The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-07
IL left here about an hour II STATE DIVISION OFFICERS

NO, sir; he left here about an hour
ago for Rathmullen,"
.Rathmullen-let me see-that's the
place he visits so often?"
eyes, sir"
'sGoes there every week-don't he?"
ssEvery Thursday, sir. -
! son business, presume"
''No, SIR
SCOT relatives there, perhaps"
.sNo, sir; he has no relatives living,
believe. Peoples plased to say,
though, he's often seen sittin on tomb
stone there in the ould graveyard
"Well, must be some friend. I guess. y
"Why, if the gentleman was a native
o. this part o the country, it might, y
responded Mrs. Motherly, ''but he's
not: he was born in Cork"
"Does be never speak to you of these
visits, Mrs. Motherly?''
"Niver, SIR
'FYou don't say SO! It's odd-ain't it?''
go, it's just of piece with the rest of
his doings," replied the good woman,
opening, as usual, her budget Of griev-
ances." ''He niver thinks of telling me
any thing, Of coorse; why should he?
I'm nothing but a sarvint, ye know.
I'm only here to do the work, slavin and
sludgin from morning till night, strivin
to PLACE him and humor him, till my
HEARTS Almost broke; and all the thanks
] get is mighty easy told, Mr.. Weeks.
"Don't doubt it. He's very odd
kinder man in his ways that's fact. y
s'You may we'll say it, sir. He's the
provokinest man every drew breath.
But won't you light and come in, STRIP
"Well, guess I shall, come to think of
it. Say, can't I write note here, aud
leave it for Mr.. Guirkie?"
'rSartintly, sir; come in; there's paper
there, and pens plenty in the parlor. AS
for the cratur on the sofa, he'll not dis
turb you in the iaste."
"tIilloa! who the thunder is this?" ex-
claimed Weeks, as he entered the par
lor, and leld the. African stretched at
his full length OH the sofa, apparently
fast asleep "a niger, amt hep
Eyes, sir; that's our new boarder,'
primly replied Mrs. Motherly.
| sBut how in creation did he come
here?"
"Mr. Guirkie, sir, carried the gen.
tleman home with him from the
wreck''
s:Ah, that's it, 7 have heard Of the
wreck lately somewhere here in the
neighborhood"
ssHe's very respectable boarder for
lone woman-isn't he Mr.. Weeks?''
"Well, don't know exactly; that's all a
matter OF taste. Some folks like niggers
very much. There's our New England
ladies, for instance; they're terrible kind
to niggers. I'a venture to say, if this
here chap happened to be cast ashore
amy where along the eastern seaboard,
they'd gather round and clothe and feast
him fike q prince, before hegot we'll out
of water"
"You're jokin, Mr.. Weeks
''No, mann, I amt jokin mite.
'tAnd ye tell me they're SO fond Of
them as all that?''
''Fond? yes-guess they are fond
they're the most almighty creatures in
that way in all CREATION
s.Bedad, then, Mr.. Weeks, I don't
envy their taste.''
:Well, it amt just that. either,for the
fact is, they despise niggers as much as
any people in the world. But it's sort
OF philanthropy, you know, that's made
up of a half sentimen sal, half benevol-
emit kinder squeamishness, with slight
dash OF religion IN 1t, by way OF season.
ing"
eyes, sir, OF course.''
"You understand me?''
&C, parfectly, sir. They must be
mighty charitable intirely, God bless
them"
every charitable indeed. That is, !
mean to the slave portion Of the race.
Sometimes their philanthropy impels
them even to pawn their jewels to buy a
slave from bondage-it is fact.''
ssSee that now! Isn't that wonderful
to think of 1T? And still I often heard
Mr.. Guirkie says the craturs out there
in America was not so badly off after
all.''
''Well, no-guess they're pretty veil
of for clothes and food, and that sorter
thing. But they hain't got their liberty
you know: and no American born ought
to see human in slavery and nos try to
1ihnrote, him ,,