The truth is, sir, that I'm a-going to seek my fortun'."

" "Did what, Adam?" "Found the fortun' as he were always a-lookin' for,a sack o' golden soverings, sir, an' bank-notes, Mr. Belloo, sir,bushels on 'em; enoughah!

"Bridget's a fine girl, an' she's got a fine fortun', an' the whole of us knows that's what you're lookin' afther, Mr. Brian.

"Somebody gone off'n me hooks an' left ye a fortun'?" "Peggy" was one of McNutt's most popular nicknames, acquired because he wore a short length of pine where his absent foot should have been.

Ye'll be the richest man between this and County Cork, an' let alone the fortun', ye'll be havin' the greatest jewel of a wife.