The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-20
THE WIDOW mAeooelN.
she Gets Mixed Up In Horse Racing, wssh
Bud Results.

GNU 0ots nAA4oN Up Az hoIso tsoctpG, AEASn
Bad Results.
did ye uver get the dinkey -dink. Mrs.
McGlaggerty'"
IAN sure an fwhat's dinkey -dink, Mrs.
Magoogin2"
Ids tn same as gettin id In thu nick.
Mrs. McGlaggerty"
"FaiN N thin ids often my Jury gev me
tn dinkey-di Mrs. Magoogin."
"'Twas my by Tammy gev id to me-,
Mrs. McGlsggerty."
"FwAat did ye uver let him do id fur,
Fwhy didn't We lather tn loife out av him,
Mrs. Magoogin?"
That's akin, Mrs. McGlaggerty," said
the widow. HE gev id to me, an he didn't
gev id to me, because Oi'm thinkin, an he
SEE so, too, that somebody gev id to him.
Mrs. McGlaggerty. But this is the way id
was, me frind. Id was all on account nv TIL
Brookline Handicap-d'ye moind9 My by
Tammy KEN to me, an he seq to me, seq he,
Mudder, have ye air a SEP seq he AN fur
fwhy, Tammy, agrah9 seq Oh. 'Bekase Oh
kin put id an Lamploghther, an he'll win
In walk seq he Who towld We so.
Tammys' seq Oh. 'Oitowld meself,' seq he.
vi know thu horse, seq he, AN ids gas
poipe cinch,' SEE he. oh, id tsp seq Oi.
'Yis, ids jusht loike foinding money seq
he. Gimme two seq he, AN Oi'll bring
ye home twinty.'
BE gobs, that luk'd to me ioike purity
sensible way nv maxim twinty dollars, Mrs
McGlaygerty, so Oh whit to the tay can-
nisther in (which Ohm holdin tn money
Dim savin to go the Wurruld's fair wud.
IN out Oi pulls me foine 81 There id is,
Tammy 'avourneen,' seq Oh. And aft We
lose my byootifull - may the Lord have
marcy an yer soul, seq l. But divil th'
heed he seems to have gev to tn threat,
Mrs. McGlaggerty, for aft he put to Cooncy's
Oislan an bet me mooney wud tn buke-
makers. Oh can't blame Tammy so very
mooch fwhin his dang fool av q mother
didn't have no more sinse that to 90 BLOWN
in her hard Armed dollars an horse racin.
But he had no roight or ushcuse ur raison
J fur temptin me, me frind. Besoides, Old
nuver gev him tn two but Oh got shtucS
an tn harse's name meself an thought
mebbee he moight have u shauce to win,
Mrs. McGlaggerty.
There's n common sayin that seq to run
loike lamploighther names to run loike tn
very divil, SO fwhat was more reasonable
than that harse wud tn name Lamp
loiGhther shud be purity handy wud his
feet, Mrs. McGlaggertys So putin this an
that together sn lishtenin to tn gaspoipe
cinch that Tammy towlt me about it wasn't
strange that Oh shud give him me 81 to
boick up tn harse wud.
well, TO make a long shtory short me
frind, Oh worried an shtewed about me
mooney antil Tammy KEN hum from TIN
thrack, fwhin he towlt me Lamploighther
lost an me two was gone up tn flue 'Oi
thought ye towlt me ye didn't see how
l-amploighther kud loset sez Oh, takin
him be tn throat to shake 81 worth av
rashcality out nv him. But he begged. m
he croied an pramisel never to do id agin
Mrs. McGlaggerty, SO Oi let tn poor ball,.
wanny alone. But me two is gone, an me
hart is broke.
do We know fwhat Oh think, Mrs. Nc
Glaggerty? Oi think thin dvils that owns
the race thrack mustn't IA hurd about me
havin thin few dollars, snvin thin to go &c
tn Wurruld's fair, an they put up this jol
an me to get tn money away fran me- BE
tn hokies, that's fwhat Dim thnkin, Mrs
McGlaggerty But, moind me, me frind
my Tammy'll nuver come near me agi,
wud amy gaspoipe cinches ur gashoust
cinches ayther. Ohm considerable nv 4
sport, Mrs. McGlaggerty, but Oh can't b,
payin out 81 fur cinches very long Ar
Tammy knows id. OH murdher him al
he uver cinches me agin, Mrs. McGlag
gerty. New York Mercury.