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Our Foreign Correspondent

           

           Itwasallheavenly,butIwasgladtoseetheIrishcoast,andfounditverylovely,sogreenandsunny,withbrowncabinshereandthere,ruinsonsomeofthehills,andgentlemen’scountryseatsinthevalleys,withdeerfeedingintheparks.Itwasearlyinthemorning,butIdidn’tregretgettinguptoseeit,forthebaywasfulloflittleboats,theshoresopicturesque,andarosyskyoverhead.Inevershallforgetit.

           AtQueenstownoneofmynewacquaintancesleftus,Mr.Lennox,andwhenIsaidsomethingabouttheLakesofKillarney,hesighed,andsung,withalookatme...

           "Oh,haveyoue’erheardofKateKearney?

           ShelivesonthebanksofKillarney;

           Fromtheglanceofhereye,

           Shundangerandfly,

           Forfatal’stheglanceofKateKearney."

           Wasn’tthatnonsensical?

           WeonlystoppedatLiverpoolafewhours.It’sadirty,noisyplace,andIwasgladtoleaveit.Unclerushedoutandboughtapairofdogskingloves,someugly,thickshoes,andanumbrella,andgotshavedàlamuttonchop,thefirstthing.ThenheflatteredhimselfthathelookedlikeatrueBriton,butthefirsttimehehadthemudcleanedoffhisshoes,thelittlebootblackknewthatanAmericanstoodinthem,andsaid,withagrin,"Thereyerhar,sir.I’vegiven’emthelatestYankeeshine."ItamusedUncleimmensely.

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