked him " If he was not ashamed of his situation ?" " Ashamed , sir 1 what need I be asluu . icd of ?—celebrating the glory of Bacchus on this my natal day , in company with as true a blade and as pretty a hiss as you will find within the kingdom , " and with this he lilts up ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Thurlogh, The Milesian.
The brothers bowed . ' Yet my love , " replied Morgan , " I shall not consider my absolution complete until you have brought forth a libation to the household gods . I have often decanted a bottle for those young gentlemen at their own table before , I shall now have the pleasure of opening one for them at mine . " And he did so , his mistress presiding over , and giving more zest to the festivities .
" My love , " said he , in the sequel of their hilarity , " we arc indebted to Providence for many favours ; but , for none more than for the happy en' counter which has brought us all together here , at this hour . You can afford beds to those young gentlemen : they will want them presently , as they cannot but feel rather sleepy . " This suggestion was at once obeyed ; the brothers rose , and , having bid good night to their hostess , followed Morgan's steps , as he showed them the way to their respective apartments .
CHAPTER XVIII . Thurlo"h , the next morning , rose refreshed and enlivened ; and as if he had gone through no more fatigue than that of his daily exercises . But a longer journey still awaited our young adventurer ; he had yet to accelerate his route to Dublin . To walk there was out of the question , and in the limited time seat
after the ground he had already crossed , ; a , therefore , was taken on the outside of the mail , which was to start from Cork at four in the afternoon ; and , having thanked his friend Morgan for his spirited conduct , desired his brother Lucius to console himself for the separation , as they were both obliged to do once before , he mounted with a light step , however weighty may have been his heart , upon the box beside the coachman . Scarce had they proceeded beyond the suburbs of the city , when it was the matter with the harnessto
perceived that there was something ; complete the embarassment at this identical time they happened to be issuing through the mouth of a bridge , which formed the landing to a very precipitate declivity , and ere they could know where they stood , or either party take measures to avert their danger , pell-mell came down upon them a furious mountaineer , driving a foaming steed at the full stretch of his haunches , never looking left or right—before or behind him , until he clashed with the crash of thunder against the paralised four-in-hand ! Heavens ! I shudder at the thought ; yet all was saved—but by a miracle .
This peril over , which threatened destruction indiscriminately to coach , horses , and to passengers , another soon occurred which marked out more particularly the object of its vengeance . The coachman having alighted to take a glass of something at an alehouse , the several parties who were inside , regaling themselves with the liquor of the merry god , popped out , through curiosity , to see the description of exports that formed the caravansera . Among the rest sneaked out one whom Thurlogh recollected to have seen before ; he looked at him resemblanceinto the
with a piercing eye , unwilling to be misled by mere , commission of a faux pas , and again delicate to wound sensibility by betraying a recognition under circumstances so degrading . This all passed at a glance ; after which , having decided on the point , Thurlogh asked him " If he was not ashamed of his situation ?" " Ashamed , sir 1 what need I be asluu . icd of ?—celebrating the glory of Bacchus on this my natal day , in company with as true a blade and as pretty a hiss as you will find within the kingdom , " and with this he lilts up ,