The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1907-01-12

Inquired.
What" exclaimed the Bummadier.
do ye name to tell me wan ye
never heerd tell Of Padh Mullens
och! the sorra syllable"
well, ye see, Padh, he lived Ill
alone with his oul' mother an his wan
sister. A brave, comfortable farm, an
a warm house, an full wan. In throtn
they had. An small wondher! FOR oui
Shselah Mullen, Padh's mother, was
the woman knew how. when she GOT
her flst ON Q penny to hour II; an,
moreover. then to make that penny
70 a. far az another woman's 0rup-
pence. As regards their attn ana
dhrinkin'. II was Lent all the year
round with them. An she brought up
her son and daughter to the pattherns
q herself. Naither of them liver joined
IN Q divarsion, or coorted Ike young
sters will. The our mother was par
tikerly GASEOUS Of Padh in this regards,
for she thought every girl squintcd
at her doore had designs on him.
Poor Padh! poor caddy' she
would say--an' the poor caddy mao
turned the corner Of 40. Poor Padh
poor oaddy! watch yerself . mhic, an
don't let the oul.fashion. sood'for.
nothin' sthreels o. girls that's soin
get the blind side of ye; for I'm watch
in an there isn't wan o them rom
The top of the parish to the tail " II.
bats 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 niver
fear for Paid Mulleni The sthreel OF
q giri takes In Padh Ill set up NOR.
tial early-she'll have to get up afors
she goes to bed. mother.
But 10 an behould ye! wasn't there
Q poor thravellin' woman goin' about
An doesn't she pitch her camp OF Q
night in Padh's. An sittin' be the nre
she rises the question Of why Padh
didn't marry, an Padh's mother argue
ned the queskin with her. an showed
her she wouldn't let Padh marry know.
In the sort of haiverils (half.wtts) OF
girls was goin'. that would only take
IL the poor boy an mako him live the
remainder Of his life to repent the I'M
lucky day their shadow nrst fell on
him-girls that was good for nothin'
but attn and dhrinkin,' and wearfn'
out cloes. No. she sayed. her boy
would nivir throw himself away on the
likes Of them The poor thrsveilin'
woman-for she was Q matchmaker
naither more nor less-sho sayed that
she approved OF every word Of II. A.
ahe styled Padh's mother COED. faf'
seein'. sensible woman. that knew tis
value of q good son. But then. Gle
sayed. she knew . girl In the Dariah
she came from--the Killybess' parish
she know in It . girl, . wan Nancy
McBrearty that her bate wasn't TO b
foun', nor yet her like again. an
screenge all Irelan' with herrin' net.
She was the very girl. she sayed. that
Psdh's mother wanted for her son.
wan that would be q help an . com.
fort to her In her oul an sdn days.
an Q 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 q vartuey In the
catechism wasn't undher Nancy Nc.
Breartys 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 II Padh could
only come to get Nancy McBrearty-
her money. an moneys worth. an
farm stock. moreover. he'd 10 q made
man an settled for life. an she'd b %
conten.sd 40 . queen on her throne
ar no more heartburns. too. about
the sthreels Of the parish thryin' to
turn the poor boy Psdh's head. an to
coax him awpy from his mother. Wan
other thing only Padhs mother want.
ed 70 know consarnin' Nancy. Was
she any sort Of Q moderate siteri be.
kase, II her appetite wasn't within
bounds. II would be ~ bad ~ ruin.
alton to 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 sp-
petite was % delicate that she Just
picked AXE q chicken. But with all
that. curious to say. she was a.
sthrong an wholesome ~ . well.fed
year oul'.
80 the thravellin' woman was sent
away back down to Killybegs parish
to smooth the way with Nancy: an q
week Afterwards. on word comm up,
padh's mother packed on Padh away
down-for. OWN TO the our age and
the rheumatism. she didn't feel at TO
travel % far herself
AN Padh himself was back inside
three days with . gran account OF
Nancy, her money an moneys worth,
an farm stock; an by no means the
least welcome intelligence he had with
him was that. thrue enough. though
Nancy was as strong an wholesome
a. q ploughman she ate like q canary
In the consumption. That WAS " q
Chewsday. The mkt Sunday Padh
Mullen married Nancy McBrearty an
brang her home-herself. her money
en- moneys worth. an farm stock.
moreover. An the whole fortune
come after them In an ASS cart Il
vas-wan poun' wan an tenpence
ha'penny In dhry money; q hundher