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“And I get so hungry,” she went on. “You see I have to wait until two o’clock sometimes before I can get my lunch, because from twelve to two are my busy hours. Those days it seems as if the school bell would never ring.” “Sure, tis a foine little pig OI’m growing now,” Granny said. “And as for sleeping—” Maida stopped as if there were no words anywhere to describe her condition.
"I'll teach ye mesilf, and, bedad, ye'll be as foine a terpechorian artist be the toime, as will be at the ball." The last objection swept away, Fernando began secretly to take lessons in the waltz, cotillon and other dances of the day. Whatever may be said against Terrence, one thing is quite certain, he was no bad dancing master, and Fernando was an apt pupil.
"The Gineral!" "He did," said Pat. "He put on one of Mrs. Brady's aprons, and 'twas fine gravy, too." The widow looked her astonishment. "And do you call that foine?" she demanded at last. "The Gineral havin' to make his own gravy? What was you a-doin', Pat?" "I was helpin' Mrs. Brady with the puddin' sauce and dishin' up. 'Twas behind we all was, owin' to a caller, and Mrs.
Linda went over, and drawing her dress aside, sat down on the hassock and leaning against Katy's knee she held up the box of candy flowers for amazed and delighted inspection. "Ah, the foine gintleman!" cried Katy. "Sure 'twas only a pape I had when ye opened the box, an' I didn't know how rare them beauties railly was." "Choose the one you like best," said Linda.
They have a polite, deferential manner without servility, and a pious way of interpolating prayer and thanksgiving with their ordinary conversation. "Good morning, Sir." "Good mornin', an' God save ye, Sorr." "Fine weather." "'Tis indeed foine weather, glory be to God." "Nice country." "Troth, it is a splindid country. The Lord keep us in it."
Nee weather-gless? Nee weather-gless? 've got foine oyes as well foine oyes!" Affrighted, Nathanael cried, "You stupid man, how can you have eyes? eyes eyes?" But Coppola, laying aside his weather-glasses, thrust his hands into his big coat-pockets and brought out several spy-glasses and spectacles, and put them on the table. "Theer! Theer! Spect'cles! Spect'cles to put 'n nose!
"Is it shaking ager?" asked Elizabeth doubtfully. "Oh, I didn't know that. Come and sit down on the steps, Mrs. Flaharty, and I'll tell a story I made up for this special 'casion." "It's troo wid the white does I am, an' I reckin I can sit and take me breath before I begin on the colored; besides, I'd have to be takin' away the foine costumes ye has roun' your waists, if I wint now." So Mrs.
"Nora greeted me cordial like, 'nd I sed: 'Nora, ef I war young agin I'd camp right here 'nd make love ter yo'. "'Out wid yer, she answered. 'It's a cousin I hev in America, 'nd she writes me how foine the land war, but says ivery American is a mortal liar when he talks ter ther girls. "'The cousin slanders us, said I. "'She does not, said Nora. "'And how can I prove it? said I.
"Lawks no, miss," replied the unprincipled boy. "Larks is foine roasted!" Nellie was horrified. "You don't mean to say, Dick," she cried, "that that you actually eat them?" "Aye, miss," he replied, without an atom of shame, "we doos. They be rare tasty birds!" She gave him up after this, going along by herself in silence.
"Well, Jim," said his mother finally, "you do be grinnin' foine ivery toime you come in, and a lot of wet you're bringin' with you, too, a-stampin' the snow off on the floor. You'll remimber that toimes are changed. Wanst it was old men as had the rheumatism, but now b'ys can have it, to say nothin' of colds and sore throats and doctors' bills. You'll stay in now.
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