The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-11-22

The pleasant relations which have
heretofore existed between the Raph-
erty and MaGilder families have been
dissolYed-sundered, as it were-and
all on account of a mud-pie fraeas be-
tween the children of the two house
holds. RapheTty and NaGilder live
side by side, and the tow-headed sfkids''
who respectively call them father, have
played together, ate together and slept
together ever since they were able TO
crawl out of doors. Their sires haye
taken much comfort watching the
gambols of the brats, but alasl no
more will Teddy MaGilder roam
through the halls of the Rapherty,
placing taeks point upward in the old
mans armchair, sticking shoemaker's
wax upon chair bottoms. or setting
cups of water upon doors left ajar, to
be dashed wei the old lady as she hur-
ries from one room to another. No
more will Patsy Rapherty steal into
Mrs. MaGilder's pantry, empty the
sugar bowl and fill it up with sand, or
pour cans of soft soap into the boots of
Uncle MaGilder. All these things are
at an end, and this is how it happened:
On Thursday of last week, a very
warm day for the season, Patsy and
Biddy Rapherty, Teddy and Nora
O'Neal MaGilder were out in the street
making mud-pies and playing at house
keeping. The boys carried water and
wood while the girls did the cooking.
The boys had gone after a bucket of
water and the girls were discussing the
momentous question as to whether pie
crust should be futed or ruffied. While
this was as yet undecided, Teddy and
Patsy returned, putting and blowing
over the exertion of Juggling a huge
pail of water a couple of blocks. Just
as they reached the girls, Teddy fell,
and the water was dashed upon both
girls, who screamed loudly.
"Ye did that a ~purpussl'' said Teddy.
81 didn't" said Patsy. "Ye're a 10y
err said Teddy. And the boys flew at
each other like a pair of Kilkenny cats.
"Me poy is spilled" said Nora. 81
didn't do it," said Biddy. "Ye did, We
know ye did" said Nora. "Wipe off
yer chin, ;" said Biddy, sam go home an
put on dhry close.'' $50 home yerself,"
said Nora, ''an' tell yer nanny she
wants ye." sMy nanny says ye're a
a dirty little tow-head an she wishes
ye'd stay at home" said Biddy.
Mrs. MaGilder appeared just in time
to hear the last remark, and her Tip
perary blood boiled. Mrs. Rapherty
rushed out just then, and was greeted
with: did yez say that?" 81 did,"
was the reply,' SAN l mint it too"
"Ye're a slanderin' ould omadhoun, SO
We are, said Mrs. NJ. s.Ye're a dhirty,
grovelin' CRATER said Mrs. R., as she
flew into the house, quickly reappear-
ing with a big wash board, which she
smashed over the head of Mrs. NJ. The
latter was armed with a feather duster,
and as it descended upon Mrs. RS
Uranium with a sharp crack, a cloud of
feathers filed the air.
The irate females fought with every
article of household furniture and i'm
plements, while the children, forgetting
their troubles, stood looking on in open
mouthed wonder. The air was made
dense with the invectives which poured
forth fast and ~furiously from the
mouths of the warning Amazons.
Finally, when Mrs. Rapherty had
broken every portable article of furni-
ture she possessed, in the fray, she
shrieked: I'm smother ye, so 1 will, We
unfimenine varmint,' - and rushing into
a bedroom she r%eappeared with a pillow.
Throwing her now exhausted adversary
to Il. ground, she proceeded to put her
threat into execution, when neighbors
interfered and she was led away. The
battle ground resembled the site of an
exploded powder factory, wrecked
household furniture being strewn over
a half acre of ground.
This little episode, has, IS we have
hereinbefore stated, severed the hither-
to amicable relations of the two fami-
lies, and surgeons alone have been
benefited, their fees for sewing up land
healing the CHASTITY wounds of the fiery
Hibernian females being large. Behold
how great a battle a mud-pie muss
causeth!
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