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           —FortheoldwomanofPrince’sstreet,saysthecitizen,thesubsidisedorgan.Thepledgeboundpartyonthefloorofthehouse.Andlookatthisblastedrag,sayshe.Lookatthis,sayshe.TheIrishIndependent,ifyouplease,foundedbyParnelltobetheworkingman’sfriend.ListentothebirthsanddeathsintheIrishallforIrelandIndependent,andI’llthankyouandthemarriages.

           Andhestartsreadingthemout:

           —Gordon,Barnfieldcrescent,Exeter;RedmayneofIffley,SaintAnne’sonSea:thewifeofWilliamTRedmayneofason.How’sthat,eh?WrightandFlint,VincentandGilletttoRothaMariondaughterofRosaandthelateGeorgeAlfredGillett,179Claphamroad,Stockwell,PlaywoodandRidsdaleatSaintJude’s,KensingtonbytheveryreverendDrForrest,deanofWorcester.Eh?Deaths.Bristow,atWhitehalllane,London:Carr,StokeNewington,ofgastritisandheartdisease:Cockburn,attheMoathouse,Chepstow...

           —Iknowthatfellow,saysJoe,frombitterexperience.

           —Cockburn.Dimsey,wifeofDavidDimsey,lateoftheadmiralty:Miller,Tottenham,agedeightyfive:Welsh,June12,at35Canningstreet,Liverpool,IsabellaHelen.How’sthatforanationalpress,eh,mybrownson!How’sthatforMartinMurphy,theBantryjobber?

           —Ah,well,saysJoe,handingroundtheboose.ThanksbetoGodtheyhadthestartofus.Drinkthat,citizen.

           —Iwill,sayshe,honourableperson.

           —Health,Joe,saysI.Andalldowntheform.

           Ah!Ow!Don’tbetalking!Iwasbluemouldyforthewantofthatpint.DeclaretoGodIcouldhearithitthepitofmystomachwithaclick.