The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12

goods Ill Just be the same as the money"
"Av coorse, as 1 sayed afore, the shillln'
a man is too little; but still, McGonnigle
the ould vagab one!-he begridges to pay
anybody anything If he can at all help it
if he had the ordherin' of his own cof-
fin l b'leeve he'd chat the carpenter
out of the price of 1t; an, as it is would
Almost take me book oath that when he's
dyin' he'll lay his commands behind him
for them to buy the coffin on tick. an
nivir pay If they can help 1t.
us that the sort of the villain?" said
Billy, "Meself nivir had any dallins with
him"
so much the betther for. we, Billy,
agrahp' said Hughey. AN may ye long
remain so. Now, as 1 was tellin' We, yen
have to ordher goods to the amount OF
iViry farthin'; an for fear OF the worse,
ye needn't mentiin this wee bill we have
agane him for the dinner, till We nave
got yer goods paTcelled, an papered, an
bundled up. Then get them ondher yer
oxster"tight; tell him that in regards to
the wee dinner he ordered for Hughey
Doherty an the other IL men that day
they wor cuttin wrack for him-teH him
that at the low charge of shillin ahead
for the y, that lays you am him square.
Then We can bid him good mornin', an
lave him; for 1 promise We he'll curse
bit, whoivir sees him, at havin' been
thricked into payin' a debt-a thing he
was nivir yet guilty of only When ne
couldn't help it"
"An right, Hughey; an thanky for yer
advice" said Billy. I'm obsarve 1t to the
letther. Thrust Billy Conaghan, but he'll
be able enough for the ould dodger."
Hughey and his companions now re-
turned to their work, and had the result
of their labors carted to Jemmy's yard
that night, and then paid for. Jenny
took care to pay them a visit as they sat
at this meal, for the purpose of finishing
the laugh at the way in which he baf-
fed Hughey on the dinner question In the
morning.
well, Hughey," said he, as he stood by
the kitchen table whereat Hughey and
his fellow workmen were helping them
selves as well as they could to the eata-
| bles before them, well, Hughey, didn't I
tell We that ye wouldn't be a bit the worse
of the hunger, so long as the big mill
was grindin' away? I'll wager We a big
button to a boxty soon that it was the
recollection of that wee bit of consultation
that supported ye all day."
Faith, them said Hughey, biting an
enormous half moon out of a slice of
bread, and winking round the table at
the same time, Il doubt ye'd won yer
wager. 1t was just the ricollation of them
same words that supported mean more
than me, too. Eth, boys?" and he winked
again.
In the course of a very few weeks after
that, Billy Conaghan dropped into Mis-
Their MGonHigle's establishment. where
he was warmly welcomed by the proprie-
tor, who saw In Billy a new customer
Ere Billy was many minutes in, too
Jenny MGonnigle was felicitating him
oil haU ion
ally good customer, for it was not in
ha'porths and penn orths, like the average
man who patronlzed him, that Billy ord
cred his goods.
How much is that I have got now,
will ye kindly make up?" said Billy, as
he looked with pleasure on a miscel-
laneous Pile of goods before him.
''Sartinly, Misther ConaghanV said
Jenny, dancing most obsequious atten-
eleven an a ha'penny. Anything else
can do for ye?'
"Yis," said Billy, after pondering what
else he should get; for he had already
ordered every description Of goods he
could think of.
"Yis, Misther MGonnlgle. ye can give
me elivinpince hapenny worth of clay
pipes"
"Elivinpince-ha'penny worth Of clay
amazedly. But checking himself the next
minute he proceeded to execute the order
with alacrity.
20. l see,' said he. as ne papered up
the bundle of pipes, tits a wake ye have,
Mlsther Conaghan."
well no. thanks be to Providence"
said Billy. But, plaise God, ] hope to
have wan some day"
Jenny could not restrain himself from
rob AZ la AZ
and the foresight that prompted 1t. When
Billy had got all tied up and firmly placed
under his arms, IN pursuance Of Hughey's
advice, he remarked 10 Jenny, who stood
waiting for the CASH
I'm thinkin' Misther M'Gonnigle, that
lsives me an you about square now"
"Laives us squarew cried Jenny. What
do you name. Misther Conaghan? That's
IL shillings we owe me"
TITS, but that dinner we ordered for
Hughey Doherty an the other men that
day they wor' down cuttin' the wrack for
we that was a shillln' head for II, and
we see, II laives us both now clear. It's
mighty thankful am 10 ye too" said Bill
ly, continuing, FOR ordherin' the dinner
at my house. an / hope ven contlnye to
favor me with yer custom In future, an
then I'll only be to happy to run It UP in
shopgoods with ye. Wen play into one
another's hands, lake. Good mornin,
Misther M'Gonnigle, an a thousand
thanks"
Jenny stodo dumfounded during these
expla nations and stipulatiOns Of BiIly's.
THE curse OF the crows light on yer
said he, as Billy attempted TO depart
Sure nivir ardhered no dinner from
yer
But Billy was evidently prepared for
this. He received is quite coolly, saying:
20 Misther MoGonnigle, we want 90 joke
me now. We did ordher the dinner av
coorse: or, what. was all the same, ye
sent a young fellow 10 me to ordher IT,
but though he made the mistake an
went an ordhered IL IN Hughey Coma
Ehan's instead OF In my house, Hughey
Doherty set II all right by repaitin che
ordher TO me. 30 Nancy give them es
good a dinner az they got afore or since;
an I'm sure. as / sayed sfore, yen al
ways see yer way 10 get any wee dinners
We want that way for yer men cuttin'
wrack from me. Good mornin', Mr. Con-
Afghan"
LIQUID on, ye scoundhrill, an lay down