Christmas eve at Mulligan's

by Marie Irish

Mrs. M.:

Now see ye here, Bill Jones, I was goin’ to make ye a nice cookie cut in shape of a pig fer a Christmas prisint, but I’ll not do it if ye don’t be after quittin’ an’ go to behavin’.

Jones:

[folding hands piously] If I quit a-tall I’ll have to quit behavin’ ’cause I’m always good. My mother says I’m the best boy she’s got—the other six boys bein’ girls. But tell me now, where’s Rosie an’ Katie?

Mulligan:

Sure, they’re in their room fixin’ up tryin’ to see how nice they can make themselves look ’cause they want Dannie to think they’re pretty when he sees ’em.

Mrs. M.:

Now what a notion! But still, it’s a good one. Dannie niver has seen a one of us an’ we’d all ought to look as fine as possible when he first lays eyes on us.

Jones:

Say, if that’s so, I’ll have to go out an’ try to order me a new face. No use in tryin’ to fix this one up so’s it’ll look han’some.