The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
TERRENCE and THE MILLINERS.

twig,' sid OF. Dim on. OF can see
! through knot hole whin the sun
| shines, sid OF, Well, sor, we hoired
| the hack havin' prayvusly put the
| hackman on to the fact thot fer the
| tonne he was to act the par-rt ay a
| goodman to a couple av distinguished
| payple out on a shoppin' thrip. OF
won't praytind byes, to till We av the
| places thot we Wint into, but twas all
the same. Shure if OF wasn't a re-
sthraint on Honora, it's a mortgage
Odd have to put on me little properthy
| and OF don't .sSRow but what little
Dinny wud hWe to go widdout an
| overcoat fer the WHITTIER
Here, sid the gerrul in the place
where we made our last stand loille
the ould guar-rd at Waterloo, lis the
VERY latest importation frum Paree.
tbs a Spanish turban made as We can
see wild black vilvit, sed she, rolled
tucked edge an trimmed wild a pun
pun ar buckle. 'Tis a dhrame av a
caWbeen,' said she, an dirt chape, sid
she. 'Shure,' sid she, 'oi only want tin
dollars fer it, sid she, as she held it
to the admirin' gaze av Honora. Buy
it, Terrence sid Honora buy it.
Shure, sid she, It's proud yen be av
me in church mkt Secondary as we pass
down the oil together sid she, wild
me houldin' on to yer ar-rum, an me
Spanish turban the sign or cure av all
eyes sid she. Tin dollar sid OF. Faith
on pinch OF cud go to Europe fer thot.
though DILL admit OF sid thot OF wud
have to go steerage passage.
"Oi remained objurate. Thin they
brought out what they called a toxic.
OF loiked it fer it was made up av
Crane shayneel an thrimmed wild tips
an ribbons. OF was sthuck on this wan
IA
timpted to buy it, but Honora wud
have none av it, so we mkt took pake
at what they called a Shepherdess. This
was a large black vilvit hat, tambo-
shanther crown, wild two large yellow
plumes, knot av vilvit, an edge av lib
erthy silk. Whin OF heard the proice OF
gave a warwhoop. Holy sailor, sid OF.
Dye think OHM a goold moline to pay
SIS fer last years make-over? Faith,
OF wuddent take it if ye gave it to me
fer a song, onnyway,' sid OF, not on
liss we doied the Orangeman's plume,
sid OIL
Formally the gerrul brought out a
Maud Adams. 1t was of milithry blue
wild a large black quill an a band av
taffeta ribbon. Twas originally 81, but
the gerrul VERY accommodating
marked it down to $1.9S, an OF bought
it. But, faith, tbs sorra OF am, fer OF
haven't had a days pace av moind
since. Shure, all the young bluds av the
town thry to mash Honora now ivry
tonne she walks abroad wild it or
Will OF sind the hat down to your
hotel? sid the gerrul, or will We take
it away yourself?' sid she. OH take
it wild me-, sid Honora, as she gave
ordhers in a loud tone to the soodoo
goodman to dhrive to the Bay Sthate.
More loikely,' sid the gerrul in the
millinry sthore to another attindint, in
a voice audible enough fer me to
hear, they are goin' down to their lit
tie cottage be the hillside in the
Meadows an thin OF twigged thot she
was on.
TT raymoinded me av the danger av
thravelin' undher false praytinces, an
thin the fate av O'Leary an his goat
flashed acrosht me moind. Twas on
as foine a Saint Patrick's day, byes,
as We wud mate wild in a century aY
anniversaries. Some wan painted
O'Leary's goat a broit English red an
toided a large orange sash around his
nick, fastenin' it wild William the
thir-rd knot on top. Thin the goat was
let loose in the parade as it was passin'
the city hall in review.
eye raymimber the ould city hall was
painted red, but in diffrance to the oc-
casion it was hidden in Crane flags an
Oirish sunbursts, this "Trip. Well, on
nyway, the goat rushed through the
parade an broke up the loines. Thin
there was a rite. BE the piper av
MacCarthy Nor sid ivry wan, tbs an
orange goat. Kill him! Kill him! they
croied.
Bass cess to poor O'Leary, he par
sued the goat wild a loud claim av
ownership OF don't think they wud
iver have caught Billy, but he spoiled a
gossoon wild a big handful av Crane
handbills in his hand, which he was to
Distribute to advertoise the avenin's
intertainrnint. The goat made a dash,
the bye dhropped his bundle an dug
out Whin they caught his goatship
he had aten almost all av the hand
bills This was proima fassy ivvydince
thot he was an Orange goat, though
twas unconscious false praytinces. an
frum thot day to this O'Leary has bin
osthrasoized.
Eye know what the Oirish grlnadier
sid to Frederick the greats father,
'Niver praytind, sid he, to be what We
can't be, said he, Else it's a whoppin'
big mistake ven be afther walkin
into"