The Day After.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1815, 25 July 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Day After.

11 Good mornin' to ye, Mrs. O'Eaherty. Have ye heerd from Mary Ann agin I" 11 Indade an' I haven't and if I had I haven't mimory sufficient to remimber anything, for I'm all broke up thia mornin', and co is the colonel. Ye see yiete'day was eliction day, an' the oolonel holdin' aff ontil lato in the avenin' afore he'd put hia vote in there's no tellin' the amount ay Bmall ohange he did raisive from this candie 1 a a an' that wan an' all the other's excipt a poor few wans who didn't have nothin 1 to give. An' ye Bee thin betwano toimea he would oome home wid his pockets jinglin' wid money loike sleigh bells; an' we took the opportunity of cilebratin', an' ay cooree we don'l feel bo overly well this mornin 1 ." •' An' phwat did ye cilebrate ?" " Arrab, sure, iverything, an' wid good oW Irish pwhidky at that." 41 An' who did Mr. O'Eaherty vote for t" •« Sara an' he didn't vote for any wan. H« wasn't in a condition to go out an' vote. He held off too long, ye see. At foive o'clock he hsd to lie down, an 1 ye ought to see ths boomers that be comin' to the house after him to go out an' vote. An' I towld them if they wanted the colonel to vote they must bring the votin' place into the houee. Anyhow, how the divil could he vote for all a? the candidates, fur he got money from all. an' the colonel is not the man to act diehonest, an' he couldn't vote any way, fur he was dead ashlape wid overjoyment. I'm now jisfc on me way to the shtore fur a few drops of the loife-saver." _ .