Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-07

hldhdISs . Sllns SiONSIs Which, Nao
held av a last st. Patrick's day; just
wan week before she was after gettin'
married to Terence Mulhaly?
Sure, if l was to live to be a thou
sand years old, I'll niver forget that.
Twas the mornin' before the shower
whin l was doin' up me misthress'
room, an she sat on the sofy readin'
her letters, l said, very Respectful in
deed.
IF it will not inconvaynience you'm,
I'd like st. Patrick's eve off. Me best
friend" l wint 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, otis 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 a cracked cup fer Mary" An
apron.
whist now" says ME misthress
soft an pleasant. She is a very kind
lady, ye must know. 81 guess it will
not send me to the %poorhouse to give
We a 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 a fine, big pitcher!
Twas a deep, dark blue, with pink
roses an gilt all over wan side av it.
Oh, twas the h~andsomest thing We
liver see!
So we can imagine twas very set up
l felt the night av the shower, whin |
put IN me Sunday dress an started
off with me grand pitcher all done up
In tissue paper under me arm. Ye see,
twas arranged that us gurrls was to
go airly, S o 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 anne time, fer by good luck we all
got to Mary's kitchen dure at the
same time.
While we we're 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 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 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 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 ye're
lookin' 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 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 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,
ryin' on like we was kids agin. Och,
there vas nothin' that cud be done
that he didn't do it! He took the
stockin' that Biddy Winn was knittin'
from her an knit three rounds before
We cud say Jack Robinson-all the
while a-tellin' some joke or a comical
story that made u sides ache.
Such rompin'! Oh, he was the great
cut-up! We showed Mary, protestin'
an screamin', from the room, an thin
we united tie presents fer the chiny
shower. Well, I'm tellin' We, l had the
surprise av me life. There wasn't a
gurrl there, mind We, that hadn't a
piece av chiny as nice or better than
me grand blue pitcher. Fer the life
av me, l could not make it out just
thin, fer why they had spent their
money On Mary Mahaney, although l
~rayceived light on the subject later.
An all the while, Mary poundin' on
the dure an beggin' to be let in, until
we TUX pity on her, an let her come
back. After that we quieted 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 1t.
All al .once he stopped short, looked
up at the big, square clock tickin'
away on the mantelpiece, an thin he
sort av started, an fer a minute a
shadow fell acrost his face.
did We liver hear av Cinderella" he
says, her that had to lave the ball at
the sthroke av IL? Pm her brother,
an l must be LAWN before the sthroke
av' tin."
Fer why?" asks Rosie.
Fer the same rayson," he answers