Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-21

7 IN season and was
GO spending every other
Sunday aud ali my spare cash
"Be iabers," L responded. giving
the best imitation 1 could of tie Hi
bernian accent, "an' phwat have yez
been doing wild Mrs. O'Grady?"
"My dear, said my wife, reprov.
ingly,"I perceive that your opinion OF
Mrs. 0'Grady is as poor as your imita.
ton Of the dialect yon associate with
her name"
,'I don't know her at tail, I replied,
on the defensive
s.It WAS not necessary for you to say
SO in SO many words, my dear" said
my wife, in tone of voice it is not
worth while to explain to married
men. "When you have seen Mrs.
O'Grady you may hold to different
views concerning her,"
As usual, my wife was right in hel
conclusions, for when I saw the lady
was more than surprised-I was de-
lighted.
She was OF that type of Spanish
women we see in pictures, and her
name bore no relation to her what
ever. As she and my wife were OF
such excellent terms, my probation as
q stranger was short, and in few
minutes we were chatting away like
old friends.
Greatly" said to her, "you must
pardon me, but may I ask about your
name? AS far as I can recall / dc
not remember havi ng heard of the
O'Gradys of Cordos or Seville, OF
even of the Alhambra." :"
"And still I am Dolores O'Grady,
she smiled.
(which being interpreted" said I,
with dawning consciousness, ''means
that you were once Dolores Somebody
else, ana some Irish hidalgo or don
came your way and gave his name for
yours"
"You have guessed it" she said.
Then / recalled an old friend and
college mate of mine. Tom O'Grady,
dare-devil-Dick sort OF chap, who
had no sooner received his diploma
than he converted what little property
he had into cash and went off on some
adventure to one Of the South Ameri-
can Republics.
81 don't know, madam" said I,
(which of the O'Gradys has been 80
fortunate, but there is one used to
know who was worthy OF even such
good fortune as to be your husband.
His name was Tom, and we were
brothers for five years"
She took u tiny little locket from
some place about her where women
usually carry such things and handed
it to me.
'Look at that, she said, and I
did.
"By Jove-I bag your pardon" I
exclaimed and apologized in the came
breath; "It's Tom"
That evening Tom arrived, and our
respective and respected wives prom
ised to let us have an hour to our
selves if we would give the first two
hours after dinner to them. This we
readily agreed to, because we knew
that no other course was left to US,
and we adjourned to the apartments
of the O'Gradys.
"Well, we'll, old Tom," said, when
We had disposed of ourselves comfort
ably, chow did it ever happen?" and
I smiled over at Mrs. O'Grady.
"Ihat what I wanted to tell you
when we have our hour together, he
laughed.
s'What selfish creatures men are, !"
said my wife. "Why not let us know
now? / have never had the pleasure
of meeting Mr.. o'Grady until this
evening, but I've known 'old Tom
ever since I've been married"
''How long has that been" in
quired Tom of me.
"Fifteen years."
"Three to the good OF me. Dolores
and I have been struggling along with
each other for dozen long and weary
years."
Mrs. O'Grady threw him kiss from
the tips of her pretty fingers in re
sponse.
"That's one experience, plus three
years." said my wife, and ! threw her
a handful OF kisses.
.sLet us have the story of your life,
old fellow" I said coaxingly, which
was entirely unnecessary, for Tom
was as anxious to tell it as was to
hear it.
"once upon time" he said, bow
ing to all of US, "there was one
Thomas O'Grady, an American citizen
OF Irish descent, better known as Tom
or 'old Tom,' and he went to South
America and mingled in revolution,
one of the things which is always on
tap IN South American Republic for
anybody to mingle in whenever he is
disposed to do SO. This O'Grady-"
"Drop the didaetic and general" ]
interrupted, sand get down to the
personal and particular"
GAS I was saying" Tom continued,
ssI went to South America and invested
what money had in mines and cof-
fee plantation, and kept out of poll
tics"
can Irishman and kept out of poll
tics?" I asked.
Tom smiled.
81 kept out of politics until I
thought had some show and then ]
went in like"
"An Irishman." I suggested.
''Just SO, my boy" he admitted,
"and we had it lively. Istill retained
my American citizenship IN case of an
emergency, but that did not interfere
with my duties as boss, and boss
I was, though I could not vote. At the
end of five years | had tremendous
influence, o coffee plantation, n pay
ing mine and good bank account in
New York City, where it was safe. 1