Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-12-06

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i have q pig and .. goat and liyosJofke

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have pig and q goat and altys lake
.sintle folk,
But they rs, PAT. that An,sertIIe1.
they dom have pigs. Anyway they
don't keep 'em in tile house. Owe
heard that TIL. pigs Is all KEEP. tol Sfber
and . killed together someto dimes
lmather of lin Or . dozen 1t one KILN. S.
That won ma Their Il. us. Well.
have one just to remind ussof home.
And vel i have the shanty Ot'm. teIlin'z
I've about wid the ladder goin' mp to s
the second Sstory
Och. Pat. they don't have adders m
IAmerica. they have stairs. ''.ss<5 -.
Well. wen have . ladder 81, our.
shanty just as we II have the pie. Aud
by that same token wei have Z COO
for mill go. B.
But Ofm told people don't keep
COOS Of their own in that country All
the milk is put in q big Tub C it's
peddled out in wagons sEs=ssi is=
But well have the coo for the
same raison well have the pig and
the ladder, to remoind us Of our beau
tiful islant and the home one couldn't
have in 1t. because we're too poor.
But IN America Oil git together the
money for the shanty and the pig and
the ladder and the COO. and wen Nye
like fightin' cocks .
| So Pat folded the poor girl IN his
arms. the tears streaming down her
cheeks at parting with him.
What's the mather, darlin'2' he
said, patting her fondly. Don't be
cry1n'. It'll not be long before sind
ye the money to come over to me,
and be the tonne ye git there OH
have the shanty ready, 80 ven think
we're right here in ould Otrland"
"Oh. Pat, Dim feared ye won't sue
ceedv e
And so they parted. Pat with no
more money in his pocket than to
take him in the Storage across the
ocean. The pair were too simple and
uneducated to have formed any idea
Of America. Their dream Of home
there was such as they might have at
home had they the means to establish
1t, where the pig and the cow and
themselves might all live together in
domestic harmony.
Since Pat could not write. his let
tiers from the new country. written by
a friend, were of the simplest charac-
ter. He realized that even IL he could
write his own letters he would never
be able to convey to Eileen's simple
mind the real America. He was too
wise to attempt it. At FIRST his letters
began in the usual way with his class:
take my pen in hand to write you q
few lines to say that TIM in good health.
thanks be to God, hoping that you ara
the same at the present time.
Then followed hopes that the crops
would be abundant and that different
members of the family were well
One poor speller who indited letter
for Pat wrote. This letter comes
hopping that you are well as l am.
thanks be to Godr'
i whats that?'' said Eileen. 'It
comes hoppin'? OF thacht it come by
q ship" *s.
| Pat remained several years in Amer
1ca before he sent for Eileen. When
he got a start he wrote. "Darlint.
Ofm buildin' the shanty." When he
made some money he wrote. Owe:
bought the pig" Then the cow fol-
lowed, his shanty was ready and Pat
was ready to send the passage money
that was to bring his sweetheart to
him In America.
Before starting Eileen wrote that
she wished be could bring the shanty
and the pig and the COW to Ireland.
but she supposed that IL he could he
wouldn't be able to make the money
necessary to keep up the establish
ment. So she made her preparation to
join him.
Pat knew the day she sailed and the
day the steamer was due IN New York
He wrote her that she. would arrive
on holiday they kept in America CALI
ed Labor day. He would be busy on
that day, and he would send his friend,
Nike Fogarty. to the steamer to meet
her and bring her to where he was
working. Eileen thought Pat must be
very industrious to work on holiday.
and she was glad and proud OF him.
! When the ship came up to the dock
) Eileen saw man on it looking as II
!! be might be Fogarty. and he was.
i Pat t0uld me,' he said. ito take ye