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Before the young Irish-American had more than a bowing acquaintance with the commonest Spanish verbs he had a calling acquaintance with some of the most exclusive people of Matanzas. He puzzled them, to be sure, for they could not fathom the reason for his ever-bubbling gladness, but they strove to catch its secret, and, striving, they made friends with him.
At the time Peter had entered upon art work he had scarcely prosecuted his studies beyond, if so far as, the conventional high or grammar school, and yet he was most amazingly informed and but little interested in what any school or college had to offer. His father, curiously enough, was an educated Irish-American, a lawyer by profession, and a Catholic.
I didn't think that " Poor Leonore stopped there, horrified at what she had said. "No," said Peter, "Dennis is not a foreigner. He's one of the most ardent Americans I know. As far as my experience goes, to make one of Dennis's bulls, the hottest American we have to-day, is the Irish-American." "Oh, come," said Watts. "You know every Irishman pins his loyalty to the 'owld counthry."
"British versus German Imperium," by an Irish-American. Introduction by Sir Roger Casement. "Lousyhead goes on Lying." The latest war news of Messrs. "England and Germany," by Houston Stewart Chamberlain. "Cable Warfare and the Campaign of Lies," by Dr. Meister, Professor in Münster University. "England and Continental Interests," by Captain H. Schubart.
If, however, it is true as was credibly stated in Irish-American quarters during the first year of the war that Lord Northcliffe boasted a year or two before the war of "controlling" seventeen American papers, it is difficult to believe that this influence of the English press-magnates was based on hard cash.
It is one of the most successful fraternal societies ever organized, and the Irish-American Catholics have given to it the full strength of their enthusiasm and purpose. The temperance movement among Catholics was, from the visit of Father Mathew in 1849, largely Irish. The societies first formed were united by no bond until 1871, when the Connecticut societies formed a State Union.
Daly's gray, dark-lashed eyes were almost black with pleased excitement as he asked: "What's his name?" "Coghlan Charles Coghlan." "Why, he's Irish?" "So are you Irish-American," I answered defensively, pretending to misunderstand him. "Well, you ought to be Irish yourself!" he said sternly. "I did my best," I answered modestly. "I was born on St. Patrick's Day!" "In the mornin'?" he asked.
But who 'cornered' the muddy pearls in Cagayan Sulu? That secret is only known to Lady Bude, her confessor, and the Irish-American agent whom she employed. For she, as we saw, had got at the nature of poor Jenkins's project and had acquainted herself with the wonderful properties of the pearls, which she cornered.
There's only Billy Burton, of the Irish-American, that can touch him. You've certainly got the pick of the bunch, Katie. He stared at her admiringly, as if for the first time realizing her true worth. For Mr Murdoch was a great patron of sport. With these facts in her possession Katie had approached the interview with her grandfather with a good deal of confidence.
"That's the last I shall see of him!" she said to herself almost viciously, as the Irish-American official spied upon her toque the wing of a fowl domesticated since the ark. Yet for the second time Peter came back, stiffly lifting his hat. "I only wanted to say," he explained, "that, cinema or no cinema, I hope, if I can be of service now or later, you will allow me the privilege. My address "
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