The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-07-10
THE IRISH WIDOW.
Mrs. MagOogin Has a Few Words
to Say in Defense Of Parnell

MIS-. MagOOgln HAS a Few Words
to Say in Defense Of Parneu
"Fwhat in tn worruld ar ye doin'
down an yer two kness there, Mrs.
McGlaggerty ?"
"Givin' thanks, Mrs. Magoogin,
agrah"
"An' fur fwhy ar ye givin' thanks,
Mrs. McGlaggerty ?"
Eur bein' an airth at all, at all, in
these harrud tonnes, me frind."
"An' hard tonnes they are entoirley,
Mrs. McGlaggerty Fwhat wud milk
gone up a cint "a pint, an peyaties riz,
an soup mai as hoigh as di'mongs,
an beer threatenin'-we're hayini
worse tonnes nor the world has saw
since th' days av ovid King Herod,
Mrs. McGlaggerty."
"Troth'n it's-thrue for ye, Mrs Ma
googin !"
Sure an don't OF know it is" said
the widow with an air of assumed
wisdom. can ids more koinds of
trouble nor wan that ids bringin',
mavourneen. Lux at the peyaty rot
in tn ovid dart an see tb misfOrchin
that has overtaken me poor frind Par
Nom JohG ttO NAl very DltSeHu lllnlL
twin he was afther bein' about to get
Home Rule for Oireland. All, but
he's tn fOiue man, L rs. NJ Gaggerty
Oi have his pictur' cut out av tn
Oirish WlrrUld pashted up an tn
wall of me kitchen, an it luks as
nacheral an loife like, Mira. McGlag-
gerty, as if id was himself was peekin'
out from behoind tn shtove. Fwhat
.sliplindid fwhiskers he do be havin',
Mrs. McGlaggerty AM fwhat a
byootiful torehead-jisht lOike my
poor Dinny be gud to tn mans
sOwl Oi dOon't blame th' wimmin
fur fallin' in love wild him, nor him
fur fallin' in love wild them Begorry,
Ord set me cap fur him mesep so OF
wud, Mrs. McGlaggerty, aft Oi thawt
Oi had tn ghosht av show, indeed,
an Oi wud They're raisin' hula
balloo in England about his toot-y-
taits-as me daughter Toozy sez id in
tn Frinch-wid wan Mrs. O'Shay.
He med complait smash an her, Mrs,
McGlaggerty, captured her hart in
toirely, an purity soOu, dye moind,
divorce tollied, an thin a schandal,
an now nawthin's TO be hurd an
aither side but Parnells this an Par
nelPs that, an no bla'guard an the
lsttN dN VI arm 10 W ul6b uuI nllllt
Mrs. McGlaggerty. Now, lishtin' to
me, me frind, Ohm no free.lover an
! God knows Old not be a Mormon for
| forty-noine dollars, nur q Turk ,aither,
| but fwhat is a poor divil av a man to
/ do twin a byootiful crayture shnaps
her eyes at him an as mooch as pre-
sints her hart to him an a golden
platter, Mrs. McGlaggerty Oi re-
mimber the first tonne Oi met my
| Dinny-resht his sowl the way he
quivered an quaked an shtud an one
leg an didn't know (which ind of his
anathony his hat was an. To 5hpake
| plainly, Mrs McGlaggerty, he kum-
fiummiXed complaitly. That's the
way wild Paruell and Mrs. O'Shay.
We're all human, acusha, an loi'ble
to go agin th' law some tonne or other
am we shud lux lainiently at aich
others shOrtcomin's, fur who knows
but fwhat we may be tn nuxt oursel's?
| No! No! No! not that Oi name that
| ORD do such thing me5el, Mrs. Me-
| Glaggertyl Me, the nOice, ,dacint widow
woman that Oh am! No, ma'am, not
me; but there's them that has hus-
bands that may come into the catty-
golry. There's your jury fur instance
| Keep an eye on him. Somebody may
shtale hiuI, Mrs. MeGlaggerty.