The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-09-23
gin to pick up their caps and put

not belong to her 2" says one of
Thin, hunlin' around and turnin'
up a lot of the stones ON the
slhranl. Everyone OF thin de.
clared that she had only her own
cap and hadn't laid eyes on hers.
Still she wouldn'l believe Thin.
"Come now, girls. don't be max
in game of me, but give it upH
says she. The whole of thin ran
around here and there thryin' to
find the cap, but the divil a hide
or hair Of 1t could they find any
where. How could they whin il
was in the thiei's pocke:. Whin
the poor creature saw that the cap
was lost, she raised The nischiefs
own pilleliew; sure you'd think
her heart was broke entirely. Jer.
ry thin steps out from behind the
rock, tux, off his caubeen and
maxim polite bow TO The ladies,
says: "Can | be of any service to
yez, darln's
They let a screech out o. thin
and into the wather at once they
pelted, dlvin' out y sight in an in.
slant, all but The poor girl that
lost the cap,
"If ye have my cap, sir, III be
beholden TO We ii we give il back 10
me and let me 90 home," says she.
Sure the sight of her two beau,
tiful blue eyes filled with tears
made Jerry almost ashamed OF
himself, but the dlvi a notion had
be of givin back the cap.
"rroth. ma'am," says he, cts
myself that would do anything IN
life for ye, but bad luck to the cap.
big or little, have l 10 give ye."
The mermaid then begin to cry
and 20 on at great rate and Jer-
ry thought it The best plan to thry
to sooIher her a bit.
Sarah, don't be cryin', avour,
neen," says he, goin' over to her,
"sure moybe it will all be Tor the
best"
"Ochone! what will become Of
mei' says she, wild another bawl.
"A poor, lone girl, hundreds o.
miles away from home, and not a
one to spake a koind word to her."
"Whisht! asthroe, don't say
thai. There's a good bit o road
betune ye and home, wherever
that may be, but seein' there's no
helf for il, maybe l can help ye out
of your throuble."
Chow e. says she.
"What dye think O. me for a
good stout lump OF a boys" says
he.
"Troth! I've seen worse in my
time," says she, lookin' up in his
face in most bewitchin' manner
"Ill 20 bail We have" says he
"Soe now, darlin', got nice snug
farm wid as fine crOds on it as ever
We laid eyes on and we'll stocked
wild everything We could wish for.
The only thing it wants is mis-
thress, and betune ourselves |
think it wouldn't be bad iday fol
ye to change your name to Mrs,
O'Sullivan."
Don't say the word twice, Jer-
ry," says she, lllnging her arms
around his neck and givln him a
smather that we could hear a mile
off.
"Only say he word and III 60
home wil ye at once"
Jerry wlnt up to the neighbors,
got some clothes for the girl from
the women,and aflher dressin' her,
got married to her and brought
her home TO his little cabin. A
be,ther wife than her couldn't be
found anywhere. She was at work
latte and early, and from the time
that Jerry took her he had the
na,est and purliest place for mile;
around. Four or five years passed
away, and there was a fine boy
, and girl runnin' around the place
They war both beautiful children
tall and shapeIy, and the dead spit
of their father and mother. There
was one very quare thing about
, thin, however, betune their toes
there was a wee bit of a web, JUS
for all the world like there is be
tune the toes of a duck. And talk
in O. iucks, We never saw duck
in your life that was a bit fondel
, O. the walher than they war. They
would be into it mornin', noon
and night, and never seemed to bt
, happy out OF it.
The boy was Il perfect little imp
, and how could he be otherwise
and take aIlhsr his father. He'(
climb threes to find birds nest,
, and stale all the fruit he conld la,
his hands Oh. The taller the bet
, ter he liked the threes. One da,
, he was pokin' away up in The
> rafthers. and what does he fine
r but the little red cap that his ia
. Their hid up there the night HI
brought the mermaid home. Vi
l he runs to his mother wld 1t, ant
shows IL to her.
S "Look, nanny" says he, "se
Q what | found"
/; "What is ii, allanna 2"
: "Oh, nanny, the cuiest it'll
red cap tina, ever ye see," says tn
/; boy, handiH 1t over to her. Sh
1 TUX 1t in her hand and recognize,
Q it Immediately. She stopped dow
/ and kissed both OF the children
r and putin the cap on her hea,
il darted down 10 the river. As sh
Y stood by the side Of the water, sh
a / 1,oEol koni, ooI a n a., has huc ho a.