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Show CURRANTS WIT SAVED HIDE 1 Eminent Irishman Probably Never Used Hie Tongue to Better Advantage Ad-vantage to Himself. During a trial In TIpporary, Cur-ran Cur-ran made a scathing attack on a land ngent. Two days later nn enraged gentleman burst Into his bedroom In Dublin, before tho counselor was out of bed, and, flourishing a horse-whip savagely, said: "Sir, I'm tho gentleman you Insulted In the court-houBo In Clonmel In tho presence of the wholo county, and I'm here to thrash you soundly." "What!" exclaimed Curran, Indignantly. Indig-nantly. "You call yourself a gentleman, gentle-man, and yet you mean to strike a man when bo's lying down?" "No, bedad," protested the agent, scorning to take a mean advantage of his enemy, and sitting down. "I'll Just wait till you get out of bed, an' then I'll glvo It to you hot and heavy." "Troth, If that's the way of it," said Curran, "I'll lie hero till you chango your mind." And he turned over on his other side. Tho agent laughed and the counselor laughed, and he who camo to whip stayed to dine, and tho pair parted tho best of friends. |