River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-11
GEOHEGAN WORRIED.

wild ye, Phelan," said Pat O'PheSey as
Geohegan came strolling into the
saloon in an absent-minded sort Of
way
An phat makes We tink that; do Oi
lux amy different than usual?''
That We do. Geohegan. there is an
absence av black Dyes an court
plasther abute yer face, that ladies' me
to behave We are sick"
No Pat. Oh am not sick, but wOr-
RED. >
We'll, Oi loike that, a mon wild YOU
capacity fur dhrinkin' whisky bein
worried, abute anything. Excuse me
whole Oi smoile =
Tut tut. Pat, an be aisy wild yer
jokin. Tor be me soul 0i am serious in
phat Or say
''If that is the case, thin, Oh axes yer
pardon. but lell me phat sameS to be
ailin' We, an maybe OF can do some
thing for ye."
Thank We, Pat, We are very koind,
but Oi fear that nothing can be done;
howiver Oi have no objections -
tellin' We av We wish to know. ii is ali
abute Mary Ann, me wolfe, an Oi fear
that she is as crazy as drunken
OirishmOn, at a Scotch picnic.
''fhin begorra, she mustn't be bad.
an no mistake. Plat has she done to
lade We to suppose that her hid was
not right"
''Well, the furst ting that she did
was 70 take all the hair of av me hid
lasht wake wild that medicine plat the
peddler sold her. but Oi niver drained
thin that she was crazy. Her lasht bit
av foolishness furst showed itself day
befure Yesterday Oi came home
fhrom wOrruk an found her Sittin in
cinter av the flure wild her fate folded
up beneath her loike tailor an
dhrinkin' tav out av a little china cup.
Is il squat-tag yc are playin', or arc
yer fate cold?' SEE Oi as Oi hung me
dinnerpail up on the peg furninst the
pantry dure.
'Aire We addressin' yer remarks to
me, Mr.. GeOhegau?
To be coorse Di am SEE Oi, An
further moore, seq Oi, will We have
the koindness to inform me whOy We are
folded up there loike an Egyptian
mummy. wmn there are so many chairs
in the ROOM?
.Oi will that same, Mr.. Geohegan,
said she. society demands it
Society ser Oh. society, an phat
in the name av hiven dye We know
abute society,"
Don Oi rade the papers, seq she
AN don't they say that in order to be
up wild the tonnes. one must be a
Japanaiser?'
.Worra, but We have me there, seq
Oi. faith, the mkt ting Oh know. ye
Will be after havin' a ChOinaise laun-
dry here in the house, wild rid
soign up over the dure. Plat the divel
have Oh liver done to deserve this trate-
mint anyhow? sez Oi.
Now, Phelan.' sez she, can't yeZ let
me be a MickydOo if Oi desoire it?'
We'll. Mary Ann SEE Oi, 'Oi don
know phat Mickydoo Is, but five tink
We cant get along widout bein' wall az
thin. whUy nv coorse Oi will kape re
hid shut an say nothing. but ser Oi,
'Oi want wan ting understood. II
this Japanaise moOnky business is gOin'
10 interfaTe wild me gettin mOy custi-
mary avening male av bread, mate an
petaties. me complaints shall be loud
an sthrOng, but on the other hand if
the demands az society are not so
sthrict but phat ye can gallop around
the coOk-stove wild yer ould-tOime aiSe
an Sperit, an shuttle the pots an pans
as We did befure We became possessed
to make a tay soign av yerself, whoy go
al n
don't know av amy harrum that can
come by it, an it will at Taste amuse
the childer.
oh. Pat, Oi made the mistake av
me loife whin Oh, tould her that, an
may the divel take the whole family av
MikydC os. Give Ile a dhrink till Oh
stiddy me nerves, for it makes me
nervous whin Oi think av phat the con-
siquinces may be.
'An' dye name to tell me that the
fit is sthill on her?'
"Sthill on her! Well Oh shud gently
MARBLE that it was. Ye have hurd av
4 ting bein' on bigger than afire? Wen
a burnin' house is nOthin compared to
this. Oihad an oidea that sittin' on
the flure wild yer fate t0ied up in a knot
benathe, We an a cup of tay in yer
tisht, was abute all there was to the
Japanaise MlickadO business, but that is
only a shadow av the rale ting. Lasht
noight whin Oh inferred the house, Oh
had just been paved off an was falin
pretty good, Oh sthopped in the kitchen
an washed me hands in the basin be
the door, as usual, an thin wint into
the other room eXpectin to fOind sup
per an the table an Mary Ann in her
place ready to pour the tay, but-wan
more dhrink Pat befure we procade-
thanks. plat did / see2 At furst /
cudn't behave thai Oh wasn't dramin
but yell fhrOm wan ay the twins con-
WINGED me that Oi was awake. There,
as on the nOight befurc, sot Mary Ann
in the middle av the fiure, dhressed up
in the domdest masquerade rig tnat Oh
liver saw, an dhrinkin' tay OFT av a lit
tic cup. Whin she saw me she got
down on her knees. and afther salutin
me wild both arrums, convinced to
iabber at me lOike Cinnamon whin a
mon has lohst his tag an troys to get
his shirt back.
P-h-a-t is it, Mary Ann ser Oh,
phat dye name be gettin' down on
yer knees to me an talkin in that way?'
Vance more she salooted me, an thin
said:
Welcome. Welcome, me lord hoigh
executioner!
"Oh. Pat, tins was too much an Oi
jumped roight up an down. Whin me
excoitmint cooled down 0i noticed her
hair for the fursht tonne. an in spoite
av Everything Oi was Obliged to laugh.
She had it all done up on the top av
her hid wild dozen long wooden pins
run through it. Her dress was a cross
betune a noight gown an a Mother
Hubbard, wild a big yallOw sash toied
around the cinter. Her fate wer handi-
capped wild pair of shoes wild soles
ut Taste an inch thick. phat she bought
fhrom a ChoinamOn phat kapes a
laundry down town. Wild that Oirish
mug Az hers We can imagine plat sort
av valintine she mustn't have been.
"BegOrra We cud have knocked me
down wild boiled petatie, Oh was that
wake in me knees. but the next soight
that met my gaze was Corker, an
longed for death 20 reiaye me of my
suffering. Obi hurd an unusual noise in
the sittin' room, where Cardelia and /
the twins wuz an Oh stuck me hid in I
10 see phat the matter WIZ. Wud you I
behave it Pat, Mary Ann had made
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