The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-05-06

AoAu dV d IdSI 81. fatrlcKS day. JUS
wan week before she was after gettin
married to Terence Mulhaly?
Sure, If l was to live to be thou
sand years old, I'll niver forget that
Twas the mornin' before the shove
whin l was dom up me miathress
room, an she sat on the sofy readin
her letters, said, very rayspe .tful in
deed.
IF it will not inconvaynience you'm
I'd like st. Patrick's eve off. Me best
FRIEND l whit on, who is after mar
ryin' Terence Mulhaly, is havin' 8
chiny shower. Oh, twill be grand!
The other gurrls will all be takin' her
somethin' very fine; but" un' l spoke
sorroWful, Its little l can do. l stint
all me money to me fathyer an mither
In Ireland, an I've nothin' left to put
on aven cracked cup fe.' Mary" An
l wiped me eye with the skirt av me
apron.
whist now" says rae misthress
soft an pleasant. She is a very kind
lady, We must know. Il guess it will
not send me to the poorhouse to give
We bit av chiny. Dhry yer eyes, an
come down to the chiny-closet with
me. An would We behave it, before
We cud count tin, she had Topped up
from the sofy, run down the stairs
with me at her heels, thrown open the
| glass dure av the chiny-closet, an
handed me out fine. big pitcher!
twas deep, dark blue, with pink
roses an gilt all over wan side av it.
On, twas the handsomest thing We
liver see!
So We can imagine twas very set up
l felt the night av the shower, whin 1
put on me Sunday dress an started
on with me grand pitcher all done up
IN tissue paper under me arm Ye see,
twas arranged that us gurrls was to
60 alrly, so as We could help Mary
lay out the supper an get things all
ready fer the shower against the time
the b'ys come in about tin o'clock.
Thin while all was enjoyin' the ray
freshments we was to present the
bride with the chiny.
Well, we must all have started at
the same time, fer by good luck we all
got to Mary's kitchen dure at the
same time.
While we were enjoyin' av ourselves
there come knock on the dure, so
shalrp an sudden that it caused each
wan av us TO nigh jump out av our
skins. Fer minute we all held back.
an thin Mary stepped to the dure an
opened it, an there, so close against
it that she jumped, stood a man.
isn't this Miss Bridget O'Reilly?
he says very polite an pleasant; an
before Mary could answer, he went on,
I'm sure it u.s." steppin' in an closin'
the dure behind him, FER me sister in
Ireland wrote me that she lived in this
very house. She says, You will know
her by her dark eyes an her swate
smile.'" An do We know that, although
he spoke to Mary, he give a sudden
look past her an smiled right at me;
although Sheila, an Biddy, an Rosie
all continded afterward that it was
square at thin he was lookin.
On, but he was handsome! It made
your eyes glad to look at him. Tall
IN straight an slim, with laughin'
mouth an gray eyes. keen as a eagles.
I'm afraid I'm not the lady ye're
ookin' fer" says Mary, in soft
voice. Me name is Mahaney!"
"Mahaney!" he cried, fer all the ,,
world like he'd found fortune. "Ma- :
laney! Not wan av the Mahaneys -.
W" :
County Galway" spake up Mary. '
An the next thing We knew. before :,
ne cud say another word, he had the :,
wo hands av her an was shakin' thin :,
p an down, his eyes shinin' an the
eeth gleamin' like snow in his dark .
ace.
Well, the next thing We knew, that :,
y had got us all laughin' an car >,
YIN on like we was kids agin. Och, -
here was nothin' that cud be done a
hat he didn't do it! He took the :. -
tockin' that Biddy Winn was knittin' " "
'om her an knit three rounds before
cud say Jack Robinson-all the .,
lille a-tellin' some joke or a comical :,
DRY that made our sides ache. "
Such rompin'! Oh, he was the great :"
lt-up! We showed Mary, protestin'
a screamin', from the room, an thin III
e united the presents fer the chiny al
lover Well, I'm tellin' We, had the
'rprlse av me life. There wasn't a o.
lrrl there, mind We, that hadn't a "a
zee av chiny as nice or better than
e grand blue pitcher. Fer the life &C
me, l could not make it out lust ar
in, fer why they had spent their
oney on Mary Mahaney, although I nc
yce1ved light on the subject later an
An all the while, Mary poundin' ON ey
e dure an begin to be let in, until ne
TUX pity on her, an let her come eV
ok. After that we quieted down. an la
around the stove again, with an.
her cup av fresh tea apiece. An he
gan to sing. An, oh! twas the
and voice he had, an twas a pritty III
ng as We liver heard, with the CAV
ne av it. to-
All at once he stopped short, looked ma
at the big, square clock tickin' IL
ay on the mantelpiece, an thin he CO.
t av started, an fer minute a
adow fell acrost his face. the
Did We iver hear av Cinderella" he wa
IS, her that had to lave the ball at nu
sthroke av IL? I'm her brother. VIII
l must be LAWN before the sthroke tin
tin" wo
FER why?" asks Rosie.