The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-23

4No ouiGHA
Whatl7 exclaimed tie BummadieT
Edo ye name to tell ne wan q sc
never heerd tel Of Pzdh Aailens
NancYzH
4Och. the sorra sylisbie"
@WeH. ye see. Padh. be lived all
alone with his our mother an bis van
sister a brave. comfortable farm. AM
e warm house. an a fun wan 10 throih
they had An small wondheri for cur
lsheelah Mullen. Padhs mother. was
the woman knew how. when she got
her fist on a penny 10 hOul It; an.
moreover, then To make that penny
go as far as another woman's thrap-
pence. As regards their attn and
dhrinkin. Il vas Lent al the year
round with them An she brought up
her son and daughter to the pattherns
OF kerselL Naither Of them iver joined
IN a diFarsion. Or coorted Ike young
sters viii The ouT mother was par
tikerly casious Of Padh ii this regards
for she thought every girl squinted
at her doors had designs on him
Poor Padhl poor caddyr she
would say-an' the poor caddy' had
turned the corner Of 40 Poor Padh.
poor caddyl watch yerself mhic. an
don't let the oulfashion. g0cd-ioT-
nothin' sthreeis O. girls that's goin'
get the blind side Of ye. for I'm watch
sn' an there isn't wan b them from
the top o. the parish 10 the tail iv il,
huts doin' her dead best to thrap ye.
IAN then Padh would wink like a
fox, an shake the head. an say, 'Niyer
fear fer Padh Mullen. mother niver
fear for rahd MVllenl The stbreel OF
a girl takes in Padh Ill get up NOR
tial early-sheH lave to get UP afore
she goes to bed. mother.
"But 10 an behould ye! wasn't there
a poor thraVellin' woman goin' about
an doesn't she pitch her camp Of a
night il Padhs. An sittir' be the fire
she rises the question Of why Padh
didn't marry, an Padhs mother argue
fed the queskin with her. an showed
her she wouldn't let Padh marry know
In the sort OF haiverils lhalI-wits) Of
girls was grsls, that would only take
IL the poor boy an make him live the
remainder Of his life to repent the un-
lucky day their shadow first fell on
him-girls that was good for nothin'
but attn and dhrinkin. and wearin'
out cloes. NO, she sayed her boy
would niyIr throw himself away en- the
likes Of them. The poor thraYellin'
woman-for she was a matchmaker
naither more nor 1ess-she sayed that
she approved OF every word Of It, an
she styled Padh's mother good. far
seein', sensible womal, that knew the
value Of good soil But then, she
saved, she knew 4 sfrl IN the parish
she came from-the Killybegs' parish
she knew 10 It a girl. a wan Nancy
AcBrearty that her bate wasn't to be
xoun, nor yet her like again, an
screenge all Irelan with herrin' net.
She was the very girl, she sayed. that
Padh's mother wanted for her son.
wan that would be help an com.
fort to her in her oui an stiH days
an a patthern to her two children, an
wan, besides, that would bring with
her both money an moneys worth,
an farm stock, moreover. She then
pictured to them what Nancy Nc
Brearty was like, an accordin' to her
varsion there wasn't a vartuey In the
catechiam wasn't undher Nancy Nc
Brearty's cloak. But the short an the
long an the tail end Of all was that
she talked over Padh's mother, till she
come to confess that If Padh could
only come to get Nancy McBrearty--
her money. an moneys worth. an
farm stock, moreover. he'd ie a made
man an settled for life, an she'd be as
conten.ed as a queen on her throne
ar no more heart-busns, too, about
fhe sthreels Of the parish thryin' to
turn the poor boy Padhs head an to
coax him awey from his mother Wan
other thing only Padhs mother want
ed to know consarnin Nancy Was
she any sort Of a moderate alter? be-
kase, II her appetite wasn't within
bounds, It would be as bad as ruin.
alton 70 fetch her about the house.
But the thravellin' woman soon set
her at rest on this point. for Nancy,
she sayed. didn't ate at all; her ap-
netite was Sc delicate that she Just
spicked lake chicken. But with all
that, curious to say, she was as
sthrong an wholesome as well-fed
year oul'.
80 the thravellin woman was sent
away back down to Killybegs parish
70 smooth the way with Nancy; an a
week afterwards, on word comm up,
Padh's mother packed of Padh away
down-for, OWN to the oul age and
the rheumatism. she didn't feel fit to
travel so far herself
AN Padh himself was back inside
three days with a gran account OF
Nancy her money an moneys worth
an farm stock: an by no means the
least welcome intelligence ne had with
him was that. thrue enough, though
Nancy was as strong an wholesome
IA a ploughman she ate Ike a canary
"a the consumption That was iv q
chewsday The mkt Sunday Padt
Mullen married Nancy McBrearty an
brang her home-aerseii. her money
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