Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-15
Monica was wedged.

his ears, and drew his curly brown
hair over his forehead. Then he put
a little scarlet skull-cap on his head,
and looked like anybody else in the
world more than like Larry O'Moore.
Then he began to speak in very
loud whisper, which was distinctly
heard:
''I'm very hoarse, ladies and gintle-
min, as yersilves all see. If We, will
have me spake to ye, it must be in &
Whisper.
''Indade, the story / hav' to tell
ye is the story ov whisper, and it
can only be tould in a whisper. /"
"Once there was a yoong maan,
and a foine yoong maan was he, and
a WAIVER be trade.'
Here Monica started, and tried
again to get out of her corner, but
in vain. Whichever way she looked
she saw a pair Of fine gray eyes star
ing at her from under brown curls
and scarlet cap!
'sShtop yer talkin land condensation
in that furthermost corner over
there" whispered Larry, with a
power that made him heard all over
the cottage.
"Will, this same yoong MAINLAND
a foine yoong maan was he, and him
a WAIVER by trade-had great sac
ret lynn heavy on his hearth And
it was this same sacret he wished to
pour into the ear ov certain lady,
and foine yoong lady was she; but
he niyer could see her where he could
shpake it out like maan, aloud.
"He'd seen her in the road full ov
folks, or in the churchyard full ov
dead men and live children, or at
a funeral. And all thin times he'd
try to whisper this whisper in her
ear; but he could niver get near
enough to her to whisper it, and"
The hoarse whispering and its eff.
feet under Larry's disguise was very
ludicrous, and he was stopped by
peals of laughter
"Will, ladies and gintlemen, that,
whisper is still whusperin' in that
yoong maan's buzzum; whusperin,
to get out, and to whisper itself into
that fair lady's ear, that is not open
for whisper.
Nov, thin, that yoong man and
a foine yoong maan he is, and a
WAIVER by trade, is full ov whispers
tonight that he m'anes to whisper,
tout, ather in that yoong lady's ear
or else in the ears ov this big COM
pany-now thin!" And the whisper
grew louder and louder. "Here
goes In one minute, unless he gets
lave to whisper this whisper where
it belongs, he'll whisper it out SO
that the whole company will get it,
as will as the fair lady to whom it
belongs be right. What he'd whus-
per is this, thisyoong maan, a WAIVER
by trade"
"But whist there and be quiet,
will ye, in that corner over there.
Afore l whisper it out to ye all, I'll
tell ye that this yoong maan, and a
foine yoong maan is he, bides with
his old faither-the mither ov him
bein' dead-and an ould woman not
over clane at the cookin,' and this
same ould father says to that foine
yoong maan, says he, Lad, why do
ye niver bring me home a daughter
to look after the hins and ducks and
the ould woman?'
"There was but one ov them all
that the foine yoong maan cared a
pin for, and he could no more get
near to whisper it to her, nor if she
was the child ov the quane herself,
in place ofthe gran child of a dacent
ould Irish cob"
!, He was interrupted, and the com
pany startled by q loud cry. Y
sSthop. now, Larry O'Moore, a.
tazin' me, and lit me aloon p
Every eye was turned on the pretty
little prisoner in the corner; and
then peals Of laughter and clapping
OF hands followed--an impromptu
not planned in the "unaque inter-
tainment."
In the midst Of this merriment
Larry O'Moore gave leap through
the crowd, and before she knew it,
he was Whispering" in the ear Of
the blushing Monica.