i82 LIFE IN IRELAND 



Fryingpan Alley.'' 'None of your hits about Frying- 

 pcDi Alley ^^ said pert Miss Sally Jenkinson ; ' I lodged 

 and lived in that same place for a handful of months, 

 and never used a Fryingpan^ or saw a sausage in if, 

 from the time Willy Wickham's dog stealing act 

 passed.' 



'That truly,' said Sir Shawn, 'must have deprived 

 you of food, but here we want food for merriment, and 



' I love fun, keep it up.' 



So we will, that is if we can do it ; there are times 

 when we are taken with a drowsy fit, and then we have 

 the good sense to lay down our pen upon the desk, 

 and our head upon the pillow for a few hours, when 

 rising greatly refreshed, we return to our labours again. 

 At present we are not disposed to carry on all the 

 Real Life in Ireland displayed at this festive meet- 

 ing, we have some calls upon us from the country of a 

 very important nature— they require some considera- 

 tion — -they are weighty, as far as they concern the 



Right Hon. Lord C , and they are only a bundle 



of Chaff SiS far as concerns Sir John F , but we will 



sift this bundle, and bring from it some amusement, in 

 the mean time we must conclude; our night cap is 

 ready and we shall sleep well, dreaming of what is next 

 intended. 



Sir Shaw^x O'Dogherty's Song. 



END OF chapter XV. 



