The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-27

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come I1u Dltliu. should have bs
come suspicious thata alI vas not rieht
9at Z suspected nothing and weul
ea reading Hh7 the H5ndhau act had
n7t absolutely solved ths Irish auss
+ ton.
als as VIE pulled nnt 81 Mailow. ]
Aaid pleasantly Is 3 nan opposite me
llis is going TO Killarney. isn't itgr
he answered just as pleasantly that
F + vas not. that he was returning from
killarney. and Vas On BIS way 10
Dublin. ard that I would have to 20 70
buifeFant and wait for a down train.
" eourse this meant the loss of nv
connection and a stay Of several hours
p Buttevant and ali because the
guard. unlike the unofficial Irishman
had been ayerse to talking Perhaps
ny own retcence helped.
L vas at Butterant that feeling
thirsty. went 70 a farmhouse and
asked for a glass Of milk The farm.
ers wife was not as cIeanly al some
pf the Irish women I have seen ana
when she brought me the milk / saw
that there we're speeks OF dust on Il
But she was keenly alive 10 the exist
enee OF extraneous matter for. With
Al apologize remark. she blew The
dust oH, quite as II it had been foam
On per own glass Of ale. But III was
my glass. AS milk was scarce III har
household felt that must drink #
but It was delicate attention On her
part that had not looked for and I
hope It IS not a custom Of the conn.
tFy. / suppose tpardon mel It was
her way Of blowing me OF to a glass
Of milk
Az a result Of my stay at Buttevant
did not reach Killarney until too late
g DO any sightseeing that day. and "a
the hotel had filed up In the mean
time with other excursionists who had
changed at Mailow. / was forced to
content myself with a sofa in the
smoking room or else sleep out in the
rain.
But smoking room IS an excellent
place in which to sleep. After people
have smoked pipes IN It ali the even.
Ing the atmosphere acts as a soporIfIc
and I scarcely knew where I was be-
fore an Irish cock was welcoming the
new day, with an accent that would
not have sounded out Of place in a
New England barnyard. The fowls 81
the air teach US that local accents ara
unnecessary. and a donkey brays lust
as unmelodiously In Ireland as he does
IN carrara, or Middlebury or sene-
gambia.
u was at Killarney that I had a re-
bike administered to me. had boiled |
eggs for breakfast, and not caring 10
make a spectacle OF myself by eating
them In the British fashion asked FOR /
cup. saying amiably that preferred |
the American way The elderly maid /
said In a motheriy tone. Very well: /
~ bring a cup. Sure people ates them
hat way in this country, too-trades-
people. AS my ancestors had been
iisgraced by trade | went On eating
ny egg out Of a cup, but as Britons
we're present the innocent barb stung
ne for some time.
But insist, that to persons OF deli
ate perceptions, the only way to eat
u egg Is our way. How can you salt
n egg Just adequately In It's she'll?
70 on and rankle, little barb, but / will
% on and eat my egg as ike It.
Tor all ! know. my children may 20
nto trade.
When I returned to Mallow on my
say to Limerick / was the first to
cave the coach. Who cannot learn
y experience had better stay at home.
md. for a wonder. It was the proper
hing to do.
We Americans are too prone to de-
end on others Il does US good to
rayel in Ireland and learn to ask
uestlons.
Copyright. 1907. BY ". G. chspman)
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