I got it from the captain in the
Salvation Army when I told him how much money I
was goin' to give him by and by.
DRISCOLL
Well, that's the first and last donation you'll ever
get from the Salvation Army. Sure, if you got all
the money that was to be left to you since I knew you
first, you'd be buildin' libraries all over the world like
Carnegie to advertise your vanity.
DEVLIN
'Tis nothin' to you whether I will build libraries or
public houses for the poor when I'll get all the money
that's comin' to me.
DRISCOLL
Ah, wisha, I'm about sick and tired of hearin' all the
things you're going to do.
DEVLIN (_crossly_)
I don't give a damn whether you are or not. Go and
get me the whiskey, or I'll get it elsewhere.
DRISCOLL (_plausibly_)
Very well, very well! I'll get you the whiskey.
[_Exit._
DEVLIN (_to Falvey, who is still eating his loaf of bread_)
Good mornin', stranger.
FALVEY
Good mornin' and good luck, sir.
DEVLIN
'Tis a fine mornin'.
FALVEY
A glorious mornin', thank God.
DEVLIN
Is that your breakfast that you're eatin'?
FALVEY
Indeed it is, stranger, and maybe my dinner and
supper too.
DEVLIN
'Tis the hell of a thing to be poor.
FALVEY
Sure 'tis myself that knows it.
DEVLIN
And 'tis as bad to be rich and not to be able to get
any of your money like myself.
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