The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-21
PHRLAN oEoHEAoAN OBJECTS
 TO PORK.
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AuC Htlc saloon up tn DoNttte Alley, usually so orderly and Quies, was nov the scene oi unusual excitement and bas- tic. Phelan Geohcagan had been ar rested in the afternoon, and some ot his friends having paid the desired amount of bail. he was expected to put in an ap- pearance at any moment.
 |" Do any oi yea know fhwas the thsou. ble was that he was pulled p said Mrs. Q Rourke, who had dropped in to hear the news.
 No, VIC haven't been able to learn," said Dennis Mcrosey, but here comes His Whiskurs now, fl don't mish.ake his stip, an he will he atther telling yes all about t."
 At that moment the door opened and Pheian came in, accompanied by Michael Q Rourke, Pat Callahan, and several others.
 "Hol hol me blooming dodo, SO i,'s yerselt is itf Well the gang has been waitin' for the lasht hour fer ye to turn up, list take this bottle av hittets an help yetself, bu, moind, ye mus. tell us all about this little picnic av yours, be. tune drinks said Dennis as he handed
 phelan bottle of" hod.caIrier'x delight phelan took the bottle up lcnderly, aud after indulging in rather long pull. for a man who has family depending upon him tor iood winked knowingly at Mrs. o'Rourke, aud said
 "ThcTe isn't very much 10 tell, but since yer are so curious 10 know now happened to get pulled, will tellyes sid pleasure. 1 suppose that the most av yes know that have taken up me abode in c ncw risidence over in the Pollock Aiitle- ment on account of the rin, being chapet, Whin 1 lived along wid me father an mu,her in the ould country, we used ts kape a pig in the house. Those was good ould days, an many's the toine tome that l have had plAyin' wid the little porkers; but, gintlemln, there's q big difference be,uns h aving pig in the house wid ye, an being obliged to live nixt dure to family that kapes wan. An thin, aither q mon has lived apart throm ,him for number av years, his sinse av smell becomes more reioinsd an the odor aroisIng fhrom hog pin Is very apt 10 be distaAteiul 10 him, an make him wish that he had died whin he vas young. Al fursht made up me moind to sthand it, an say nothing, bu, the warum weather av the lakht few days has had tindency to stir up the cholera germs that had been shaping 10 the hog pin an the air around In it's vacinlty was enough to sour milk. Mary Ann axed me if,heTe wasn't something that could be done; an at lasht, whln the little windmill up on me wood.shed sthopped running, an the little sparrows that were in the habit av hopping around me dure.yaTd gave up in disghust, an lit out fur a healthier doing something. didn't want to make any fuss, an SO this morning. whin ] saw the ould lady who owns the pig starting out wid her hand-sled afhter swhIll inf that hog, 1 tux of me hat ,o hur an axed a'hser hur health jist as politely as l knowed how. She said that she was well, and seemed pleased whin l axed aihier the health av the hog. Whin mintioped that hog, it sthruck hur jist roight, an she couldn't say enough in it's favor. Whin she s,hopped to catch hur breath, thought me toime had cofse, an axsd hur # the smell aroisIng from the hog. pin iveT bothered hur any. Shs seemed su, pTised q. that, aa' axed me vhy sa. quired. thin touid hur how it tux away me appetite an made me head ache, an sxed hur f she couldn't do something for i,. could see 10 . moment that ] had hurt hur feelings. Me worruds had cut hur to the qaick, as they say in love stories, and she vas silently planning for revenge.
 w had inshuiisd hur pet pig an moight as well have inshulted hur. She howied out something in Polack, that l couldn't understand an ammidiately huf ould maA appeared with shovel in his hand. 4 lew woffuds vas exchanged betune ,him, and thin bs raised his shovel, an before could dodge he smote me on the back av me neck. Now, gin- tlemin, that is wan thing that ] wcn't stand fhvom any mon. Whin am khlug. ged be shovel, it hurt. me feelings. sn' ! am bound 10 have foIght it i, breaks me neck. removed me cost An' climbed up an down the paTson Of that Pollock with me feet an hands, till he vas glad to be carried into the house an' put to bed. 1t didnh ind there though. On no. that man's brutheS was polace. man an he had somsthing 10 say aboat is. He wini of to ring up the patrol wagon, ab i5 tue sss=:=;ss..e!!:::=s =h.ls ] sas there, the whole neighboshood turned out, an the byes pelsed me wid bits av dursy mud, dead cats an dscAyed apples, that ihey picked out sv thsir swhilI carts. l tried to run into the hcuse, but gang headed me oG an had to sthsnd sthiii, an fhry me bist to enjoy their society. Wan bye who vas bigger Ihas the ris. sassksd up bshoiad me vid . dead cas h his hand an' was about to 6re h aa me vhin 1 grabbed hin bs the hsir, asd woiped up the soidswaik wid him. 1 veuld probably hsys thrashsd ivssy swiil-hssslss in the ssstlsmsnt bss the patrol wagon came up as that mo mint an' talk me o6 to tho police staticn, an' wonld have been theSe yst. n 6e byes hadn't ~ cofns whin they dads e. bsiled me cus. TSsHofTew bsoisht ens sasiy will foird Phelan GseA4aGan pAck~ inx his traps, an novin' back Q fhe wssYud where he came fhrom, anS tbeIe hem sthay, h he has to % wjdcus poy V