'Oh ho,' says the judge. 'And where was the artillery?'
'Faith, my lord, there was as much artillery as there was cavalry, and that would not get in the way of a donkey race.'
Then Morris, with appropriate solemnity, proceeded to read out the newspaper account for the benefit of the audience. The whole Court was convulsed with laughter, in which the prisoners in the dock heartily joined.
After the trial was over, a parish priest came to congratulate Morris, and said to him:—
'My lord, you have laughed Fenianism out of Limerick.'
Mrs. Hussey