That information led Mr.Jinks to believe that, on the following day, the opposing races would turn out in numbers, far exceeding those on any previous occasion.

They would have a grand pageant:--St.Patrick would meet St.Michael in deadly conflict, and the result would undoubtedly overwhelm one of the combatants with defeat, elevating the other to the summit of joy and victory.
It was Mr.Jinks' object to ensure the success of the worthy St.
Michael, and prostrate the great St.Patrick in the dust.

But this was not all.

Mr.Jinks further desired to procure an adequate revenge upon his friend O'Brallaghan.

To overwhelm with defeat and dismay the party to which his enemy belonged, was not enough--any common man could invent so plain a course as that.