150 THE UPPER RAPIDS. 



Johnny's was that night, only that somebody 

 swore that he had gone out blind drunk, and 

 had been firing at the stones." 



"Ah, then, his reverence knows better 

 nor that," said poor Johnny ; " but best not 

 be talking of the good people just now." 



"Well then, come along, pack up the traps, 

 and get the boats afloat." 



" It is time we were off," said the Parson. 

 " I feel a chill already, now the sun is down 

 — to night will be a very different affair from 

 last night. There will be wet jackets at the 

 fair yet, depend upon it." 



" All the better for us," said the Captain : 

 " we shall get a little refreshing sleep, — a 

 luxury I hardly reckoned on. You will give 

 these fellows a passage to Belleek ?" 



" And I vote that they work their passage," 

 said the Squire. "We have oars enough with 

 us ; let us fit out a couple of four-oars, and 

 go back to Belleek in style." 



" Whv not have a race?" said the Scholar : 



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" our boat against yours any day. I am sure 

 these fellows can pull — every Lough Erne 

 man pulls an oar naturally." 



The Scholar was right in his conjecture, 

 the passengers could pull ; and, primed as 



