The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-30
MICKEY FINN'S TORY.

Prom the New York sun.
That Mickey Finn WAS a ~romanticist
could not In. denied. There were those
persons, hids-l,ound, with narrow think
ing, who called his romanrcs lies. This
was an unkindly construction put upon
his habit uf garnishinU the truth with those
gentle flights Of fancy which serve tn EN-
hellish the palace at verscity with cornicG.s
and windows of exceeding beauty. Where
Mickey Acquired this faculty 10 would be
hard ~ say. Certainly il did not comc
from his predecessors i'm the line of imnlc-
diate hcrsdity. II may have been that far
back in his gensssloRy there was "a mighty
OfFinn wilos. IntGiiss.ts were - conbiila-
tion of wit and wisdom, AMI that "A Inosli-
rum al this genius had been strained
through thu, Correctness of,intcrveninR.Xcn-
eration- until 10 found utterance through
the mouth of little Mike. The opportun-
ity which tle hoy had for sharpening his
wits i'm the little red school house also
may have had something tai do with this
exhibition of genius which found vent
amid such lonely Surroundings a. existed
i'm loncy Island.
OF late, II had hssen the custom for the
n~eighbur- to drop in AIT tire Finn sl,anty of
an evening tn learn what new revelation
from the unknown the hoy had "a make.
of wonder Ia the listeners and ~ we'll
spring of delight To Mrs. Finn. who RE-
Ea,;lsa her i,oy's yarns -. an n %%n1s ni,;ns
himself TAI lHconie ~ Fly yer"
A few evenings since. Mrs. O'Bricn,
Nike Coogan, TIN. "ali,i.xxea ~acS1rsi,om
the cows oil the railroad track" and the
somnoleut Mike Welsh, had gathered
around thu woth fire in the Finn slanty
The lamp was lii, tine supper dishes had
been cleared away. and am air of lazy oh
tent pcrvsdsd the rtpm. After tine cur
rent gossip had been exchanged and the
probability of AN early ar late CLOSING OF
the canal discussed i'm all it's bearings, the
conversation turned tai little Mike, who
~vaa MI a.. .aNa.r arx.
geogra play, and said:
.Fwhat hav' ". there. Mickey IL stl,ory
bukc:"
"No. mann; its IL Roeerfy." replied
And "'- i, tell about animals. Mickey
'It do. and fwhat's more. il tills about
min and countries like Ireland and
AsyEs." r. A..
t'Bricn. "That's mighty auars.. And
whats that yc'rr %r'asiin' about now :"
"Only COATES and wolvcs,' replied little
Mike. with an impatient gesture, burying
his hands in his hair, and rs%.suIninH his
scrutiny of the map of Siberia. But Mrs.
O'Brien w"uld not Ia put oil. She ex-
"Arrah. Mickey; tell us all about il.
That's ~ dear. Now, do"
supplicating i,ok Of his mIoiicr. Ihns.
persuasions were 81 eloquent that even
the studied conversation of the ~''ly'yer"
provision that every word ic uttered was
10 bc taken for truth as p,irs. as gospel.
Mr.. Finn reloaded his pirc and lit the to-
wood. Mike Walsh Hulpsd down ~ cough
for fear that il should interfere with the
recital; and Mrs. Firms fingers fingered
ON her boy. Mickey cleared his throat, as
Fallalnicau Is supposed to have done
when he told IN. marvellous st"r''" tn
well, hin. ~. must know that wanst
upon "a time, about the. time that little
fl 1911 49,.
king in Dublin, and his name was kish:
ogue the Great. he WAS that high and
wide. And le was "a very wis. man and
WAS scarce i'm Dublin in them days, be-
kase they WERE not plinty like pigs. But
the king was sore at heart bccase he had
NO goat tD drag him around in his ja,int-
ing car whin he'd la coliostin' his rints
aud going Ia the races. 50 he put mp
pound reward To the man AS ud bring him
a goat ss big AS "a Donegal calf, broken 1"
harncss. Wan day. wnin the king was
the cratur tai tax. the bad taste ~ the food
out of his mouth. thcrs, KEN "a rap AT the
palace gate. Whin Patsy ColiHan, the
kings cOssrticr, opened the gate on u
crack he seen "a Withdrawing man wild
black whi.k.rs ,andin forums, him.
And Who arr, y"n !, SAY: pas,Iy. ,..L
"'And phwat brings you here" says
"'Mc legs says the prophet. 'and
they've tina sors. wild walkin' all the way
from Ro~,sia,' says he.
"'Havc ~. nadlcs Or pins 20 SELL? says
Patsey, fur he thought livery stranger wild
"a black heard was a ps.ddler.
"'Divil "a nadlc or pin hav' L. says the
prophet. I'm jist herr. To tell the king
where he can buy N white goat II hands
high, wid u long gray heard. and wild eyes
AS red as a coal " fir. for 10 shillin's eight
pence says hc.
"weil, Patscy let IN shilloo out OF him
when lac heard about the goat as ye c'ud
hear a mile away, and il brslnR. the king tn
the windy of the palace. And when the
king heerd about the goat and the prophet
he axed the black man w'ud lac come in.
and the black man said he'd he mighty
glad "a. and i'm he went wild the nose OF
him in the air tn ssss c'ud he shInell amy
suppower ON the sthovc, fur he WAS hum
CRY and tired wild the walk he had from
Roosia by the same token. There was no
suppower cuked, and 80 the prophet had
his dinner of sour milk and vinegar.
Whin TIM. black man was full AZ "a he'd
tick. the king axed him WHARF c'ud he get
the goat, and tho prophet said he must
sind "a man mp near the North Pole to n
country called Sybcria, and there the
goats was thicker nor bees in clover, all
quiet as lambs and p'accable as s,Ickin'
pigs. So the prophet was stint ON his way
rejoicin' wida tin clint piece and - nickel
i'm his pocket"
Up to this point his listeners had fairly
hung upon Mickey's words, without am
ipt4rr,sntion- Rut Mr. ('Rrien- Whnsa