The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

man worsted be a woman. Hates
grand, but she's got bit NV timper Nv
her own. ! dinnaw that | liver noticed
ut before" he added; sure I'm not su-
perstitious, but you got to look out fur
women wild red hair. And there's many
man ties a knot wild his tongue he
can't unite with his teeth
Blanca persisted in renewed praise of
Kate.
We'll, we'll, me gurrul." he agreed,
All thrue enough, and I'm glad you
see ut"
IF the bambino of my sister were
girla, l Gala her Kate" said Blanca.
Say. Blanca. phWy did you call Ut
Miehael?" asked MacMahOn.
For arehangela and Padre Kinses-
lagh, and you" said Blanca. Silly,
working to a climax. Il lika him have
big roar in his voice. lika Padre. and
l lika him smarta wit steela. like arch
angela. and | wanta him have plenty
friend in warda, lika you. Some day
he be bossa, lika you VIII be bossa."
Hear that. now" said MacMahoh.
He rocked back and forth in his solid
chair and gazed at her approximately.
When / was bambina." said Blanca,
animatedly. Il think. All! il l were
man; / wanta make SANTA of stone
like Michael Angelo, or paint SANTA
But now | think | lika be bOssa."
MacMahon stared at her in pleased
amaZement. II had never occurred TO
him that Blanca could have practical
sense-as good as any Irish girls! He
was as proud of her intelligence as If
he had created it. and he spent the rest
of the evening finding further Instances
of her brilliancy.
Meantime the parish was quieting
The little father no longer heard muir
INJURED words of Jealousy or suspicion;
he was able TO spend his energy in
roaring reprOaches against the normal
Italian sins of dirt. inertia, double
dealing and backsliding. Pasquaie hao
no time to practice dying, for he was
busy assuring his friends that the lit
tie father loved the Italians far, far
more than the Irish: that he had re-
fused to take back his Irish servant
despite her weeping, and that he much,
much preferred Bianca's cooking TO
anything he had tasted before she be-
came his cook. All, and Blanca and
the great MacMahon; there was some
thing to be said there!
So whispers sped about that the
great MacMahOn was going 10 marry
Pasquale's Blanca, and then for the rest
of his life Pasquale would have all he
wanted of wine and fruit and cakes.
The whispers were heard by Irishmen,
and MacMahon was TESTED with by his
friends. As a result one of them car
ried away a bruised face, and for three
days Michael stayed away from the
little fathers kitchen.
And NV cOOrse," he said TO himself
If I am gOin' to see annywan in thar
kitchen, it's Kate" He said this so
many times that ii ought to have been
true
He concluded that al least the talk
was not due to little Blanca; she was
too modest a girl to countenance any
such report. Besides. Kate was always
there to talk to, and anyway he must
keep his promise to the little father
until Hates vacation should be over.
MacMahOn might have argued on the
other side that Hates presence in the
kitchen consisted in waiting till he got
in the room before she left IL, and in
returning at 10 o'clock TO tell him that
decent people were going to bed. And
he might also have counted that six
weeks had elapsed since Hates vaca-
ton had begun. He might have noticed,
too, that Hates tones to him were very
gentle. When they were all in Father
Kinsellagh's study she would some
times look at MacMahOn's sturdy figure