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Little lame Phelim came for an hour each afternoon to Miss Annie's room to be made a "schollard, shure;" and every Saturday evening found Annorah, with her Bible, seated by her mother's fireside, reading, and in her own earnest but uncouth manner expounding the truths she read. One Sabbath evening in March, Father M'Clane set out for a walk to Mrs. Dillon's cottage.
It wuz a child in the grasp of a giant. Neale shure looked beautiful, I niver wished so much in me loife fer Casey as thin. He would hev enjoyed thot foight, fer he bragged of his friendship fer Neale. An' " "Go on, man, end your story!" ordered the general, breathlessly. "Wal, b'gorra, there wuz more crackin' of bones, an' sich screams as I niver heerd from a mon.
Brown first tried compromise, and then flattery, but she was proof against such measures. Mr. Brown. Mrs. Brown, my dear, jist come over to me now and we'll argue the matter. Mrs. Brown. No, you don't, Sergeant, ye don't catch me wid any ov ye'r compromises. I have the jug now, and I'll hould on to it. So I will. Mr. B. Shure, Honey, I was only jokin' wid ye before. Ye may hev half o' the crathur.
The pretty limousine stood before the Hollisters' door and a well-groomed good-looking chauffeur was taken in and presented to Mrs. Hollister, his future mistress. Grandmother, in her handsome new cloak, and Aunt Susan with Mr. Casey, took the first ride. Mr. Casey was in high spirits over Nora's choice. "Shure they till me that he has a great future." "Of course he has," said Grandmother.
The person addressed looked up from her work, grinned a broad Irish grin, pushed back a lock of bothersome hair with a soapy hand, and answered heartily: "To be shure ye may, Misther Brown.
"Shure, Oi hev to hoide them thayer fram the pig, for they're the foinest iver grew." "I know they are," whispered Sam, as he limped out of hearing, "for her son Larry stole them out of our orchard last fall. They're the only kind that keeps over. They're the best that grow, but a trifle too warm just now." "Good-by, and thank you much," said Yan. "I-feel-better-already," drawled Sam.
"Because we live three thousand miles apart." "Aye, well, shure that 'ud be quite a dandther!" "It didn't take ye long t' git a fortune, did it?" another asked. "I never acquired a fortune such as you are thinking of." "Anna said ye wor rich!" "Anna was right, I am rich, but I was the richest boy in Antrim when I lived here." They looked dumbfounded. "How's that?" Mrs. Conner queried.
He talked in homely words that left the baggage-man's face grave, then he told how Burns, in a cruel jest, had sent a starving boy out to solve the mystery that had baffled the best detectives. When he had finished his listener cried: "Shure it was a rotten trick, but why d'ye come here?" "I want you to go through your baggage-room with me till we find a trunk which this key will fit."
Gorham, with difficulty suppressing a laugh. "He may have, ma'm, but I'm not sure," Riley replied, honestly. "Me an' th' ol' woman allus thried ter bring Jimmie up wid a knowledge iv th' Scripters, an' I'm hopin' he did know; but I ain't shure, ma'm." As Riley disappeared into the house Eleanor rose and, drawing Alice's arm through her own, the two resumed their leisurely stroll about the garden.
Bartlett inquired suspiciously if any of them boys belonged to either of you ladies, one of the latter replied with a counter-inquiry: "What harrum have the young boys done ye, thin, misther? Shure it's been a playzin' little enjoyment forr thim afther school-hours!" Which revealed the worst part of Mr.
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