2i6 LIFE IN IRELAND 



CHAPTER XIX 



More fun — Captain Blake's town and country house — Charles 

 Fox, or the force of habit— A turn up and a turn in— Gaol birds, 

 a description — Mr. T. the lawyer, and Sir John the swindler- 

 Puns — The German tailor teaching Irish — The King and a good 

 joke — An explanation in Germany, and a surprise — Captain 

 Fleereton — How to break a man's neck at the Cape of Good 



Hope — Close shooting — Major B , a great brute — An 



atheistical old Lady — An Irish scholar— Captain P , and his 



charity — The Saint Domingo merchant — A tap-room ball — 

 Honorable Mr. D , and cri7n. con. — Damages and imprison- 

 ment — The Bank robber, and his wardrobe — Tim. Byrne, and 

 Mr. Mack the gambler — Killing a man for a wager — The prison 

 poet, Mr. O'Rafferty — A loyal song — Whiskey punch and corde- 

 roy breeches — A hat stealer and a battle — War hawk — Brian 

 BoRU discharged from prison — A farewell dinner — Anecdotes of 

 Freddy Jones, the play manager — A stop at Hawkins Street. 



THE jug went round with social glee ; Brian Boru 

 forgot that he was in prison, and Swan forgot 

 that he was an exciseman ; nay, he even imagined him- 

 self to be a gentleman, because he had got for once 

 into gentlemen's company. 



He told many humorous stories, which had their 

 foundation in what had occurred to him in his pro- 

 fessional career ; and Captain Blake said, when a 

 man makes sport of the employment he holds, it is a 

 sure sign that it is a contemptible one in every sense 

 of the word ; but it shows at the same time his mag- 



