The Dissolushun.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3324, 18 August 1879, Page 2

The Dissolushun.

"i < ___ a _ aa ,I,' ji .'! \ 'Yon me eonshinie, we managed to lay a nice thrap for the rats, so we \did|i ; Tbb night before the dissoluihun. His Ixcil•lincy axed me up to tay jiat for the sake o' pumpin' me as to what was his best fcoorse to purshue nndher the' saftsum* stances. As soon as the ladies retired jind the table was cleared, Sir Herculis called me into his study, an' afthcr projuicin' a black bottle ar rale ould Innishowen from a cubboord in the corner, he s.es to me, ses he: " Jist wet yer whistle |wid that, ma bouchUetn baton ; it's the ginn> inc. stuff, imported by mesilf from Bhajv,n O'Dogherty's prirate still ia the blake mountain* o' Eionigalt^sMs^MJ. -1' Here't tlantha, Herky," ses I^mHlim Herky bekays were onld etoniei^as I tuk^i swig at the bottle, hn^Mf[orm,;it,rouled down~me throat like «dther'i; milk, so it did. " Now, Paddy, ipsfrone," ses he, " I want to ax yer advice about this disso}usUun, for, 'pon me sowl, I'm not quite clear on the Constitushinal aspect ar tb© question." ses; he. J " Blur-anjounthprj, alive," ses I, " there can't be the slightest doubt as to the:ixpaidientt£ ar grantin' the' dissolushun/' " Wye tell m& so ?;'' ses His Ixcillinoy. " Begorra, I do; an' what's more,*' ses I, "I could prove beyant the shadow ar a doubt that yer bound to grant it, ar I had the Parlimenthry Blue Books," ses I. "Well, betchune you an' me, Fat,'.' ses the Governor, " I'm complaitly flabbergasted wid the opposin' parties, an' ther arguments. One minute Sir. George comes in threatenin' a rain o' terror an' the ringince o' the people, unless a dissolushan is granted, an' the next minit Sir William waits ipon me swairin' he'll raise the Good Templars in arms, or what's worse still, let his tongue loose, ar I give way to Sir George. What the juice am Ito do at all, at all?" ses he. "An* thin ther's another matther, Faddy allanah," ses he, " that' makes me pause before I grant a dissolushun." " Arrah, what may that be, Herky?" ses I. "Well, ma chair (Frinch), I'll tell ye what it is," ses he. " Sure ye know, aroon, that ther's a'big number ar unfortchunate-devils in the present House that'll starve this could winther ar they lose their honorayriums, I an' me heart feels for thine, allannah, for, sure I know that, ar they're onced put put they'll niVer get in agin;"- ses he, " Sal is pop v lie shupraima is lax," ses I, spaikia' Latin, in ordher to convince him. "Begorra, I think yer right," ses he, "so ye'd bether sind Sir George up an' I'll grant him the dissolushun," ses His Ixcil-, lincy. So ye see me collaiges hare me to thank for the ricthory orer the rats. '- . r.i(:.; •:■ :'. p AI )DY MUBPHT. •' —jS.aturday Advertiser. v -, ;; - ,ri