"
Andy accepted the two shillings with evident satisfaction on behalf of
the mare.
"That's the eight shillin' ye gave me fur the mare an' meself, an' Oi
think yure honor ought to give me two more in consequince av the fright
ye gave me. Shure it'll be a long day befure Oi git over it! Whin Oi
turned an' saw that ingia rubber thing over ye Oi thought it was the
very divil himself."
Paul laughed and handed him over the other two shillings, with: "Now,
that's all you get."
"Well, good luck an' may the--" here his flow of blessings were cut off
by Mr. Jolly who threw him out of the room.
When the stage coach drove up to the door almost the entire population
of Skibbereen was out. Lusty cheers were given for Paul as he mounted
the outside of the coach, in answer to which he fastened the American
flag to his paddle and waved it to the cheering populace as he drove out
of town. On reaching Dunmanway, Paul entered the train and started for
Cork.
CHAPTER VIII.
Soon after Paul left the Queen, the gale that almost cost him his life,
broke down on that gallant vessel. The captain put her nose in it and
headed her off for sea. All night she ploughed against it while the huge
seas burst over her and whitened her smoke stacks with salt to the
very top.
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