The Press., 1893-10-19

up. Irdo fale as lazy as the fly on the banana here at me elbow. See him walk like bug from wan black end to take sup at the ither-too lazy to raise his wings an fly. There they go again, the childer. God bless thim, measurin againl Six times in 40 minutes. Sure they've hardly time to put tuck in ut betune the two measures"
 The signora laughed heartily: :''Lis'n ada Meester Padi Food tug in lacei swea' you would-a mague dead dog laugh"
 Her laughter did Pat good. Sure tuck or htm are all wan to tailor in leather" he replied, unconsciously com ing into the domain of Carlyle's thought.
 "But tell me, ma 'am," he continued, ''how do ye ladies him fringes onyway? cudn't for the life av me him fringe nor scallop it nayther."
 She screamed with laughter now. My God! Hem fringe! Nobody cana hem a fringe
 'Is that so: An dye fringe the hi1ns9 rm not jokin. Faith niver so much as fringed scallop in me life, let alone him. Tell me, now. d'yez dthraw threads, orr dthrop stitches. orr quicker it on the bias? Och. there now! Imust gol The two girls beyant are measurin their scallops again. We'll, so long, ma'am! I'll be back in the autumn, blaze God, 'whin the l'aves beginstp fall. '"
 She was laughing 50 that shecould not speak when Pat rose to go.
 ''Since ye do insist upon ut" he added as he turned away, Il b'lave I'll change me summer plans an come back be SUD- per time. Put an exthra sup av coffee in the dthripper, blaze, an dthrop the name av Rooney promiscuously in the pots." :,
 "All-a righdl Muz-a be shore. shore come to supper. Prormus you some theen good" This was a thing Pat rarely did, and she was delighted. Even had she not known that he would come in laden with paper bags full of good things to add to the supper table she would have been just as glad to set his plate in between little Pats and Carlotta's.
 Pat had no trouble in finding the "con- stituents" whom he wanted to meet. He knew that at this hour certain Italians would be sure to congregate at their ia vorite rendezvous, a coffee house near the levee. He was glad to find Tralnonetti and others who were present on the for mer occasion already there.
 It took but few moments to repeat his former account of the Socola we'd ding, which he colored with new droller- ies in the narration, and to add-and this was the object of his visit-the item care lessly omitted before-viz. Socola's threat that the Mafia would avenge betrayal of the affair.
 This he carefully explained was the reason his good friends. the Di Carlos had felt constrained to deny it. They were afraid of the Mafia. They couldn't understand how he and Socola under stood each other perfectly now, and, after all. it was small matter whether Socola had been tilted or not. Who cared? It was thing of the past. For himself, he only mentioned it again to prove that he hadn't lied before. The whole business was, he finally declared, "a timpest in a taypot," and the sooner forgotten the better. He ended by begging them not to worry the madam by saying any thing more about it at the Di Carlos. ''Sure the madam's been wapin an wailin for feer I'll be kilt entirely. She thinks I'm out this minute tellin ye all l was jokin an thryin to back out av the whole shtatemint. Sure I'd back out in minute if knowed backshtep, but when tuck dancin lessons in Paris whin ! was yungshter 1 niver learned the crawfish movement, an faith it's too late in life now to dthrag me wooden peg into a new figure. There's but three quarters of me left onyhow, but it's three-quarrters ay mans shape, praise God, an I'll not disgrace the fraction for the likeness it doas bear me mother. God rest her."
 The crowd was rather still and sub dued for some time after Pat left them.
 "pm sorry ever opened my lips about Socola's business" said one finally in Italian, "but anyhow T told where heard it."
 II never said anything to anybody" |" said another, land I'm glad. don't want any of his flock of vampires follow ing me in the dark" "But I'd hate to be in that Irishman's Ehoes!"
 "In his one shoe, you mean. And | me too. So would l."