| Show AN IRISH highwayman N br ur urson ur upson SON F hil hll I 1 or r W lle lie the bishop of P 1 1 b hit tv n 7 C 1 wn to v sat s t dublina fi fl d by n A s w L 1 and a alfe aile alle d rf r i I 1 uny by c P taps tags tips in his own carr a I 1 with h i iv imi ivi w i i sleek and well weil fed hrs instead X ft t i int hla hia bones bonea to the dpn dcarr er met a of a irish poi pol port 4 c lic l ile i c and ind 1 th ai myrold n raa aa us d fr d gwing wing thew them arav araw vel vet on one p rt of his ha route was through a wild and 4 1 unta inaus district and th tha bishop be in a very tery humane min man and of his cattle made a point of quitting his carriage at the foot of every hill and walking to the top on one of these occasions he had loitered to look at the extensive prospect indulging in a reverie upon its sterile appearance and the change that agriculture might produce and in so doing suffered his family and servants to be considerably in advance perceiving this he hastened to make up for lost time and was stepping on with his best speed when whery a fellow leaped from behind a pile of loose stones and accompanying the nourish flourish of a huge hugo club with a demoniac yell demanded money with a ferocity of tone and manner perfectly appalling the bishop gave the robber all the silver bliver he had loose in his pocket hoping that it would satisfy him but he was mistaken for no sooner had the ruffian stowed it away in a capacious rent in his tattered garment than with another whirl with his bludgeon and an awful oath lie he exclaimed and is it with the likes of 0 f this im after letting you off a few paltry tin pennies its the gould ill have or ill splatter your brains arrah dont stand shivering and shaking there like a quaker in the tike ague but lug lum out ate your ur purse you devil immediately or ill bate you as blue as a whetstone his 1113 lordship most reluctantly yielded his well filled purse saying in tremulous accents my good fellow there 1 it ft if it dont ill use me ive given div an you all pray let me depart fair ealr fai rai r and softly if you please as sure as im not a good fellow fello I 1 done with you yet I 1 must search you for your note case for iti ill engage you hive a few bits cf f paper payable at the bank so hand liand it over or sup sorrow tonight to night it was given up a glance at the road showed that adf aff hopes of assistance from wa his servant was unavailing the carriage had disappeared disa p but the bishop made an instinctive movement aa an though anxious to escape from any further pillage wait a while cr or may be I 1 shall get angry with you hand over your watch and seals and then you may trudge cowit now it happened that uia t the divine felt a particular regard for his watch not so much from its being of considerable value but because it had been presented to him by his nit fit patron and he ventured to expostulate surely you have taken enough leave me my ray watch and ill forgive all you have done who aad your ta forgiveness you old varmint 1 would you trifle with my good nature dont force me to do any thing id be sorry for but without any bother just give me the watch or oz by all that is holy and he jerked the bludgeon from his right hand to his left pat spat pal in the horny palm of the former and re grasped pd the formidable weapon as though seriously seri bent on bringing it into operation this action was not unheeded by his victim he be drew forth the he golden time pic ico ice and lia lla iia a hray army s rh h handed it to iii 1114 his 4 fp po lr lor vir viii r 11 I 1 n i g ta 01 ahn ehn arii nril ea rind id it t f ili ill iii nj s r i lr dr n R 11 a 3 apparel into which he crammed it and giving himself a t to ascertain that th lt it had found by its ou own oun n ra 7 a pace of safety lc le i id and n w b be r rj 7 vis rid vid r id ye md th the I 1 s d s ant thi you leve lete ile lle me wel wei ul u a scratch on your skin sain or the value of your ittle lttie finger hurt it needed no persuasion to laduce the bish biah op to turn his back lack upon the despoiler def dee of heg hig hi worldly goods and having no weight to carry he set off at what equestrians term a hand band canter scarcely however had he reached the middle 0 of f t the e precipitous road when be le perceived his hib persecutor running running after him lie ile endeavored to redouble ma seed speed alas what chance had he in a race with cne one s haec where muscles were as strong and elastic clastic as high tempered steel stop step you nimble footed thief of the warm roared the robber stop I 1 tell you ive a parting word wid ye Th the exhausted and de fenceless clergyman finding it impossible to continue his flight suddenly cam came to a stand still the fellow approached and his face instead of its former ferocity was lit up with a whimsical ro of expression as he said and und and is is it likely id let you off with a better coat on your back than my own and will I 1 be after loosing the chance of that elegant hat and wig off with them this tins moment and then you 11 ll be quit 0 me the footpad quickly divested the bishop of his single breasted c cit it laid violent hand hands upon the clerical hat hit h tt az d full fuli bottomed wig put them on his own person and md then insisted on seeing hn his I 1 apparel used in their stead a ond nd with a loud lu 1 uh ran ot off as though his hia last fl fo i it was tile the ic mt t meritorious of as life that Thai il 1 at hav ped v i ih h unbroken bones hi 1 reship i i long iong i 1 overtaking over toiling his carri cam i the ia i s chuld not repress ther the r I 1 laughter kudter at si clr cir tu til ir mister nelmer in such inch strange and motley al ai but there was in in his f fale face ice such evidence t aror and suffering that they speedily eli ell c I 1 d li r risible in ni particularly ak hen en tin learnt by a few brie word words the d da i iger ger i he had undergone my deir doir de ti ir W f clair ciali chirred charred nd his Ms aft affectionate ec ti it afner after i t c botho to ti lecount of the perils pelis pe ils lis bo which h r ausband ast usi ind had bad been exposi expose d t fr ir heben hemen hea n s tak take i BT IF that tha filthy jacket ad ahn w t ut t of fl window you can cin put my warm 1 k kr arvor oui ders ti I 1 T reach i asta t stoc and then you will I 1 11 c able abie t to auf i i eso e w i habit better suied 0 your sa il ij i nd c I 1 ig thit ig 11 nere nore eiliv eil eliv id uh til mione n done rry irv love he lie r lied 11 1 I li 0 ot o t all ill tie tle t ie money I 1 pes pcs esse i not notier t dinc i left ine ire to topa pay our orr tapen s t olt wit alf watch too that th at I 1 cn dearly P 7 1 1 AT s i ble man that I 1 am m never nevee nind your v tvr ivr rr T lingell just now aly r rily pu I 1 T i it ina im t feitli th I 1 implore y ans v who k hn n rhth wh t th h i 3 contagion vi e may all aith li if u per n wearing it inake ta it aff dr pon p on tt 0 ved yeu the au ilter liter but dant ar I 1 r w it av aw it may led le d to the detec detection tien ol 01 he the wretch nho robbed yon you y a bious gar gardent gim alm nent ent waa 3 TC ren bcd tho the j yi ir i I 1 j was alu alt t lace lace late e i under the e s i h a the heard a ag r ng roise toise that ettia eltia i L her hez heg hee id on crt examination found secreted in in var u p pars f the coat not net only the tro tre v tc i p r et bo bu k purse and silver of wo clil cili ch h r had been heen but a yellow c nv isi s such as is used by farmers furriers contain aa u thirty guineas the surprise and of c f all parties may le fcc imagined they tiley reached the inn where they proposed stopping fen fer the night and as the he portmanteaus had escaped the d rive agers ers odthe of the tho road uj I 1 hop was seedily speedily ibie ible able abie to attire c a I ally aily illy defore before e f or the e party had haired ta r d il intelligence arrived that the 11 ii had been taken laken after a desperate alst aist noi not uie the notice of the police bein being g at lz ted by the singular appearance of a man aan aehlig altion sporting a new black coat and covering coloring his ins shaggy carroty locks with the well weli powdered and orthodox of the iti reverend the bishop of cashel |
