The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-05-27
I'm many a night. too, on that


Il don't want to be lady. An they
won't make me one, ayther. If | can
belp 1t. 'Ye cant make Il silk purse
out of sow's ear that's what me
father always said. An that's what
am. I'm a sow's ear"
She stopped.
"Fm afraid cannot agree with
you"
She looked up at him and said iss-
differently:
That's what am. I'm sow':s
sar'
When the strangeness wears off
you'll be very happy. You're among
friends"
Peg shook her head and said bitter
Iy: 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 be just as
proud of you as your father Is ass
would be-"
Peg looked at him in whimsical as
tonishment: You'd be: Why should
you be proud of meT'
I'D be more than proud if you'd look
on me as your friend"
"A friend is itY" cried Peg warily
Sure don't know who you are at ALL
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 anG Of
fer her his friendship and expect her
to jump at it puzzled her. Who
was he?
who are ye at allT' she asked
No one in particular" answered
Jerry between gasps
Il can see that" said Peg candidly
Il mean what do ye do?"
"Everything u little and nothing
really we'll" Jerry replied. Il was il
soldier for awhile; then | took splash
at doctoring, read law. civil engineered
in South America for a year: now I'm
farming"
"Farming?" asked Peg incredulousl!
les. lu farmer.
Peg laughed rs she looked at the Well
cut clothes. the languid manner and
easy poise.
1T must be mighty hard on the land
and cattle to have You farmin' them"
she said.
1T is" and he, too. laughed again.
She started up the staircase leading
to the nauve room.
Jerry called after her anxiously:
mo. no, Miss O'ConnelI! Don't go
like that"
II must" said Peg from the top of
the stairs. What will get here but
! to be laughed at an jeered at by a lot
| Of people that are not fit to even TOOL;
at me father! Who are they. I'd like
to know. that mustn't speak his name
in their preseneeT
Suddenly she raised her hand above
her head. and In the manner and tone
Of a public speaker she astounded Jer-
~ with the following outburst:
AN that's what the Irish are doin'
all over the wurrId They're driven
out of their own country by the Eng
lish an become wanderers On the
face OF the earth. an nOthn they
ever earn II make up to them for the
separation from their homes an ti,eil
ton on Il high note aud with ii forced
manner such as she had frequently
heard on the platform.
She smiled at the astonished Jerry
and asked him:
do We know what that iS?'
81. haven't the least idea.' he an
swered truthfnlly
That's out of one OF me father:
speeches He father makes Crane
/ speeches. He makes them in the caus,
of Ireland"
"Oh, really! In the cause of Ire
land, ehT' said Jerry:
Yes. He's been strugGIin' all hi
life to make Ireland free. to get he
home rule, ye know. But the Englisl
are SO ignorant. They think they know
more than The father Ii they'd d,
what me father tells them sure there't
be no more throuble in ireland ut all. ="
"Really?" said Jerry quite interest
edly.
Not bit Of throubIe wish d.
father was here to explain it to Sc
He could tell ye the whole thing in
couple of hours. | wish he We're her
now just to give you an example o
what fine speakin' really is: DO yo
like speeches!'
VERY much - sometimes replies
Jerry guardedly.
Me father is wonderful on a pia,
. form with lot o people in front 0
him He's WONDERFUL I've seen hi,
take two or three hundred people wh
didn't know they had a grievance i
, the wurrld-the poor cratures- the
!, were just contented to go on beiI
ground down an trampled sn an the
, not KNOWN thing about tive see
me father take that crowd an in fiy
, minutes afther he had started spakil
, to them We wouldn't know they wci
the same people. They were all shou
, in at once, an they had muTther
their eye, an it was blood they wei
afther. They wanted to reform som,
thin'-they weren't sure what--hnt the
, wanted to do it. an at the cost OF lii
II Me father could have led them an,
4 where It's Il wonderful power he wa
, Do We like hearin' about lne father:
J she asked Jerry suddenly. in case Sd
was firing him.
Jerry FASTENED to assure ber that h
was really most interested
We'll. SO long as yer not tired |,
tell sc some more. Ye know | wer