The Fugitive Blacksmith (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fugitive Blacksmith

The Finerty household, like all Gaul, was divided into three parts: the kitchen, the "middle room," and the Parlor.

As Mrs. Finerty used to say, "We have two rooms to live in, an' wan for Michael. 'T is a pity that Man" - and she would say it as if she were emphasizing the whole human race - "w'u'd not lave things th' way God thried to have thim, an' not be invintin' locomotives to be kapin' all kinds av hours. We 're atm' an' shlapin' from hand to mouth; an' 't is little I hear av Michael's voice but whin he shnores. But sometimes I shtop in me worruk an' think how thankful I ought to be to hear that; for wid him always laid out in th' dark parlor, 't is th' only thing that kapes him from bein' dead to his family intirely."

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