The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01

con, ana fought at Fontenoy, and thot
his original name was Murphy, which
he translated into Frinch, for Pomme
De Terre is Frinch for Murphy, I was
glad to take him along. OF reckoned,
too, automatically, thot in the pack
age undher me ar-rum, there would be
two bottles and two pigs fate apace
for the gang, be lawn out Clancy, who
doesn't drink, an wouldn't ate pigs
foot for the restoration av the kingdom
av Kirry.
Well, sor, to make a long sthory
short, whin we came alongside av the
O'Llmpy, there was tootin' av hor-
runs, an there was Cargo on the what
dye call?-the twenty-five cint-no, the
Quarther dick, wayin' his ar-rums. Oh
spotted at vance thot he was lookin
as slick as a new scraped potato
Lower me proivate gigi' he yells
to the dick hands thot was sthandin
about. Whin came aboord, Cargo
was the first to CRATE me. How are
We, Terry| he said, sloppin' me thot
familiar on the back thot it made me
blood squirt wild jye and exooltation
through me veins. l dismissed Clancy,
Pomme De Terre whit down to the
cabin and dhropped into executive
session.
over the cowld bottles an the pick
led fate, we talked av this, an thot,
an the other thing, an finoilly OF up
and asked Cargo to tell me the sthory
av his life, manin' thot part thot ray
lates to the battle av Mainly bay.
'Oi knew, av coorse, thot the flag
ship was named O'Limpy from ia
nous ould Oirish chafe, who had bin
caught stain shape from the fold av
the Conroys av Mayo. He was shot
in the heel be a bullet as he was es-
capin', HINGE the name O'Limpy, for he
ntyer could walk straight afther thot
To amuse him, too, they insthitooted
what is known in histhory as the
O'Limpy games, at Taste, so Tommy
Cunniff tould me.
Here is Garages sthory in his own
wor-ruds: There was a bunco steerin'
Sponyird out in the Flippeens thot whit
be the name av Monte Joe. He used
to sthrut around Hung-Kung wild his
chist out whin he knew thot OF was
in the middle av the Pacific lookin' for
pirates like himsilf, and tillin' whot the
divvil he wouldn't do to me if OF was
only around.
"Whin OF got back an heard the
sthories OF was thot wroth thot OF stint
q district tellygraf missinger to Pris-
sidint Mack at Washingtown, the capt.
tai av Ameriky. Go ahead, Cargo, and
kick the porridge out av him, says
Mack an away OF sails for Manilly on
the thrack av Monte Joe. Oh shipped
into the harbor whin ne wasn't lookin'
on the first av May, 1898, and flourishin'
me blackthorn over me hid, yelled
Come out into the dape say. Monte, and
DILL tan yer hoide Wild thot we took
the foirin' loine and whacked away at
wan another. Oh saw thot much innycint
blood was bein' she'd so OF gave the
signal for the fleets to cease foirin'. Me
stomach was wake for the bit and the
sup, an afther briekfist, OF stint me flag
| lootnint, Burnley, to Monte Joe wild a
| challenge. Oh offered to go ashore wild
Monte and decide the battle in single
combat, he to have the free use av his
two fists. whole OF was to lick him wild
one hand toide behoind me back. He
consulted, for he had bin thot boastful
thot he was afeared thot his officers an
min would give him the laugh. We
made ring at place called ST, Peter
Macarty, a short distance from Manilly,
and had it out accordin' to Lord Goose
berrys rules. He looked like odd change
| in pocketbook whin OF got through
| wild him Both eyes were locked up like
bankrupt barroom an they stint him
back to Spain in hack.
"Garge,' says Of, to him, says OIL do
we behave in givin the Flippeens their
| fraydom?' says OF.
Z" We hear frogs singin' anthems, says
Cargo to me, says he. We can ind the
war be buyin off Akkynaldo. Jist give
| the red haythln plug hat, box av
paper collars, a false shirt front, a pair
av pajamas, and carpet shippers to
hoide his nakedness, an he'll sorrinder.
They don't made indypindince ony more
nor they made bootblacks in Holland,
where livery blissid wan wears wooden
shoes, an be a sthrange anamally av
nachure, the carpinters are the shoe
makers