"Bejabers Murphy an' what's happened to yourself?" asked Kelly.

"T'was Tim O"Houlighan" answered Murphy.

"But he's just a slip of a fella. Did he have something in his hand?" asked Kelly.

"Shure he did, an' 'twas a shovel"

"Not a good thing at all, at all "Did ye be chance have something in yer own hand, Murphy?"

"Aye, that I did. 'Twas Mrs O'Houlighan's left tit. A rare beautiful thing in itself, but no good at all for the fightin'.