Explore "Red O'Shaughnessy" by J.H.M. Abbott on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
CONSTABLE MICHAEL RIORDAN was eloquent in his introduction of Red O'Shaughnessy to Mr. Thaddeus Driscoll, landlord of "The Sheer Hulk" tavern. Mr. Driscoll was as unprepossessing in appearance as his house, but the enthusiasm of Constable Riordan could find nothing but perfection in either.
"Well, thin, Misther O'Shaughnessy," he said, as they approached the low doorway of the disreputable-looking shanty, from which boisterous noises drifted out discordantly, "this is the snuggest little cosy-corner in all Sydney Town, so it is. Ye'd not foind betther in Cork or Dublin, so ye wuddn't. An' Thady's one o' th' best lads iver breathed, begorra, 'tis so. Oho," he shouted through the open doorway of the inn, "come outside wid ye, Misther Driscoll. 'Tis th' polis."