Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-04-01
did. All many a night. too. on that

I'm mi>*in him An I'm not goin' to
be happy here ayther
Il don't want 10 be lady An they
won't make NE one. ..'ther, If ! can
help it. Ye can't make a silk purse
our OF sow's ear. that's what me
father always said. An that's what
am I'm IL 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 off
you'll be very happy. You're among
friends
Peg shook her head and said bitter
~: NO, I'm not. They may be re.a-
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 rs
proud of you as your father isas-l
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 .
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 he"
to jump at it puzzled her. Who
was he?
''Who are We at all?' she asked
mo one In particular" answered
Jerry between gasps.
Il can see that" said Peg candidy
Il mean what do ye do?'
"Everything little and nothing
really we'll" Jerry replied. II was il
soldier for awhile; then / took SPLASH
at doctoring, read law, civil engineered
in South America for year; now I'm
farming"
"Farming?' asked Peg incredulousl>
Yes. Pm a farmer"
Peg laughed as she looked at the welI
easy poise.
ut must be mighty hard on the land
and cattle to have you farmin' them.
she said.
at is 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 go
like that"
Il must,' said Peg from the top or
the stairs What will | get here but
to be laughed at an jeered at by LOT
of people that are not fit to even look
at me father? Who are they, I'd like
to know. that | mustn't speak his name
in their presence"
Suddenly she raised her hand above
her head and in the manner and tone
of a public speaker she astounded ,Jer
ry with the following outburst:
AN that's what the Irish are dom
all over the wurrd. They're driven
out of their own country by the Eng
lish an become wanderers on the
face of the earth, an nothin they
ever earn II make up to them for the
separation from their homes an their
loved onesv' 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 is?'
Il 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, We 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 thered
be no more throuble in Ireland at all
Really" said Jerry quite interest
eddy.
Not a bit of throuble. | wish me
father was here to explain it to We
He could tell We the whole thing in
couple of hours. | 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
Jerry guardedly.
me father is wonderful on plat
form with a lot O. people in front OF
him. He's wonderful. I've seen him
take two or three hundred people who
didn't know they had a grievance in
the wurrld-the poor cratures-th
were just contented to go on Dein
ground down an trampled on an they
not KNOWN a thing about five seen
me father take that crowd an in five
minutes afther be had started spakin
to them We wouldn't know they were