, 1897-03-02
TERENCE.

NttA' " 'iE' t'ANE ~ A4a'A wy lLAssN II -
but wait till [ tell ye nov.
Wan Cowld mcrnin this very wake /
resaved a lctthcr an twas ii quarr wan.
so it was. lndudc me lctthcr WIS nOthin
at all at all but wan Nv tim pu.:
kyards that ould Barney tn" lostmau j.
SO fond av hrinGin Il people, since It's
the inquisitivc ould fclla lie is to he
sure. On the post kyard was nothin Lat
four lines NV the luvrlicst poetry 20
liver seen. Twas this:
If married bliss yc wud injoy.
just NIX swutc Kate OFlYun.
To be your own wLd .ivc her juy.
Terence, 90 i'll an win.
Barney was GRIMM all over within h.
handed me the kyaIii, 50 he We, 50 sen
l to him:
"Ach yc ould spa.Yy"n, we've been
afthcr rcadin me pEiyit corrlspUiIicHc,.' -
Il have, " sen Ic, but where's the
harruln: An sure It's the best av advice
ye're af,hcr Euttin, Terence, mo boy"
''Faix an yc'rc roight, Barney, hut
dye think shed be afrhcr loukin twice
at Il gossoon loikc me-
"Why not scz he. "Misthrcs7
O'Flynn is rot 50 young as she looks.
IT'S the illigmt hhoy yc are intoircly.'
"AiSy now, Barney, nisy," seq l..
Don't be afthcr aspcrshin the luvclicst
av her SEX. But | know We don't nan
nOthin diShT"spcCtivc. | wonder who
was aft!cr scndin me this kyard now
Barney winks ut me. Il wonder, -
seq he, an he walks aft down the street
whistlin kate icarnoy'' us clear as Il
lark.
Well, that kyard made me feel bould-
cr, so the same cvCnin | dresses mcsilf
i'll me best, puts III me %caubccn, takes
me shillalah i'll me hand, an sets off
for Misthrcss O'Flynn's farrum at Bal
lyboggan.
Win l gets to the durc, l knocks as
bould as brass, an who should open it
but the luvcly widda hcrsilf.
Good c~vrnin, Misthrcss O'Flynn,' ~
SEE l. is it all alone yc arc?'
1T is, SCI she, will yc be sittin
down."
"Iwill," sell. "Tida all the plazure
in loifc."
Wild that l goes in, an she shuts the
durc, an into the kitchen we goes an sits
down ut the fire.
Ills Il cuwid evening" SEE l.
"'Tis that seq she.
For the lOifc av me Icud say no more
afthcr that, IN so ] sat uyis;in nc c"u-
been letwccn me hands an wondcrin
how l was to say what I'd come for.
Thin | s,Z:
""Tis IL gran fire yc have there. IT'S
Il foinc thing for Il cowld cvcnin."
.s'1'i- thar ~ S,v S,, VNIip yro cot
shtill for another space NV tonne. She
was knittin somcthin wild rid wool, so
SEE l:
""Tis the foine warrum color for
cowld weather is rid, " SEE L.
''Tis that, y scZ she.
| was afthcr thinkin l must have
offinded her in some way, an might be
shtcppin home again widout Il word av
1--we, but | determined to have another
tlry, SO | seq:
"Is it not lonely We are sittin here at
noights all he yoursilf?' scz I.
"'Tis not seq she. "I'm afther in
joyin the best NV company
"Who's that" seq l.
"Just mcSilf, an no other" seq she.
'Och sure now, yo can't name it.
Whin ye're all be yersilf We must be
fcclin an achiI void This worruld can
niver fill, as the potc scz.'
''Thruc for yc-I do sometimes"
Il was sartiu NV it, acushla. Where
is it at all. ut all? Is it i'll yer heart
now?"
'No," SCI she, "''tis in me hollow
wisdom TOOTH"
,l ,,,- : .~, : trnc n11rnH-s
fond av yer joke yc was Misthress
O'Flynn."
"Sorra joke there is about it, Misthcr
Magee-onless We call it Il joke to have
a feelin in yer jaw loike Il ridhot needle
stitchin away at double quick tonne to
the tune NV The Wind That Shakes the
Barley
'"Tis longin l am to comfort ye,
alannah. Wud ye not be afther givin
me an ingagemint us residint physician?
Faix, al it's mesilf wud be afther chas-
in away from We the ~toothache, the
headache, the hcartachc, an all the other
aches that flesh is heir to, as the pote
sez."
"'Tis thinl;in | am I'd be safer wild
a dentist for the toothachc than wild an
ould %omadhaun loikc yc, an US for the
other aches yc mintion l niver have
none NV thin"
"What, rivIr 10 hcartache, whin
ye're sittin hers ali alone in the even.
ins?" SEE l, sirtin up close to her an
thryin to slip me arrum round her
waist.
"Get along wild ye," she cries, liftin
her chair along the flure. II niver seen
q man loike yc for i~nsultin motions.
Kape yer a1um down."
ZACH sure now, mavourneen, It's
tired wild hangin down all the evenin.'
"Well thin, hould it up above yer
head to rest it."
''That wud be too high intoirely.
'Twud be high enough if l kept it just
about the height NV yer lively neck.
An besides, that wud kape the cowld
away from ye. an thin l cud kill two
birds wild wan shtnue. IS the pote SCI