The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-16
SUlLlyAN'S BARGAIN.

so / hear as yer fathers afther selling
the ould ass, said Mrs. Flynn to Judy
sullivan as they toilei rphill toRstherfrom
their mutual well. I'm not sure about
selling him. Mrs. Flynn. dear; twas
more like swopping. l take il. 4"
An how was that. 8cushlaY"
Ye seo me father has had IL on his
mind TO get shut of Jerry this Goou
while Uack, he was gettin' bit stiff and
he thought av he waited too long he'd tie
getting too ould entirely"
"Oh, Iaix, he was ould enough To he
valuable. rejoined Mrs. Flynn, with
a derisive laugh. Isn't be the wan age
as yer brother Matt--as is in Ameriky---
and that will bring him in for five and
twenty year, though he is not on the
parish reeisters Well l mind the two !
gray foai and fat lump av bany.
when l come TO Thady's Corner, IA young
slip av n girl meself.
Mrs. Flynn was now stout, elderly
woman, with pair OF somewhat rolliok-
ing brown eyes and Drumming tin can
either hand, while her companion WAS
IA slip of girl" dressed in n washed
out lilac cotton. with cuglv rod hair and
freckled face, who carried with anxious
core "a brown teapot ana black Kettle.
The pair were celebrities in their hum
Bile way--the mstron FOR her long tongue
and tho maiden for her light foot They
lived almost next door TO one another, in
cluster OF cabins, too insignificant 10
claim tho title NJ village, and known bv
the name of "IbGdy's Corner " although
there was no corner To be seen; on the
contrary, the little gathering was boldly
perched on the side of n bare hill, about
five miles from Killarney.
And what sort OF n dale did yer father
maze out over the baste?' resumed Mrs.
Flynn.
"Oh, dale, indeed Twas travelling
&s.,l.a
when the old Jerry was bet up with turf
drawing. and had scarcely n leg und r
him. and the thief had such slutherin'
way wild him, ne persuaded me fat1e
TINT the ass was just dying on his feet
and he offered TO take him away To bury
him, so that he mightnt have the au-
nOyance of seeing him In the dsnth-qri ~ :
However mo father was not so soft as
all that, and after the devils own ha
rappuiug and bargaining, the tinker Civ
two -hillings in money, "a toastinz iork
and terrible hig skillet biggest pot
j ever laid eyes on.
Well to be sure twas no great price
and yer at the loss OF the ass.
"Faix, we are so, and miss him ct
every hands turn. Me father spent the
money on porther. ana me mother is
raging mad 10 find her elegant big pot
was just aD ould wan patched up and
has hole In it the size OF cauheen.
Suro, us no luanner aE use ht hlI, ht all we
have Just stuck 10 in the gap In the gar-
den To keep tho pig out and it does that
as we'll as anything else. an the villain
Of n tinker went and TUX n couple Of tho
bost hins away wild him, by way av keep
Ing the ass company.
The blaRgard - circulated Mrs Flynn,
now setting down her two cans and plao-
Ing her hands on her oapacious hips.
Them tinkers IL shocking thieves; they
would stale the cross oil an ass's hack, ana
whatsome'cr they mcnd just melts in yer
hand I'm terrible sorry for We. Would
We know tho cnap aginY'
Me father saws nod swear TO him in
Jerusalem. tie had patcn over wan eye,
and n blscS.and white wniStcont'
We'll. Ia wish fer ould Jerry-there
Is not funeral or wedding. nor n
wake Ia these parts no hasn' had nand
In. Nanny and nanny lift be ri me !;
bedad. no was as souplo as the best In it.
and when he had n mind Inc would rattle