From William Ginty   Sunday¹

Lakeview | Ballifarnon | Boyle.² Sunday

Dear Tyndall,

Undismayed by the terrible magnitude of your oath, unmoved by the high wrought frenzy of your invective I have ventured not to write so soon as you demanded, because I could not help it. Another proof to the doctrine of circumstances. Yes ‘my pretty Jane’³ I respect it. And I’ll venture to say that the said ‘pretty Jane’ will not discern where exists the affinity between me and a pismire.⁴ Alas, poor devil, you were lost for summat to advocate, in one line you make her an angel and in the next the said angel is filtering her _______.⁵ I don’t think Miss Jane would ‘vindicate your taste’ neither would ‘Miss Sally’⁶ be quite pleased at your obscene hint about the ‘damaged meshes of her net’. ‘Value my skin’.⁷ Pshaw – I’m able to leather the angel _____ out of you!

I will be here until the last day that you want me. I would feign be in Leighlin a few days before we commence – for sports’ sake. Are you sure of Latimer? I heard a few days ago since that he had engaged with the Co. Surveyor of Leitrim.⁸ I will go to Kingstown to see the Misses Tidmarsh and their mama.⁹ I had a note from Jack, his is still in Dervock.¹⁰ I wrote to him this evening. I wrote my last to him in phonography¹¹ he took a month to read it. If I had written to McLaughlin¹² 5 or 6 months ago I would have a snug situation now. That opportunity does not now offer – he is on the alert for me. I was damned unfortunate in not writing to him. Here’s the lines for ‘Jim,’¹³ I bungled them together in a hurry as you will see altho’ Jim may not. I cannot definitely answer your question about the applotment. It chiefly depends on the quality of the work. Mr. B.¹⁴ and I have not been regularly at it, we have done about 20,000 acres in the last 2 months, exclusive of the fair booths which remain yet to be done. Some townlands are exceedingly easy some are very difficult, according to the number of tenements or holdings and lots of the Ordnance valuation.

I’m in haste boy o. Write write write! | Yours | Ginty.

Kindest remembrances to my Jane.

Write soon. Address | Lakeview | Ballifannon | Boyle | Co Roscommon

I have a letter of yours from McGrath¹⁵– Jack¹⁶ sent it me. McGrath is a great fellow – a genius!

RI MS JT/1/TYP/11/3832

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