Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-18
The airy
/ Princes Visit
BY AIRS. Wilson Woodrow
Copyright


Mahaney's chiny shower, which was
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. Wes
tons, y know. tbs 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 misthress'
room, an she sat on the sofy readin'
her letters, l said, very Respectful in
deed
IF it will not Inconvenience 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
chiny shower. Oh, twill be grand!
The other gurrls will all be takin her
.somethin' very fine; but" an l spoke
sorrowful, "tis little l can do. / stint
all me money to me fathyer an mither
in Ireland, an I've nothin left to put
on aven a cracked cup fer Mary" An
l wiped me eye with the skirt av me
apron.
whist now" says me MISTRESS
soft an pleasant She is a very kind
lady, We must know. II 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 ,epped 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 it.
Oh, twas the handsomest thing ye
liver see!
So We can imagine twas very set up
l felt the night av the shower whin |
put on me Sunday dress an started
off with ME grand pitcher all done up
In tissue paper under me arm. Ye see,
was arranged that us gurrls was to
go 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 it, an there, so close against
it that she jumped, stood man.
Isn't this Miss Bridget OReilly :?
he says very polite an pleasant; an
before Mary could answer, he went on
I'm sure it is" steppib' in an closin
the dure behind him, Ger 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 sudden
look past her an smile; right at me;
although Sheila, an Blady, an Rosie
all continded afterwarI that it was
square at thin he was l)okin'.
Oh. but he was handsome! 1t made
your eyes glad to look at him. Tai
an straight an slim, with laughin
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 Mahaney!"
Mahaney." he cried. fer all the
world like he'd found fortune Ma
haney Not wan av the Mahaneys
av-.'
County Galway" spake up Mary.
An the next thing ye knew, befor,
she cud say another word, he had the
two hands av her an was shalin' thin
up an' down, his eyes shinin an the
teeth gleamin' like SNOW in his darl
lace.
Well, the next thing. We knew, tina
by had got us all laughin an can,
ryin' on like we was aids agin. Och
there was nothin' that cud be done
that he adidn't do it. He took The
stockin that Biddy VIM was knittin
from her an knit three rounds before
We cud say Jack Robinson the
while a-tellin some johe or comica
story that made our sides ache.
Such rompin! Oh, he was the grea
cut-up, We showed Mary, protestin
an screamin', from the room, an THU
We united the presents fer the chin,
shower. Well, I'm te.lin' We, | had tn,
surprise av me life. There wasn't
gurrl there, mind ~ that hadn't
piece av chiny as nice or better thai
me grand blue pitcher Fer the lif,
av me. | could not make 1t out jus
thin, fer why they had spent thei
money OF Mary Malaney, although
rayceived light on the subject later.
An all the while, :1ary poundin' OF
the dure an begin TO be let in, unit