Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
The Fairy
Princes Visit
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
(Copyright.)

Did I liver be tellin' sc about Mary
Mahaney's chiny shower. which was
held av a last st. Patrick's day, just
wan week before she was after gettin'
married to Terence Mulhaly?
Sure. If was to live to be thou,
sand years old. I'll niver forget that.
I'm head chambermaid at Mrs. Yves
tons. y know. IT'S that grand house
with the beautiful lawn and flower
beds on Petunia place, the finest part
av the city.
Twas the mornin' before the shower
whin was dom up me MISTRESS
room. an she sat on the sofy readin'
! her letters, said, very Respectful In
deed.
IF 1t will not inconvaynience you'm.
I'd like St. Patrick's eve OF. Me best
friend" I whit on. who is after mar
ryin' Terence Mulhaly. is havin a
| chiny shower. Oh. twill be grand!
The other gurrls will all be takin her
, somethin' very fine: but an ! spoke
sorrowful. "'tis little | can do. l STINT
all me money to me fathyCr an mither
in ireland, an I've nOthln' left to put
on aven q cracked cup fer Mary. An
! wiped me eye with the skirt av me
, apron.
Whist now" says me misthress
soft an pleasant. She is very kind
lady. we must know. Il guess 1t 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
ye 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 a deep. dark blue, with pink
roses an gilt all over wan side av 1t.
Oh, twas the handsomest thing ye
iver see.
SO ye can imagine twas very set up
I felt the night av the shower. whin
put on noe Sunday dress an started
| OF with me grand pitcher all done up
in tissue paper under me arm. Ie see.
twas arranged that us gurrls was to
90 airly, 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 a knock on the dure. so
! sharp an sudden that it caused each
wan av us to nigh jump out av our
! skins Fer a minute We all held back.
an thin Mary stepped to the dure an
opened 1t. an there. so close against
1t that she jumped. stood man.
Isn't this Miss Bridget O'Reiliy?'
he says very polite an pleasant: an
before Mary could answer. he went on.
I'm sure 1t is" 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 ccntinded afterward that it was
| SQUARE at thin he was lOokin'.
Oh. but he was handsome! 1t made
your eyes glad to look at him. Tall
an straight an slim. with q lauShin
mouth an gray eyes, keen as eagles
I'm afraid I'm not the lady ye're
lookin' fer" says Mary. in soft
voice. Me name is Mahancy."
"Mahaney," he cried. fer all the
world like he'd found a fortune. Ma
haney. Not wan av the Mahaneys
Az
County Galway" spake up Mary.
An the next thing We knew. before
she cud say another word. he had the
two hands av her an was shakin' thin
up an down. his eyes sh!nin' an the
teeth gleamir' like snow In his dark
face
Well. the mex, thing ye knew. that
BY had got us all !aaghin' an car
ryin' on like We was kids agin. Och.
there was nothin' that cud be done
that he didn't do it, He took the
stockin' that Biddy VIM was knitiin'
from her an knit three rounds before
We cud say Jack Robinson-all the
while a-t~Ilin' some joke OF comical
story that made our sides ache.
Such rompin'' Oh. he was the great
cutyup, We showed Mary. protestin'
an screamin'. from the room. an thin
We united the presents Ter the chiny
shower Well. I'm telIin. ye. had the
surprise av me life. There wasn't
gurri there mind ye. that hadn't
piece AZ chiny as nice or better than
me grand blue pitcher. Fer the life