The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
MIX. DRAWS cnoss-EYBD BOSS
The Retired Coachmhn Tells the Romanos
of q Kind Masters Fatal Defect.

of q Kind Masters Fhth Det0ct.
Its worse than llftin' mortgage to work
for cross-eyed man." said Mike Draw. the
retired coachmen. rs he filled his Guilty pipe
and. lighting IT, sucked until his Jaws seemed
about to crack In order to get It to draw.
Musha but It's hard to get the pipes tn
dhrav here as they do In ireland. haven't got
dacent smoke since l left Cushendall forty
years ago. BY the same token. though I'm as
good a citizen as ever throd the ould sod-the
free soil OF Ameriky l meant never could
abide the cigar an like to smoke out OF a pipe
like q Christian.
But as was sayin'. It's the divils own Job
10 work for a cross-eyed man. though l was
own coachman wanst for a cross-eyed man that
WAS as fine a gintleman as ever stood on black
leather, barrln' his eyes. 1t was dark day
for the poor man when he married the wrong
woman through appcarin' to look at her when
he thought he was lookin' at his intended
bride. All. them wor the times when the money
was as free as slate stones. an IL they had
lasted two or three years longer. 'tisn't an ould
retired coachman I'd ha' been, but proprietor.
maybe wild a coach an four OF my own.
"Arrah. lave me alone Sure. amt goin' to
tell yez the story widout your hurryin' me2
Well me dear. when worked for this cross
Dyed gentleman New York was different from
what It is now. Things were not so grand
maybe tia my own foolish notion-but think
people like me were better respected than they
are now. Be that as 1t may. Misther Robert-I
won't give his other name for he may be lvin'
yt-was fine lookin' man In spite OF his eyes
an had lashins OF money an fine estab-
lishment. He was as free wild his money as
Prince. an for that reason l think he had
an Irish sthrain In him-yez needn't
laugh-as full OF good nature as an
eggs full Of mate. an all his friends that came
to see him were as free handed as he was. But
his eyes were always in his way an made him
a lot OF trouble. When he'd spake to me an
iookin' at him. I'D say. 'Yessir.' an, when he
Suare al at the frst. when dhrew him out, an
he towld me to dhrve wan way an looked an
@an us oS d. the 10 nd
~ When he happened e be in the stable { aiore
4 Eel u Nike 60 thlnk ri take out the black
team for spin he'd look at at. tie be Sgrays as
the grays. Then when we was on the road he'd
say to me. How is i that yez didn't take out
look S at at the footmsn The footman. ali Devil
SMFs s'S Robort ud
an tell the poor futman to mind his own bust
ness. lookn' at me as it seemed while he
spoke. In that way matthers went on crissy
that when he appeared to look at the futman
We Cross cross and a Misther Robert was
a fayorite wild the ladies' He was single an,
lived with his mother, a fine ould lady that had
for us all She's dead now. an in glory / hone.
but she used to talk about my Irish bIEd9fue.
land they d not undherstand me at all; at all.
when spoke Twas SO Yankeefled. They do
tongue here. an that like as not my eccint isn't
the same as when dhruy my Irish jauntin'
car on the Cushendall road.
m fhat'a naithar here thara. "A L
was sayin'. Misther Robert was a great man
wild the colleens. and their mothers thought
him till he saw the youngest Of two sIstherTss
sight. for she was the beauty Of the world. an
6Sk G tTSu rGHn Her oS s sister
was not bad lookin'. but not to com
worst g H hs Ka When Mshd But ROBBIE ns
the neo ou iH wa wan I'D blush an look pleased The
man would be desavin' himself an the ould girl
ct the same time so 1 made bould to talk to
hf f% o kppW pod hoE go to
m mean says says he. looEin' at me, but %ppsarin'
Well achree; says, l. II make too bowld.
I can't help it. but when you're eo9rtin, wan
You spafe to her. Il 5 likely to make throub!e'
h. ed up IN 5ha
again 'Acushla machree.' says |. the angers
on We now, but it's the veins Of my heart I'd
HSf H ts stood i While as il thnfin and then it
appeared as i a. light came into mis- mind.
ssy o SsS we're so
But wG tas hs F be k shs hn TfT
spok a n the ufther this he thrind
TO look at the ould wan. an by reason OF his
cross eyes yez, can aislly persave he then ap;
to-, The upshot was that he became engaged
to be married to the Xoq1g beauty. the wan he
But the ferries de sI,H. that h. should
dRrnT them mH out as he always took the two
sisthers out dhrvn' wild him together. the
young wan sometimes got Jealous because he
whispered to her, Wanst she went home cryin'.
sayin' she'd have nothin' more to do wild him.
she was goin' home afther a dhrive. but APP
pcared to look at tho ould wan an she put up
how they made it up. but, saw him walkin
wild the young wan afterwards an both
sSsp tbs The o iGu Wan be aH n2t sa
house when the pair went out for q, dh II
T saFs Robert rP@nF IF
ould wan. Then the clergyman. thnkin'
says to her: win yez have this man for your
welded husband ? an. as bowld as brass. she
says. / will
=, Every wan. as matther Of coorse. was flush
thrated more or less. an by limini! afore they
knowed what they were, doin. Misther Robert
was married to the ovid girl. all through his
cross eyes. When the young girl saw what was
done she gave, a screech that made my blood
helped to bring her to: and from the, satisfied
look in her face saw that q thrick had been
played on Misther Robert. Her mother had
wanted the ovid wan of her hands first. know
in that it 'ud be a hard job to dispose OF her
comfortably afther the young wan was married
"Yez NAV guess what a huaba loo the
young gentleman and his friends riz after this
Some OF the girls brothers were there. an It
looked at first as II tho church ud be disgraced
wild fight. but Aisther Robert was a man Of
honor an didn't want the matther to get
talked about, so twas pushed up. Re made
pased wild the match, an the rest all loaded
me down wild eoold dollars I'm toyld that
temper like sixty an led him, a poor life., The
wards. an they broke up h9usekeepin' an
them, but thought was too ould to change