The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-17

fresh and downy - the south sideoe ,
peach, till they all thought Tim w. I
real gintleman. Now, Whin the divi
stint Tim there. he forgot about hi.
| wives and the purity girls, or I'll n
bail it's not there he'd STINT Tim Moo
nan, for Tim was . purity boy, and bad
. mighty coaxin way wid Q purty 9irl
Well, Tim used the blarney 90 freely
among 'em, that they were ali mad n
love wild him, and a. he COULDN'T plasl
thin all at wanst Though I'll be bound
he would IL they had give him time. 4
they all got jealous Of aich other, and
wint to Quarrelin' and pullin' cam and
hair to see who should have him. And
Whin Tim saw that, 'Bedad,' says hs
/ 1t won't be good for my health to STAY
here much longer for he knew thai
whin they got tired Of latherin' one
another, they'd all turn agin him. fol
it's the way av the sex, yer honor
and while he was lOokin' round to zee
some way of escapin', he sees a door
open, and beautiful crsyture. dressed
like . page, KEN out and sed the queen,
'Prosperfine, l think Tim called her,
wanted to know what they were kick
in up such . row for; and while he
was talkin', Tim slipped in at the door
and behold We, there sat her majesty
OH u throne Of pure gowld, and q bevy
Of the purtiest girls imaginable for q
guard Of honor. And who may you
be?' SEE her majesty, when she saw
such q good-lookin' stranger come in
at the door, and smilin' at the same
time very sweetly.
"'Plaze yer majesty SEE Tin, drop
pin on wan knee, for Tim Was the
pink Of politeness wild the ladies'
Place yer majesty, I'm q ginueman
jOurneyman hatther j'st kem from the
upper world, and stint here to paw nv
respects to yer majesty
land what's your manner" says the
queen.
Tim NOOnan, PLACE yer MAJESTY
says Tim.
"'well, stand up, Misther Noonan,
and come and sit down beside me, for
] want to AK ye some questions about
the folks above SEE the Queen, for che
was nightly pleased wild Tins good
looks. Well, Tim whit and sat down
by the Queen, and she began akin
questions which Tim answered rs
well as he could, and by and by he
slips his arm round her majesty 3 waist,
but she was SO busy tafkin' that she
niver noticed 1t, aud Tim to himself,
be jabers, il she'll stand that, I'll have
a taste av her swate, ripe. pOutin' red
lips but jist as he was given her the
smack, the door flew open, and in KEN
the whole Of the girls outside, and
ovid Belzebub at the head of 'em.
Whin the divil got over his passion
that he was in whin he sent
Tim to the cowld quarther. he remim-
bred about the wimmen, and he SET out
post haste for fear Tim should find
Thin out before he got there; but he
found he was too late. for whin he
KEN to the outer room where the girls
war guarrelin' he soon found out what
WAS the matther, and where's Tim
Noonan p SEE he; and thin the girls
looked round, and where's he gone"
sez wan, the desavin' william SEE
another, let me at him, I'll scratch
his eyes OUT give me holt o. him,
sez a third, till tear his desaivin'
tongue OUT How'd yer tongues, We
Witches rOared Satan, and follow
me:;' and wild that, he burst open the
door: as towld ye, jist as Tim was
kissin' the Queen. Och, We murdher-
in desavin', sedusin'. villin', shouted
the divil, would yez sedoosh the Queen
before me faceT and wild that, he
jumps up and gives Tim lick over
the showldhers wild his tail, that made
Tim think a horse had kicked him.
Come out o. this. Tim NoOnan, rOared
Satan. Now, Tim didn't like to be
bullied before the Queen, and all the
pretty girls, besides, the pain of the
blow the divil gave him, made him
savage.
"'Divil resave the toe I'll sthir,' he
roared back.
You won't?
"'I'll not
the divil, I'll soon fetch ye OUT and
before you could say Jack Robinson,
he whisked his tail around Tins
waist rs an elephant would his trunk,
and aft wild him like pOt-lid.
HALO SEE Tim, whin he found
thrav.lin' at rather uncom.
rate, Halo, where are ye TAX
in me now :" SEE ne.
You'll soon find out SEE the divil;
and jist thin, he lit on the bank o. the
River o. Sticks agin; 'CharOn, We ovid
Illafe.' SEE he, take back this thramp-
in divil of a hatther, and IL liver We
bring me another, I'll sink yer crazy
Duld boat i'm the Sticks, l WILL
why SEE Charon, whats the
Iiatther now?
.Matther enough-he's kick'd up
ruction in my regions among ali hands
that | won't be able to quiet again i'm a
twelvemOnth, SO take him back. Get
into the boat, Tim NOonan,' sez the
iivil.
az won't sthir,' SEE Tim, quite sui
Thin, be all that's bad, I'll sthir
ye,' seq the divil; and wild that he
catches Tim by the nape Of the neck,
and flung him into the boat; and now
be aft wild he, CharOn,' SEE he.
"'Och, We murdherin' black thafe,'
Tim. I'll be back and plague
yez yit for though Pm no match for
ve, III bate ovid CharOn here till / |
break livery bone i'm his ugly body. IL
he doesn't bring me back
"'Och, what'll l do now?' SEE Cha
-on, frecken'd out of his wits by Tins
threat.
"'DOn't he freken'd,' said ovid
clootie; IN Grass over wild ye, and set |
Tim about his business; I'll 20 BAIL
mi 80 he stepped into the boat, and
ovid Charon To pull away, and whin |
hey got over, ould Nick stepped out.
mi liitin' Tim out he gev him shake,
mi, now SEE he, .Mishter Tim Moo
IAN, go back to yer dhirty MORTAL
,o,iy that lies dead dhrunk in ditch
n BallinaslOe' And so sayin', he gev |
Tim another shake and kick, that |
the breath and the sinses
10Th out Nv Tins body, and whin he
TEN Ia himself, lac found himself lynn
IN the broad nv his back. In dhry |
Itch, close by the shebeen shop, where
he had been dhrinkin' before he died |
md whin he wint to gather himself
Up, he was sd sore wild the kicks and
he blows av the divil's tail, that he
ould scarcely move; and whin he told
he the sthory, and how he kicked up /
,ich shindy down below, that's the
,aison.' seq he, why the divR 'front.'
,ure a hatther -"
"a Very well told. Ted /; but do you
relieve il yourself?"
"Why, yer honor. it's hard to disbe.
ave vans own cousin, though the
Olks at the shebeen shop do say he
rot drunk and tumbled into the ditch
mi hurt his Shoulder. and that was
he way he felt SO sore, and that all the
tory about the divil. and the coal and
,urty girls, was nothin' but a dhrun-