The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-07-27

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supper was ono the table.
I can only attempt toe tell you what
we had to eat, It was. so good, so
unusual to me. Without a thought
of indigestion, after effects, or night
mare, just piled into that corn beef
and cabbage, the steaming spuds, the
snow white bread, big dish of car
rots and peas and oh, lot of things,
all so good. Danny, my office boy,
never raised his head or spoke, he
just ate. After while the embarrass-
.ment Of having the boss to supper
wore off andM ike soon had us all
laughing by his merry sallies and
Mary was quick as he with her flashes
of wit. When we could hold no more
green tea and an apple pie it seemed
Mary brought on a pot Of wonderful
to me inches thick, so had to start
again. Mike and. I lighted cigars I
passed over, Danny gently slid down
away to dreamland. Enough food
had passed in that freckled face Of
his in my estimation to feed good
sized family. A knock came at the
door and Mike answered.; it was
package from Larry Doyle's, a bottle
of wine for the party.
"Were you and Mike married in
this country?" asked Mary.
I'VE were thot. Mike answered for
her. ''Shan tell him me darlint?
Sure, Mike, if We will. He's tina
boss, We know" Mary hiding her rosy
face in her apron.
IN on1NoS
ndfoundly. Mary, gentle as mother,
rolled him over on his side.
''Well, We see, boss, it was this way.
Mike leaned on the table. I waz a
no account rascal in Kildare, a frittin',
lazy lout, a. livin' off tia old folks,
when I sees me Mary at church one
fine mornin' an boss. knows loses
me hart thin an there. She waz wild
her ole man, he drove me off wild his
stick, so he did. Eye be a lazy scamp.
drinkin' rowdy, be off wild ye." An
boss it waz rite he was. I wazz all
thot he saz waz. I goes to me con-
.:fessor, Father O'Malley, an tells him
me hart was Dustin fer thot gal Mary
Dunleary an whot shall be dom to
win such colleen. "Git to work an
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tina banps I'd publish fer tina likes of
ye." So, boss, I gifts job an wild
me Mary's eyes in front Of me face
/ makes tina dirt fly fer Landlord Sui
livan on his farm. It. no more I be
by tina tavern or drop O tina creature
fer months. I slips tina liv note to
me Mary an bosi me hart is wild wild
tina Joy whih she says she'll meet me
in tina lane. The ole man he forbids
her, boss, to see me an tells her, so
he did, that she must smileop Ter
rance Lafferty tina son O tina store
keeper who is wantfn' her hand. Well,
boss, I keeps on wOrkin' an savin';
tina whole gang tina riled me day by
day an tried to git me back to tina
tavern an it wazz many fife had,
so did, whin they told me I'd nivver
git me Mary O. Killarney. One mite,
boss, tina old man he tells me Mary
that she must marry that bye Laferty
an thot he would publish the banns
in tina church. In tina lane me Mary
so she did, an said she would die
afore she would marry that Hibernian.
Thin goes to me frien' Father O'Mal-
ley an he gives me dissolution for me
sins cause waz dom rite now an
nivver missed a mass. I tells him
that me Mary must marry thot rascal
Lafterty cause it's money he has. Tha
father he smiles at me an .sez he
he,'"Mike, how much hav We me bye?"
It's tin pounds, tells him. Wait here
sezz he to me. Bless me, he goes to
tina house an brings me a bag o.
gold and blesses me an saz he:
Mike, We know 'whot to do. Tha
ship sails from Dublin in tina mornin'
to Americka." Thot mite 1 gifts a note
! to me Mary and she meets me in tina
lane an I has Tim Moriarity there
| wild his jauntin' car and we rides in
| tina dark to Dublin an in tina mornin'
| we sails fer America a, lawn all
| benin us an wild love all afront o.
| us. It's in New York we gifts mar
.ried, boss. an here we be- Me an
my Mary still a. luvin'."
With a final snort and loud grunt
Danny fell off the lounge. He rubbed
his eyes and came over to the table,
Are We eatin' agin ?" he asked won
deringly.
): During the recital by Mike Mary
sat toying with. the spoon in her tea
cup. A dozen times she looked low
ingly at the Irish giant who held her
heart captive in his own big breast.
Her blue eyes twink|ed,' her face
.wreathed in smiles and the big bust
shook as Mike: told the story Of the
elopement. -.
T. ! had a little surprise Of my own
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