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English
1823
To the left he was represented as running away over one of the wildest and most rugged bits of landscape we have ever seen with a very big man on his back. Six policemen stood scattered about a mile behind him. They had evidently been running after him, but had at last given up the pursuit as useless. TO THE LEFT HE WAS REPRESENTED AS RUNNING AWAY OVER ONE OF THE WILDEST AND MOST RUGGED BITS OF LANDSCAPE WE HAVE EVER SEEN WITH A VERY BIG MAN ON HIS BACK SIX POLICEMEN STOOD SCATTERED ABOUT A MILE BEHIND HIM THEY HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN RUNNING AFTER HIM BUT HAD AT LAST GIVEN UP THE PURSUIT AS USELESS
 stage Irishman seems to be a bad man--such as the "agent" or the "informer"--but in these cases it invariably turns out in the end that this man was all along a Scotchman, and thus what had been a mystery becomes clear and explicable. The stage Irishman is always doing the most wonderful things imaginable. We do not see him do those wonderful things. He does them when nobody is by and tells us all about them afterward: that is how we know of them. We remember on one occasion, when we were young and somewhat inexperienced, planking our money down and going into a theater solely and purposely to see the stage Irishman do the things he was depicted as doing on the posters outside. They were really marvelous, the things he did on that poster. In the right-hand upper corner he appeared running across country on all fours, with a red herring sticking out from his coat-tails, while far behind came hounds and horsemen hunting him. But their chance of ever catching him up was clearly hopeless.  ON THE STAGE SOMETIMES A STAGE IRISHMAN SEEMS TO BE A BAD MAN SUCH AS THE AGENT OR THE INFORMER BUT IN THESE CASES IT INVARIABLY TURNS OUT IN THE END THIS MAN WAS ALL ALONG A SCOTCHMAN AND THUS WHAT HAD BEEN A MYSTERY BECOMES CLEAR AND EXPLICABLE THE STAGE IRISHMAN IS ALWAYS DOING THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS IMAGINABLE WE DO NOT SEE HIM DO THESE WONDERFUL THINGS HE DOES THEM WHEN NOBODY IS BY AND TELLS US ALL ABOUT THEM AFTERWARD THAT IS HOW WE KNOW OF THEM WE REMEMBER ON ONE OCCASION WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND SOMEWHAT INEXPERIENCED PLANKING OUR MONEY DOWN AND GOING INTO A THEATRE SOLELY AND PURPOSELY TO SEE THE STAGE IRISHMAN DO THE THINGS HE WAS DEPICTED AS DOING ON THE POSTERS OUTSIDE THEY WERE REALLY MARVELLOUS THE THINGS HE DID ON THAT POSTER IN THE RIGHT UPPER HAND CORNER HE APPEARED RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON ALL FOURS WITH A RED HERRING STICKING OUT OF HIS COAT TAILS WHILE FAR BEHIND HIM CAME HOUNDS AND OSMEN HUNTING HIM BUT THEIR CHANCE OF EVER CATCHING HIM WAS CLEARLY HOPELESS
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