He was an ardent lover, an Irish , lover, and a practically lover. It j was St. Patrick's Day ; in his hands : he bore a pot of real Irish sham- | rock. ' r i t .* ' -'•' ** \ "They were raised in, the ould i sod," he said, as he presented the j pot to Biddy, "raised in the ould j sod of Oireland." s "Shure, now, Murphy/ 1, cried his tlady, in delight, "how railly swate of ye it is ! How perfect they are ! And how fresh! Shurely I do be-] lave that there's a little dew on 'em yet !" * j Murphy flushed slightly. "Begorra, I know there is," he reluctantly confessed ; "but plase Heaven it'll be paid to-morrow !"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2661, 26 May 1908, Page 7
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