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Updated: May 4, 2025
The old man leaned forward upon his crutch, and with pathetic eagerness scanned the face of the younger man. "Me b'y," he said, "av yer plans is changed wor-rd from th' gir-rl, or what not, that'll be takin' ye back to Noo Yor-rk ye'll take me wid ye? "Oi may be a bit owld, but Oi'm as good as iver Oi wuz.
The owner of the white-columned house gave the question its meed of reflection. "Well, I I'd say quite a few hundred, at least." The odd little figure bobbed his head. "Thet's what Old Tom always sed," he muttered, more to himself than to his hearer. "An' an' I guess I ain't never rightly believed him till naow." And then: "Is is New Yor-rk any bigger?" he asked.
"Oi shtayed till th' Lady Constance died an' little Eily married a rich man from Noo Yor-rk Car-rson, or meby Carmen, his name was; an' he carried her off to Amur-rica. 'Twas not th' same in Kerry afther that, an' Oi shtrayed from th' gold camps av Australia to th' woods av Canada." The far-away look that had crept into the old man's eyes vanished, and his voice became gruff and hard.
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