SENSIBLE ALMOST TO THE LAST.
Mr and Mrs Tom Muloahy lived on a farm. They were shrewd and thrifty, and had the reputation of heing "close." Finally Mrs Mulcahy sickened and was about to die. Finding herself nearing the end, she expressed a desire to put things in order before the event occurred, and old Tom prepared to listen. "Tom," says Mrs Mulcahy, "there's Mrs Smith, up the crossing, she owes me SI 80 for butter ; see ye get it." " Sinsible to the last, my dear ; sinsible to the last," said Tom. '' I'll get it." " Then there's Mrs Jones, up at the Creek, she owes me §1 50 for chickens." "Ah ! look at that, now, for a moind; she forgets nothing." " And Mrs Brown, in the village, she owes me $2 30 for milk." " D'ye hear that! Sinsible to the last; sinsible to the last 1 Go on, my dear." "And—and—" "Yis." " And Mrs Roberts, at the toll-gate, I owe her—" "Ah! poor dear! poor dear!" broke in old Tom, hastily ; " how her moind does bo wandering! Sure we've allowed her to tall: too much entirely, so we have!"—"Cleveland Herald."
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1091, 28 December 1877, Page 3
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