The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-15
Little Story With n Moral.


respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, is re-
sponsible for the following little
story illustrative of the demands Of
the Radical party:
OBliaue thinks. that if man wants
everything, the best way Is to let HIM
have it, for then he will be satisfied and
won't want anything else.
If the people of the North will only
give the Radicals all the offices, and
the white people of the South Will
grant negro suffrage; give up their
lands and personal property, and then
come in with ropes round their necks
and submit to be hung wlthsut any
bother, we shall have peace.
This reminds us of little story:
1t was about man Ill ConnouSht;
his name was O'Keegan.
He was a decent, quiet, orderly peace
able sort of man, who believed III
quiet life.
He lived out of town, and had to
travel bit of lonely road, with bog
ON one side of it and woods on the
other. >,
One dav rs he was travelling home all
alone. and it was quite dark, the moon
hadn't risen, and that part of the coun-
try wasn't lighted with Eas in those
days, when who should step up from be.
hind lamp-post but big murtherIn
villain with Shellalah under his arm.
"Good morning to you, Mr.. Okee-
gan" said he, IAN I'll trouble We Tor
the time of day"
"NN. O'Keegan took ont his watch to
answer the question, when the black
guard grabs 1t. s-E n.
Its fine repeater ye have got, Mr..
OKeegan,, says lie, "and it's III danger
ye are of losing it so I'll just take care
of it for ye," and he stuffed 1t IN his
pocket.
Mr.. OKeegan says to himself, says he,
"Bettcr let him have the watch. and
he IL be satisfied and so away
But he didn't.
"Mr. O'Keegan," said he, 'may be ye
have some small change about ye, that
you'd be happy to lend me; and you IL
save me tho troubie of going through
your pockets by shelIing out"
Thinks Mr.. O'Keegan TO himself: lie
only wants my money, and I'll let hlm
have that rather than have any trouble
with the fellow .,
So he shelled out, and thought he had
satisfied the rapscallion, and was going
off quite peaceably.
whist, Mr.. O'Keegan," says he, "you
have mighty fine coat that I'd just nj
me. and Fll trouble you for it,
Mr.. OKecgan thought it wasn't worth
while to fight about coat, so he pulls
il off. and the other chap puts iton, ana
Mr.. O'Keegan thought he was going TO
get home Mt last in his shirt sleeves. :,
But the rapacious cuss wasn't satisfied
ats bad the coat looks without the
waistcoat, Mr.. O'Kecgan,' says he; e;"and
if yed be after letting me have that gar
ment peaceably, it would save mis''h-
derstanding between us"
Mr.. O'Keegan believed in concession,
so he peeled again, though he began to
shiyer, and thought it was cold comfort
to be q Christian under such clrcun-
stances.
But the chap hadn't done with him
yet. .,,,. -
ITS your boots I'm wanting now
says he.
Mr.. O'Keegan began to think that the
chap was a little too Radical, but rs the
chap insisted that the boots were an in
dispensablc concession, Mr.. Okecgan
pulled them off, saying to himself, "he $
got everything now, and I'll he OIL"
While the villain was putting Oh the
boots, Mr.. O'Keegan wished him good
night, and was trotting off, when the
unreasonable omadhaun calls after hlm.
"Mr. O'Keegan," says he, lust sthop
where We are. have your watch and
your money, and your coat, and waist
coat. and your boots, and behave that's
all We have about We that's worth taking.
But now yell be after going to the
magistrates and telling yer story and
sending the peelers after INC, and trying
TO get your property back and me
hanged. To save yc all that trouble III
lust knock We on the head, and make ye
n comfortable bed i'll the bog, and cover
We I'D so that nobody III disturb ye. II
we've mind to confess your sins before
We take yer nap, III give ye jist two
minutes by yer own watch"
Now, Mr.. O'Keegan began To think the
virtue of concession had its limits, and
that it was time to take stand in de-
| fense of conservative principles
His eyes were opened.
He was aroused, and instead of say.
ing his prayers, he squared OFT and
pitched into the uncOnscionable scamp,
and being some on his muscle when his
dander was up, he knocked the black
guard out of time in the first round,
recovered his property, and handed the
chap over to the first policeman that
came along. m.,
"Bedad," said Mr.. O'Keegan, "if | had
only done that in the first place I'd have
saved myself dale of trouble and
bad cowld."
think we had better fight it ont on
the first issue.