Sharp County record., 1880-03-04

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LADY,
g wouldn't so demane meSelf," re-
piled Miss Bridget, with toss OF her
head, "if you bees only waSher-Wom-
an. I'll buy you silk dress an a hat
wild an oarstrich feather, an goold
watch to wear whin you comes to see
me. But you mustn't be comm too
often. He mightn't like it.
"Shure III niver interfare between
Won an him, me brave gurril,n said her
mother. Mothers-in-law do be doin'
that too much, they do; but Ill kape
me place, niver fare. An now, Biddy-
name Bridget-darlint, your frindS
must see this valentine, goold ring an
all, an larn the prospects that has arose
before you. But it won't do for you to
be runnin' about from house till house
wild it as though you'd niver had the
like before at all at all" "
"Shure niver had," said Bridget.
"Whist! no made tellin' the same,"
said her mother. "For all they know,
YOU had hundreds in the old country.
Put on your Ulster an your new hat,
an 90 an ak your frinds here to a tay
party For tay party | intend to have
at four o'clock this very afternoon, an
while you're away, III put aside the
washin' an red up the place. An you'll
have to 90 widout the lace hankerchy L
promised you till next month, for the
money I've saved must 90 for the atm
an drinkin'."
So in a short time Miss O'Donohue,
in a Pinafore hat sat jauntily on the
back of her head, and a gray Ulster
coming down to her feet. (thereby con-
cealing the very much soiled calico
dreSs) was knocking at various doors in
the house in which she lived, the house
next door, the house across the way,
and house around the corner, deliver
inc verbal invitations to her friends to a
tea party to take place at her residence
that afternoon, all of which invitations,
albeit Miss O'Donohue was no great ia
yorite, on account of her silly airs, were
accepted, with loud expressions of
pleasure.
"It's me birthday party" she ex-
planned to the invited guests.
"But, Bridget, l thought your birth
day was last December, just after you
come over,n said Kitty Crowley.
at was - said Bridget; "but me
party was postponed for raisons."
And at four o'clock prcciselya dozen or
more young girls, with several of their
mothers, grandmothers and aunts, gath
cred around Mrs. O'Donohue's hospita-
BILE table, and devoured biscuits, cold
ham, pickles, peanuts and cake, and
drank vast quantities of lemonade and
tea, with much gossiping and giggling.
Mrs. O'Donohue thought they never
would stop handing her their plates and
tumblers and cups; but at last, to her
great satisfaction, they did, and the op-
portunity for which she had been i'm
patiently waiting arrived. And pushing
the tea table back against the wall, she
called out, as though the idea had just
occurred to her, "Bridget, dear, per-
haps your frinds would like to see your
valentine"
can did you git valentine2 Oh,
you sly thing, to say nothing about it -
said Kitty Crowley.
"Is it comical one?n asked Mary
Lee.
"Bring it out this minit!" commanded
Annie Pheeny.
And as Miss O'Donohue pretended to
blush and hesitate, all the girls shouted
in chorus, "The valentine! the yalen-
tinen
And at last, with an air of great pride
and Importance, the valentine was pro-
duced. Its extreme beauty and costli-
ness for moment struck the group of
girls dumb with astonishment. And
then there was another chorus of
"Splendid!n Beautiful" "Iligant!'
"Must have cost tin dollars at the very
laste!" "Who sint it to you, Bridget?n
81 amt sure," said Bridget, with a
simper and her favorite toss of the
head, "but | mostly thinks | know. A
young gintleman wild beautiful black
eyes and big dimant pin, that lives in
a iligant house near the bakers. He
sits in the windy an smiles at me livery
day whin | goes for bread"
can you'll be marryin' him some
fine day, an forgettin' all your old COM
rades,n said Kitty Cowley.
"I'll not be torgettin' thim," said
Bridget, with emphasis.
"But you'll be forsakin' thim?" sug-
gested Annie Pheeny.
"Shure an l suppose he'd make
me-" replied Miss O'Donohue. "rd
have to 'sociate wild me own class thin.
But I'd spake to ye all whin met ye,"
she added, in patronizing manner.
"Indade, an I'm obliged to you for
your great condescension," said
Annie. .....
cam so are all the rest of the CUR
rils, I'm sure," joined in Mrs. Crowley,
kate's mother. "You always thought
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