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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 10 of 18 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
Soon as he appeared , he was greeted upon his return , by two interesting and youthlul females , who seemed to vie with each other , and with infinitely more of delicacy than is in general to be seen amongst that class , as to which should pre-occupy their young guest ' s affections . They had been told that two had come : they as yet saw but this one ; and , so , unable to form any comparisons , while , unwilling , either of them , to forco the present in dim expectancy of the futurethey steadillaid themselves ° down
, y to make an impression upon the " bird in the baud , " running chance as to his merits compared to him " upon the hush . " _ The contest was reall y one which he found it difficult to withstand and in which he would inevitably have fallen were the syrens asunder . ' The shadow of a suspicion never , for an instant , crossed " his mind as to the character of the establishment . The manner of the young ladies , though earnest and warm , yet deviated not , one particle , from external decorum ttieir
auu inotign eye spoke fove , and that love was fire , yet was their language chastened by all the minuteness of propriety . ' ¦ Is it a dream , " cried Thurlogh , to himself , starting as from a reverie " can I so soon forget Mary ?" It fortunately occurred to him , that the party he had left behind him might feel uneasy for his disappearance : with him to think was to execute . He rose , therefore , from his seat , made a meet apology to his fair entertainers , and expressed a hope that the promptitude of his egress mi ght in sort atone for the unceremoniom of his intrusion
some -ness . " God bless my soul ! and is it not yourself that is there , Master Thurlogh ? All the way here , in Cork ' s own city ! " cried a voice in the crowd , soon as our hero had put his foot outside the hall-door . " So it is—Morgan ! and very happy to see you ! " replied Thurlogh , recognising in the speaker a trusty and faithful dependent , who had lived some years before as servant in his family before ruin came upon them in the way we have seen . " God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh ; and what a fine young gentleman you have become !"
" You compliment me , Morgan , —I am to congratulate you in return on your good looks . " ' ¦ But , God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh , how soon you have made a lodgment amongst the Cork beauties !" " You puzzle me , Morgan ; do not speak so much in riddles . " " Why , God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh , did I not see you , with my own eyes , come out this—this very mintue , from—a house of pleasure ?" The scales had now fallen from our hero ' s eyes , and he saw distinctly how matters stoodPie took with him l
. Morgan according y to the coffeehouse , where he had left his brother with the stranger . He then upbraided the latter with the treachery of his behaviour , —pointed to the auspicious interposition just manifested hi his behalf in the individual who stood beside him ; and concluded by stating that , were it not for his reluctance to pollute his hands by the touch of so foul a wretch , who had not only laid a snare for the seduction of innocence , but must have additionall y projected the diabolical scheme of defrauding him and his brother while in the dead of their sleep , of whatever wearable or movable they happened to carry ; and very probably of life , too , if this stood at all in the wav of
his hellish designs . " " Arrah , then , by my soul , Master Thurlogh ! " said Morgan ; " but though you will not soil your hands with the ugly-looking blackguard , that is no reason why myself should not he after kicking him about , from one end of the room to another , like peas in a bladder , the vile scaramootch ! the kidnapping brute ! the Judas of all Judases ! But , good God , my patience is worn out by the enormity of the villain's crime : let me loose , " he continued , turning about towards the object of his execration " at that wicked head of yours , that could have gloated upon the guilt of robbing two such youths , at once of their purity and of their property . "
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
Soon as he appeared , he was greeted upon his return , by two interesting and youthlul females , who seemed to vie with each other , and with infinitely more of delicacy than is in general to be seen amongst that class , as to which should pre-occupy their young guest ' s affections . They had been told that two had come : they as yet saw but this one ; and , so , unable to form any comparisons , while , unwilling , either of them , to forco the present in dim expectancy of the futurethey steadillaid themselves ° down
, y to make an impression upon the " bird in the baud , " running chance as to his merits compared to him " upon the hush . " _ The contest was reall y one which he found it difficult to withstand and in which he would inevitably have fallen were the syrens asunder . ' The shadow of a suspicion never , for an instant , crossed " his mind as to the character of the establishment . The manner of the young ladies , though earnest and warm , yet deviated not , one particle , from external decorum ttieir
auu inotign eye spoke fove , and that love was fire , yet was their language chastened by all the minuteness of propriety . ' ¦ Is it a dream , " cried Thurlogh , to himself , starting as from a reverie " can I so soon forget Mary ?" It fortunately occurred to him , that the party he had left behind him might feel uneasy for his disappearance : with him to think was to execute . He rose , therefore , from his seat , made a meet apology to his fair entertainers , and expressed a hope that the promptitude of his egress mi ght in sort atone for the unceremoniom of his intrusion
some -ness . " God bless my soul ! and is it not yourself that is there , Master Thurlogh ? All the way here , in Cork ' s own city ! " cried a voice in the crowd , soon as our hero had put his foot outside the hall-door . " So it is—Morgan ! and very happy to see you ! " replied Thurlogh , recognising in the speaker a trusty and faithful dependent , who had lived some years before as servant in his family before ruin came upon them in the way we have seen . " God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh ; and what a fine young gentleman you have become !"
" You compliment me , Morgan , —I am to congratulate you in return on your good looks . " ' ¦ But , God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh , how soon you have made a lodgment amongst the Cork beauties !" " You puzzle me , Morgan ; do not speak so much in riddles . " " Why , God bless my soul , Master Thurlogh , did I not see you , with my own eyes , come out this—this very mintue , from—a house of pleasure ?" The scales had now fallen from our hero ' s eyes , and he saw distinctly how matters stoodPie took with him l
. Morgan according y to the coffeehouse , where he had left his brother with the stranger . He then upbraided the latter with the treachery of his behaviour , —pointed to the auspicious interposition just manifested hi his behalf in the individual who stood beside him ; and concluded by stating that , were it not for his reluctance to pollute his hands by the touch of so foul a wretch , who had not only laid a snare for the seduction of innocence , but must have additionall y projected the diabolical scheme of defrauding him and his brother while in the dead of their sleep , of whatever wearable or movable they happened to carry ; and very probably of life , too , if this stood at all in the wav of
his hellish designs . " " Arrah , then , by my soul , Master Thurlogh ! " said Morgan ; " but though you will not soil your hands with the ugly-looking blackguard , that is no reason why myself should not he after kicking him about , from one end of the room to another , like peas in a bladder , the vile scaramootch ! the kidnapping brute ! the Judas of all Judases ! But , good God , my patience is worn out by the enormity of the villain's crime : let me loose , " he continued , turning about towards the object of his execration " at that wicked head of yours , that could have gloated upon the guilt of robbing two such youths , at once of their purity and of their property . "