The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-16

vnOuRnt ne wanted 20 dc ~ mo oOOOS
the mmpagin' villin Of the captin's.
'iecase.' says he, important-iike,
Bridget IIarrigan u goin' 10 marry
Tom 0'Shea!'
"'What.' says I.
"'It's fact says he.
"'You lie, Billy Sheehan,' says !, for
I was mad.
"'Very WELL says he, marclnn' away
with his little fiddle under his arm,
III / do says he, Il won't lie at your
dure, for anyhow il will be long tonne
before you'll want me TO fiddle at your
weddin, unless ye takes up wild the
turnip-headed one' And away he whit |
down the street, whistlin' Weddin'
of Rallypoureen.'
swell. sor, twas thrue enough what
the little blackguard had been afther
telln' me; Bridget was TO be married
directly Lent was over, and Father
Cronin had been spoken to, and Tom
O'Shea had got the master to give him
small cottage and few acres, just
what | had my eye on, too. bad cess
to him.
""Twas to be the grnnd"st weddin
at all at all. A pig was killed and an
illigant little key of whisky stood on
the DRESSER wild tap ready to De
: driven into it. Well. the mcrnin' OF the
c day when Tom O'Shea was to be mar
q ried, he was out Shawn hiinself at the
cabin dure. when up comes little Biily
; Sheehan out of breath. and widout the
" little fiddle.
: "'Tom,' says he. when he could
!, spake. you're done.
= "'No. I'm not says Tom latherin the
/" other side of his Jaw, but I'm half done,
= and III do you too. my little fiddler,
y while me hand is in for the gurls
!, might think yer chin bit rough for
- weddin'.'
!, ".Therell be no weddin' this day.
j. says Billy.
~ ".What are you tallSin' about, man
:, aliye?' says Tom.
= 80. the thruth, as I'm Twin man,
y saws Billy. The woman won't have
j. ye.'
- "Won't have me?' says Tom. &c
~ long. me little joker
,g "'Divil joke says Billy. she's SIT
i tim at home in her common clothes
49, and she says she won't have ye. An
or the foive gallons of the best whisky !
Oireand, and grand pig just waitil
- 10 be swallowed. @, It's wicked, tel
=. rible wicked intoirely"
-. "Well, says Tom. cool as the Ga
~. after Christmas. wait till ] wash IN
~ lather off me. an I'll jog down to III
=. farm and see what ails me lady, for II
,st very much sot on being married Il
is day"
,g ..Whin he got to the house. thel
10 was the divil's ructions goin' on. III
ould man and Peg and an ould aui
no that lived wild EN-. they were all
!, Bridget, coaxin and begin al
badgerin' her TO marry Tom, and all
',.a no good: the more they talked q
more Bridget sat still and said nothn
only the face of her showed she inca
,er to have her way.
~. "As soon as liver Tom came in s
,rt said, says she: Tom O'Shea, I'm We
!, sorry. but won't marry We. and Their
die my hand on it,
-. "Well. Tom took a lucifer match Q
~, of his pocket and lit his poipe, and
mo down: but the dvil a word he sa
emf Only all the neighbors outside. thin
ord ing of the pig and the whisky. said
great deal; they couldn't bear
.,a think of the waste that Bridget W
aye bringin' on the family. And the on
~. father. too. he was terrible mad, kno
!. a in what people were sayin'.
for AT length Peggy up. an says 81
.u.t I'll tell We what, Biddy. if ye give
the them grand clothes We have for
Who weddin' I'll marry Tom O'Shea mys
self sooner than the family should be Q
:, n graced in this way
ible ".Faith.' says Bridget. we may b.
nce livery stitch | have in the world If
Iays marry Tom. an me blessin' into
wid bargain
,nt "But Tom sat still smokin' his dl
for heen and turnin the matter over in
Kin. head. At the long last he said. strait
! be and strong: What boot will get"
! 20 ".What boot will We getT says
YES: ould father.
,wn Yes says Tom; what viii
The throw in?'
,rh. ".What do We want?' says Mike ii
,ith riran, strivin' to end the matter CO
; We Portable an friendly.
vii "'Well,' says Tom. there's that 7
her acre field that broken haven't gr
CON 10 set il with. Now, If you'll throw
very a bag of seed oats. along wild Peggy,
/ the bargain
slash Done says the old man, an
Well, splits in the palm Of his fist and no,
ould il out straight and friendly to Tom.
cum so the match was made, and Z
Him shook hands on it. An Tom said
Il he Billy Sheehan the day after the wedd
when they got sober. he didn't rigl
: 81, think there was more than the oil
cl,ed ence of bag Of oats between any
st;ed women alive.
con- "Well, sor, couple of months a
aver Pegs weddin me an Bridget was \
,rcat ried; for twas Inc she wanted all
tail time, only she got mad that didn'
l,lsc her an didn't come down to that ia
Ills all along o. that etarnal rogue OF
s,mc captains. And, faith. she's beer
- - | yool wife an very clean about