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The Tithe-Proctor

CHAPTER IV
17/22

Go home now; for, as I said this moment, we will take the tithe out of your marrow, if you had thousands of your cut-throat and cowardly White-boys at your back.

Don't think this villainy will pass with us; we know how to handle you, and will too; begone, you dishonest ruffian, I have no more time to lose with you." In this manner almost every interview terminated.

Purcel was a warm and impetuous young fellow, who certainly detested everything in the shape of dishonesty or deceit and here he had too many instances of both to be able to keep his temper, especially when he felt that he and his family were the sufferers.

Other cases, however, were certainly very dissimilar to this; we allude especially to those of real distress, where the means of meeting the demand were not to be had.

With such individuals the proctor's sons were disposed to be lenient, which is certainly more than could be said if he himself had to deal with them.
"Jemmy Mulligan," he said, to a poor-looking man, "go home to your family.


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