The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-23

Bld race, as L was Sdyln - GrdHt,
give, bequaith and bestow my mag
nificent Cassimeer shawl-the mag
nificentest in the barony, bar none
the aforesaid shawl bein' the same
which Partlan McCue fetched from
Philadelphy from my daughter An
ME to me; and / wish her health,
wealth and the Lords blissin'
while she wears it and two threads
of it stick together"
The eyes of Bid Managhan, as
she listened to this, grew bigger
and bigger, and when Dinny got
to his feet and opened the chist
and took out and unfolded his moth
ers Cassimeer shawl, and held it
ip for Bid to see, the eyes of her
we're as large as small tay-saucers.
"Dinny Meighan," says she. when
she got her breath with her, ''durin'
all the days I've been walkin' this
worl, the sight of me never yet
behed a beautifuller or a grander
or a magnificenter legacy than that.
Dinny Meighan, that poor mother of
yours died in the odium of sane
| tity. and the Sowl of her went up
and into heaven, on the shoulders
of the seven virgins, the seven
pathriots, and the seven archangels
afore the breath was gone out OF
her body. Thanky, just slip it on me
shoulders, Dinny. Did ye-now tell
me the gospel truth-did ye ever see
greater swell than | am? But what
will Uncle Andys ones say? Dinny,
I'm goin; and goin' round by the
! graveyard in order to say three ro-
saries for the everlastin repose o.
that sainted woman's sowl, your
mother Good-by Dinny, and may
God comfort ye in your great loss,
and His blessin' ever be about We
and about your house and place"
And she rollei up her old boots
in her old shawl and placed them
under her arm. Il may as we'll carry
these with me-" says she, ''for may
be I'll meet some poor body II be
glad to get them" says she.
Says Dinny, says he, That's so,
surely. And good-by, and good luck,
and God be with ye,' says he.
And down the floor she walked,
headin' for the door, and she proud
as a paycock that had got a new
coat of feathers, and steppin' as
pernicketty as if it was on eggs she
was walkin'.
But with that the room-door (Which
was just inside the door of the
house, was slammed open, and out
of it steps the Widow Meighan and
the face her both black and blue
and red all at the one time, with
the fair dint of rage.
Bid Managhan, she opened her
mouth for a screech, but the sorra
screech or even a sound would come,
and she just flopped down upon the
floor, same as you'd drop a wet
sack-flopped down sitting4wise, both
her mouth and her eyes wide open
as ever they'd go, starin' at the
vision afore her
The Widow Meighan, without a
word out of her, though he face
was Dustin with all she felt inside |
of her, just dhropped upon her knees
and unlaced her Sunday boots off |
Bid Managhan's feet, that seemed |
just stretched out to her for the
purpose. She threw Bids feet from |
her when she was done with them, |
and she took her beautiful Cassi- |
meer off her shoulders, and then |
stood her up and made her drop
off the skirt She stopped over Bid |
while the poor woman, with hands
that shook like a mill-hopper. give
her own old brogues a hasty fasten-
in upon her, and drew her own old
Co" says she, pointin to the door
Go, Bid Managhan and never let
the evil shadow of you darken my
threshel again"
But poor Bid needed little encoIr-
agement to go. She took the door is
speedy as she could, and, crest
fallen wman, she went on her Jour
ney again to her Uncle Andy's.
And then, when the widow though;
it time to give her attention to her
uworthy son, she turned to open
he floodgaes on him. But. inagn,
there was no Dinny there; for when
he got the two women seriously en-
eaged with each orncr. he thought
II agood opportunity go out by
the back oor and lok at the cath
or.