Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-05-27

married to Terence Mulhaly?
sure, II l was to live to be a thou
sand years old. I'll niver forget that.
twas the mornin' before the shower
win 1 was doin' up me misthress'
room, an she sat on the sofy readin'
her letters. 1 said, very rayspectful in.
deed
IL it will not inconvaynience you'm.
Id 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 | spoke
sorrowfui. "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
wiped me eye with the skirt av me
apron.
Whist now" says me MISTRESS
soft an pleasant. She is very kind
lady, We must know. II guess it will
not send me to the poorhouse to give
Ne bit av chiny. Dhry yer eyes. an
come down to the chiny-closet with
me. An would We behave il. before
We cud count tin. she had Topped up
from the sofy, run down the stairs
with me at her heels, thrown open the
G!ass dure av the chiny-closet, an
handed me out a fine. big pitcher.
Twas deep dark blue. with pink
roses an gilt all over wan side av II.
oh, twas the handsomest thing We
liver see,
so we can imagine twas very Sc. Up
felt the night av the shower. whin
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
so 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.
INN while all was enjoyin' the ray
freshments we was 10 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
sharp 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 1t, an there, so close against
IL mat 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 is steppin' in an closin'
i'm,
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 ye 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'.
Oh. but he was handsome. 1t made
your eyes glad to look at him. Tall
an straight an slim, with a laughin'
mouth an gray eyes. keen as a eagles.
I'm afraid I'm not the lady yere
]ookin' fer" says Mary, in a soft
voice. Me name is Mahaney,"
"Mahaney!" he cried, fer all the
world like he'd found a fortune. Ma
haney! Not wan av the Mahaneys
aV-''
County Galway" spake up Mar.
An the next thing we knew. before
she cud say another word. he had the
two hands av her an was shakin' thin
mp an down. his eyes shinin an the
teeth gleamin' like snow in his dark
face
Well, the next thing We knew. that
by had got us all laughin' an car.
iyin on like we was kids agin. Och.
there was nothin' that cud he done
that be didn't do it, He took the
etockin' that Riddy VIM was knittin
from her an knit three rounds before
ye cud say Jack Robinson-all the
while a-tellin' some joke or 2 comical
story that made our sides ache.
such rompin'! Oh. he was the great
cut-up' We showed Mary. protestin'
an screamin'. from the room. an thin
We united the presents fer the chipy
shower. Well, I'm tcllin' We. had the
surprise az me life There wasn't a
gurrl there. mind We. that hadn't n
piece av chiny as nice or better than
mo grand blue pitcher. Fer the life
Az me, ! could not make it out lust
thin, fer why they had spent their
money on Mary Mahaney. although
rayccived light. on the subject later.
An all the while, Mary poundin' on
the dure an begin to be let in, until
we TUX pity on her, an let her come
back. After that we quoted down. an
sat around the stove again. with an.
other cup av fresh tea apiece. An he
began to sing. An, OH twas the
grand voice he had, an twas a pritty
song as We liver heard. with the gay
tune av IT,
All at once he stopped short. looked
up at the big. square clock tickin'
away on the manteIOIece an thin no