The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-07
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with the horses and helped the coach
man, Jap Byers. an excellent fellow, to
unhitch them-and his tongue. He
chartered volubly.
"Slimy kind o'cuss. that Their Greek,
Mr.. Livingston. I'm liar if he didn't
scare the puddin' outer me-"
You don't look as if you were easily
scared," said 1.
II amt" he replied; "that's fact;
but the Greek he done it. An it warn't
right, neither. Him an me never was
frien's. When he comes a-sashayin'
along as If he owned the hull earth
aim ter look jest leetle mite above his
head, as if l didn't see his royal high
ness; an that MAIDS him an tickles me-"
Jap laughed loudly. had known for
some time that he and Dcmetrius were
unfriendly.
$50 he scared you?"
Eyes, sir. Ye see, he bosses it around
the house, but I'm the chief here, an
don't allow no monkey business on my
premises. Well, sir, after you left,
Mary, the housemaid, come out, an she
an me had leetle howdy-do. She's
Danish. is Mary. an not one oyer scary
ones. Why"
Get along with your story, Jap. I'm
IN hurry"
"Mary was tellin' me about the doin's
with the gentleman as was hurt, an
givin' me the hull song an Dance"
"Where were you, Jap?"
The honest fellow blushed. BY the
Pickering light of the stable lantern
could see his freckled face blazing.
1--WE was in the hay now" he said, re-
luctantly.
Where you generally sit, eh?"
"Yes," he admitted, with sheepish
grin. "Nlary likes the smell o the hay"
"Go on, jap"
"D'ye think" he demanded, eagerly,
shat ther Greek was on to the racket
O me an Mary sittin' in the hay NOW?
hisself. Why, that accounts for the
milk in the cocoanut. OF course. Well,
sir, when she got through tcllin' me
how the pore Teller couldn't speak nor
move, and"
"She went into all those tletails?"
"Why, yes; an she had it straight
from Miss Nancy, too. Wimmen folks
must talk or they'd materially go crazy.
Well, sir, she'd got at last ter the end
O. the yarn, an I'd told her good-by, an
was wavin' her adoo as she stood in the
doorway, when all of student big
shock O. hay comes a-tumblin' down an
ketches me right 'twixt wind an water.
IL come nigh KILN me, an Mary, too.
Why, the girl most split herself a-laf1ln',
An, Mr.. Livingston" his pleasant voice
hardened, shat Their Greek, damn his
soul, done it."
expressed my astonishmcnt.
"He done it outer meanness. never
suspicioned the cuss, KNOWN that the
hay was kinder poorly piled an that
I'd bin kecrless about the handlin' of
it. But jest before you drew up hap
pcned ter start out fer the house, an
then changed my mind an walked
around the barn. Well, sir, as come
around that Their corner saw the Greek,
standin' like a statoo on PEDESTAL.
Where did he come from? Why, from
the NOW, o course. lie pied me off
ter the house, an then crawled out.
He must ha' known that Danish Mary
an was fricn's, an he calkilatc1 ter
make an everlastin' scarccrow outer me
before her-the son of al gun! dropped
onter his racket right away, the second
seen him. He come there a-purposc.
Id "a thumpcd him good, if it cost me
this place, but the dogs begun barkin',
the Greek he speaks to 'em as if mo-
lasses candy wouldn't melt in his mouth,
an the next thing l knew he was talk
in with Mr.. Gerard. But, cuss him, I'll
git even"
But, Jap, how do you know he was
really in the mow?"
why, Sir, when come up with the
lantern see the hayseed and sticker-
grass on his coat"
babe MIR. Bycrs goodnight, and
walked thoughtfully to the house. My