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

season and wa!
(AS spending every other
Sunday aud all my spare cash
"Be iabers," 1 responded. giving
the best imitation I could of the Hi
bernian accens, "an' phwat have yei
been doing wid Mrs. O'Grady?"
"My dear, said my wife, reprov
ingly, "I perceive that your opinion o.
Mrs. o'Grady is as poor as your imita
ton of the dialect You associate with
her name"
"I don't know her atail, u replied,
on the defensive.
SIT WAS not necessary for you TO soy
so in SO many words, my dear" sale
my wife, in tone of voice it is no
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 moro than surprised-I was de
lighted.
She was OF that type of Spanish
women we see in pictures, and hel
name bore no relation to her what
ever. As she and my wife were OF
such excellent terms, my probation a
stranger was short, and in few
minutes we were chatting away like
old friends.
Greatly" I said to her, "you mus
pardon me, but may ask about you
name2 AS far as l can recall, l d.
not remember having heard of th'
O'Gradys of Cordos or Seville, o.
even of the Alhambra.
"And still I am Dolores O'Grady,
she smiled.
"Which being interpreted" said 1
with a dawning consciousness, stmean:
that you were once Dolores Somebody
else, ana some Irish hidalgo or dor
came your way and gave his name fol
yours.
"You have guessed it," she said.
Then recalled an old friend ant
college mate of mine. Tom O'Grady,
q dare-devil-Dick sort OF chap, who
had no sooner received his diploma
than he converted what little property
he had into cash and won't off on some
adventure to one OF the South Ameri
can Republics.
"I don't know, madam" said I
(which of the O'GradYs has been SC
fortunate, but there is one I used tc
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 tiny little locket from
some place about her where women
usually carry such things and handed
it to Inc.
.Look at that" size said, and ]
did.
"By Jove-I bag your pardon"
exclaimed and apologized in the game
breath; "It's Tom"
That evening Tom arrived, and oul
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 u.s.
and we adjourned to the apartment:
of the O'Gradys.
"Well, we'll, old Toui," I said, whe1
we had disposed of ourselves comfort
ably, show did it ever happen?" and
I smiled over at Mrs. O'Grady.
"That what I wanted to tell yor
when we have our hour together" hi
laughed.
ssWhat selfish creatures men are
said my wife. "Why not let US know
now? have never had the pleasure
of meeting Mr.. o'Grady until thil
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 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 I threw hcl
u handful OF kisses.
"Let US have the story of your life,
old fellow said coaxingly, which
was entirely unnecessary, for Ton
was as anxious 70 tell it as ] was tt
hear it.
tOnce upon time he said, bow
ing to all of US, "there was on
Thomas O'Grady, an American citize,
of Irish descent, better known as Ton
or 'cld Tom, and he went to Soutl
America and mingled in revolution
one of the things which is always OF
tap in South American Republic TO
anybody to mingle in whenever he j
disposed to do SO. This O'Grsdy-'
"Drop the didaotic and general"
interrupted, "and get down to tn
personal and particular.
"As ] was saying" Tom continued
sI went to South America and invested
what money / had in mines and cof
fee plantation, and kept out of poll
tics"
"An Irishman and kept out of poll
tics?" / asked.
Tom smiled.
"I kept out of politics until
thought 1 had some show and then
went in like"
"An 1rishman, I suggested.
"Just so, my boy" he admitted
'tand we had it lively. l still retained
my American citizenship IN case of al
emergency, but that did not interfer'
with my duties as 'boss, and boss
was, though could not vote. At tht
end of five years had tremendou
influence, o coffee plantation, q pay
ing mine and q good bank account il
New York City, where it was safe.
was twenty-seyen years old. and ris
lok hoo hoo vi