M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-12-13
Fax, and l'd be Lhinkin about mar.


lriage first or second, sez |.
Och, wirra! wIrra! seq she, only to
hear him! As il he didn't give ould
Hennessy good silver dollar Tor ma
kin us man an wife last night.
Mislhress Connolley, seq /, starin
at her wid amaEement, sure its jokin
lye are.
Not bit Of it, Pether, dear, seq
she, laughin an houldin up a slip Of
ipaper, by the same token that this is
lhe certificate of the priest that | hould
Hn my hand.
BE my sowl, sez |, Misthress Con-
polley, ye may call the certificate yer
husband, for sorry thing | will have
10 do wid it.
Murooney, seq she, do ye deny the
ring upon my fngerH
Sorry | care about the good ring,
sez |, jumpin out OF bed. Will it be
plain TO yer to go out of the room
while dress myself?
On, l'Il lave you wild all my heart,
sez she, snatchlug up my clothes But
it's little yen have TO dress wild, till
yer come to yer slnSes Petner Mulroo-
ney.
An BY this an by that, Mr.. Urbin,
she tucked my garments under her arm
and wint out an locked the door, lawn
the empty room wild myself.
Tear an ages, says to myself, while
she was gone. 'Iis chated | am en-.
tirelyi but maybe it's only lunnin she
is, alter all. Ayeh! what's to do?-
Ills a great comfort there's bed in
the room. Sure she won't starve me;
mighty unasy any how, an that's no
lie.
So you went to bed again, Well,
what come next?
Twinty -four mortal hours | laid
there, without attn or dhrinkin; an then
Mlslhress Connolley knocked at the
door.
Pelher, dear, seq she,
Oh, you mutherin woman, seq L.
'Tis kilt am with hunger.
Am | NIisthress Mulrooney? sez
she, spakin through the keyhole. Am
l yer lawful wife?
Be me fax it is blue moulded I'll be
before | say so, Biddy Connolley,
Biddy Mulrooney, Sez she.
Connolley, seq /.
Mulrooney, sez she.
Go to the devil! sez |.
The top OF the mornin TO yer. Pa
tIssr, sez she, an wild that she went
away, Twas pitch dark, Mr.. Urbin,
when she come again.
1t is awake ye are wild the hunger,
Pelher, dear, sez she.
Give me my clothes, MisthresS Con-
Motley, sez |, family,
'Iis Biddy, Mulrooney that is spa
kin to ye, Pather, ,dear,se she. Would
yer like coffee or tay, wild hot mate an
Ipra!ies? Sure there's plenty of EN-
down stairs, Pather, darlint, barrin the
fear | have that yer minds disordered.
Sure it would be a wonder it. it was
mot, wild the tratement lye had, Mis-.
tress Connolley, Sez |,
Troth, Pather, dear, sez she tinder-
Ily, it will be blessed day for me when
| can belher it. But ye must confess
that ye married me last night, an that
my name is Mulrooney.
Let me out, seq |, or will die the
night.
Deed Pather, achora, it I'D be pla.
i sin me to do it av ye were IN yer right
mind, but the time is not come YET
see, Sc z she, an wild that, down stairs
she trotted agin.
Oh, but | suffered wild the hungry
pain, Misshur Urbin, till | could bear
Iit no longer. knocked at the ooor,
an called out, Mlsthress Connolley, lei
Inc spake to ye, :,
There is no Misthress Connolley
now, seq dlrthy little colleen from the
outside /; sure she was married last
night, and her name is Mulroohey.
Tell Blddy Mul-Mulrooney to
come here then, ,sez /. Oh, but | choke
Ito speak it. Alther a little while 1
heard her up the stairs.
| Did you call, Peter darlint, said the
fat old deceiver.
Ttoth, | believe | did, says |.
| What will do tor me husband, sez
Ishe.
It's starvin am, sez |.
Was married the night, sez she.
Sorra bit know, sez |.
Spake out, Pether dear; | don't hear
lye, seq she,
Tear and ages! yes! sez |.
Didn't you marry yerself, Pether,
sez she.
Diyil a one of me knows, sez |.
What do ye say, Pether, dear! SEE
she.
Sure father Hennessey knows | did,
sez |, desperately; with that the door
was flung open and wild a loud laugh
lin come Misthress Mulrooney, wild
father Hannessey and halt dozen ac-
Iaualntance, and throws herself into my
arms and begged my pardin over agln,
And that is the way, Mr.. Urbin, | was
ldo.a,ad into mar,vin' Misthress Con>