The Press., 1895-10-24
back of his hand across his lips, Pm as

back of his hand across his lips, ''I'm as dhry as a limekiln this minute" "
 ''I'm not sorry to hear you say so," says the prince, "for the roads are purity dusty this weather, an find the throat wants dale of garglin. Gilly," says he, mountin the steps an spaykin to the wife, who was fanhin herself wud afan made out of paycocks' feathers-for it's 8 proud woman she was-"you. might take dive into the kitchen an have look at that pigs head while nleseH an the king are moistenin our clays in!the parlor. ,pL .s
 Tiernan,' says she haughtily, draw in herself up to her full hoighth, ff'I wish you'd thry an 1arn manners The kitchen is not my place, an to talk to me ill the presence of the king of Lein- sther about pig s head is nothing short of an insult. '
 "Ow, WOW, wow!'' says the prince, who was dacent soort of a fellow wud no false pride ill him. "Who are we at all at all? Maybe 'twould be all insult to ax you to ate bit of fat bacon an cabbage for dinner-an glory be to heav- On OAS @ AAO G%PPOOAGO JOA A0NO!
 "Don't mind him, Princess O'Rorke, ma'am," says the King Mac, who wasn't at all sorry to see the husband an wife quarrelin. "We'l laive you for the present wud your kind permission, an will join you in the coorse of a half an hour in the throneroom. An then the ould buck put his hand on his chest an bowed most elegantly to the princess.
 We'll, some days went by, an there was plenty of aitin an dhrinkin an di- varsion of all kinds goin on at the pal ace in Brefney, all, however he managed it, ould King Mac conthrived to start little family jars every now an again between the prince an princess, an then he'd comfort the young woman himself, while the husband would be sulkin in the back parlor or out in the grounds or the stables.
 For all his 60 years, an his terrible voice, the king had some way of con- earsin wud faymales that won lem over D. him, just as if he wor on the sunny side of 30. Besides his engogin manner, of course, he was a king, all a king of some standin, too, as royalty went in them days, an women folk are always open to fattery when It's poured in at their ears by 8 monarch, no matter if his reputation is as black an dirty as iackdaw in a sooty chi4~1ley.
 There's no mistake King Mac was greatly sthruck by the elegant face an figure of the princess, an by her engagin ways, an 'tis hard to blame an ould sooo-1 oF R0 PD,. I,o v1;v, I;O Ioood hx1 the likes of her.
 "GilIy, me darlin, :" says he wan even in-for they wor on very friendly terms by this, an the husband was attendin a petty sessions coort in the next village, an wasn't expected home till late at night-"G "Gilly, me darlin, ' says the ould vagabone, wouldn't you like to be an out an out queen?" .s......s>-e. # ..4
 "An are you thinkin of resignin in favor of Hernan?'' says she, fannin her. self wud the paycocks' feathers ,, >...
 "Resignin be blowed ]" says he '' Now look here, young woman, you'v been laydin me onsfor long time, am we'd best understand aich other for vance an all Will you throw the husband over boord an bolt wud me to Ferns?''
 "What do you take me for?'' says she.
 ''I'm ready to take you for better .o1 verse;" says he, goin down on his knees and lookin up at her.
 "You can't do that, ;" says she, "unti1 Herman puts me through the coorts.''
 He'll do that fast enoughif you bolt wud me, says King Mac. t,'An then. I'll be free to make you queen of Lein-. sther, which is more than O'Rorke can do for you.'' #
 "I'1n afeard there'ud be terrible row over it, " says she, wud asigh.
 ''What matther," says King Mac, eff Pm prepared to sthand the racketa. 'Tisn't the first expayrience of this kind I've had. An then he stopped dead short, for he knew he was afther putin. his fut in it.
 Indeed F says she, tossin her head "An how many poor deludhered girls have you promised to raise to the throne of Leinsther?"
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