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I dinnaw why it was, whether it was th' influence iv our new citizens in Cubia an' th' Ph'lippeens or what it was, but annyhow th' on'y news that come out iv Kentucky was as peaceful, Hinnissy, as th' rayports iv a bloody battle in South Africa.
What was I sayin'? Whin' th' twelfth day iv July come around an' th' Orangeys got ready to cillybrate th' day King Willum, with all his Gatlin' guns an' cannon, just barely sthud off Sarsfield an' his men that had on'y pikes an' brickbats an' billyard cues, th' good people was infuryated. I dinnaw who was th' mayor in thim days. He was niver ilicted again.
Two hours aftherward I have a gleam iv human intillygince an' hook me watch out fr'm undher th' pillow. 'It's eight o'clock, says I. 'But is it eight in th' mornin' or eight in th' evenin'? says I. 'Faith, I dinnaw, an' divvle a bit care I. Eight's on'y a number, says I. 'It riprisints nawthin', says I." "They'se hours enough in th' day f'r a free man.
Father Kelly sniffed th' air whin he come in; an' says he, 'Terence, what's th' matther with ye'er catch basin? 'I dinnaw, growled Terence. 'Well, says Father Kelly, 'ye put on ye'er hat this minyit, an' go out f'r a plumber, he says. 'I'm not needed here, he says. 'Ye'er sowls ar-re all r-right, he says; 'but ye'er systems ar-re out iv ordher, he says.
Hennessy, complacently, "if we wait f'r that we might as well disband our navy." "I dinnaw about that," said Mr.
Birdie Callahan, who had worked in Ted's mother's kitchen for years, and who had gone back to her old job at the Haley House after her mistress's death, put it sadly, thus: "He was always th' han'some divil. I used to look forward to ironin' day just for the pleasure of pressin' his fancy shirts for him. I'm that partial to them swell blondes. But I dinnaw, he's changed.
Dooley, "ye do be afther a governmint job. Is it council to Athlone or what, I dinnaw?" "I haven't picked out the place yet," said Mr. McKenna. "Bill wrote me the day after election about it. He says: 'John, he says, 'take anything you want that's not nailed to the wall, he says. He heard of my good work in the Twenty-ninth.
'Two more moves, an' we'll be in th' king row. 'Ah, says Mack, 'this is too good to be thrue, he says. 'In but a few brief minyits th' dhrinks'll be on Spain, he says. 'Have ye anny plans f'r Sampson's fleet? he says. 'Where is it? says th' Sthrateejy Board. 'I dinnaw, says Mack. 'Good, says th' Sthrateejy Board. 'Where's th' Spanish fleet? says they.
"I dinnaw whether Gin'ral Miles picked out th' job or whether 'twas picked out f'r him. But, annyhow, whin he got to Sandago de Cubia an' looked ar-round him, he says to his frind Gin'ral Shafter, 'Gin'ral, says he, 'ye have done well so far, he says. ''Tis not f'r me to take th' lorls fr'm th' steamin' brow iv a thrue hero, he says.
If 'twas in Boolgahria or Chiny or on th' head waters iv th' Bozoon river in th' sooltynate iv iv I dinnaw what thin'twud be th' jooty iv our gover'mint f'r to resolve that th' inthrests iv humanity an' civilization an' th' advancement iv th' human kind required that we shud step in an' put a head on wan or both iv th' parties.
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