The Irish standard., 1888-01-14
SHEEN kERRYS CHICKS.

~ IdSU OCVC4Itn SOl CCC Nv L Qul.
SHEEN KERRY'S CHICKS.
How They Brought Together Their Owner
and Fair Nora Lane.
Och but the hull brood wus a pretty
lot There wuz Mister Speckle wild his
top-not gold ez q dollur, an Missus
Speckle wild her tin blissed feathur-
tots. An mesilf es wuz proud on them
all!
But jist acrosst the strate wuz me
foine-lookin' naybur, Miss Nora
O'Lane, wild a garden an flowers ga
lore an sez she: "Mister Kerry, I hate
the soight ov yer chickuns!''
Sez I: "Guv ne a raysun fur it!'
She t1urted her curls loike the french
Teddy she wuzn'5. "Sheen Kerry, I"
she sed, Eyer feather troibe are q bould
set ov thaves an robburs! They We
scratched out me plants, an eat up me
fruit and vegetables"
So sez I: "Wat's the damagep'
She thinks a bit an ansur' ed wild a
twinkle: .'Mlisther Kerry, I'll take THE
speck}ed hen fur me dinner, the NOR.
row."
s.Out wild ye fur q hertliss want"
croid l. "Wud ye tax the muther OF
ten blissid orphuns? Faix, an there s
niver !. chicken asylum in the hull oy
Ameriky!'
E;ut Nora iist lafft her purtiest, an
sez: '.It's the hen, M.isther Kerry, or q
CRATE debt lift unpaid. -
An scz I: 'sl'll niver pay it wild
the !oiie ov innercint feller-craytur,
an that craytur, a hilpliss muther
henn ..4
..Thin," sez Miss O'Lanc, you're a
bit ov robbur yonrsilf!"
"Bus I'll max restytashun in the
marnin'r' returns /, wild elnphysis.
s.You shall hav' som thin that's hape
better thin poor ould Missus Speaker
SAM wat $ that?'' she said wild a
smoile.
"l'll list bring it over in the nlarnin' {,
an it's yersilf es wall do. we'll to be On
the watch out.
'.Bctter bring it tonight seq
she commandin', ''fur to-morror, I'm
| OFF to the fair, wild Teddy Farnum.' -
Thin" seq I, "I']l cum crosst al
the clock stroke Of aight, an nnoind yc
be in an awaitin' ="
An I jist kipt me word loike a
| man.
Nora wuz pickin' pears by moon
loight, whin / opened the gait,
'Hav' you bro't Missus Speckle:9'
she axt, with pretinded cruilty.
t<Och, Miss Nora sez I. :'the poor
! hen is slape in the coop wild the tin
chicken-babies under heK wing! can
bring her, an troth, i apont''
.sThin where's your restytushunP"
''Safe in me pockit. "
s.It's not money Id be tahin," seq
she, thinkin' / wnz bout to pay for the
mischief dun her crops in dollars an
cints.
An see I: 81 couldn't offer that
same, be jabers!''
She handed me {. great, roipe pear
! ar her purity W ite fingers along wild it,
an jist gathered the, hull into me two
stout fists.
s:Let go my hana!'' seq Nora. san
tax the pear loike gintlenaan?'
..I'm not nadin' it!'' crois I. 1--WE re
q pear alriddy''
s'Yis." sez size, '.fayther wad call us
q pair ov geese ~
"Iwudn' objict so long es Miss Nora
O'Lane wuz wun ov the Gock, y ansers
/, wild the rale dude gall,ntry, an thin
/ kisses ivery wun ov her fingers.
An nary Il bit did she nloind! So me
bo,ld arrum steals round her waist,
loike the cap ov climax, an we stud
fur u hull mint widout speakin q
]ojne
"Mistller Sheen" sez Nora at last,
ss1'm waitin' fur the restytessIszSaa yor
brot me.''
An wild that grabs q bit Of box
frnn1 me visit pocket.
1t wuz full ov e rale gold ring wot
gland loike a sky star in the blissid
Siptinher moonlight. An quicker
thun hall oT ulinlt u WIZ cAappt oE
| Morals purity lift hand.
''1t's q gold fnce complete, = sez l.
can I've got We safe on the inside, fur
there's nary a bit ov a bars. -
Her swate blue eyes were fixed OF
my face. You luv me, bye?'
"Better than ony wun else, Nora dar-
lint; forgiv' Missus Speckle, an prom
ise to be my futer' Missus Kerry"
An she jist snugged up close loike q
lubbird an whispered low an lovin',
:tDear Sheen, promise. "-Detrost Free
Press.
Plantation Philosophy.
Bof fear an kin'ness is love. Kin.
g. ~ fci Ia,