Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-04-20
MIKE HEaLY. or The BEAR.


In th~ Far Ne Hs4dsa Power Of
After aey Fer the whole Cos strv.
Capt Mike Healv. Of the revenue cat
ter Bear. j. = good deal more dEstin-
guished person in the waters of the far
northwest than any President OF the
United States Or any ~poteutate Of Eu-
rope mas vet become He stands for
law and order in many thousand square
miles of land aud water. and il yoa
should ask in the Arctic sea-, Who's the
greatest man in America the Instant
answer would be. why. Mike Healy-"
When an i-nnocent ci;izrn Of the Allan
tic coast once asked On the Pacific who
Nike Healy was the answer came:
"Don't yOa know Mike Healyf Why,
he's the United Ssates lie holds in
these parts power Of attorney for the
whole eountry- Tac reply hardly
seems extravaganza when il i known
that for twenty years or more Capt
Hfealv has been the sole representative
Of legal authority in much Of the region
northwest Of Port Townsend To the
Indians of that region he stands for
the United States government To the
whalers Of the Arctic he i By turns a
b~-nefeent providence and an aveuxtug
Nemesis He i constantly in the
United states courts AZ SIn Francisco
where everybody knows him and
be has time aud again suppressed
disorder and prevented crime in regions
q thousand miles from any legally con
stituted Authority lie * the IDEAL
commander Of the old school. bluff.
prompt. fearless p~itiiess in discipline.
but not unjust He knows Behriag
sea. the straits. and even the Arctic aS
no other mar knows them. AMI his
little craft has sailed thoSe waters at
almost all seasons He Is usually the
first man up in the spring and the last
man TO leave the northwest az the ap-
pruach Of winter.
With all this he i a man Of 70 little
book learning. excellent address and
uneoumonly agreeable One
brother Is \ bishop OF the Catholic
church and another n priest Heaiy
himself was preparing 10 take orderx
when his scholastic career was cut
short by accidents for which he was
not altogether responsible After man
aging Ia get himself out of a school in
the east he was sent to n Roman Catko-
lie school IN Paris Here young Healy
was missed one morning. and az the
same time the statue Of the NIrxin
standing Just within the convent hall
was found 10 be usshiPped from It's
PEDESTAL There was a rupc round the
Virgins neck. and this rope had evil
dently been thrown over the wall - as
- enable some one To escape All these
suspicious facts. taken together with
TieaiyS ahseaec. made it pretty plain
how the young mar bal disappeared
and the AFFAIR aroused considerable in
tere~t The Iad was captured. but BE-
eventually gave mp the plan Of taking
0rserS and saaily went iato the eveuue
marine
Capt IieaIy Is best seen On board his
own craft He Is Of medium height.
with a figure erect and well knit bat
far from stout A nautical cap partly
covers his ray hair. ant beneath its
peak one sees n pair Of keeR eTeS.
while 4 griEzied. almost white Rus
taehe partly ~eonceals Il firm bat not IN
kindly uouth Navy tr0uScrs and a
pa jacket Of anPIaeked seal eSnpgese
the costume UnPlucked s-ahkin Is
something rarely seer in the east.
though some folks In the northwest
think it vastly Landowner than the
smooth, broxn-dyed affair % commerce.
and the New York streets IL Is much
lighter in color than the Seal<xia worn
BY women in the east, and it glisters
like silver IN The sunshine. Nike
Healy, pacing the deck IN his sealskin
pea-raek-t Is a brilliant figure beneath
a eioudless northwestern sky
Capt Mike fads time IN the midst Of
4 busy life to read some booa<. aud his
acquaintance with men and with
strange places II 80 varied that his talk
Is marvelIousIy interesting Perhaps
no other ma in the United States has
seen as much Arctic daylight As Nike
Healy- He sometimes takes his wife
on his northwestern cruise. IN urcou-
moaly ~pres.ntabLe matron and agreea-
bic shipuate those who know Mrs HeaIy
have found her u be. Once. at least.
Capt Healy took his brother. the priest.
for \ sumner vacation GA board the
Bear. When the clerical brother came
aboard he limited that sonethinx in the
way OF religious service would be the
proper thing, bat Capt Nike replied
that he was not only commander of
that craft. bat priest as well. and II
anything IN the way of religious service
was necessary ne himself would provide
It The clerical brother listened bat
did not fully aecede To Capt Mikes ar
rangemeut. and on the vpry first sun
day out everybody was late at quarters
Capt Mike inquired storniIy what it
all meant and learned hat the men
had been detained 1T mathis To Mike
Healy his brothers eo1daet was little
short Of mutinou>. and when the priest
came on deck. Nike lost no time in a V
ing 50 and in adding that ouly his
cloth saved the brother from ehastiSe-
ment Mike owns that he ouyh. to
have known his brother better than to
make such n threat. aud that he was
hardly surprised when the priest an
swered- Never mind the Mike.
II you want TO try trouneing me. GONE
on Capt Mike did not accept the
challenge. and he tells the story with
evident appreciation OF his brothers
griG-N " sun