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[Illustration: PAGE 635-- Hycy received the money, set spurs to his horse]
Hycy received the money, set spurs to his horse, and was out of sight in
a moment--"Ah!" exclaimed the old man, with bitterness of soul, "what
mightn't he be if his weak and foolish mother hadn't taken it into her
head to make a gentleman of him! But now she reaps as she sowed. She's
punished--an' that's enough."--And thus does Hycy the accomplished make
his exit from our humble stage.
"Gintlemen," said Finigan, "now that the accomplished Mr. Hycy is
disposed of, I beg to state, that it will be productive of much public
good to the country to expatriate these three virtuous worthies, _qui
nomine gaudent_ Hogan--and the more so as it can be done on clear legal
grounds. They are a principal means of driving this respectable young
man, Bryan M'Mahon, and his father's family, out of the land of their
birth; and there will be something extremely appropriate--and indicative
besides of condign and retributive punishment--in sending them on their
travels at his Majesty's expense. I am here, in connection with others,
to furnish you with the necessary proof against them; and I am of
opinion that the sooner they are sent upon a voyage of discovery it will
be so much the better for the rejoicing neighborhood they will leave
behind them.
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