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Chapter 7

           "MotheravMozis!"mutteredtheGalwegian;"fwhatcanbethemanin’avtheowldchap’ssurroundin’himselfwidtherope?"

           TheIrishman’scuriosityforawhilestruggledwithhiscourtesy,butatlengthovercameit;andjustastheslumbererdeliveredhisthirdsnore,hestoletowardshim,shookhimoutofhissleep,andpropoundedaquestionbasedupontheonehehadalreadyputtohimself.

           "DurnyeforaIrishdonkey!"exclaimedStump,inevidentdispleasureatbeingdisturbed;"yemademethinkitwarmornin’!WhatdoIputtheroperoun’mefor?Whatelsewuditbefor,buttokeepoffthevarmints!"

           "Whatvarmints,MistherStump?Snakes,divyezmane?"

           "Snakesincoorse.Durnye,gotoyourbed!"

           Notwithstandingthesharprebuke,Phelimreturnedtothecabinapparentlyinhighglee.IftherewasanythinginTexas,"barrin’anabovetheIndyinsthemselves,"asheusedtosay,"thatkepthimfromslapin’,itwasthemvinamoussarpints.Hehadn’thadagoodnight’srest,iversincehe’dbeeninthecounthryforthinkin’avtheuglyvipers,ordhramin’aboutthim.WhatapitySaintPathrickhadn’tpaidTixasavisitbeforegoin’tograce!"

           Pheliminhisremoteresidence,isolatedashehadbeenfromallintercourse,hadneverbeforewitnessedthetrickofthecabriesto.

           Hewasnotslowtoavailhimselfoftheknowledgethusacquired.

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