[The Emigrants Of Ahadarra by William Carleton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Emigrants Of Ahadarra CHAPTER XXV 20/37
Peety, by the advice of Hogan's wife, called in Teddy Phat's--" "What's that? Teddy Phats? Now, by the way, Harry, don't abuse poor Teddy.
You will be surprised, Hal, when I tell you that he and I have played into each other's hands for years.
Yes, my boy, and I can assure you that, owing to him, both Fethertonge and I were aware of Hycy's Burke's plot against M'Mahon long before he set it a-going.
The fellow, however, will certainly be hanged yet." "Faith, sir," replied Harry, "instead of being hanged himself, he's likely to hang others.
In consequence of an accidental conversation which Teddy Phats, and Finigan the tippling schoolmaster had, concerning Vincent, the stranger I spoke of, who, it appears, lives next to Finigan's school-house, Teddy discovered, through the pedagogue, who, by the way, is abroad at all hours, that the aforesaid Vincent was in the habit of going up every night to the most solitary part of the mountains, but for what purpose, except upon another distillation affair, he could not say." The old gauger or supervisor, as he now considered himself, became here so comically excited--or, we should rather say, so seriously excited--that it was with difficulty the nephew could restrain his laughter.
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