The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-05

was tidied up sufficient for me fine buy wild
his paper collar. looks up and--Howly fa-
Tiers! may niver brathe anither breath,
but there stud a rale haythen Chineser,
a-grinnin, like he'd Just come ofIa tay-box.
II you'll behave me, the crayture was that
yeller it 'ud sicken you to see him and
sorra stitch was on him but a black night
gown over his trowsers and the front of his
head shaved claner nor copper biler, and
black tail Arranging down from it behind,
wild his two feet stock into the heathenest
shoes you ever, set eyes on. Och but |
was up-strairs afore you could turn about,
a-gvin' the misses warnin' and only stopt
wild her by her raisin' me wages two dol
lars, and playdin' wild me how it was
Christians duty to bear wild haythins and
taitch 'em all in our power--the saints save
us! Well, the ways and trials had wild
that Chineser, Ann Ryan, / couldn't be
tellm'. Not blissed thing cud do but
he'd be lookin' on wild his eyes cooked up
ard like two poomp-handles, an he widout
speck or snitch o. whishkers on him, and
his finger nails full yard long. But it's
dyin' you'd be to see the ,missus a'lanin
him, and he grinnin' an Vaughn his pig
tail, (Which war pieced out long wild some
black stool, the haythen chate y and gettnl'
into her ways wonderful quick, don't de-
ny, imitatin' that sharp, you'd be shurpris-
ed, and ketchin' and copyin' things the best
of us will do a-hurried wild work, yet don't
want comm to the knowledge of the fami-
ly-bad luck to him
Is it ate wild him? Airah, an would I
be sittin' wild haythen an he a-atin' wild
drum-sticks--yes an atm dogs an cats
unknownst to me, warrant you, which it
is the custom of them Chinesers, till the
thought made me that sick could die. An
didn't the crayture proffer to help me a
wake ago come Toosday, an me ioldin'
down me clane clothes for the ironin', am
fill his haythn mouth wild water, an aforc
could hinder SQUIRT it through his teeth
street over the best linen table-cloth, and fold
It up tight as inherent now as baby, the
DIRTY haste! But the woirest of all was
the copyin' he'd be dom till ye'd be dish
tracted. It's yersel' knows the finder feet
that's on me since ever I've bin in this |
country. Well, OWN to that, fell into
way O slippin' me shoes off when I'd be
settin' down to pale the praities or the likes
o. that, and do We mind that haythin
would do the same thing after me whiniyer
the mlssus set him to parin' apples or to-
materses. The saints in heaven couldn't |
have made him behave lie cud kape the
shoes on him when he's be paylm any
thing. ala
Did | lave fur that? Fax an didn't.
Didn't he get me into trouble wild my mis-
sus, the haythin'? You're aware yersel'
how the boondles COMM ir from the gro
Gerry often contains more IN III go into any
thing dacently. To, for that. matter. Id
now and then take out sup o. sugar, or
flour, or tay, an wrap IL in paper and put
It in me bit of a box tucked under the
lronn' blankit the how it cuddent be bod
derin' any one. Well, what shud it be.
but tins blessed Saturday morn the missus
was spakin' pleasant and respectful wild
me in me kitchen, when the grocer bow
comes in an stands foInenst her wild his
boondles, an she motions like to Fine
Wing (Which ! never would call him by
hat name ner any other, but Just haythm.) |
she motions to him, she does, for TO take
he boondles an empty out the sugar an
what not where they belongs.
If you'll behave me, Ann Ryan, what
lid that blatherin' Chineser do but take out {
/ sup o. sugar an handful o. tay, an n 8
,it o. chaze right afore the missls, wrap :
hem INTO bits o. paper, an | spacheless
vld sifuipfizc, an lie the next minute up /
yid the ironin' blankit and pullin' out me /
,ox wild show % beinl sly to put them nj. S
)ah, the Lord forgive me, but i clatched il,
NJ the missns sayin' 80 Kitty " in way il