nor behind aither; when I want to be again, I'll sind to your
honor and let ye know.'

"'If I let you of this time will you keep sober?'

"'Faith I will, unliss the Dutchmin keep betther liquor nor they do
now.'

"'You may go.'

"'Thank ye, sir--ye're a gintleman, av there iver was wan.'

"Mr. Timothy O'Neil left the court-room."

Mr. Dropper also proposed to relate the experience of some half a dozen
mornings which he had spent in the pursuit of amusement under
difficulties, when he had occupied himself in seeing the sights around
the Jefferson Market Police Court.

"On one of the mornings which I devoted to visiting the Tombs," said Mr.
Dropper, "the class of prisoners varied. Most of them claimed to be
from the western of the British Isles. Others said they were born in
Cork, Clare, Down, and other counties. A number answered to patronymics
to which were prefixed the letter O, and an apostrophe. One party, who
called themselves Fardowners, looked brick-bats at another party who
occupied a remote corner of the cage, and who claimed to be
Connaughtmen. The remainder of the prisoners were Irish.

"An interesting feature in the proceedings of the morning was a case in
which Owen Shaughnessy, Patrick Mulholland, Michael O'Shea, Timothy
Leahey, Dennis Maroney, Dermot McDermott, Phelim Flannegan, Bridget
O'Keefe, Mary McBride, Ellen Dougherty and Bridget Casey were the
defendants. As the Judge called out their names, the prisoners severally
responded. They were all, as their names would indicate, of Irish birth.
The men, evidently long-shoremen and laborers, and the women, servants.
Their garments, in some instances, were torn, and in other ways
disarranged and soiled. The men, and in one or two instances the women,
showed bruises about their faces and hands, indicating their active
participation in a recent scrimmage, from the effects of which they had
not had the time, or soap and water, to enable them to recover.

"Mr. Gerald O'Grady, who stands at the head of the bar at the Tombs,
and who, under adverse circumstances and strong competition, has been
enabled, by his talents, to keep up his tariff of fees, from which he
has never deviated, appeared as counsel for the prisoners. Mr. O'Grady
has never been known to defend a case for less than fifty cents, unless,
actuated by feelings of commendable philanthropy, he has volunteered his
professional services gratis. It may be reasonably supposed that his
success ha