Rebel pranks—Caprice of the insurgents—Puns and piking—Archdeacon
Elgy—His capture by the rebels—Captain Murphy’s harangue and
argument—Proposal made to the Archdeacon—An “Orange parson”
converted into a “green priest”—Father Cahill and Father Pat
Elgy—Another exploit of Captain Murphy—Parson Owen of Wexford—His
concealment in a grocer’s cockloft—Discovered by the _wattle
boys_—Dragged to a window and hung therefrom, by his heels, over
a number of pikes—His delirium, and escape through Captain
Murphy’s humanity—Parson Owen’s superinduced squint, and
consequent nuptials—His lady left a widow—Instance of the fatal
effects of unpleasant and unexpected news 272