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 Tom. GOod-morrow, Sir, this is a very cold day,

Teague. Arra dear honey, ye ther night was a very cold morning.

Tom. Well brother traveller, of what nation art thou? Teag. Arra dear thoy I come from our own kingdom.

Tom. Why Sir, I know that, but where is thy kingdom? Teag. Allehen dear honey, do not you know Cork in Ireland?

Tom. O you fool! Cork is not a kingdom but a city. Teag. Then dear thoy, I am sure it is in a kingdom.

Tom. And what is the reason vou have come and left your own dear country? Teag. Arra dear honey, by shaint Patrick, they have got such comical laws in our country, that they’ll put a man to death in perfect health: so to-be free and plain with you neighbour, I was obliged to come away, for I did not chuse to stay among such a people, that can hang a poor man when they please, if he either steals, robs or kills a man.

Tom. Ay, but I take you to be more, of an honest man, than to steal, rob or kill a man. Teag. Honest! I am perfectly honest, when I was but a child, my mother would have trusted me with a house full of millstones.

Tom. What was the matter, was you guilty of nothing? Teag. Arra dear honey. I did harm to no body; but fancied an old gentleman's gun, and afterwards made it my own.

Tom. Very well boy, and did you keep it so? Teag. Keep it! I would have kept it with all my heart while I lived, death itself could not have parted us, but the old rogue, the gentleman, being