Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
DoOLEY ON THANKSGIVING.
A Man Who Was Thankful for SOme-
thing Else Than Turkey.

From the Chicago Post. .
9Th minylt Thanksgivin days over"
said Mr. -Dooley, Its forgotten; ieaste-
WAYS, We begin thinkin' Nv tn next wan
They'se no day afther with u.s. 10 ran
firm turkey with crambry sauce to COD
fish is enough to kill tn faith Nv amy
Christian. 'Tis so; l always count tn
day inded whin Hinnissy takes tn leg
All day long that man was dnrlFll
away at tn burrd ON the table. He had
TIL first cut iv thiebrist at noon an, at )
took the las leg a.siliven o'clock in tn
night and thin, says he, Thanks pc ne
says. .they'se no gore turkey: !hah KS
be- says l. fr III, turkey. theyse no
well, Jawn, they Sc worse things to
be thankful FIR thin havin nothin' more
to eat. Dye know Ah' Hagans, down pc
Main stnreet? ie do. Nv coorse. Well
has been out iv stesdy wurruk r. near
a year? a proud.A black man, Hagan.
kilkcnney man.q his father was
schoolmasther near where Danl OCon-
young and whit TO itwurruck. on rail-
road =
II dinnaw how. he come to, lose his
Job. Faith, l niver knew he'd lost 1t till
las week. Tn chihiher was jus as elane.
TIL good woman wint to- her jooties jus
tn same. An whin We met Hsgan twas
always. 'Macchew, how dye do?' Place
Gawd; we'll n,, thank n ye; CTS It's fine day.
He'd niver let on. But fr days an
days, Jawn, he thramped tn sthreets-
out early out late. Hinnissy says he's
seen him comm home IN tn dark stag
gray face down in his chist. But vain
Hinnissy said: Good avinin, Misther
Hagan; tits fine weather we're havin,
he'd come back with a smile en- his white
IN, fhar
say. Yer home late? 'Ah-h, sure, says
he, I like tn walk he says. IT'S gran
to be out loosenin' me OIL bones such
night as TIL like.
downtown walkin' firm house to house
carryin' coal an' poundln with hose at
the carpets, thin thrampin' home to save
tn nickel, or more like without enough
money in his pocket to pay caar fare. lie
had so! But he'd have a smile an proud
bow FIR tn Dist " thin. ie'd niVer know
firm tn face iv him chat he wasn't man
ar'rnin' his tin per an without care Oil his
mind firm six in tn avnin' to five in tn
mornin'.
But the neighbors heerd iv him not bein
we'll off, an begun to talk " keeptn HIM
A comfy iv tn Ladies' Aid Society wint
to TIL house to see tn wife. She look ed
thin over through TIL side iv tn dure. She
knew they was comm: What VIII We nave
with me?' she says. We near ye are in dis
thress.' says Mrs. Cassidy. an we've been
Obligated she says. 'fr TO investigate ye'er
case duly she says, AN rapport thereon,
she says. Is that all?' says tn little wo-
wan. That is sufficient says Mrs. Cas-
siday-ye know her, that pompious little
fat OIL washerwoman that talks like an ad-
vertisement Nv bakin' powder We'll. thin
says tn little woman, I thank We kindly.
she says, an closed TIL dure or thin.
Some Nv thin was FIR foorcin' their way in
an takin' an invinthry, but they didn't do
1t.
well. las week 1 was standin' In frcrt
Nv Hagan's talkin' with a Kerry man be tn
name iv O'Donnell. whin along came Ha-
gan, r-runnin' with his hat in his hand.
When he seen US he stopped an put on tn
caubeen. Good avenin, says he Fine
night says 1. IT'S so. place Gawd,' says
he. TIL little woman met him at tn dure.
He caught her in his arms. Peggy says
he. Is 1t thrue?' she says Tell me, IT'S
thrue, acushla.' An he carrid her il,
closin tn dure behind him.
well, dye know what 1t was, Jawn?
They'd taken tn black list off him an he'd
gone to wurruk. That was 1t. An to think
Nv a man giyin' thanks to hvin FIR Dein'
allowed to wurruk!"