The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28


third went for the driver ana BACKED
both his eyes. The papers had the
item and spoke of me graceful posture,
me ccolness -in,the face of danger, and
the sweet smile on me face as thank
ed me rescuers. When threatened to
sue the street cleaning department, for
half million dollars they FASTENED to
settle fer $25 and gave me znan Pat a
job for a year" --5ojo ~...
"And yet Mrs. DooIey says We are a
parvenowr' gasped Mrs zFinnegan.
Never you mind what Mrs. Dooley
says. Can yees call to mind the article
in the papers about me six months
Sgo?- 1 was on a street car when the
fuse blew out. don't know what tn
fuse is nor where it belongs, nor why
it got mad and blew out. but all at
once away she went and a great sheet
of fame shot up and set the car afire.
Men and women rushed for the doors
and climbed out of the windows, and
away. How was it wild me, Mrs. Fin
negan? AS the papers have it, rose
up, adjusted me hat, picked up me
skirts, gave a farewell look around the
car. and then sailed. out wid such a
sweet smile on me face that the con-
ductor was struck dumb for half an
hour. 1t was the act of a lady, and if
I hadn't the blood of a lady l never
could have carried it through"
IVAN time" said Mrs. Finnegan,
after a silence-''wan time a masher
accosted me on the street and follow
ed me two blocks and clucked at me.
1 was so mad that 1 turned about and
scra tched his face and got a great
crowd around and was arrested. If
yees had been in me place what would
yees have done as lady?
Nothing could be easier, me frind.
It's something that happens to me al
most every time 1 go out. Well take
the case that happened last week for
a sample. I was walking along wild
that dainty step of mine, looking
neither to the right nor the left and
smiling to meself, when a mash er
comes up, lifts his hat and says:
Excuse me, dear, but haven't we
met before?'
We have says T.
CT thought so. says he, and if yees
haven't been to lunch. please do me
the honor.
az certainly WILL says. I, and I
walks him about two blocks to where
1 knew that Mike Cassidy was working
on a new building. 1t was Mike that
was mixing the mortar, and It's he
that's a friend of Pats. When We
reached him I says:
Sure 1 WILL says he.
Thin stand this gentleman on his
head in that bed OF mortar ,I1ir,;to aa
don't believe the masher has got the
stuff scraped off yet. There was no
loud talk, no row-nothing vulgar. I
passed on and he passed out.
but whin yees go out wild the grow
Ter Mrs McGlory-whin yees go into
the back room of a saloon?"
Mrs Docley may contind that it
can't be done by a real lady, but 1 diff
fer wild her. It's but natural that whin
a lady walks along the street wild a
GROWER she's going to be looked at 1
can't help the looking, and 1 don't
try to- 1 keep me own eyes to meself.
If there is any wtnlking don't see it.
Whin + arrive in the back room of a
saloon 1 am all dignity. / draws meself
I'D as stiff as a poker and asks for a
quart of LIQUID reffeshment. The money
as handed to the bartender and the beer
is handed to me. Now and thin there
Is a loafer sitting around who offers to
pay for the beer, or to carry me pail
home, but 1 don't have to say anything
Ito him. The bartender does that. He
informs him in a stage whisper that
I'm Lady McGlory. and that the Hon
orable Patrick McGlory has licked over