Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

arrival of Blinkss automobile on that eventfui day
"Dye know, Honora," Mr.. Foggarty said, 'beture We
came that day, an tould av tn loss av VIM. J.
Bryan, an we snt OIiaras byes out an got him, Tim
OfIara an me was called t tn front his shtore be
seein' runaway horse dash by
Thin cloud av duslr at tn head ay tn
shtreet
"'Howiy shmokeP says l. Phwhats that comin'r
az dinnaw,' says OHara, 1t looks like ta-able gone
o'TIF saints preserve usr says l, its BansheeP
"Be this time it had ta-aken suddnt turn of IN
road an was comm down tn sidewalk lickity split
an there was an ould lady r-right in front av It.
Shell be killed. | shouts.
"Its tn ould maid-th ministers sisther' yels
O'IIara an she's as deaf as a post' says he oh,
me Oh, my she's goner says he:
But she wasnt-whn TIL divolish thing was within
no av dshtance than two-sixteenths av rid
har--shpt an poshed-fr'm her-she seen 1t, an
whf she was up an awnin pole like monkey, there
she cung tn top it, len' off yells that I'D make
amy fog horn on tn Atlantic coas TURIN green with
envy
Meantime tn thing r-rushed on, an whn 1t met
four byes carayn' av counter out av shtore, II
made kindlin av tn counter an left tn byes tangled
up in tn splinthers.
Immajety aftfer this, it took wan more tur-rn an
wint bang! through plate glass window into mil
inary sthore. There fufteen wimmen in there at
this time an they at comminced exhibition av
fufeen hundred different kinds Mysteries all over
tn Pia,ace,
to it-annyhow, it backed right out TIL pla-ace, an
right over TIL shreet down some steps into
thin was still thrown' fits whn left.
Here til thing shtopped 1t turned over on its back,
with its wheels spinnn in TIL air, squirtin oil an ben
zine like lawn fountain, an here, fr TIL frsht time It
was discovered be automobile in dishguse.
"Av coourse there wild excitement, an whin,
afther a time little appeared bare headed, with
his collar half off his r-rpped up TIL ba-ack
his pa-ants shmeared with black an TIL sole
his patent leather shoes half tor-rn off, TIL crowd knew
without his sayin wor-rd, he was TIL propreather av
TIL rid divole, an they wud have ynched him. t1en an
there, but fr his wife bein with him.
"He arristed at wonct TIL oodge fined him
svinty-fve dollars, an made him pay f'r all TIL dam
ages.
1T indade sight t see him payin thin, an
they all prisint excipt wan"
"Phwhat wan that?" enquired Mrs. Foggarty.
There no bill brought in fr frightenin TIL zinc
irlin out av tn oud maid tn minister's sisther.
"Afther telln' him he wud like t send him up fr
million years, tn joodge let him go"
"Who was they?" asked Mrs Foggarty
Teddy Corcoran, who rrins tn elevator av tn Sky
borough Flats knows them They live there he says,
and so does the other couple that along. They
don't speak now, he says Bechune tn wimmn it used
t be Pet an 'Darlin,' he says whin they meet
in tn elevator tn air gets could it I'D ma-ake you
shiver, he says.
"Annyhow, it's sorry thing, Mrs. Foggarty people
have sinsc of fitness
"Phwhat do ye name by that Dinnis?"
81 name, Mrs Foggarty, that if ye had good snse
ye wudnt try ma-ake churn out a church organ,
mr. an ice cream freezer out av sausage stuffen"
mo, | wuddent"
Then, Mrs Foggary, yell that fule that buys
an AUTOMOBILE becomes dun fue if he trys na-ake
it into dnin'-rroom ta-able."
Shure, an I can that aisy" said Mrs. Foggarty
with the emphasis of conviction.