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Title: The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Canadian periodicals
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario publishing co
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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profanevocabularies of three languages, Eng-lish, Irish and Gaelic, and tore upthe sod like a couple of w-ild bulls.In a moment the Irish and Scotchhad taken sides, for they were at feudii the Huron Tract, and the engagement became general. It was in vainthat Tiger Dunlop knocked down acouple of the combatants in the in-terests of peace, for the whisky wasin and the blood was up; but present-ly an unexpected diversion occurred )\rary sat down, pulled off a shoeand stocking, and, slipping a smoothstone into the end of the latter, un-dertook the role of peace-maker.With this terrible slung-shot she scat-tered both friends and foes, and wasquickly mistress of the situation. Itis even said that she gave Campbella taste of her strength, probably forhis guidance in the future, but tha^is merely tradition. In the mean-time Gideon had vanquished I\Ic-Nulty. Sullen peace was restored and thejovial Tiger soon managed to patchup a truce with all except McNulty.Vanquished and bniisr-d. the bully
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Drawimj hi/ C. II. Jcffcry. ■ IX A MOMENT THE IRISH AND SCOTCH HAD TAKEN SIDES 149 150 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE left the field to which he had comein the fine neighbourly spirit of thosehearty days. A round more peefore deener,shouted Gideon as he picked upCampbells cradle and led off theline, leaving the new champion towalk to the house with Mary. The Tiger laughed and chuckled tohimself, for he knew that Gideonsmalaria, or dumb ague, would bebroken by the whisky, excitementand toil, which had induced a copiousperspiration. But he was too fond ofa practical joke to give the scientificcause of the apparently miraculous cure. He assured Gideon that it musthave been McNulty who had over-looked him and that by blackeningthe evil eyes he had broken the spell.His explanation was accepted, and tothis day the valley of the Ashkoonieis not a comfortable place for a manwhose eyes do not seem to shed abeneficent light. By nightfall the whole twentyacres of wheat were reaped, and aftera plentiful

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