, 1884-01-27
MRS. RoONEYs TWINS.
[Berle c. Greene in The cOntinen1l

NY "neu u IWO VI tHi vas Y bOu-
dim things, wasn't that Patsey a-sprawlin'
and rootin' around from mornin' till night
like a little pig. and as continued, too, II only
his mouth was hledl And there was Jamesey
betimes, a-sittin' dacent and quiet, with his
bib tucked under his chin, and his face as
clane and white as a bran new chiny saucerl
"Ahl he was a born gintleman - was
JameseyTn
And 30 she seemed to regard him always
as a sort OF superior being, and sacrificed
herself and Patsey to him with strange, UNI
reasoning devotion.
Patsey so far shared her fnfatuation that
he never dreamed of considering himself for
a moment where Jamessy's interests were
concerned.
As a child, he went cold and hungry and
ragged that Jamesey might be comfortably
cared for.
AT school HI fought his battles and bore
his punishments, too, when be could: even
his mother, with unmotherly injustice, when
ever she found the boys guilty of any child
ish misdemeanor, was apt to beat poor
Patsey enough for the two, Jamesey escaping
with a sharp word or a cuff.
As a natural consequence, Jamesey grew
up a lazy, selfish, disagreeable fellow, but
Patsy was a universal favorite.
The girls all liked him; and one, Katy Sui
Ivan, had given him her whole warm Irish
heart.
Katy was the handsomest and smartest girl
in the world-that is, In the little world in
which she and the two brothers lived and
~moved-and the modest Patsey never gave
over wondering how it was she came to fancy
a lad like him; still he none the less cher
ished the dream of one day making her his
wife.
Like two sly Irish lovers, as they were, they
had thus far kept their own counsel, and no
body was "a whit the wiser for their bright
hopes and plans.
But to Patsey's dismay he found out in time
that this secret hope even must be dragged
out and offered up to the Moloch of his
brothers needs and desires.
The two were sitting. one evening, on the
doorstep of their little home, when Katy Sui
Ivan CHANGED to come along. She stopped a
moment for a pleasant word with them, and
then passed on
Jamesey turned to his brother with u con-
scious smile:
"How Is that for a girl, for a wife, 20
known he asked, pointing his thumb over
his shoulder.
"For a wife, is itP' echoed Patsey, with a
guilty start, his heart Jumping up into his
mouth; 'for a wifei Whose wifefl
For my wife, of course, ye g~aloot,n an
swered Jamesey; "did ye suppose 1 meant
for YOU wifeF
ooh, no, nor murmured Patsey, con-
fusedly.
well, then, an what do you think Of herI'
persisted Jamesey, squirting at the point OF
the stick he was whiting, with one eye criti-
cally shut up.
Patsey lifted his right hand slowly toward
heaven, and pressed the other to his heart; a
look Of blank despair came into his boyish
face.
NfNNyl 4 ~ -, l.
made out to utter at last.
Jamesey turned round impatiently.
"Wbat do We mean by AKIN questions over
and over after met Can't ye give a civil an
sweri Nov then, p" strengthening up, swelling
out his stomach and putting both thumbs in
the armholes of his vest; ''now, then, what
do you shink of Katy Sullivan for a wife for
Jamesey Rooneyr'
For the matter o. that, I" said poor Patsey,
driven to the wal, " ''she's fit to be a kings
wife any day."
Jamesey nodded his head with great salts
faction.
Handsome, isn't sheF' with another nod.
Handsome as a painted picturel' assented
Patsey, writhing.
"And healthy and smart, as well, y Jane
sey goes IL. "Shenl run her four looms a
day and dance all night; and then, bedad,
yen See her as fresh as a rose in the mornin'.
And knd-isn't she, nowT
"Kindr' groans Patsey. ooh, but her
heart Ia as warm as a roasted pertaty jist out
o. the ovenIn
me lad, 1 think 1 can't do betterln say
Jamesey, in conclusion, shaping him on the
back.
Patsey wal struck, at the same time, with
a sudden idea.
"See here" said he, slowly, "Katy is a girl
with a mini Of her own. She may have made
it up to some other lad already. 1 wouldn't
set me heart on her, IL / was you"
His brother wayed his hand. "Jamesey
Rooney ginerally gets his will,n he said.
grandly.
But Patsey was not sure. The more he
thought the matter over the more he felt
convinced that Katy's true heart
would be proof against even Jamesey's
Vaccinations; and the idea caused his bosom
to swell with joy and triumph But at the
same time the consideration that he himself
was the one to stand between Jamesey and
his "willr struck terror TO his heart
He lay awake half the night, and in the
morning, still troubled and confused, he re-
solved to go to his mother, having the in
stinctive feeling that Jamesey's interests
were always safe in her hands.
So after breakfast he followed her out into
the little shed where she was washing.
Mother" sayshe, reckoning mysteriously,
"come into the fore room q minute. I'd nave
q word with yer
Let 1t be short word, then,n she said,
somewhat Grossly taking her dripping hands
from the tub and wiping them on her apron.
What with Jamesey's billed shirt to be
ironed for the party tonight, and me days
washin' still forninst me, Eve little time for
talkin'.n
"Iknow, mother, l know, :" said Patsey, dep
recatingly, but II Is of Jamesey 1 would be
~speakin'."
AN what's the matter with JameseyF'
she asked, in quick alarm. ''What's come to
the b'yfn
"Be aisy, mother, dear; nothin's come to
him yet; and for the matter o. that he
added laughing, "I'm fearin' that It s what
won't come to him at all that III work him
the trouble
'Patsey, tell me now in plain words, what
are We manin'r'
well says he, concisely enough, "our
Jamesey is settin' his heart on mnrryin' Katy
Sullivan, and Happen TO know that Katy
Sullivan has set her heart on marryin' some
body else. That's the long and short of il,
mother.n
"Oh, we hear enough. Don't be a fool,
me by. As IL Katy Sullivan, or any other
girl, woul miss the takin' Of our Jameseyl
dive her the ohancel II this Is all you've got
to say to me, clear out and lave me to my
work"
ward the door, and with a sniff Of disdain,
started off.
Patsey detained hers
"But, mother, " he persisted, Everybody
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