Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17
aa1istellaueons Artieles.
LITTLE STORY WITH A MORAL.

of the Brooklyn Eagle, is responsible for the fol,
lowing 'itte story, illustrative Of the demands OF
the Radical party:
| O'Bliuue 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 without
any bother, we shall have peace.
This reminds me of little story.
It was about a man in Connaught name was
| OKeegan =,
he was a decent, quiet orderly, peaceable sort
of man, who believed in quiet lite.
He lived out of town and had to travel pit OF
lonely road with bog on one side and woods on
the other,
One day as he was travelling home all alone, and
it was quite dark, the moon hadn't risen and that
part of the country wasn't lighted with gas in
those days, when who should step up from behind
a lamp post, but a big murtherin' william, with a
shillalah under his arm.
"Good morning to you, Mr. O'Keegan,'' says
he, San III trouble We for the time Of day.
MIR. O'Keegan took out his watch to answer the
question, when the blackguard grabs it. =,
lisa 6nerepeater yehav got, Mr. y Keegan,
says he, IAN it in danger We are Of losing it; so
I'll Just take care Of it for ye and ne stuffed 1t In
Mfr. O'Keegan says to himself, says he, 0Betterr
let him have the watch, and he'll be satisfied and
60 away"
But he didn't.
"Mr. O'Keegan," says he, ''may be .ye have
some small change about ye, that you be happy to
lend me; and you'll save me the trouble OF going
through your pockets by sheling OUT
Thinks Mr.. OKeeganto to himself, HE only wants
my money, and I'll let him have that rather than
have any trouble with the fellow
So he shelled out and thought he had satisfied
the rapscallion, and was going OFT quite peaeeably
mighty fine coat that I'D just fit me, and L trouble
your for it."
Mr.. O'Keegan thought it wasn't worth while to
fight about coat so he pulls it off, and the other
chan puts it on, and Mr.. 0'Keegan thought he was
going to get home at last in his shirt sleeves.
But the rapacious cuss wasn't satisfied yet
s'It's bad the coat looks without the waiscoat
Mr.. O'Keegan," says he, land if ye'd be after
letting me have that garment peaceably, it would
save a misunderstanding between us: "
Mr. O'Keegan believed in concession, so ne peel
ed again, though he began to shiver, and thought
it was cold comfort to be Christian under such
circumstances.
But the chap hadn't done with him yet.
cts your boots want now,'' - says he.
Mr. 0Keegan began to think that the chap was
little too radical but as the chap insisted that the
boots were an indispensable concession, Mr.: Zee
gan pulled them off, saying to himself hes got
everything now, and III be of.
While the villain was putting on the boots. MIR.
O'Keegan wished him good night and was trottlng
off when the unreasonable omadhaun calls after
him.
''Mr OKeegan," said he, ':just stop where
you are. I have your watch and your money, and
your coat and waistcoat, and your boots, and be-
lieve that's all we have about ye that's worth ia
king But now yen be after going to the magls-
trates and telling yer story and sending the peelers
after me, and trying to get your property back and
me hanged To save ye all that trouble III Just
knock We on the head and make ye comfortable
bed in the bog, and cover ye up, so that nobody
will disturb ye IF ye've mind to confess your
sins before ye take yer nap III give ye just two min
utes by yer own watch.
Now Mr.. OEecgsn began to think that virtue
of concession bad it's limits, and that it was time
to take stand in defence of conservative princi-
pies
His eyes were opened.
He was aroused, and instead of saying his prayers
he squared off and pitched into the unconsconable
scamp, and being some on his muscle when his
dander was up, he knocked the blackguard out OF
time in the first round, recovered bis property and
handed the chap over to the first policeman who
came along. -o
done that in the first place I'd have saved myself
dale of trouble and bad cowld."
I think we had better fight it out on the first
issue.