Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-12

would spend another night in Rath.
mullan, and we said so to the maid.
But you'll take other rooms?" said
she, alarmed at once.
"Oh, yes, honey, Wen 20 anywhere
you put us
Now you know we had an itinerary
and to stay longer at Rathmullan was
to cut it short somewhere else. but the
stiffness and calm, the purple shad.
Ows on the mountains and the lake
Tough Swilly means Lake of Shad.
Ows). had us gripped and we were
content to stay and make the most Of
It..
A simple, golden rule sort of people
the inhabitants are. We came on a
man clipping hawthorn bushes and
asked him how far it was to a certain
point and whether We could car II
there.
He told us we could and then he
said, Were We thinkin' of hirin' a car,
sir"
Yes said O'Donnell.
Il have one" said he.
Well said O'Donnell, we've talk.
ed to the landlady about hiring
hers
"Ah, yes said the man. Sure |
don't want ye to take mine If she eX.
poets to rint hers
Such altruism,
We had comfortable beds in the
rooms hat had been engaged by wire
for tomorrow and indeed they were
so comfortable that we never saw the
sunrise at all. But the view from our
windows was worth the price of the
rooms and that was-listen!-two
shillings and siXpence apiece.
Wheat porridge and fresh eggs (oh,
so fresh!) and yellow cream and era.
ham bread and jam for breakfast.
What more do you want?
oh, yes, | know your kind, my dear
sir.
What! no steak? No chops, and
fried ham and buckwheat cakes and
oranges and grape fruit and hot rolls?
What sort of a hotel is this for an
american? You tell the landlady that
they don't know how to run hotels in
this country. You tell her to come to
Gods country, that's what. Then she'll
learn how"
Yes, then she'll learn how to set out
ten or twelve dinkey little saucers of
peas and corn and beans and turnips
and rice. all tasting alike.
But Mr.. O'Donnell and J will con.
tinue to like the simplicity of this inn.
We somewhat astonished the easy.
going natives by climbing the noun.
tain on Inch Island in the morning for
the magnificent view and going fishing
for young cod in the afternoon. The
young fellow who took us out had the
somewhat Chinese name of Toye, but
he was Irish.
When 1t came time to settle for the
use of the boat and his services for a
matter of two hours he wanted to
leave 1t with us.
NO, sir said O'Donnell. Your
Uncle Dudley doesn't do business that
way" with n Of his beaming smiles.
oh don't know what to charge,
sir pay me what's right"
That's just it. | don't know what's
right"
We'll, we were not out so long. Is
two shillings apiece right"
Very good, indeed, and here's six
pence extra for you said O'Donnell,
paying him.
ON, thank you, sir" said the boy,
evidently thinking the tip far too
much.
But as We had caught As fish I'm the
hour we were at the fishing grounds
We felt that II was worth 1t. Six pence
ant to be sincerely thankful for IT,
There are those who are not none
grubbers, They use a tackle that they
call chop sticks"-two pieces of BAN.
boo fastened at right angles, from
which depend the gut and hooks.
while back of them is the heavy sink.
err. The sinker rests on the bottom
and the ugly red bugs" lbaiU play
around in the water until they are
gulped by the yoracious c%oddlings, or
cod. We had small hooks and caught
only the youngsters.
lime AFTER tine we threw in our
lines, got two strikes" at once and
pulled in two cod as fast as we could
pull in the line.
No sport in the way of fight on the
part of the party of the second part,
but not a little excitement In thus
hauling in toOthsome food.
We had them for supper and | tell
YOU, oh, tired business man, If YOU
want to know how good fish can taste.
come owe here and go a,fishln'. Like
us you will stay on and on.
Oh, yes, about those other people.
No, we didn't get nj Of our rooms,
because the landlady had relatives in
America and so she made other ar,
engagements for her expected guests
and We stayed on and overlooked
Tough swiftly.
Oh, Americans are popular over
here. But | hope they won't spoil
these simple folk with either exces.
sive tipping or excessive grumbling.
copyright, 1907, by W. q. ChapmanJ
Didn't Appreciate the Gift.
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