BY THE LIGHT 0' THE MOON 



ACK TANKERTON was 



slumbering peacefully 

 after a long and exciting 

 run with the Chivychase 

 Hounds, when a shower 

 of pebbles rattled against 

 the window of his bed- 

 room. Hastily jumping 

 out of bed, he pulled 

 aside the curtains, and 

 by the light of the full 

 moon he saw the local 

 medico, with a gun over his shoulder, in the act of 

 gathering from the garden path a fresh supply of missiles 

 with which to again bombard the window. Upon 

 catching sight of Jack, the jovial surgeon — a red-headed 

 son of Erin, standing some five feet nothing in his 

 stockings — let fly with the pebbles and vociferously 

 opened as follows : — 



" Och ! an' it's the disthressing lot iv unsportsman- 

 like divils ye all are to be snorin' between the blankets 

 on such a beautiful night as this, with the moon shinin' 

 like a jewel an' the drains [dykes] so full iv duck that 

 they're runnin' bank high with the weight and " 



" Oh, hang the duck and yourself to boot ! " cried 

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