Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-05-15
ANNAPOLIS Md THURSDAY EVENING" MAY 10. 1890.
New stories brought Home From the
Green Island BY a Iraveler.

New stories Rroaaht Home From the
Green Island by a rraveler.
Irish wit Loses much If It's keenRess by
repetition. Thoroughly to appreciate 1t
one must listen to Pat, as ON Ais native
soil he flashes forth those rapier like ex-
| preston which convulSe his listener.
The larger part Of Celtic wit is epigram-
matte. il springs suddenly from its
environment In Ireland il is distilled
from almost every situation. AS soon
as the American lands in Ireland he be-
gins to hear it The traveller first comes
into contract with the professional
heggar at Queenstown. From an econ
omic standpoint these beggars are the
pests Of the Green Isle They give
travellers altogether wrong impress
sion in regard to the true nature of the
Irishman as he is in his native land.
Still the American cannot help being
pleased with them, ON account of their
witty sayings. A recent traveller in
Ireland was accosted by one of these
professionals In all essential respects
the beggar closely resembled the Witch
of Endor. She was lean and evidently
i hungry. She stood in an attitude ex-
pressive of extreme humanity, with her
hands clasped before her. She said moth
ing, but her attitude was very beseech-
ing one. Thinking, from her looks,
that she was deserving Of charity, the
traveller said to her
Now. madam. If / give you a shil-
| ling will you promise not to follow me
around the streets during my stay in
Queenstown?"
Arrah, sir, may the blessin' of heaven
come down upon ye, sir may ye niver
know want, and may yee'r wife niyer
attind yee'r funeral"
She received the shilling in her wrin-
kled palm. and as long as the traveller
was within hearing she called down
blessings upon him. He remained In
| Queenstown one week. During that time
wherever he went he saw the miserable
| spectacle Of the poor beggar. Her looks
always asked for aims. This went on
until it became unbearable to the travel
or. One morning as he came out of his
hotel he saw her standing on the oppo-
site side of the street in the useal pitiful
attitude. To put it mildly, he was vexed.
He decided to put an end TO the nuis-
ance. Crossing the street rapidly to
where the woman stood, he said
Madam, didn't you agree not to follow
me after gave you the shillingi"
9+Faith, did, sir. "
~Well. why in thunder do you follow
me so9"
"Shure, sir, it's not me that's follerin'
| ye; its ye that's follerin' mel"
The traveller gave her a sixpence.
There is another nuisance in most of
| the large Irish towns. 1t is in the shape
of the small boy. After leaving Queens
town the traveller spoken Of above met
one of these pocket edition Celts at the
Cork station. Said the boy, who was no
more than twice as large as the travel
er's valise:
~W'ud ye lave me carry the bag?
The traveller doubted the boys
strength. yet he yielded the vaIise to his
eager grasp The bag was heavy, and
| the boy gradually became bow-legged in
his effort to carry il. On arriving at the
hotel the traveller gave the boy a six
pence and dismissed him. He came out
upon the sidewalk an hour later and
found theboy waiting. Said the traveller:
Sonny, ] don'tneed you any longer.
@But yell made guide, sir "
%No; lean see the city without help.
With this the traveller started to go
away, but the boy chung to his coat tails
He stuck closer than a burdock burr.
The sightseerer couldn't shake him off
until he used actual violence. His re-
buff didsnot discourage the boy, how
ever, for he followed for two hours un-
til he arrived at Patricks bridge Here.
as the tourist stood watching the myriad
gulIs, in graceful fight over the river
Lee, he felt sharp tug at his coat, and,
turning around saw the boy again.
~Well, my boy, what Is it now7"
sits gettin' late, replied the boy,
"and wud ye pay me now so can 60
| homer"
@Pay you for what 7" asked the tourist
Sur showin' ye round the city o.
Cork, sir 1"
It viii be remembered by newspaper
readers that within the past year, cer-
tain Maryland millionaire named Du-
pont, married barmaid Of the city Of
Queenstown who was popularity known
as @Tottie. This young woman was
not strikingly handsome, but she was
generally credited in Queenstown with
possessing one of the sharpest tongues
| In Ireland When Tottie" was taken
away from the Queens Hotel by her
American husband, she was succeeded
| by q young woman named Miss White,
who was scarcely less original In her re-
marks than her predecessor had been. Il
must be borne in mind that q young
woman loses nothing in social caste by
being barmaid in Ireland. Not long
since, an Englishman. who was stopping