Why, she has frightened you more wid her prophecy than ever you did any one wid one of your own.

Ha, ha, ha!" To this Sally neither replied, nor seemed disposed to reply.
"Here," added Sarah, handing her stepmother a cloth, "remimber you have to go to Darby Skinadre's for meal.

I'd go myself, an' save you in the journey, but that I'm afraid you might fall in love wid one another in my absence.

Be off now, you ould stepdivle, an' get the meal; or if you're not able to go, I will." After a lapse of a few minutes, the woman rose, and taking the cloth, deliberately folded it up, and asked him for money to purchase the meal she wanted.
"Here," said he, handing her a written paper, "give him that, an' it will do as well as money.

He expects Master Dick's interest for Dalton's farm, an' I'll engage he'll attend to that." She received the paper, and looking at it, said-- "I hope this is none of the villainy I suspect." "Be off," he replied, "get what you want, and that's all you have to do." "What's come over you ?" asked Sarah of her father, after the other had gone.