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200 Kiscadden, was a McGarrah before she married. My own family name was McGarrah, and"

Peter put his hand over his mouth to stifle his feelings, and reeled toward the kitchen porch.

An hour later, when supper was finished, Miss Ethel and Mr. Harry Jasper slipped away from the guests and turned toward the kitchen. They paused for a moment in the butler's pantry, arrested by the sound of Peter's voice as he discoursed in his richest brogue to an appreciative group of maids. His theme was the Daughters of the Revolution—he had evidently kept his ears open during his brief introduction to society.

"Me father was a Malone, an' me mother was a Haggerty. The family settled in America in 1620, all me ancistors on both sides bein' first-cabin passengers on the Mayflower. We 're straight discinded from Gov'nor Bradford, an' me fifth great-grandfather was the