Show MET HIS MATCH never heard of redmond olli anlon robber well that b the irish highway surprising your english and F rench duvale hold a candle te to our highwaymen but for or all his shrew shrewdness driess he met his match once and I 1 II 11 tell you how rt it was as redmond wab aab a fine strapping gentlemanly fellow fello and a devoted admirer of the ladles lad leas its where here Is to the irishman that is not and what Is more a friend to the poor a aull admit when A hen I 1 tell ou oti hat hi ili demands for cah ca h were only made on per persons sotir who cot child ld well ell afford to meet them ind and that he delight id td in forcing contributions from ron thoe those who had the tile fame raine 4 hard landlords to thila tenants tenant there was as one of 0 this dais whom redmond lo loit lot t an op port unity of taxing for or that was the tile polite n me tile he h give ti la his own robber lei lel fv r quarter day thi this gentleman 0 or r one ut of hib servants ter vante sometimes more than one used to taked take journ of six sl or seven amlice to collect nth his rents and as regular as n clockwork cleck worL there was washed red biond 01 canlon with stout corn con pan pa nione ions if to inlay at lay the collector COlleCt OT as 1 ht lit d home elry fitins nit ins tas as used to elude him but te if no purpose e he lie hau had pies everywhere and contrived to get the eruct information he ie needed in advance bo so one quarter day when A hen the gentle man mans r str vints asked him about going for or the rents he swore it Wil anlon and bald said I 1 e sec get tt 0 e use ot of collecting money tn hand it over to him hini now sow till tills gentle nan man hid hill on his es tate i i boy calica jerry the fool who ho had the run of the house ind made fun for or the finlly lie ile had a great conceit for or liling himself elf ind hen he heard u what hat the mister eat sat I 1 he lie immediately asked to go after tru rents for once ind declined ired he lie would know the way ay to bring them home hortie of course he was a 8 0 nav I 1 laughed albut at but when hen he reprinted that no harm harin would come from front trying is as he do nore wor thin ill who ho lad ind gone one before him the matter agreed to humor him upon thit jerr nude made such preparations is i fit h thought ml suit able chast the arst worst harte in the 8 tible an old hick half blind and anti ehret quarters lanie lame lamrand and started on oil his e hothir g occurred on the tile N way a lie ile col coi kited i i consider ible amount of money carefully di dispose I 1 it about his hi person and started rio noun ward toward svening is 11 he wis nis quietly jogging along on the old hack ind m as just entering a ion lane with ith high edges on pach each side nil till fine loo ing man rode up tip to him on i t han handsome doine roan mare god gott sive you my mm inin fas the gentleman god save your our honorl replied jem Jerry V hats hata your bour nam nani m my man take the gentleman lent leman I 1 jerry the pool fool an I 1 I 1 aint is harned of it whits s yours ours th gentleman gent lemin took no notice of 0 the question stion after a awhile hile he sit siy that Is I 1 a fine animal ou oil re riding jerr 11 I 1 balth alth im glad our honor lak likes es it ald fald f jerry iut it myself care to take a lease on his life B but ut hed sen ser e my turn anyway for or its not in a hurry im traveling ive only been to the village be bey ond to collect the masters rents for him film sure surely hes he not such fool to trust 3 you ou with that job arrah why h not asks jerry in grea greal surprise I 1 why dont yov know that redmond Ollan ohanas lons on this road I 1 hedmond Ked mond Is it gay says jerry ugh that for or redmond 0 O flandon IIan lont I 1 aye says he mapping snapping his linger F fal aix jerry the fool Is lit a match for hall half a dozen of the like likes ot of him any day in the week and sunday into the bargain the stranger laughed laughe dand and then rode on in hence silence till they came to a very donels put pirt of the road when he drew a brice of pistols and tola tolu jerry to hand over 01 er all the money he lie bad at about out him or hed hell tr try if he had tiny brain brains by sending i couple of bullets through his head I 1 meila murther murt hert I 1 doirs jerry in sur ur I 1 irli irl alt i ind fright you dont mean nican to lia a your our honor honors redmond ollinton Ollin lon 11 1 11 I do indeed so hind 0 berm er m min and look took tharp it I 1 but lit its Ws kill kilt entirely bs b the mi mil ter ill be when get home without th rint tint what that it to me nit aid said 0 hanlon anyhow slid ald jerry 1 I lust must show aoi them that I 1 inside made a 2 murd murdering eting fight for far honor wouldn t mind ind it perhaps your firlus a shot through my old beaver 0 hanlon did to laughing laughin t the trick and now another through the breatt breast ot of my coat and heaven bless y you ou thit th was done now ut one in the skirt luck to your ho honor nor ol 01 it and good hut but ive discharged both ni in pi tos and dont ant nt the trouble troubie of loading the them again for ou should dearly like i t tint out fal I 1 through the kirts skirts it would uld show I 1 fought are oj b u u re your our lonor chasn t another pistol in byoir pocket thit th it OJ 03 NO u mind firing for a poor bo ake Confound Tobe surel ht chiert ert I 1 hand I 1 and over the money nione or I 1 it beat vou oil to jelte ith my hot horsewhip ehla adem aftena good dealoe fu nibling 1 I the trouble ive ha 1 in collecting collect lne these rent your hobor wont mind the little bother of cot go g over the hedge after them and he are over a sack apparently well filled with ith coin halt laughing haf hail angry the highwayman first aim ln ing at jerry with ith a whip which he avoided by ducking dismounted and climbed 0 over ef the e hedge and no gooner had he done to 0 o thau jerry slipped off the eld hack and mounted OH OHan anions lone horse to oil redmond ohan ollan loni he bawled I 1 tell you jerry the fool foot war as a match for a dozen sack of brags buttons of ou u its a you ou re gone gorie over the h hedge dge after you thief ot of the horld orld and touching th fine mare with the sl s ur he galloped off sinking the ric old melody quit the nils au chief and anti shake vours yourself elf |