A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT.
Some of the British troops in the Irish rebellion did not fight, particularly well. A certain general, at a Lord-Lieutenant's party in Dublin, was admonishing1 a begging woman to leave the place when she said: 'It is I that am proud to see your honour here in the red coat you wore the very day when you saved the life of my boy, little Mickie.' . « \
'Indeed!' replied the general, not sorry to hear anything to his credit; on such a distinguished occasion, 'I had forgotten all about it. How did I save his life?'
'Well, your honour, when the battle was at its hottest your honour was the first to run, and when my little Mickie saw the gineral run he ran too, the Lord be praised!'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 167, 18 July 1898, Page 3
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130A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 167, 18 July 1898, Page 3
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