"'Faix, I'll ate a thriangle, av yer wish,' sez I.
"'Yer mus' be very quite,' sez she. An' so I sot down along a lot av other folks at a table.
"'First, I'll sing a him,' sez the majum, 'an' thin do all yees jine in the chorus.'
"'Yer mus' axcuse me, ma'am,' sez I. 'I niver could sing, but rather than spile the divarshun o' the company, av any wan'll whistle, I'll dance as purty a jig as ye'll see from here to Bal'nasloe, though it's mesel' as sez it.'
"Two young whipper-snappers begin ter laugh, but the luk I gev' em soon shut 'em up.
"Jist then, the big chap as had me two dollars kem into the room an' turned down the lights; in a minit majum, shtickin' her face close to me own, whispers:
"'The sperrits is about—I kin feel 'em!'
"'Thrue for you, ma'am,' sez I, 'fur I kin smell 'em!'
"'Hush, the influence is an me,' sez the majum. 'I kin see the lion an' the lamb lying down together.'
"'Begorra! It's like a wild beastess show,' sez I.