Mr Allfours: I must have notice of that question.

Mr Staylewit (Buncombe. Ind. ): Don’t hesitate to shoot.

(Ironical opposition cheers.)

The speaker: Order! Order!

(The house rises. Cheers.)

―There’s the man, says Joe, that made the Gaelic sports revival. There he is sitting there. The man that got away James Stephens. The champion of all Ireland at putting the sixteen pound shot. What was your best throw, citizen?

― Na bacleis , says the citizen, letting on to be modest. There was a time I was as good as the next fellow anyhow.