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[As the front door announces the departure of Miss P.f Mrs. G. and
Mrs. L. turn squarely around towards each otherf with eves and mouths
open -with am azem entThen they hurst into peals of laughter zvhich is
stopped only by the loud, ringing i f the bell. Enter a big, dirty looking
Irish irnntan who seats herself comfortably and smiles familiarly and
patronizingly on Mrs. G\]
Mrs, G .— (Chokes bach her laughter sufficiently to murmur r.>od after­
noon and in turn stares helplessly at the. nav-comer fa r a v.ontenl).—-
You have come to see about work, What is your name ?
B r i d g e t ,— Bridget O'Flanigan, mum.
Mrs. G.— Well, Uriel get, arc you a good cook ?
B r i d g e t — That Oi am, mum. Brirrin' the mates and the pois and
the vigitnble trash-— fodder Oi calls it, mum— and the Ameriky brid,
and their pesky cakes and pud din’s, mum, Oi kin cuke loike an angii,

mum,
Mrs. G.— Well, but, Bridget, what do you cook ? You have made
so many exceptions,
B ridget.— No, mum, Oi kin be aftlicr cuking no exceptions, mum,
but Oi kin cuke praties loike an angil, mum, Oi jluist pops ’im into
the kittle ofwather, mum, and Oi niver have a bit of ill tuck, miiin,
savin1 whin Oi jliust drops off for a wink, mu eh, and the wather goes
dhry. mum.
Mrs. G,-— Oil! A h ! Yes— I understand. Well, Bridget, I fear
you will not do for my purpose as 1 expect my cook to do all the
cooking and we find it necessary to have something besides potatoes.
B r i d g e t ,— Not do, mutn? What kin the swatc lady be thinkin’
uv? Oi am a jewel of a servint, mum. Oi am not out all the toiine
loike those giddy gurls, mum. Jliust giv’ me my tobaccy and drap
uv’ rum, mum, and Oi kapes as quiet as a lamb, mum, the day long.
Mrs. G.— I fear you would be altogether too quiet, too passive as
to work, Bridget, and I Jiccd a great deal of help, I think w e need
not discuss the matter longer. (ARising).
B r i d g e t {imUgnantfy).— O h , if y ez w a n t to w urruk a sevvint to
deth, m um , w h y to be shure y e s shant h a v e a ch ance to wurruk