An Irish Crazy-Quilt: Smiles and tears, woven into song and story

An Irish Crazy-Quilt: Smiles and tears, woven into song and story

Copyright, 1890, By ARTHUR M. FORRESTER. {3} TO THE FELONS OF IRELAND, THE BRAVE AND FAITHFUL FEW, Who have been Exiled or Imprisoned or Executed Because they Loved their Native Land more than Home or Liberty or Life, This Volume IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. [In one of the debates on the Irish land question, Chief Secretary Forster endeavored to attribute much of the poverty in Ireland to the early and imprudent marriages of the peasantry, and elicited roars of laughter by a comic but cruel description of one Pat Murphy, who had only two cows, but was the happy father of no less than eleven children.] There was Austin Burke, slim, prim, and demure, as befitted the representative of a vast dry-goods establishment whose business lay amongst modistes and milliners; Paul Ryan, tall, dark, and dignified, who travelled for the great ironmongery firm of Locke & Brassey; Tim Malone, smart, chatty, and well-informed, the agent of a flourishing stationery house; dashing Jack Hickey, who was solicitor for a distillery, and rattling, rakish, as packed with funny ideas and comical jokes as a Western newspaper, and as full of mischief as a frolicsome kitten; and lastly, myself. We were waiting for the 11.30 A.M. train south, and indulging in somewhat personal witticisms upon the appearance of various personages in the surrounding crowd, when our attention was attracted by the bustling advent upon the platform of a fussy, florid indi{23}vidual, with a face like an inflamed tomato, and the generally irascible and angry air of an infuriated rooster. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 62180
Author: Forrester, Arthur M.
Release Date: May 20, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English