The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-13

six pence.
II one is looking for Waldorf mag
nilicence and French DISCUSSES he'll
not ind them here unless 1t is ut Dub
lin, but II one Is blessed with a good
appetite and Is willing to put up with
plain cooking | fancy he will do bet
ter here than at like hotels at home.
The Irish are such good cocks tina,
We in the east (of AmericaI have
been employing them for two genera
! tons. Let us not forget that.
We entered the dining room and
had an appetizing soup and then the
| Irish potatoes toh, such Irish pOta.
tocsD and anything tendcTer or better
| cooked than the chicken II would have
been hard to find. We looked at each
| other and decided that we would not
so on to Port Salon next day. but
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. we'll so anywhere
you put us"
Now you know we had an itinerary
and to stay longer at Rathmullan was
10 cur II short somewhere else but the
stiffness and calm, the purple shad.
ows on the mountains and the lake
dough Swilly means Lake Of Shad
ows), had US gripped and we were
content to stay and make the most OF
II.
A simple, golden rule sort OF people
the inhabitants are. We came on n
m,n clipping hawthorn bushes and
asked him how far II was to a certain
point and whether we could car" 1t
there.
lie told us we could and then he
said, Were ye thinkin Of hirin' car.
sir?"
Yes" said O'Donnell.
q have one" said he
Well" said O'Donnell. we've talk.
ed to the landlady about hiring
hers"
All, yes" said the man. Sure
don't want ye to take mine II she ex.
poets to rint hers"
Such altrusm,
We had comfortable beds in the
rooms that 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 Notwithstanding
shillings and sixpence apiece.
Wheat porridge and fresh eggs (oh.
so freshD and yellow cream and gra.
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 buckwhcat cakes and
oranges and grape fruit and hot rolls?
What sort OF 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 diIkey little saucers OF
peas and corn and beans and turnIps
and rice. all tasting alike.
But Mr.. O'Donnel and | will con.
tinue TO like the simplicity OF this inn.
We somewhat astonishcd 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 it with us.
mo, sir" said O'Donnel. Your
Uncle Dudley doesn't do business that
way with one 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, yc were not out so long. Is
Two shllllhBs apiece Tight
Very good. indeed. and here's six
pence extra for you" said O'Donnel. |
paying him
oh, thank you, sir" said the boy,
evidently thitking the tip far too |
much
But as we had caught As FISH In the |
hour we were at the fishing grounds |
we felt that 1t was worth It, Six pence |
and to be sincerely thankful for it! |
There are those who are not money |
grubbers. They use tackle that they |
call chop s,icks'--two pieces of BAN. |
boo fastened at right angles, from |
which depend the gut and hooks, |
while back o: them is the heavy sink. |
er. The sinker rests on the bottom
and the ugly red bugs Cbait) play
around in the water until they are
gulped by the voraclous coddlings. or
cod. We had small hooks and caught
only the youngsters.
Time after time we threw In our
lines, got two strikes" at once and
pulled in two cod as fast as We could