Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-01
MARY KELLY'S LAPOOG.

/ happened 20 be i'm Castle Island Coun-
Is Kerry, one fair day. l was Weakened
early in the morning by the prolonged
sQueaiug Of "a family Of heart-broken pigs
of red for sale in wagon directly below
my window. For all strange sights, com
mend me- 90 the five hundreu Irish people
who. masscd among carts and animals Of
a.l descriptions. jlbber and gesticulate.
/ drink and grow pathetic, and hgh, and
I break heads. all for the ostensible purpose
of buying and selling some spawned
horses and ledn-.ooSinS pigs.
did daring deeds that day, TO the as
.ouishmen; OF the hotel waiter who acted
as my guide lie admired my originality
and independence. but il cut him 10 the
hear TO ,hink chat 1 should see bU; an in
different fair
Myself can remember when an Irish
I fair was worth the whistle he said, i'm
| haIf soli,oquy In thin days. the police
was 10, OF wcsshy little g0ssoons that
/ Iarcn'; lay IL finger on u man IL he was
drunk and If one o. them showed himself
40 fight he got pOithogUe on The COB
I that would dazzle the eyes out OF blind
mans head.
DE was interrupted by shout from the
upper end of -he street An old dishevcl,-
el woman with a basket on her arm. was
staggering mdjesucaIly through crowd
OF i5eriu- men. AZ ner heels followed
yellow cur-a queer little mongrel with a
stub OF a tail and a rakish battered air
that was altogether Irish.
I'll. The foin= body-guard We have
there. Mary" said one Of the crowd point
ing % The cur
sure. every lady must have her lap
dog." said the old woman, gathering her
shawl about her with an anectadon of
elegance that made ;h= crowd roar with
delight.
who is thisc" asked my guide.
odd Mary Kelly. sir. that lives ON the
rold TO Kucrea. She buys clans from a
fisherman az Bantry. and sells EN- on fair
day. and every penny she Arms goes for
tha drink She's the divil himself when
;he dhrCp's In he~."
It was very evident that This was one Of
die occasions when the "dhrop was in
her" She was very drunk. indeed She
rr-red over 10 the curb and was just about
to fall lhtadlong when she managed 10 re-
cover herself and sit down cOmposediy.
The crowd huddled itself about her eX-
pec,an,y.
con wurr5h, But I'm in the height of
qeiiction. hsarjbroken en;ir5ly-a poor,
lone woman wild uiver a friend in the
world. barrug Cornaius-me dog, Corna-
lius"
The dog Acknowledges this remark by
a.fs,-ionatelv rubbing his NANCY back
AGAINST her knee.
"He's a Twin reminder of his masther-
nv moor. dead Make. that was shot down
bv the polls at Kicr5a. When Mike was
win ON his death bed. wild the ra'de IN
his throat and che mist in his eye. he
carIsd me 70 HON. Mary says he. IN
,.,i,s 81. wake as wather. Mary says he,
rs good 10 the dog, poor crather' CornaAuS
Agrippa.
..~ornalius AErippa. do you call the
5,,eo,, said one Of the crowd. sure that
g., brave name for such rag Of haste.
rs q bible name. I'm thin<in' Mary.
"a ~, ,l5 ,yize.ed man. with an air Of
Importance.
...rbrre for YOU. Ms;her Lanigan. an
..,...~,5 Mary proudly. twas Father Ma
,,r,,- ,bl. christened the dos. he IoI-
,,,,..4 me into mass one morning-tne era
,r,,r-a-d fivil resave the lie II he dIoh
go. N cross himself with the paw OF him.
Il mind the day well. Mary shouted
~Hou,d Yer whist Lanigan' srowled
.ps crowd. cant We let Mary tell Ine
T,anlran fen back abashed. and Mary
continued with an air Of increased I'M
- oh the sanc;ity OF the animal says
.ro fstpar TO me: oh. the piety OF the
haste, Sure. a dog like that is a model OF
a Christian. Wen be sendin' him out as