STORY OF AN IRISH AGENT. The prettiest girl and the poorest in all the country was Nora M'Shane. Sure, you
... crooked, brown fellow, the hardest agent in the country, And held out his ugly hand for the money, as though it grew on a blackberry bush. Small blame to Mike M'Mahon for setting the dog on him one quarther-day. But some way or another Nora managed to pay ...