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THE BAT. 129
had said, " she married beneath her station in
life."
" Let that harsh judgment never be imputed
to you, young gentleman ! " I whispered to the
lad by my side, who might be an embryo
baronet for aught I knew. His little sister
by my side was all sympathy with the poor
sufferer.
" One day an aged couple found their way to
the mausoleum," continued the bat. " They were
weary and footsore, and each carried a large
bundle, all their household goods and chattels,
and one could tell in a moment that they were
a poor old Irishman and wife. ’ Here is the
place!’ said the old man, ’ I knew I should find
it easily ; and a mighty grand house it is for a
dead person to live in. I shouldn’t mind
residing there myself, instead of having at my
age to cross to America with my old woman, to
search for potatoes and a pig, and a cot for us
all to dwell in. And that would never have
happened if you had been alive, old Sir Patrick ;
but you chose to die, and may St. Patrick, your
namesake, canonize your bones for your
kindness of heart while you lived, and that of your
good old dame, too. For as long as you two
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