The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-09-04
How Mrs. O'Meara Played 1T on Her
Husband

| husband.
Virginia City New Enterprise.l
Ihey met by chance, the usual way,
among the daughters of the wife of Adam
Said the one neighbor unto the other:
Good mornin' till We, Mrs. O'Meara-"
Said the other unto the enc: Thank vt
kindly, good mornin', Mrs. McCracken
yer looking well this mornin''
Zach, but it's the kind ways We have Mrs
o Meara; ye'd be spakin' the cheerin' word
if We saw poor body wild fut in the grave
but I'm far from feelin' well; it's the ould
distress in my chest dear It's airly we're
abroad the day, Mrs O'Meara but ye're al
ways SO industrious and drivin'"
''Ye father me, Mrs. McCracken, but it's
only in drivin' that there's any thrivin' these
times-wid Gods blessin'. av course
''Thrue for We. Mrs. O'Meara, an thirdly
Its snug We air at home, now-mainin' but
the honest words l sphal<e, an no fiat
thery."
"Wid the blessin' G God we're dom fairly
fairly, Mrs. MeCracken."
al wush | cud get the saycret, Mrs.
O'Meara. My Michael works livery blissed
| day in the mines, but nothin' stays wild u.s."
"Do you collect ASSESSMENTS, Mrs. Nc
| Cracken?"
ASSESSMENTS, Mrs. O'Meara, what would
| l be dom wild collectn' assessments? Bad
cess to it, womanl Bad cess to it woman:
it's the other way wild us, for Michael he do
be payin' Assessments on this an on that
livery blessed month almost"
"An' where does he pay thin, dear2"
"To the brokershops; sure, where else wud
he be payin' thin, Mrs. O'Meara?"
"Why, to yourself, darlin?"
ITO me, Mrs. O'Meara2'
'To YOURSELF Where else should he be
payin' thim?"
"What for would he be payin' assiss-
ments to me?'
"What for does my Patrick pay assiss-
ments to me but because L level 'em on him,
dear?"
"On him2 An what is that for darlin'?"
ats for the stock he holds in the corpor-
alton, dear, the INTEREST he has in the o.
Meara Consolidated you understan that
now?-the O'M-e-ara Consolidated"
"What would that be, dear?"
"Originally it was the Pathrick O'Meara
and Nora McCue, but was incorporated as
the o. Meara Consolidated in 1865; first issue
of stock in 1866; wild new issue every two
years since. 1t is what they call close
corporation, believe, and am both presi-
dent and board of directhors, hould the con-
throling intrust and livil assessments"
81 can not understand it at all, Mrs.
O'Meara. An what is it that We level the
Assessments on, dear?"
ION the stock, to be sure, woman, on the
live stock, do you see2-six shares, now"
"Do you name the childer?"
"What else could | name? I'll tell We,
dear, for L see yer wits are wool gathering.
You see, for long time Pathricl was buy
in this wild cat and that wild cat, and all
the cats wur levelin' assessments, an he
pain, 'em an kapin' us at the point or schtar-
walton. i saw how things was goin' so 1
just brought out on him the papers of the
home Incorporation, and / says TO him: Here,
now, sir. is the O'Meara Consolidated, a
squire location, secured by patent, with
but six shares on it, and shown well as far
as developed; now, 1 level on it my first
ASSESSMENT of twinty dollars a share
Says he: Nora, ye're wus nor the wild cats;
We take me whole months wages" 'Thrue.'
says /, AN I'll honestly spind livery clint in
improvements for the benefit of the COM
pany.''
"An' did he schtand the ASSESSMENT Mrs
O'Meara2"
ale did, for he thought it good joke at
first, an for two or three months he paid up
| like man."
linen ne quit pawn Z
"He did"
can what then, Mrs. O'Meara?"
IL sould him out!"
"Sould him outl How could you sell him
out?'
"Well, dear, he had due and legal notice.
1 first of all tould him that such a day it
would be delinquent in the board, thin that
it was advertised delinquent, an that such
time would come the day o. sale. He
thought it a good joke, but when he KEN
home that evenn' he had no supper.
didn't cook him warm male in a month;
/ STINT lot of furniture to the auction, an
cut him off in livery way in his home COM
forts"
''An' what then, dear?'
"He niver since refused to pay his regular
assessments"
'.Achl It's wise woman We are, Mrs.
| O'Meara. Good mornin', till We, an wild
the help o God I'll incorporate the Me-
Cracker Consolidated this blissid day, an
level my first ASSESSMENT before l resht my
head on me pilly the night"