Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-05-19
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She uncovered her eyes as the tear
trickled down through her fingers.
Don't do that" he said softly as h,
felt the moisture start into his owl
eyes.
II don't often cry" she said. IN,
father never made me do it. l neve
saw him cry but twice in his life
once when we made little money an
we had mass said for me mother,
soul an We had the most beautiful
candles on Our Lady's altar. He criet
then. he did. An when I left him t.
come here on the ship-an' then onl,
at the last minnit."
In moment she went on again:
II cried meself to sleep that night, !
did. An many night, too, on that
steamer.
An l wish l hadn't come-that
do. He's missin' me every minnit-an'
I'm missin' him. An I'm not goin' to
be happy here ayther.
II don't want to be lady. An they
won't make me one, ayther, If I can
help it. 'Ye 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 sow's ear"
She stopped.
Pm afraid cannot agree with
you"
She looked up at him and said in
differently:
That's what l am. I'm a sow's
ear"
when the strangeness wears OF
you'll be very happy. You're among
friends"
Peg shook her head and said bitter
ly: mo, I'm not. They may be rela-
tons, but they're not me friends"
He turned to Peg and said:
when they really get to know you,
Miss O'Connell. they will be just as
proud Of you as your father is-as-I
would be-"
Peg looked at him in whimsical as
constituent: you'd be? Why should
you be proud of me?'
I'D be more than proud If you'd look
on me as your friend"
"A friend is it?' cried Peg warily.
"Sure don't know who you are at ALL 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 be?
"Who are ye at all?" she asked.
mo one in particular" answered
Jerry between gasps.
Il can see that" said Peg candidly.
Il mean what do We do?"
"Everything little and nothing
really WE'LL" Jerry replied. II was a
soldier for awhile; then took q splash
at doctoring, read law, civil engineered
in South America for a year; now I'm
farming"
"Farming?" asked Peg incredulously.
"Yes. I'm farmer"
Peg laughed as 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 u.s." and he, too, laughed again.
She started up the staircase leading
to the mauve room.
Jerry called after her anxiously:
mo, no, Miss O'Connell! Don't 20
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 flt to even look
at me father? Who are they, I'd like
to know, that l mustn't speak his name
in their presence?"
Suddenly she raised her hand above
her head, and in the manner and tone
Of public speaker she astounded Jer-
~ with the following outburst:
AN that's what the Irish are dom
all over the wurrld. They're driven
out Of their own country by the Eng
fish an become wanderers on the
face of the earth, an nothin' they
ever earn III make up to them for the
separation from their homes an their
loved Onesw She finished the perora-
ton on high note and with a 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 isY'
II haven't the least idea," he an
swered truthfully.
That's out Of one of me fathers
speeches. He father makes grand
speeches. He makes them in the cause
of Ireland"
"Oh, really! In the cause of Ire
land, eh?" said Jerry.
"Yes. He's been strugglin' all his
life to make Ireland free, to get her
home rule, ye know. But the English
are so ignorant. They think they know
more than me father. If they'd do
what me father tells them sure there'd
be no more throuble in Ireland at ALL"
'Really?" said Jerry quite interest
eddy.
mot a bit of throuble. l wish me
father was here to explain it to ye
He could tell We the whole thing in a
couple Of hours. l wish he were here
now just to give you an example of
what fine speakin' really is. Do you
like speeches?'
"Very much sometimes" replied
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