The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-08
THE SAVING OF MR. o'GRApY

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Bs l.hers, responded, siring The be
imustlou could otthe Hibsfutau sccer
50 ph~si have ysz been doIag sld Mr
OGnJyf
my dear. ssld NY vile, reptoytuRIy,
preclve inst vaor opinion Of Mrs 0 Gfst
IS poor a. your imitsuon Of the dale
Yen associate 9Th her nsme,
dobt koow her st all, trpi d, OF II
defensive
II Is tot necessary 'of you to say sol
so many words. nv dear, SCI my vile, i
toue OF voice II Is not worth while to 2
plain to married meu, When you hsv
seen Mrs. O'Gndy you may bold to dida
eot views coDcerung her
As usual my wife was right 10 her co
clusious for when | saw the lady ! va
more than surprised - vas delig b
ed
Sue vas OF that type Of Spsuish somel
We see IN pictures. aud her name bore d,
r, lstiou to her vhstever As she and ny
wife we're ou tuch excellent terms, my pre-
bat Oh as stranger vas short. aud 10 !
/ few minutes We we're chatting swSy Ike
old friends
Really, | SAID to her, you must pardon
me, but may | ask about Your nsme2 As
far as can recall do not remem Der hsv
ing heard OF the OGrsdys OF Cordoys or
Seville, or even OF the Alhsmbrs
And suI ! am Dolores O'Grsdy, she
smiled.
Which being interpreted, SAID |, with q
dswniug consc onsness, means that you
were once Dolores Somebody else and
some Irish hld4lgo or don came your way
and gave bis name for yours,
You have guessed it, she said.
Then recalled an old friend and col
lege mate Of mine. Tom O'Grsdy. a dare
devil Dick sort of chsp, who had no soon
er received his dipIoms than be cC inverted
what little property he had into cash and
vent of on come adventure to one OF the
South American Republics.
| don't know. madam, said |, which OF
the 0 O'Grsdys has been so fortunate, but
there is one | used TO know who was wor
thy OF even such good fortune as to be
your husband. His name was Tom, and
We were LrJthers.for five years.
S took tiny little ocket from some
place about her where women usually car
~ such things and handed it to me,
Look at that che said, and did.
by Jovel beg your pardon, ! exclsim
ed and apolog zed in the same breath; 1t
is Toni"
That evening Tom arrived, and our re
'pective and respected wives promised to
let US have an hour TO ourselvee il we
gould give the hrft two hours after dinner
10 them. This We readily agreed to, be
,ause we knew that no other course was
eft to us and we sd Iourned to the apart
nents OF the . Gradys,
Well, we'll, old Tom, said, when We
lad disposed of ourselves comfortably,
low did it ever hsppen2 and J smiled over
t Mrs, O'Grsdy.
That is what | wanted t. tell you
ghen we have our hour together be laugh
d.
What selfish creatures men are said my
1ite. Why not let US know now? |
ave never bad the pleasure OF meeting
IT, OGrsdy until this evening, but I've
nown old Tom ever since I've been mar
led
How long has that been2 inquired Tom
me.
Fifteen years.
Tlr.e to the good of me. Dolores and
have been struggling along With each
ther for dtzan long and wesry
ears. /
Mrs. OGrsdy threw bin q kis
.om the tips Of her pretty 6ugers 10 re
pouse. ,
That, one experience, plus three years,
id my wife, and threw her a handful
kisses,
Let us have the ttory OF your li'p, old :,
How, | said coaxingly, which was entire =,
unnecessary. for Tom was ss anxious to 4,
II It "a was to hear it,
Once upon a time, be said. bowing TO :
/ OF Us. there was one Thomas O'Grsdy,
American cltzsn OF Irish descent bet
u known as Tom or old Tom, end be =,
ent to South America and mingled in
yolution, oae Of be tLiogs which is al
avs on tap 10 South American Repub
Q for anybody to mingle in whenever be
disposed to DO so This 0 Grady
Drop the didsclic and general, ! inter
lpted, and get down to the personal and :,
Irticutr,
As wss saying, Tom ntlnued, veal
South America ard invested Whist mon :,
bad 10 miues and coffee plsntstlon,
ID kept ont OF politics
An lrishmsn and keI out Of polliicsf ]
ked. =,
Tom smiled,
| kept cot q politics until | thought .
had tone show sol then | went 10
ke
An Irshmsu, suggested.
Ja.t sr, NY boy, be adm tied, aud We
ID IT lively. stilI retained my Amer a.
10 citztusi ip 10 care Of 80 emtrseucy.
1t that did uot ln'er.ert With my duties, :,
q boss aud boss' was. though | r
5uld not vote. At the ead q Eve years ! n
"a tremendous it thuepoe, coaae Tl'u
.tlon. 3 paying niue and good bsuk &C
5upt 10 Ses Ycrk City wb,re it vas safe,