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A MIDNIGHT TREASURE HUNT. 283
wouldn't see him/ Then he paused, and went on in quite
a different voice :
"There, now I've tould ye enough for wan night.
Come home ! for it's chilled to the harrt I am, an'
shtarved wid the cowld. Come home ! I'll tell no more
this night.' The next sound I heard was the popping of
a cork, and then the voice of Murdock in a cheery
tone :
" It's chilled we
' Here, take a sup of this, ould man.
both are, an' cramped wid cowld. Take a good dhraw,
ye must want it if ye're as bad as I am ! ' The gurgle
that followed showed that he had obeyed orders this
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was confirmed within an incredibly short time by his
voice as he spoke again.
" ! ' We
' Me father hid there beyant. Come on all,
each in his own way, moved down to the Shleenanaher,
and stood there. Moynahan spoke first.
" '' From here, he seen them jist over the ridge iv the
hill. I can go there now ; come on ! * He hurried up
the slope, Murdock holding on to him. I followed,
now crouching low, for there was but little shelter here.
Moynahan stopped and said:
" ' It was just here !
" How do ye know ? ' asked Murdock doubtfully.
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' How do I know ! Hasn't me father been over the
shpot wid me a score iv times ; aye, an' a hundhred times
afore that be himself. It was here, I tell ye, that he
seen the min wid the gun carriage for the last time.
Do ye want to arguey it ?