Mexico Missouri message., 1908-05-14

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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, II was to live to be a thou.
sand years old, I'll niver forget that
Twas the mornin' before the shower
whin was dom up me misthress
room, an she sat on the sofy readln
her letters, said, very Respectful in.
deed.
IF It will not Inconvenience you'm,
I'd like St. Patrick's eve OF. Me best
friend" whit on, who is after mar
ryin' Terence Mulhaly, is havin' n
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. 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 a very kind
lady. ye must know. Il guess II will
not send me to the poorhouse to give
ye a bit av chiny. Dhry yer eyes. an
come down to the chiny.closet with
me. An would ye behave II. 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 q deep, dark blue. with pink
roses an gilt all over wan side nv It.
Oh, twas the handsomest thing ye
liver seel
So ye can imagine twas very set up
felt the night av the shower, whin !
put on me Sunday dress an started
of with me grand pitcher all done up
In tissue paper under me arm. Ye see,
twas 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 tho
same time.
While we were enioyin' 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 II, an there, so close against
1t 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 II 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
5mile.'" 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 Blddy, an Rosie
all continded afterward that II was
square at thin he was lookin'.
oh, but he was handsomel II 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 Mahaneyl"
"Mahaney!" he cried, fer all the
world like he'd found n fortune Ma
haneyl Not wan av the Mahaneyt
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 shinin' an the
teeth gleamin' like snow In his darl
face.
Well, the next thing ye knew, thai
by had got us all laughln' an car
ryin' on like we was kids agin. Och
there was nothin' that cud be donI
that he didn't do Il! He took the
stockin' that Biddy VIM was knittin
from her an knit three rounds before
ye cud say Jack Robinson-all tbs
while a-tellin' some joke or a comica
story that made our sides ache.
Such rompin'l oh. he was the grea
cut.upi We showed Mary, protestin
an screamin', from the room. an thil
We united the presents fer the chin
shower. Well. Pm tellin' ye, had tn
surprise Az me life. There want
gurrl there. mind ye, that hadn't
piece ay chiny as nice or better thai
me grand blue pitcher Fer the llf
Az me. could not make Il out jus
thin. fer why they had spent thsi
money on Mary Mahaney. although
rayceiyed light on the subject later.
An eli the while. Mary poundln' o.
the dure an begin to be let IN, unit
We TUX pity on her. an let her com
back. After that We quieted down. an
sat around the stove again. with an
other cup av fresh tea apiece. An b
began 70 sing An, OIL twas tn
Grand yoioe he had. an twas n pritt.