Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . d start the call for California Pat toshow the young bys and gerrils how he usta dance a realIrish jig in the Ould Country. Havin been lookin on quietlyand listenin attentively to the others, while smokin his pipecontentedly in the corner, California Pat became all flustered,and acted sheepishly and embarrassed, as he begged to beexcused. Arrah, hiven bless yez! he pleaded, bashfully. SurenI havent putt a futt t th fluur since thchristenin av Moike Dimpseys son there was no stoppin the call forCalifornia Pat, once it start
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . d start the call for California Pat toshow the young bys and gerrils how he usta dance a realIrish jig in the Ould Country. Havin been lookin on quietlyand listenin attentively to the others, while smokin his pipecontentedly in the corner, California Pat became all flustered,and acted sheepishly and embarrassed, as he begged to beexcused. Arrah, hiven bless yez! he pleaded, bashfully. SurenI havent putt a futt t th fluur since thchristenin av Moike Dimpseys son there was no stoppin the call forCalifornia Pat, once it started, and thoughbe was proof against all entreaty and coax-in, it was plain he was nettled and annoyedby the taunts of Charlie DuflFy, who daredhim to dance a jig, sayin that he couldntdance like he usta back in the Ould Coun-try, or he wouldnt take water before allthe neighbors. The taunts of Charlie Duffyhad the effect of bringin California Patto life unexpectedly, for he stood up and declared that TheDuffy niver breathed that cud make a Brinnin take 63 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS To think that he, California Pat—who had suffered theprivations and hardships of that terrible overland journey toCalifornia in an ox-drawn prairie schooner with the oldforty-niners, and, with the hard-earned gold he wrested fromthe eternal hills concealed in his belt, had taken a sailinvessel to the Isthmus of Panama, and then hoofed it over themountains on the return trip, to buy his coveted eighty acresin Winfield township—should take a dare! And from aDuffy! Wurra! Wvirra! Twas more than mortal man couldstand! Boundin to the middle of the room suddenly, CaliforniaPat jumped high, swingin his arms wildly and slappin hischest forcefully, as he shouted: Hur-roo, bys! Long liveOireland and County Kilkenny, and may th divil mend thconnuckmin, wan and all! Jimmy, me by—play theFlowers of Edinburg, till yer fa-ather shows th heavy-heeled Duffys how a Brinnin can dance a ral Irish jig! And Ca
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