The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-24

inquired.
What" exclaimed the Bummadier,
edo Sc name to En- me wan O. ye
never heerd tell of Padh Mullen's
Nancy?"
"Ocht the sorra syllsble"
well. We see. Padh, he lived all
alone with his our mother an his wan
sister "A brave. comfortable farm, an
a warm house, an a full wan, in throth
they had. An small wondherl for ouf
lsheelah Mullen, Padh's mother, was
the woman knew how, when she got
her fist on a penny to hoar it; an,
moreover, then to make that penny
go as far as another wOman's thrup-
pence. As regards their attn and
dhrinkin', it was Lent all the year
round with them. An she brought up
her son and daughter to the pattherns
of herself. Naither Of them iver joined
in diyarsion. or coorted like young
sters will. The cur mother was par
tikerly casious Of Padh In this regards.
for she thought every girl squinted
at her doore had designs on him.
Poor Padh! poor caddy!' she
would say-an the poor eaddy' had
turned the corner Of 40. Poor Padh!
poor caddyl watch yerself mhic. an
don't let the oul'-fashion. good-for-
nothin' sthreeIs O girls that's goin'
get the blind side Of ye: for I'm watch
in an there isn't wan O. them from
the top of the parish to the tail ~ i,
butts doin' her dead best to thrap ye.
AN then Padh would wink like
fox. an shake the head, an say, 'Niver
fear for Padh Mullen! mother niyer
fear for Paid Mullenl The sthreel of
a girl takes in Padh III gee up NOR
tlal early-she'll have to get up afore
she goes to bed. mother
But 10 an behould vel wasn't there
a poor thravellin' woman goin' about
an doesn't she pitch her camp Of a
night in Padh's. An sittin' be the fire
she rises the question Of why Padh
didn't marry an Padh's mother argue
fed the queskin with her. an showed
her she wouldn't LET Padh marry know
in the sort Of haiverils (half-wits) OF
girls was goin', that would only take
II 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 nivir throw himself away en- the
likes Of them. The poor tlravellin'
woman-for she was matchmaker
naither more nor Iesg-shc sayed that
she approved of every word of It. an
she styled Padhs mother a good. far
Il seein', sensible woman. that knew the
value of a good son. But then, she
sayed, she knew girl in the parish
she came from-the KilIybegs' parish
she knew in it girl, wan Nancy
HcBrearty that her bate wasn't to be
apun', nor yet her like again. an
acreenge all Irelan' with herrin' net.
She was the very girl, she sayed, that
Padhs mother wanted for her son.
wan that would be help an a COM
fort to her in her oul an stiff days,
an 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 vartuey in the
catechism 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
farut stock, moreover, he'd lie a made
man an settled for life, an she'd be az
contena ed as a queen on her throne
ar 40 more heart-burns. too, about
the sthreels Of the parish thryin' tC
turn the poor boy Padh's head, an tc
coax him awsy from his mother. Wan
other thing only Padh's mother want
ed to know consarnin' Nancy. Was
she any sort of a moderate alter? be
kase. if her appetite wasn't within
bounds, It would be as bad as ruin
alton to fetch her about the house
But the thravelIn' woman soon sci
her at rest on this point, for Nancy
she sayed, didn't ate at all; her ap
petite was Sc delicate that she just
picked lake a chicken But with al
that curious to say. she was as
sthrong an wholesome as a well-fet
year oui.
so the thravellin woman was sem
away back down to Killybegs parish
TO smooth the way with Nancy; an Z
week afterwards, on word comm up
Padh's mother packed of Padh ava,
down-for OWN to the our age an'
the rheumatism. she didn't feel fit t
travel so far herself
"Kn Padh himself was back insic,
three days with gran account 0
Nancy. her money an moneys worth
an farm stock; an by no means th
least welcome intelligence he had wit
him was that, thrue enough, thoug
Nancy was as strong an wholesom
"a a ploughman she ate like canar
{nl the consumption That was "
chewsday The mkt Sunday Pad
mullen married Nancy McBrearty al
s... haraalf her none