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Mrs. Brannigan Borrows Some Bread
" (~> ude-marnin ', , Mrs. Lannigan. V \ How are yez this marnin ' ? Will ye lind me the loan av a loaf av bread?"
"Shure I will, Mrs. Brannigan; shure-I will!" exclaimed Mrs. Lannigan, her strong, shrewd face lighting up with pleasure. "I knew the moment I saw ye . lookin' so smilin' an' good-natured that ye was goin' to borry somethin'."
"Where was ye last night, darlint ?" inquired Mrs. Brannigan, ignoring the last remark; "I had the price av a sociable can an ' came over to find ye in, o n 1 y to find ye out."
"Did ye now?" asked Mrs. Lannigan, m o u r nfully. "Shure I always have bad luck av a Friday. The best luck we
can iver have is not to be born, but that seldom happens to anny wan. An' so ye were over last night — an' 'tis so seldom ye have the price av a can, too."
"Is thot so?" cried Mrs. Brannigan, angrily, her usually cheerful, good-natured face beginning to redden. "I'll have ye understand, Mrs.
Lannigan, I bought the lasht can, an' that me family for as many degenerations back as I can ray member "
"Shure I know that, alanna," said Mrs. Lannigan, placatingly ; "be aisy, be aisy. I was only goin' to tell ye that I went over to see the Emotion Pitchers. 'Twas some that was got out by the Universalist paple." "An' for what are the Universalist paple?" Mrs. Brannigan demanded, her anger merging instantly into curiosity.
"The Universal e r s," Mrs. .Lannigan explained, "is a c h u r c h that doesn't belave in n o t h i n' an' doesn't know it." "Shure that's a very quare re1 i g i o n, " commented Mrs. Brannigan, "tho for meself I 'm very broad-minded. I dont care what church anny wan belongs to, just so they're members av me own."
"That shows ye 're a shellfish crayture, Mrs. Brannigan." "I am not." "I say ye are."
"Do ye mane . to conthradict me whin I'm tellin' th' truth?"
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