The noble saint and his wife came on thus far above the roaring crowd,
and as they draw nearer, lo! the saint and Sheeley are revealed.
The saint is personated by the heroic Mr. Jinks--his wife is
represented by Mistress O'Calligan!
This is the grand revenge of Mr. Jinks--this is the sweet morsel which
he has rolled beneath his tongue for days--this is the refinement of
torture he has mixed for the love-sick O'Brallaghan, who personates
the opposing Michael.
As the adversaries see their opponents, they roar--as they catch sight
of their patron saints thus raised aloft derisively, they thunder. The
glove is thrown, the die is cast--in an instant they are met in deadly
battle.
Would that our acquaintance with the historic muse were sufficiently
intimate to enable us to invoke her aid on this occasion. But she is
far away, thinking of treaties and protocols, and "eventualities" far
in the orient, brooding o'er lost Sebastopol.
The reader therefore must be content with hasty words.
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