LIFE IN IRELAND 3.0^ 



he is a tight old ' Milesian,' has twice failed to maV^^ 

 his fortune, and failed in the attempt ; for he is ..■ 

 poor as a church mouse, or a chapel one, for Darey 

 would as leave go to Hell as into a Protestant Church, 

 and worships Counsellor O'Gorman, O'Connell, O'Blady, 

 O'Trench, O'Shaehly , and other demagogues, as devoutly 

 as he does the image of the Virgin Mary, made by 

 Cox^ i?i Westmoreland-street^ and consecrated by old 

 Thomson, the titular Bishop of Sca?ide?iavta, and Parish 

 Priest of Bejiflogtiaphey. 



Darey at the door bowed his head as usual, just as if 

 he was flinging it in your face, only his neck kept it 

 fast to his ould shoulders, and ushered the party up 

 stairs. 



By the bye, I must here relate an anecdote of a 

 relation to this man : he was a very gallant fellow, and 

 more fond of the ladies and his bottle, than the mess 

 and his prayer-book. Time, which conquers all things, 

 conquered his constitution, and at the age of thirty he 

 was an old man, with a constitution of seventy. 



Doctor Rumble had him in charge for some months ; 

 he had glandular swellings, and his neck was much 

 worse than ever the -^ •5«- * * -^^ was when he was Prince 

 of * * "^ "^ "^ and under the care of Harleqtdn Daniels. 



At length the breaches were outwardly healed, and 

 he had his mittimus given to go abroad, when Doctor 

 Rumble thus addressed him : — ' You are now in a very 

 tolerable state, and may live long, if you only desist 

 from the practice of blowing your nose ; never by any 

 means blow your nose, except into a ''''muck rag'''' ; be- 

 ware of the use of fingers, because the consequences 

 may be such that you will regret them all your life ever 



