Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-05-03

itsilf, an that is, not to take no kline
ay black looks nor sass from no lady
Be all the saints, but I'd Civ thin warn
in an lave, before I'd put up wild thin
an instint. An ye mind, they can't get
along widout us; for the bulk av the
misthreses in this country are very
wakely, whin they have to face the
work thimsilves.
| An We that's longer wild thin knows
well the durty name ways that some av
thim-ha ,-yls, an thin too that calls
thimsilves great ladys, comm inter yel
kitchen, an shnoopin' roun' yer closits
Yes, faix, an they do be cockin their
ear at the listhnin, hole in the wall
above,-aye to be catchin' at livery word
yes wud be sayin', whin ye'd hav' com.
piny cummin' fora bit av while. An
for fear ye'd be dallyin yer time, they
like to be BLOWN the little whistle jis,
to kape ye travelin up an down, busy
wild nothin at all. Divil bit av the
grocery by or the butchers cud come
in to me but yc'd hear hersilf tearin
hotfut to the listenin' thube. It's a
spout do be callin' it generally. Tro,h
an, indade, tbs many bit av discoorse
an plisintry she did be hearin' betune
Ourselves. quite unbeknownst to me.
But, be gorry now I'm up wild the
tricks av her, for | jist sthutf it well
wild rag or bit av papur before let
wan av thin in Dye mind that ?
Well, as | was afther tellin'ye whn
down wint to me kitchen, an | jist
slashed an banged an hurried wild things
as fast as iver cud. An | crammed
all the clane clothes Until the baskit,
barrin' wan illigant new petticoat av her
own that | jist thought I'd iron an take
a turn out av mesel that day So l
clapped on the irons put an extra ring
av starch intil it. an whin | had it done
up, och, 'twud hav' delighted yer two
eyes to have ben lookin at it. Troth,
twas that stiff, it cud stand it's lone.
An dear gracious knows tbs jist little
enough for wan to take a turn onct in a
while out av their things wild all the
| toilin' an slavin an flutin wan has to be
doin' livery wake for thin. Yis, an
thin to be sthrealin' the streets through
the clabbur and mud wild them, the clat-
ty things
Now it was my intintion in the begin
in to clane the chickuns, payl the pra-
ties, and termatersis, an lay the table
for her before | wint out. But sorra
bit av thin wud | touch now. Let her
git the dinner the way she likes best,
says to mesel, an take that for her
impotence. " she had spoken nice an
decint and respectful, as a lady shud, |
was intendin as tould We.
Och, musha, musha, Whinny, dear
" ye cud hav seen me goin out that
day, an the head av me, curled an
crisped that tight now, yed have takin
it for naygurs barrin the complexion
av it. Och, an the way that | had it
fxd. Troth, then the missus, wild all
her taste an the frizzies she does be
pinnin on. cuddent hould candle til it,
twas that luvly now. But yc cudcnt
make her blave that.
Well, allanna, dear, away | wint down
the street wild me frock hiked up on the
wan side av me, the way she does be do
in it,-och, nearly up to me knees, an
the tail av it in me hand, an | niver
made sthop until KEN to the likeness
shop. An after inQuirin a bit, spell d
up three flights av quare, durty little
stairs. An | walked stret Until the
doore av the room at the top av thin.
An there sthood fine big man wid-in
as smilin as the flowers av May, resai-
vim the ladies that KEN in as grashus
now as king.
What kin | be afther doin' for ye,
miss ?" says he to mcsel as p'lite as ye
PLACE, an CRATE smile in the eye av
him. Il know" says he, It's yer pic
tur ye want takin and mebby it's home
ye'd want to be sindin it to yer fellay
there in ould Ireland, or some other
furrin country, says he, spakin', och,
yira respectful, but wild a KNOWN wink
at the same time. dye mind
Be gorra, sur, says |, but it's good
We are at the guessin', for be me sowI
an troth that's iist what cum for, y
spaking frindly to him. for he had that
civil, mild, enticin way wild him. An
iy ye can make a purity wan av me, Id
like to Git one drawn Immediately" says
4 purity one" says he, lookin'
quite sharp at the head av me, an cast
in his eye ovir the driss av me. In
dade tbs luvly pictur' We II make, miss,
an It's proud | am that tbs to our place
We come to git 1t tux, for there's no bet
ther in the land av Ameriky," says he.
wild a fine tass av his head, dye mind ?
"Yell pay for it furst,' says he, an
| thin take off yer bonnit, and go Until the
room beyant there an the man inside
will attind to ye.
Av coorse | did jist what he bid me,
an he passed me in wild flourish av
! his hand, an wild as much condesinshun
now as a lord, an the door wide opin be-
fore him.
Well, Whinny, agra, the divil a sich a
smill | iver smilt at home or abroad as
was in that room wild some haythen
potacary sthuff.
"Ye'll take pictur' av this young
lady," says himself to an ouldish- -lookin'
chap that was standin' up wid-in. An
he, the craytur, that starvedlookin' an
pale as iv he was expectin---
Cum this way" says the ould man,
an he plantid me down in cushi ned
chair forninst a bit av box histed up
on three legs an wild two eye holes in
| the front av it,
An afther pushin it an straightin' it
to his mind, back he Gums an tux me
be the two shoulders an twisted me
round on the chair, an thin, wild me
face betune his uglysmel'in, clatty
hands, an thin, och, the color av a
naygur's. he gev me head twisht, an
howldin it in wan hand, he clapped a
grapplin' iron til the back av me, an fell
to the schrewin' Wit wild the other hand
dye mind
What in the name av goodness are
yes doin that for?' says |, for be all
that's good an bad [ was gttin' afeard
av the ould skiliton: What are ye do
in to me at all at all ~ says I, quite
shcared like.
Och, be aisy, be aisy," says he, ''an
kape sthill the way I'll fix ye, for |
don't want the whole av yer face to ap-
pear in the pictur'," ravin go his clutch
av me at the same time, an afOre | cud
hinder or prevint, him, din mt he dust a
lock av flour ovir me head, an jewkin
down in front av me, admirin like at
TIM same time. 'Now don't move, says