THE GIRL FROM DONEGAL.
The mistress looked dejoctly at the latest domestic, straight from the hills of Donegal, and willing to begin at only a year. “What can you do ? ” she asked, with no hope in her heart. “ Anything at all, sure!” was the encouraging response. The mistress glanced about the room. There was everything to be done. ‘‘ Could you fill the lamps?” she ventured. 11 1 can that!” and the lamp was seized in a stout embrace. Then, with the air of one wishing above all else to suit the possible whims of a new employer, she paused to ask :—“And is it gas or watber you do be liking it filled wid ? ”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 419, 4 August 1908, Page 4
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114THE GIRL FROM DONEGAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 419, 4 August 1908, Page 4
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