THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1001.
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"MISTHEit O'MARA FROM THE COUNTY MAITtl.
BY Sl.U.MAb M.k.MAN L'tj.
Author of "Through th Turf Sm"k j vm In Dhroil Don gal." Etc,
(Copyright, 1W1, by Hcumu MncManus.)
Totr.M Dhu and 1 UhiI splendid shouting
and an altogether delightful tltnu thnt
week. Tomas was a capital gamekeeper;
he wa u capital shot and a clurmliiK
companion olmrmlus, If you humored his
littlu whtittal.alltles uud gave liltii Ms own
way.
Hut It Is dlfllcult tor rac to any, oven
now, whether Tomas Dhu was born to
be story toller or a sportsman. He
Invariably hit hln ninrk In both. If poach
er but In pnrtlcula. tho Red Poocher
had been tho liana of Totnaa' life, tlu-y at
least gavo him Inexhaustible matter (or
freih and racy nnd outlines startling yarns.
And Totnus seemed to have begotten for
the Red Poocher that homage which kudIu?
alone commands. Tho firut year In which
the unluclcy red head of that arrant rascal
dawned upon Tomas' world, ho tricked
Tome Into helping him iho UciJ Scoun
drel poach the laud which Ton'ias was
employed to gamekeep, and Mr. McCran of
Belfast ety naturally) dismissed Toma-i
with twenty-four houra" notice. The fol
lowing year the Red Poocher (to Tomas'
genuine delight) poached the land again,
with tho able help of Toinas' successor,
aud of the London gentleman who had the
shotting rented.
Tomas wan reluctated In office. No one
would rent tho shooting from Mr. McCran
after those two seasons of Ill-luck. Mr.
McCrnn, on tho second year after, deter
mined to take a few weeks' leave of his
Belfast factory aud come down and shoot
Meenavalla (with Tomas' aid) himself.
Tho sequel was not pleasant for poor Mr.
McCran. for, whilst ho lay In durance vllo
In a Donegal police barrack, with the awful
charge of poaching his own land hanging
over nil head, the Red Poochcr, who had
coolly caused his arrest, poached tho land
with Tomas' aid once moro.
"Tomas Dhu," said I, "that was tho last
you ever heard of the Red Poochcr?" We
weio lolling and smoking on opposlto
corners of the hearth fire lu Tomas' little
hot after a long and fatiguing, but good
rmv.nrkably good day's sport, nnd likewise
after n long and good remarkably good
supper. Tomas, by way of reply, simply
gavo ultcrauce to that peculiar grunt an
Indolent man uses to convey "1 have heard
you." And out of Tomas' Impassive foa
tures I eoMld not read anything satisfac
tory cither. So I repeated my remark In
different style.
"I said, Tomas, did you ever hear any
thing of tho Red Poochcr nftcr?"
Toman slowly lowered his gazo (which
had been following his amoke wreaths)
aud halted, his eyes upon me.
"When did you say It?"
Tcmus was In one of his captious moods.
Hut I rather liked that, tho complalsanco
hn thoreby exacted from you was generally
forehand payment for a story.
"Well, I meant that."
"O, I beg yer pardon. I thought ya
were Just offerln' me a bit of news tcltln'
run that. I never did hear of tho Rod
Poocher afther. It's a good plan, young
fella If ye glvo news, give news; if yo
ax questions, ax questions."
"1 daresay you're right. Well, now,
I'm Askln' a qucstlou did ye ever afther
hear tU of tho Red Poochcr?"
"Well, I should think so!"
"Oh!"
Tomas Dhu lay back once more and con
templated tho curling puffs which ho now
sent up moro thickly from his ago-browned
dudeen.
I lay back And puffed as smartly, and
contemplated, too.
Suddenly out of the smoky silence Tomas,
whou the spirit moved hlro, spoke:
"To me bltther sorra, I heard of the Red
Poocher again. The curse o' Crmnrall be
on him an' the curse of the crows.
"Afther Mlsther McCran himself had
been taken In an' so cru'lly misused, thcro
was a great cry-out entirely all over tho
countbry. Tho Jlntlemen sportsmen thero
wan no houdln' r.r tyln' of, to larn that such
a vagabona was allowed at large and
laughln' In his sleeve at thorn at the polls,
an' at the law of the Ian'; an' tho papers,
too, all over the three kingdoms took It
up an' made the dlvll's own thlraw nbout
It an' run over again the our story of
Irelan' being tho quaro place anyhow, an'
tbat nobody should be astonished at any
thing would happen In It. To be sure thero
was roany's an lll-mlnded vagabono In all
parts of tho coudthry that laughed hearty
at the tarrlble thing, an' sayed the Red
Poochcr was, by alang chalk, the dhrollest
lad they'd ever heerd tell of.
"But anyhow, tho nolso wb mado over
the counthrr about didn't help Mlsther Mc
Cran was little bit only what It hindered
hlra. For whatsomlver chance there was of
hit aettln' the shootln' of Meenavalla let
to some sportln' chap or other afore, there
Was sorra take tho chance at all now. So
nlxt year It went vacant, an" nlxt year
again, an' the year afthe? that. Ivory wan
of the years Mlsther McCran advertised the
shootln' In the papers on the lame chance
of catchln' some poor devil that
didn't know Its hlcthory. But farlor!
thM wasn't a halt-Intelligent Jack-day
ntween the four says of Irelan' or of Eng-
lan' an' Scotlan' for that part that didn't
know as much about Mconavalla an' the
Red Poocher as Mlsther McCran hlmBclf
fiq the dickens as much as a tent of Ink
was wasted replying to wan or tne aavariise-
ments, Then Mlsther Mccrau put the con
earn up for sale, an' put it In tho papers.
llut the dlvll recaive the man there was
even then to come forrld an' offor him as
much as tuppence-ha'penny In bad ha'pence
for It. An' ever when, on the fourth year
a company of half a dozen young English
bucks. Just fresh out of college, tuk, atween
them, a whole dhrttt of shootln's In vaarus
parts of the county of Donegal, lntendln'
both to have the sport of shootln' the game
an' tho profit besides of scllln' them to
London game march-tuts, an' tuk the three
Out, though the sergeant's arrangements
If was good an' very good an' wouldn't let a
, snipe sneak about on the sly, tbuy weren't
half good vnouch to plalso Mlsther O'Mara,
who went so far as to demand that even
I two pollsmeu should tor tho nlxt ten days
live at the Meenavalle house. An' to plalse
him, the sergeant even give in to this,
"iTom therf he dhrlv off n' away to ny
as soon as he set the shootln' till O'Mara
ho writ me u letter wantin' to know If I his respects to an' have tho counsel an
would take over the gamckcepln ov Mecn- advice of the young English bucks who had
nvalla wanst more. Ho dune me wrong, taken tho neighbour!., shootln's. An', upon
ho confessed for slnco tho Red Pocchir mc davy, ho nthrikes the six lads of them
had been too able for himself 'twas small all congregated In the house on the Carklr
wondher he was too ahlo for mc. Ha pitched shootln', Ivcrv wan of them with a billy
upou ran now as bain' the man who wus ducks from the Red Poocher In his fist
Hblest to meet an' watch tho rascal If he same as Mlsther O'Mara had gotl But the
dnr'd make attempts on the lan' again. ' English college chaps wcro cujoylti' the
For, ye muit undherstan', If the red fel.n thing rather. Thry sayed they wanted a
hadn't troubled Meenavalla or Its nalgh-' good Irith adventure an' this looked purty
bourhood for three years or so he wasn't j like tho commencement of won. They only
Idle elsewhere, tho sorra a salson went by' wished to heaven the Red Poocher would
that there wasn't that there didn't come, bo as good n his word nn' come along ti;i
some now story, or a bunch of stories, from' they'd put a slug or two In his tall to bal
some unlucky corner or other about him.! laxt him. They'd give half their grouse,
An' Meenavalla besides, not beln' let un' they said for the excitement an' they
so not well watchid, was pooched and prayed Ood tho red villain might turn up.
double pooched every year of them bo some An' whun they foun' the state of (lusthrlfl
poocher or other an' It might as -well as cation O'Mara was In an' the elaborate ar
not have beun by tho lad himself. Any- rangemcnts he'd been ma kin' with the polli
how, Mlsther McCran sayed we wor goln' for protcctloi they did laugh their fklnful,
to put out best foot forrld this salsou nu'' I tell you. O'Mara he wasn't more nor
win back for Mcauavalln Its good nuinu an' half plalscd tbat thoy'd make so light of
fame an' make It of oma valuey to Its own- thing un' of him. 'Time enough till hallo,
era. HeM come himself, ho sayed, to boys, when yez Is out of tho wood,' he says,
Identify Mlsther O'Mara, bo there couldn't 'an' them laughs last laughs best." All
be no mistake, an' to give me dlrachlcns which set the English lads off In fresh
an' advice an' likewise talk to the polls kinks. An' when they l'arnt from Mlsther
an' got them to keep purtlcular watch upon i O'Marn that he was an egg merchant from ithat the red rascal had method In his mad
an' thero was no more talkln' of pigeons
an' crows, for he run the English lads purty
close. What the lads t'scd to enjoy, though,
wo, that waust O'Mara got his own lan'
shot an' tho game gone safely off, ha
quickly lost all terror of the Red Poocher,
An' hadn't the ghost of Another curse left
In his liver for that scoundhrlt, It didn't
seem to glvo him wan bit of consarn
whether the red fella 'ud come In An' carry
off every wing on his neighbour's lan's or
not an' so they upcastcd till him, banth
crln'. 'Och well,' he'd say, 'It's each man
cry when his own cow' sick.' But, for
that part the sorra much consarn did tlu
Red Poochcr glvo any of tho lads, especially
when they seen he didn't turn u,i i.ui
the llrst four or five days. An' they were
moro nor bait sorry he didn't, an' glvo
O'Mara a good round mouthful or two of
curses for beln' so douced purtlklor with
his polls pathrols an' polls guards. An'
there was smnll doubt but (t was this kept
the rascal off Many's the bit of a debate
they all had about how the Red Poocher
would V been likely to bave gone to work
If he had ventured on tho lan', nn' how
they'd have nonplussed him an' got hold of
him, an' tho way they'd have Urkcd him
nn' played him like a cat might a mouse
ufore matchln him Into Ardbara polls bar
racks with a yard of rope decoratln' hi
neck. They would have had the dlckenscs
own gay tltno with tho buck, thcro was no
manner M doubt, if he'd only becu fool
hardy enough to let his shadow fall on a
daisy on wan of their lauds. But they wor
all agreed-an' Mlsther O'Mara with them
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YOURS TRULY, THE RED POOCHER.
Meenavalla.
I WASH t on 'no account to1 tho rnnntv Mntth nn' fhnt Ha hnri hlc? nrnp-I nann on1 it tvnu within n filer a,4lMa nt
breatho a nyllablu about Red Poocher or I tlco shootln' crown an' pigeons they went I them he had tuk purtlckler good care to lie
poocmn' to O Mara, lalst we d frighten the . outside the house In rcllcfa to alse them
life out of the poor dlvll nn' have his heels
takln near cuts for tho County Malth nu
his llttlo egg storo again.
"Mlsther McCran made offer of very fine
terms entirely to me. so I throw up a Job
I had workln' a hoss an' enrt for Owen
Melly of Scullogue (son to out' own marcy
on him!) an come an' tuk chargo of
Meenavalla. ,
"That was early In July. On tho
twel'th of August, to . the hour, Mlsther
McCran an' Mlsthor 0 Mara with him, botn
of them havln' Joined together at tho
Strabano Junction, was (thriven up till
the dooro on Paddy Boyle's car, of Olenites,
an' I glvo them cead mllle falltu, both,
Mlsther McCran stopped all that day, an
overnight; an' we walked O'Mnra roun' a
nart of the shootln' an' from tho top of the
hill give htm a look at most of It. Thrue,
he didn't know much nbout grouse or game
fowls but ho wouldn't be tired boastln'
nbout the deith an' desthructlon he often
wrought nmong tho crows an' pigeons, I
promised, If ho could only manage to look
level along tho barrel of a gun I'd mighty
soon Initiate him Intll tho mystherles of
grouse-klllln' an' he'd think crows an'
pigeons purtlklerly silly child's play afther.
"Red Poochcr" nlver crossed wan of our
lips while we wor In his hearln'. But
Mlsther McCran, aforo he left, went Intll
the polls barracks In Ardhara an' read
them a lecture ubout the Red Fella, an'
let them know he'd hould thorn responsible
If they lot that highway robber an' cut
throat como alonchln' nroun his lan'
wanst moro, The sergeant of polls promised
tbat a bee wouldn't buir. In all Meenavalla
that aalson but thero wouldn't bo a polls
man at II lug makln' a note of It. Mlsther
McCran laid on mo as many dlractlons as
would make a dlxonary aa' then ho went
off contented.
"I was plottln' In me own mind how I'd
keep Mlsther O'Mara from hearln' tell
of the Red Poocher, an' a purty tickelsome
parable It was bekase evlry man an' his
mother, standln' within twtntys mtlo of
ground had Meenavalla an' the Red Poochcr
coupled together on the tip of their tongue.
But, a might well 'a' saved meiolf the
throuble, for bchould ye! the very second
mornln' he was there young u.uwara
Mughan's son Jimmy, who had been at the
office lookln for an Amcrlky letter from
Krancle (God bliss the boy an' prosper
him!) brought back a letther addhrcsscd
to 'Mlsther O'Mara of Malth. now shootln'
at Meenavalla.' An' when h! opened It, I
seen that ho read It no less nor four tlmoj
over an' afther the fourth rcidln' calls
me, nil' says av:
'I can.' says I, 'If Its
It's nicer
upon
read?' 'I can,' , says
nrftnf or nlca wrliln'.
shootln's that surrounded Meenavalla, thn wrltln' nor it's readln'.' says he. 'so far
sorra wan of them would taka Meenavalla
for lova or money. It was uulucky, they
ayd, they'd have nothing whatsomlver to
do with It on any account.
Butbehould ye, Mlsther McCran, to his
execodtu' great Joy, as you may well sup
pose, got Moonavulla let thtu year. On
wnn of his thrlps to Glasgow, which be
used to take tho first Sathurday night of
every month, 'bo fell hi and muda aequnln
tanco with County Meath egg merchant,
bo nam Mlsther O'Mara, an' findin' out
In tho coorse of their discourse that Mlsther
O'Mara had been lutcndln' to hire a small
tbootln' for hlmuelf he way of dlvarston
an' holiday, Mlsther McCinn toul' him ho
was delighted to know It, he had tho very
thing to suit him an', as Mlsther O'Mara
was a dalccnt friendly man he'd let him
have his place, be name Meenavalla, In
tho County Donegal, on very moderato
terms Indeed. Ha sum; Its prnlses to the
sktca but give a dlvll a whlspjr of the
Red Poocher. tNu' as S'l luck would
bave It, the poor County Malth eg roar
chant didn't kuow a thing at all about
the red rascal, Mlsthor McCran (who agreed
with his friends lu conaldherln' himself a
purty cllver cuto business man) didn't
lalve Mlsther O'Mara till he pursuadrd
him Intll htrlu' Meenavalla for the saiion
an' at a longer price, toe, nor ever It had
beta let for In Its best days, aforo tho bad
namo got out on It.
"Mlsther McCran, as ye may well sup
pose, was purty plained with himself over
bow ho hail hooked tho poor dlvll, O'Mara,
who mightn't know a grouse If he saw wan
from a geeraffe.
"Mc and Mlsther McCrnn hadn't been on
tho rr best of term for lea an' long, but
as I can undherstan' It. What does It
inano?' I tuk tho letther out of his ban'
an' read; 'Dear Mlsther O'Mnra of Malth.
I cm told there's flno shootln" to bo got on
Meenavulla this salsnn. I'm coraln' ajeng
as soon as I finish a his Englishman's (bad
luck till him!) that I'm doln' now. Yours
thruly. Tho Red Poochcr," or words to that
effect. Feth, It tuk more nor a hop out of
roe. This Rid Poocher was the coolest
seoundhrll I ever calculated upon. The
cat, too, was out of the bag at a Jump.
There wasn't anything for It hut make a
clane breast of the whole roatther. An' I
up an' done It An' when I say that
Mlsther O'Mara of Malth stonucu nnF swore
at both me masther an' mcself, I'm puttln
tho case us calm as l can. inert) wasiri
a bad name In his stomach that he didn't
banc at both of us, ah' sayod that as the
dlvll made us ho matched us. I knew we
were both In the wrong, I as well as tho
masther; for not layln' a full progrsm of
the whole ease afora him earlier in tne
business; so I sat down an' smoked till
O'Marra's win' gave out, an' he could bargo
an' abus.j no longer. An' then ho ordbered
out wan of his men he had two moil with
hlmran' a thrnp, an' tuk roe also, un' nlver
dhrew rein till he was at the Ardbara polls
barracks. We went n, an' he put th
letther Intll the sergeant of polUcs hands,
an' demanded their purtectlon. The ser
geant read It, an' sayed It was deuced cool
of tho red villain surely. But he toul'
Mlsther O'Mnra all the arrangements he
had mode for police pathrols to watch
Maenavalla night an' day, an' ho sayed
If,, from wan -end of tho shootln' to -the
other a frog Jumped unknowns!, he'd be
wlllla' to offer blm hi head on a side dish.
selves of ull tho laughter was welghtln'
their stomachs an' which they didn't want
to laugh out Intll his face.
"Well, O'Mara he wished to tho Lord
he was safely through with his shootln'
anyhow an' he didn't caro how- soon he'd
bo finished, now that tho dhread of that
Poochcr was hangln' like a rotten roof
treo over him. -
" 'I'll tell you, oUl' fella,' eays they at
last, 'If yo don't mind we'll give ye a few
days an' lower every wing on tho lan' for
ye.' Faith. O'Mara Jumped at It. 'Upon
ray word,' slz ho, 'I'll not nlslly forget It It
yo do.' It was only au cxthra bit of sport,
camo chapo to them, an' they agreed with
a heart an' a half an' toul' him, moreover,
that he could nftherwards, If ho choose,
come an' amuse himself gottln' In the way
of their guns on their shootln's, though
they couldn't promise him neither pigeons
nor crows, they wor afeerd. O'Mara him
self Joined them in tho laugh at this, for
he was in purty good humour now he seen
he'd have but little to dhread from tho Red
Poocher.
"Still he didn't slacken wan bit In hs
watchfulness. Ho arranged with the polls
that every day the English lads 'ud be
hclpln' him on Meenavalla they'd have to
do their pathrolln' upon the lands of the
college chaps, lest the Red Poocher would
step In, on the grand opportunity, an' not
lalve a klckln' thing upon their grounds.
But In all cases he ordhercd, as afore, that
two polls should stay day an' night by his
own plnco an' alt an' dhrlnk In bis own
bouse.
"He likewise planned that me an' his
own two men should take tho hamper
of fowl nightly Intll Olcntlos to the rail
way station, an' have them shipped. He'd
lend me an' his men an' his conveyance,
also to the English chaps to carry In
theirs, further on; an they could for
safety's sake add one or two of their men
to tho contingent. 'From nil the stories,'
sez he, 'I'm tould of the Red Poocher, wo
can't be too cautious.' Faith, yer right,'
says the collego chaps wlnkln' the wan at
tho other.
The very nlxt mornln' the whole six of
them, with threo of their men an" O Mara
an' wan of his men an' mc3elf was on
Mecnvalla br.ngln' nwny llkt a rajlment of
Jarmlns In the wnr. They wor all purty
fair Bhots. tho college chaps, an' MUther
O'Mara himself, seeln' thnt he was only
used at tumblln' pigeons an' crows, didn't
do at nil so badly, an' give the bucks a
denl less laughln' than they expected; an'
odd tlmo ho conthrlved to get wan of the
lads right In the lino of his fire, which
nlwny-8 glvo five of thnm a hearty laugh
of course, but generally he went wan
betther nor the mau who could flro at a
mouse an' hit a mountain.
'"Afther tho dozen of us wcro on tho
Inn' threo days ye might catch all the
grouso we left llvln' by puttln' salt on
their tal s. Every evenin', too, mescu an
the rest of tho escort tuk off tho day's
hai!Eln' for tho Glentles railway station
An' its nief-elf was noways sorry to go the
eamo Journey, bskasa Dan (wan of O'.Mara's
men) was the best sowl In the wurri , un
nlver let ua pass Jimmy Klnny's public
houso without we'd go In an' wet our
whistle. An' he'd give us two or throo
dhrlnka, no less, afore he'd let us go out.
O'Mara's other man, Tarance, was a
grumpy, growlln', dog-ln-the-manger kind
of a dlvll that wouldn't ax ye had ye a
mouth on ye If yo thraveled with hlra from
Cork to Christmas, nn' begrudged seeln'
Dan thraltln,' moroover. He'd not go Intll
Jimmy Klnny's with us, but 'ud rsmaln
danglln' his heels over tho baskets of game
an' coutitlu the stars to keep himself warm
till wo'b como out again. An' then Dan
tuk us In to feo If Jimmy Klnny was btlll
alive on our w'ay back. Them was pleasant
ovenlngs, I tell jou
An' for ten days this kind of thing went
on, Bekase, O'Mnra tuk raesolf an' his own
two men to hlp to weed tbo gaino out of
the three shootln's of the college chaps
An' wo bad always wan or two, or maybe
three of their men with us bo way of es
cort to Gleatles every evenin', an' Dan, who
must have laid nan s on a leprechaun, ho
had so much money, ever 'an' always halted
the funeral nt Jimmy Klnny's till we'd go
In an' sloko our ihlrsts.
"O'Mara. when ho had four or five dayV
practice como to handle a gun like a mau
was Intended to become a good shooter;
very low an' sing very, very small
"Well, on tho last night of tho shootln'
we bad a regular big Jollification, all hands
of us, I tell ye. An', poor dlvll, the Red
Poocher would have found his ear buniln
If he had been within any sort of ratsonable
distance of us bekase.' there's no doubt of
It, wo Joked a falr,sh,are, fit his expense.
An' small blame to us, scein' he made such
an Impudently bouldi start wrltln' hl
thrcatcntn' notice to all hands, as If he
was goln' to do the dlckens-an'-all an' walk
right over all our heads. Far" IntU the
night or Intll tho mornln' the spree run,
an' I'm half ashamed to tell It, but the
thruth's tho thruth every man lay where
ho foil. The English chaps knew how to
get round a quart of Irish whisky about as
wen as If they had been broken to It when
they were on suckln' bottles, but they glvo
in. An wnon I give In meself Mlsther
O'Mara an' Dan nn' Taranco seemed as
fresh a a May mornln', bad luck till
them.
"The sun was purty high In the sky
nlxt day, when we shouted an' shuk up.
An' when wo got our eyes opened an' some
of our senses back again, behould ye, wasn't
It the sergeant himself of polls an' a band
of his men ( was standln' over us. 'Well,
what'e the row, now?' says we when we
seen this army crowdtn' the kitchen.
'Nothln',' says the sergeant himself of the
polls, with a heavy sigh, 'only the Red
Poochcr be d to him!' 'What?' says wan
of us, an' 'What?' says all uf us, Jumpln'
for our firearms. 'The Red Poocher! Hur
roo! Show us him, sergeant, avlc, till we
get the chance of a puck at the hinder end
of his breeches' an" ivory mother' sowl
bruit for the doore. 'Arrah,' says the ser
geant, 'to pot with yez for blatherln' edicts.
Stand yer grounds till I ax ye wan ques
tion. Has any of yez got any return or
replies from the game yer. has sent off?"
No, none of them had. For thn past three
or four days they had sent a messenger to
the office an' then damned the London man
for not beln' prompter In replyln' an
sendln' cheques. I thought as much,' sez
tho sergeant. 'What the dickens do ye
mane?' says they. 'Are all of yez here?'
sez tho sergeant. 'All of us?' says they,
lookln' roun' an' thryln' to count wan an
other 'Barrln',' says they then, 'Mlsther
O'Mara an his two men. They must have
been nfcot earlier an' stbrolled back to
Meenavalla.' 'Oh, Indeed!' says the ser
geant 'yes, Indeed. I was Just thlnkln'
they tuk a rather early stbroll this mornln'.
There was a little noto from him lnformln'
mo as much, dhroppod nt tho barrack doore
this mornln' an' advlsln' me to come nn
look nfther yez or yez would be apt to
oversleep ycrselvcs an' mlas the early
worm. I called by Meenavalla house Just
to satisfy mcself an' It's as lens as an an
shlnt abbey. Here's a noto I picked up on
tho table here when I como In I'm thlnkln'
that'H tho names of the six of yez on tho
cover of It Purty well addressed, nnyhow.'
"With their mouths open so yo might turn
yer fist In them, an' tholr six pairs of eyes
like bnw-wndles in a castlo, they had tho
note tore oyvn In half n Jlfloy, nn' Ivcry
man of tho six let out of him a curse might
kill a crow In n crab-treo for the note
was something like this: 'Mlsther O'Mara
of Malth presents bis compliments an' hopes
the hIx nlco bright cllver young Englishmen
Is well as he'd wUh them, an' as full of celf-
consalt ns Ivor. He Is very sorry he has
been called off auddlnt, for ho should have
liked much more of their Improvln' com
pany. But if hls good friends wouldn't
mind callln' roun' by bis egg-store in the
Couiry Malth, on their way home to their
dear mothers In England, he promises them
plenty of plnkin' at pigeons an' Crowe,
Yours thruly. THE RED POOCHER.'
I said, after a while, "May I ask you one
question, Tomas Dhu?"
"Throt It out quick, an' be done with It,
between whiffs of his froshly-Ht pipe.
"Didn't those Fngllthmen themselves tack
on the proper Ubel on the hampers befor
they (if nt them off?"
"Did I tell you that while Dan was makln1
the rest of us merry In Jimmy Klnny'
Taranco, tho growler, remained without to
keep count of the start."
"Ohl"
Which Girls?
The Bee wants to know which girls
in the territory in which it circulatCR am most deserving
of the vacation trips offered to the girls who work for
a livelihood. We would like every reader to vote the
coupons which appear on page two each day. Any
young lady who earns her own living may enter the con
test. The Bee will pay all of the expenses
of the trips and furnish additional transportation, so it
will not be necessary to go alone. IJead over the rules
carefully.
Twelve Splendid Vacation Trips
From Omaha to Chlcnco on the Mil
waukee. Chicago to Uurfalo vln the
Nickel Plate. Ton days at the Marl
borough and the Pan-American Hx
poeltton. Return via Chlco with a
day at the Grand Pacific hotel.
From Omaha to Hot UprlnK. 8. !
over the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley railroad. Two weeks at trie
Hotel EvatiK ut Hot Hprlngs. with
privileges of the plunge and hatha.
From Omaha to Minneapolis on the
Northwestern. From Minneapolis to
Lake Mlnnetonka over the Great
Northern, with two weeks at tho Hotel
St. Louis.
From Omnhn to Chicago on the Chi
cago, Burlington &. Qulncy. Two days
at the Grnnd Pacific. Chicago to Lake
Geneva, Wis,, on the Northwestern.
Two weeks at tho Unrreson house,
neturn via the same routes.
From Omaha to Chicago via tho
Northwestern with a day's stop at the
Grand Pacific hotel. From Chicago to
Wauknthn. Wis,, with two weeks at
the Fountain Spring houae.
l J. .n omaha to Denver over the
Burlington. Three days at the Brown
J alacft hotel, u day s nxeur-lon to
Georgetown through Clear Creek Cnh
yon. From Denver to Colorado
Spring on the Denver A Rio Grande
?tuth ?ar' en ? th'On1. a trip up
Pike s Peak, with , headquarters for
ten duyj, at the Aim Vista hotel at
Colorado Springs.
From Omaha to Lake OkoboJI on the
Milwaukee. Two Wieks at The Inn
at Lnlie OkoboJI, Return via the Mil
waukee, .J1. Omaha to Kansas City over
the Missouri Pacific with three rtayn
nt Kansas City at the Coatcs house.
Kanans City to Pertle Springe, Mo.,
with two weeks at Hotel Mlnnowawa,
From Omaha to St. Louis over the
Omaha & St Louis nnd Wnbnsh lines,
with throe days at the Southern hotel,
hrom St. Louis to Toledo with h day
?' Joody house. From Toledo to
Put-ln-Bay via On Detroit & Cleve
land ateamhlp, with two weeks ut tho
Hotel Victory.
From Omaha to Denver on the Rock
Island, Three daya at the nrown
Palace hotel. A day's excursion on the
Colorado road through Clear Creek
Canyon to Georgetown and The I,oup.
From Denver to Oleuwood Springs via
the Denver & Rio Grande. Ten rUvs
t the Hotel Colorado, Oleuwood
SprlngH. Return vln the snmo routes,
From OmnliH to Sail Lake via the
Villon Puelllc. Ten days nt the Hotel
Knutsford. Salt iJike, with prl Urges
of Boltalr lleimh. Return on the Cnlon
Pacific via Denver with three days'
stop at the Brown Palace hotel, a
day's excursion from Denver to
Georgetown nnd thn Loup throuch
Clear Crock Cunyon on the Colorado
road.
From Omaha to Chicago via tho
Illinois Central, with n day nt the
Ornnd Pacific. Chicago to Charlevoix
via the Pere Marquette railroad. Ten
days at the Hotel Uolvldere at Charle
voix. Return via Steamship Manltou
to Cl'.lcugo, Chicago to Omaha tI
the Illinois Central.
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
The trips will be awnriled ns follow: Four trips to the four jotiug Indian llvlnp; In Omahn rocolvlns the
moat rotes; one trip to the youug lady In South Omnha recolvlus the most votes; one trip to the youiiif
lady In Council BlulTn recelylns: the mot votes; three trip to the young lutllett living In Xohr.iHkn out.ililo of
Omaha and South Omaha rcceiTlDg tho most votis; two trip to the young Initios IIvIiir In Iowa outHldo of
Council IMuffs receiving the mot votea; und one trip to the youns lady in South Dakota receiving tho most
votes.
The youna; lady receiving the hlghuwt number of votco will have tho llrst choice of tho trips, tho next
highest nccond choice, and so on.
No votes will he counted for any young lady who doca not earn her own living.
All votes must he made on couponx cut from page 2 of The Hoe.
Prepayments of Hubscrlptlon may be made either direct to The Bee Publlahluc Company, or to nn author
ized agent of The Dee.
No votes sont In by agents will bo counted unless accompanied by the cash, In accordance with Instruc
tions sent them.
No votes will be counted for employes of The Omnha Bee.
The vote from day to day will be published In all editions of The Beo. The contest will close at 5 p. m
July 22, 1001.
Votes will be counted when mado ou a coupon cut from The Omaha Bee and deposited at The Bee Business
Office or mailed addressed
"Vacation Contest Department,"
Omaha Bee Omaha, Neb.
Table and Kitchen
Practice Suggestions About Feed sad
tka Preparations of It.
Dauly Mctina.
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Frizzled Ham In Cream Oravy.
Baked Potatoes.
Baklnr Powder Biscuit. Coffee.
Thin 81lce Cold Braised Veal.
Tomato Mayonnaise.
Fruit. Wafer.
Tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Baked Chicken Pic. . Peas.
Manned Potatoes. New Beets.
Lettuce.
Frozen Rice Pudding-. Orange Compote.
conee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal. Fruit. Cream.
Creamed Codfish. Potato Cakes.
Baity Lunn. wonec.
LUNCH.
Lobster Farce, Panned Tomatoes.
Butter caxea. niewea unernes.
Cereal Coltee.
DINNER.
Iced Clam Broth.
Planked Whlteruh. Cucumber Sauce.
New Potatoes with Butter and Porsely.
Creamed Onions.
Crete and Egg Sulad.
Cherry lee.
Coffee.
Cream.
Crisp Bacon.
Coffeo.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST,
Fruit.
Cereal.
French Omelet.
Potato Roll.
Toaat.
LUNCH.
Clam Chowder,
Eggs Canada. Asparagus.
Cheese. "Wafers.
Cereal Coffee.
DINNER.
Green Pea Soup.
Broiled Steak. French Fried Potatoes,
Cold Slaw.
Fruit Salad.
Cheese Wafers.
and handed dowa from generation to gener
ation. Among the old-fashioned meat
dishes, we have a variety that may' be
classed aa atews and fricassee, These
dishes aro really more appetising for hot
weather dishes than when meat are
roasted or baked.
Irtnh Stew.
This is a dish that It appetizing and not
greasy, which Is the objectionable feature
of so many meat stew. Have six chops
cut from the neck of mutton; flour them
well nnd lay them In a stewing pan with
spoonful of 'butter 'and place over a quick
Arc, where they will brown nicely, turn
ing the chops and stirring the onion to
prevent burning. When the" onion and
chops are light brown add a pint of cold
water. If fat arises to tho top of the pan
skim It off carefully. Add a level teaspoon
ful of salt and a quarter of a teaspoonful of
white pepper; cover the stewing pan and
set where the meat will simmer gently.
Cook ono and one-half hour and skim
again. Add a tablespoonful of Worcester
the bread close to the apples. Bake slowly
for three hours. To a mlddllng-slzed dish
use half a pound of butter.
Freah Aiiple I'an-Dorrtl jr.
Butter a deep, brown, earthon puddlng
dlsh; peel and slice apples enough to All
It; for two quarts of apples, use a tea
spoonful each of powdered cinnamon and
salt, half a pound of brown sugar, half a
pint of elder or water. Thoroughly mix
the spice, salt and sugar upon the apples
and pcur the water or cider over them.
CovAr.w.lth..u.. "inAr ,nlo . -Vii- iUioo
hours, taking caro that tho oven 1 not
hot enough to burn tho crust. This may
be eaten hot or cold, with sugar and cream.
Blackberry I'oiple.
If you have bread dough on hand use that.
If not make a soft baking powder dough
with two cupfuls of flour, two eggs, one
cupful of sweet milk and two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Butter a deep dish, put
In a thin layer of the dough, cover with tha
berries, then sprinkle with sugar; add an-
hire Sauna and see It the gravy Is well , 0ther layer of dough, then more berries and
Coffee.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Molded Cereal. Fresh Pineapple.
Breaded Lamb Chopi,. Pcao.
Creamed Tomatoes. .
Rolls Coffee,
DINNER.
Iced Consomme.
Planked. Shad. Creamed Roe.
New I'otatoei,. rjanininurnr
Tomatoes Stuffed with Cucumbers. '
uranK jeuy with Strawberries.
Cake. Coffee,
SUPPER.
Crab Salad. Queen's Style,
Brown Bread nnd Nut Sandwiches.
Fruit. Wafers.
Lemonade,
seasoned. Pare and add eight or tea rather
small potatoes cut In half, lengthwise; coyer
closely and simmer again until the potatoes
are done. Let the potatoes lie on top of
tho meat so they will ateam. Do not eover
them with the liquid, a this will make a
quantity of broth and not a good, rich
gravy.
Arrange the chops in the center of a hot
platter, with tho potatoes around the edge.
Tour the gravy over the meat and sprinkle
a little minced parsley over It all. A car
rot cut In cubes and boiled separately In
salted water may be mixed with the potato
border and add color as well as flavor to
the dish.
A Simple Haricot of Mnttnn.
Take nice rib chops and trim off nearly
all tho fat. Flour them woll, lay In a stew
pan with a very Utile fat, nnd brown them
woll without burning them; when done
add one carrot and one turnip cut Into
cubes, an onion sliced, quarter of a tea-
spoonful of pepper, a teaspoonful of suit
and
nurar and a too layer of dough. Make a
small, round hole in the center of each
layer of dough,' except the bottom one. Set
the basin in a steamer and steam three
hours. Serve with, cream. Cherries or
peacaea may be used Instead of the black
berries and are delicious. Bits of butter
addtd to the trutt I an Improvement.
Ormidmother'd Cherry PaddliiaJ.
Beat three egg very light without sep
arating them; add to them two cupfuls of
milk. Measure three and one-half cupfuls
of alfted flour; add to this three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and half a teaspoon
ful of salt, and sift thoroughly. Make a
hollow in the center and slowly pour In
the liquid, mixing In tho flour until you
have a smooth batter, then add two level
tablespoonfuls of melted butter and two
cupfuls of stoned cherries, well drained
and dredged with flour. Stir well Into the
batter and then turn Into the pudding dish
or mould, cover closely and steam for three
water enough to Just cover. Cook very hours. The water In the steamer or boiler
OLD-FASHIONED DKSIIUS,
gently for two and one-half hour. Skim
off overy particle of grease. Take up Ihe
chops; arrange them around a mound of
string beans, which have bean cut In two-
Inch pieces. I'orm a poroer nrouna tno fh offlciui wnrk this morning the president
chops of thn carrots nnd turnips, and ret took Mm. McKlnley for a drive. Both eem,
must boll continuously, and If moro must
be added replenish with boiling water.
Mm. McKlnley Driving;.
CANTON. 0 July 9. After attending te)
tho dlfh where It will keep hot whllo you
prepare a brown sauce from the stralrcd
llqurr. Season this and pour over tho
me nd serve.
A Men I'ot tun I'mtillnir with Moat.
Boll tho potatoes aa for mashing, rub
through a eclander or put through a pref.e;
make a thick batter with milk and beaten
eggs, cut underdone roast beef or steak Into
rather Isrgo pieces and lay In bottom of the
dish; then a layor of tho batter; then more
meat, soascnlng well; more batter and so
to bo In excellent health and spirit.
num ... ......u ininiti mnr UrnmJ- ' r,u n i. ,,9rt. havln ton laver of thn
mother Vavii to Conk. batter. Boko a nice brown In moderately
When all Is told, there is a rellnb In tbo I hot oven.
old-fashioned dishes mado from recipes smonrom i-uuumir.
handed down with rollglous care from Simmer two ounces of macaroni In a pint
some well beloved grandmother, who In i of milk until tender, with a bit of lemon
her time posstssed with her many other ' Peei and a small plere of cinnamon; then
virtues the knowledge of Rood cooking. ,,ut Into a middlne dlb with milk the yolks
Many of theso recipes, to he sure, need f two eggs, white of one, ucar, nutmeg
a consiaaratiift amount Of gooa judgment , .nrt im! candled xlnacr root. Put a
on the part of the modern housewife in , border of paste around the edge of the
order to get them Just right, for whllo our n(1 hnkfl ft ice brown )n mclerate
grandmothers gauged to a nlcuty tbo pro
portion Of liquids and solids necessary
they did not always give a formula with
directions for mixing the materials to
gether. Then, too, while the quality of ma
terials may not have changed, the mode of
preparation of such commodities as Hour,
gelatine, tapioca and many other materials
In comtnen use have been greatly Improved
upon. Of quite recent years and since
wo have atlrred up an Interett lu our co
lonial history, wo have revived and r-
oven. A layer of orange marmalade or
raspberry' Jam may be used Instead of th
ginger.
Apple Charlotte.
Cut as many very thin fcllcei of white
bread a will corer the bottom and line th
sides of a brklnr dtih that U rubbed thick
with butter. Then put apples In tbln
slices Into tho dlili, In layers, till full,
truwlng with sugar ar.d bit of butter be
tweon, In tht meantime soak as many thin
Imitators Nailed.
Tficliattle Creth SnmtariumR4
fo.etrueh the noil 'an lite head and
drov it syuurely home when thtz
public was informed that erciy
paeAaffr genuine
Granola
hcuns ij picture of tho Mottle
frettk Sunltnrinm. Granolu
is t lie celebrated xtrtinfith-
&i'tn&,predjife.!itcd nnu steriilKd
tbodior strong 'n nd weak people.
" je.
Itisatnednn KL.
Hut diet talletV
of the Ihittlc 1
Crffk Sanitarium when'
Invalids lhvu would tuiv
I lie lontu wfre oraumiy
inoae
discovered many delightful old-time sllcen of bread as will cover the top, lu
dishes; while other havo been with us warm milk. Lay over all a plate, to' keep
WW vafr
.used.
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