Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-26
The Adventures of Mick Call1gan.

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amusing book lately published in Lon
don, detailing the adventures of hap
| Ply Nick Calligan. Mick, on the even
ing before leaving the paternal roof
To seek his fortune, goes TO the room
Of his tutor, Father Quad, whom he
found enveloped in a capacious night
robe, surmounted by cap OF the an
cient extinguisher shape, tied round
his head with a red cotton handker
chief Of a wonderful pattern.
can now said he, "kneel down till
| give ye me bllssln I'm not il me-
canonlcals out all the picthers I've
seen O the blissed Snt Pether repre-
Sents him wild btre legs -seein, sup
pose, bein a fisherman, he had fra
Gaently to wade in the saIt-wather; an
IS for dri>s, | niver seen more on him
il e | We on meseIf this biissed mint.
IL not the vistmints makes the praste,
Nick, nor the glntleman ayther, as
maybe ye II fnnd to yer cost
In the course of events Nick gives
assistance to a man drv ny pigs to
market. Both being hungry, they %
into an eating house, and one IT them
takes up dirty newspaper, which is
well marked with mustard
"Mu>thard. said Larry; 'teg>!
that minds me av Micky Mnrphy an
Dan Collins, two firms av moline that
come over to Eng and for the rapin
av the harvist, an was walkin on the
quays in this town; an mOlnd We,
now, Danny had been. over before,
but nlcNy had nlver been ont O the
car raj ~ Q the town o rIpperary :
they wor that hungry afther the
vyIge they didn't know what to do al
all, at all. VAIN Danny sees "R~to
rant wrut up over a shop, see now
SEE he, that place to ate, an in
they bolh goes; an thin, Sur, they
sees the waIther wld towel over his
arm, an sex Danny, seq he, 'What
can we get to ate:? Any thing at all,
q the walther Thin bring me a
plate O mate SEE Danny. So in
comes the waither wild plate o mate
an a large bowl o mus hard; an
mond We, now, nayther Micky nor
Danny had iver seen mnsthard before
IN a | their born days. what to pay
pay for The mate:' SEE Danny "A
shl lin, Sur SEE the waither. Gan
what's that? seq he, pointln' to the
bowl. That's nusthard, SEE the
waither 'An' what do we do wild it?'
'Yez ates it wild the mate, to be sure,
SEE he An what to pay for it, :
'Nothin' Sur SEE the walther Then
DANNY looks at Micky, an Micky
looks al Danny, an they 10th winks.
Whin the waIther turned his back,
SEE Danny, See here, now. Micky,
seq he, Il tell We what wen do: We Il
pocket the mate tor the journey, an
ate the stuff they gives for nothln';
an wild that MIcky FOWLS up the mate
in hi Handkerchief an puts it in the
crown av his hat; an Danny he KEEP
stirrin' up the musthard, an afther
while lie opens his mouth an takes a
great dollop av it Down goes his
head, an the ars KEEP runnin' down
out av his eyes Danny, lad, seq
Micky, what does be the matther wld
YEP Danny wouldn't let on at ali, at
all, But, seq he winiver | thin 0 the
death o me poor great grandfather,
that wor kilt at the battle o the Boyne,
can kape from cryln' at all Don't
take on wid sc like that. SEE NIcky
Here, now, we're over in Eng and,
an we II make a power o money at
the rapin, before harvist's over All
this tonne Danny he was stlrrin' the
musthard, an he hands the spoon to
Mcky. lie takes b 9 spoonful too,
an the tears come runnin down his
nose Danny wakes up, an seq he,
what does be the matther wild YEP :
'Fegsr sez Micky, Tn cryin' because
We warn't kilt along wild yer great
grandfather at the battle o the Bayne!
Ila, ha, ha! Begorra, he gave tiln
rowlnt for his illphint that to!me.'