AUTHOR AND JACK TAR.
Mr. Justin McCarthy was smoking a cig*r at (Jueehsjown, In' his beloved county of Corkpoa one occasion, when a; sailor front a. man-Q'-Wat approached him and askjed> him for a, irtrilcn. When he had got what he .Wanted, the Sailor spoke thust t "D6 you, kwow,'sir, t was aftaid at first vyh*h ( noticed your eyeglass A that- you might be a &elf -conceited young pupby,who would lopk down upon a poor fc&ubr, but n&w, I know that f was mistaken, and I think a young gen. tleman like you, sir, vinust be fond of poetry, attd Mtould be 'pleaded,* to know •that long a&o I got a light for this vory pipe from 'Lord Byfon at > Athene. ' I •.asked him just as I tusked you. and-ho did me the favour juftt a!s you did."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 12
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