Judge — September 9, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

OES Mrs. Judy Ma- in this tenement — block?"” asked a young man of Mrs. Honora Mul- ligan, who was sweeping off the three-foot pavement before the entrance to the house. “Judy Maloney, did yeez say? Is it some wan to go out by de day washin’ yeez want, is it? If it is, me son’s wife is not ingaged av a Thoorsday an’ Oi’m not be t goin’ out mesilf now an’ thin if there isn't too many starched pieces in de wash an’ if’’- “Tam not looking for a laundress. I have other business with Mrs. Maloney. You say she in this tenement house ?’" “It's not a tillygram yeez has for her? If it is, some wan should go on ahead av yeez an’ pre her for anny- t’ing bad there moight be in de tilly- gram. Whin a tillygram come wan day a mont’ or two ago for Katie Noonan an’ de bye thot brought it sprung it on her widout no preparation for it an’ it had news of her cousin Mary Ann Hogan's de’t in it, hivin defind us if yeez couldn't of heard Katie screech tin blocks away an’ it tuk a good pint o° brandy to fetch her to whin she fainted. loney live lives “SAY, MISTER, TURN ON THE ELECTRIC PAN. A LACK OF PATIENCE. Tillygrams ought to have a go-betwane thim an’ the person thot brings ’em an’ the thot’s to get thim, for’’ - “T haven't any telegram for Judy Maloney. You say that she lives in this tenement house?"’ “TL hope, now, thot her sister-in-law over in H-a- person a-a-r-lem is no worse. If you happen to be a mis- singer from Pat Murphy's, it wud be best to give de missige to me, for’? —— “I don’t know any one named Pat Murphy and I will myself say what I want to say to Judy Malo- ney if you will have the goodness to tell me in what | part of the house she lives.”” “If yeez happen to be an agint av anny koind, it'd be only akoindness for ye She-- me to tell yeez thot it'd be a waste o’ toime for yeez to see Judy Maloney, for she got so badly stung by an agint not long ago that she has it in for anny wan who is an agint for annyt’ing at arl, an’ if’” 1's HoT.” OBEYING THE DOCTOR. What did the specialist say ?"" He told me to keep as much as possible in the air."* “Tam not an agent nor’’—— “It’s not de rint yeez are afther, is it? It do luk as if there was a new col- lector iv’ry toime de rint is to be paid, an’ Oi'm doubtin’ if Judy wud find it convainyent to pay de rint to-day afther de p-a-a-a-rty she gave three noights since to cillybrate de ingagemint av her daughter Annie to Patsy Killigan, who has joost had a rise in his wages dhrivin’ an oice cart, an’ a likely bye he seems; an’ Annie has her tin a wake in her prisint place, so if they are savin’ they might soon’’—— “Tam not a rent collector and’’?—— “i'd not set yeez down as wan had Oi to guess phwat yeez was. Oi'd be more apt to say yeez was a yang gintle- man sint up to tek de measure for anew linnyoleeum for Judy’s kitchen flure, for Oi heard her say she was to indulge in a bit av ixtravagance of that koind; an’ if thot is phwat yeez are here for, yang man, Oi don’t moind whisperin’ to yeez, saycret-loike, thot yeez wud be doin’ well to git yoor pay in advance, not wishin’ to casht anny reflections on Judy Maloney, but—about how much a yard was she goin’ to pay for de linny- oleeum?”” “Tam not here to measure for ‘linny- oleeum’ nor for anything else. Will comicbooks.com