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Fairchilds continued, beginning to enjoy himself, "in the revelations of science." "He believes in Genesis and in Revelations," explained the president to the others. "Maybe he's a Cat'lic!" suggested the suspicious Mr. Puntz. "No," said Fairchilds, "I am, as I said, a Truth-Seeker.
But I met the look with a serious face, and indeed I felt serious enough without getting myself into any imbroglio with this strange pair of lovers. "You're Irish, I suppose, Mr. Mason?" I asked when he had recovered his gravity after this mirth-provoking incident. "Me? I'm from County Wicklow, but I ain't no Cat'lic Irish. I'm a Methody. Cat'lic in the old country, Methody here.
The latter incongruity had just popped into my mind when he broke the silence by asking in a deep guttural, and with a vigorous nod in my direction as he put down his empty cup: "Ha! Cat'lic?" "Oh, no," I answered, eager to break the embarrassing silence "oh, no; I'm a Protestant." "Ha! But you be Irish, ben't you?" I laughed. "No; American!" "Ha! Father and mother Irish, mebbe?"
How can ye come offerin' uz merrcy? For ye don't come out o' the tloister, like a poor Cat'lic priest or Sister. Ye come rright out o' the hairt o' the community that's a-committin' more crimes ag'in uz in here than all of us together has iver committed outside. Aw!
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