Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-15

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do Hes nissin' me every minnit-an'
I'm missin' him. An I'm not goin' to
be happy here ayther
II don't want to he a lady. An they
won't make the one, ayther, II 1 can
help It We can't make a silk purse
out Of sow's ear that's what me
father always said. An that's what
! am. I'm sows ear"
She stopped.
I'm afraid cannot agree with
you"
She looked up at him and said In.
differently:
That's what 1 am. I'm a sow's
! ear"
when the strangeness wears or
you'll be very happy. You're among
friends"
Peg shook her head and said bitter.
": NO. I'm not. They may be rela-
tions. but they're not me friends"
He turned to Peg and said:
when they really get to know you,
Miss OConnell. they will he just as
nroud OF you as your father is-as-l
would be-"
Peg looked at him In whimsical as
tonishment: "ioM'd be! Why should
you be proud OF mey'
I'D be more than proud if you'd look
on me as your friend"
IA friend Ia itY" cried Peg warily.
Sure don't Know who you are at a n, y
and she drew away from him. She
was on her guard. Peg made few
friends. Why this man calling him.
self by the outlandish name OF Jerry
should walk in out OF nowhere and Of
fer her his friendship and expect her
to jump at it puzzled her. Who
was her
who are ye at all?' she asked.
No one III particular" answered
jerry between sasps.
II can see that" snid Peg candidly.
II mean what do ye do?"
Everything little and nothing
really weil.' Jerry replied II was /,
soldier for awhile; then took splash
at doctoring. read law. civil engineered
In South America for year; now I'm
farming"
"Farming?' asked Peg incretlulously.
Yes. I'm farmer"
Peg laughed as she looked at the well
cut clothes. the languid manner and
easy poise.
ut must be mighty hard on the land
and cattle to have you farmin' them"
she said
ut TO-" and he. too. laughed again.
She started up the staircase leading
to the mauve room.
Jerry called after her anxiousiy:
NO. no, Miss O'Connell! Don't go
Ike that"
II must" said Peg from the top of
the stairs. What will get here but
to be laughed at an jeered ut by a lot
OF people that are not fit to even took
at me father! Who are they, I'd like
to know. tbst mnstn't speak his name
In their presence!"
Suddenly she raised her hand above
her head. and In the manner and tone
VI public speaker she nstuunded .jer
~ with the following outburst:
AN that's what the Irish are doin
all over the wmrrld. They're driven
ont OF their own country by the Eug-
ltsh an become wanderers on the
race OF the enrth. an nOthin, they
ever earn III make up to them for the
separation from their homes an their
loved Ones!" She finished the peror;,
ton on high note and with a forced
manner such "a she had frequently
/ heard on the platform.
4 She smiled at the astonishcd Jerry
and asked him:
DO We know what that isy'
~ haven't the least idea," he nm
swered truthfnily.
That's ont Of one of me fathers
speeches. He father makes grand
speeches. He makes them in ,he cn,lse
Of Ireland
"Oh. really! In the cause OF Ire
land, eh:" said Jerry
Yes. He's been strnggIin' all his
life to make ireland free, to get her
home rule. We know But the English
are so ignorant. They think they know
more than the father. ir they'd do
what me father tells them sure there'd
be no more thrombIe in Ireland at an
Really snid Jerry quite Interest
edly.
Not bit of throuble wish me
father was here to explain 1t to We
He could tell We the whole thing In Il
couple Of hours. wish ne were here
now just to give you an example OF
what fine speakin really is. DO you
like speeches!"
Very much : sometimes" replied
Jerry guardedly.
ME father is wonderful on a plat.
form with lot o people In front OF
him. He's wonderful. I've seen MIN
fake two or three hundred people who
didn't know they had grievance In
The wurr4d-the poor cratures- they
were just contented to 20 on bein'
ground down an trampled on an they
not KNOWN n thing about it, I've seen
me father take that crowd an In five
minutes afther lie had started spakin'
to them We wouldn't know they were
the same people, They were all shout
in at once. an they had murther in
their eye. an 1t was blood they were
afther. They wanted to reform some
thin'-tbey weren't sure what--bmt they
wanted to do 1t. an at the cost of life.
Me father could have led them any.
where. it's a wonderful power he was
DO We like hearin' about me father?"
She asked Jerry suddenly. in case she
was tiring him
Jerry hastened to assure her that he
was really most interested
We'll, so long as yer not tired I'll