Evening star., 1896-12-23
DooLEY ON CUBA.
He Thinks Maceo Should Have Been
Spared to Have His Christmas.

He Thinks Maceo Should Have Been
Spared to Have His Christmas.
From the Chicago Post
"Th' death iv McCeo is a divvil iv
hazard blow to tn cause iv Cuba" said Mr..
Hennessy. HE was a brave man an a
thrue wan"
YES" said Mr.. Dooley, "'tis too bad he
shud be kilt so early in tn month. TIL
Septimber KILN was near tn end, an he
was slain in October just befure Hallow-
e'en. I dinnaw what Weyler's up to,
dousin' tn poor man befure Christmas. He
might have left him to enjoy tn holidays.
But war is a turrible thing, an If Mac has
to be kilt in ordher that Cuba may live he
has to be; an that's all. It's sure thing
he was tn wan Major Tararum put out.
Tn indentifcation was perfect. In tn first
place, he wore silk socks, an no man but
Mac was allowed to wear silk socks on tn
handled hunting knife inscribed with tn
letters L. G. H. matchet marked with
tn inscription "A. F.. c. a pair iv boots
with tn letters r. r. r. on tn tags,
an letter firm William L. Dempsey iv
Omaha to his cousin, Thomas H. jerks iv
Syracuse, N. Y, askin' f'r loan iv SO FIR a
week. A glance be tn major convinced him
that he had landed Mack. Who else cud 1t
be but tn remorseless foe iv Spain? So he
buried tn body an sint FIR tn correspond
ents. an there We ar-re.
Nv coorse it's deathblow to tn rivolu-
.tion. Ivrything is deathblow to tn rivo-
luton. Th' frequint obsequies iv McCeo is
wan iv tn mostnfrightful features iv tn
crool war. His death rate Is higher thin tn
nineteenth wa-ard's. He has an annual
mortality ~ twelve in a hundred. He
crosses tn throchay an dies, an he crosses
1t back an dies again. He's perishin' like
sheep with tn rot He's dyin be TIL thous-
ands. stricken at his own fireside or in tn
teid or down on tn farm His bones whiten
fvry corner iv unhappy Cuba His silk
SOCKS, sad emblem iv tn end iv man, dark
ems ivry hamlet iv that Inflated counthry
His undertaker's bills amount to more thin
DIS salary. He's been walked till their amt
voice among his frinds that can raise th'
keen It's time fr him to call a halt an
lave some wan else do tn dyin.
mind Wanst whin tn play iv 'Pizario'
was done f'r week at the church fair a
young man be tn name iv Dougherty play-
ed tn villyun. Twas his business to croak
lVry night, an he done it so well, bein'
bor-rn stif, that th' people used to shudder
whin he come out afther tn show. Twas
enough to make ye'er blood r-run cold FIR
to see man that tin minyits befure- had
oeen stabbed through tn stummick with a
TN soord come out an tuck in q pint iv
stewed eyesthers. Twas onbecomin' th'
corpse, an tn ladies iv tn Marr,d Women's
Sodality that r-run TIL booths dhropped th'
plates an BURNED their hands whip
Oougherty come up bowin' with his hand
over tn, place where Ahern jabbed him an
asked FIR food
''Bimeby he begun to feel th' coldness
NO wan iv tn Young ladies d walk home
with him. en- whin he come up sudden on
wan iv thin she'd scream an make tn
sign Nv tn cross. Dougheity didn't like it
an he took to dhrink. Th' play had been
goin on week, whin wan night 1 seen
pad light in his eye. Did you have mercy
on me? said Ahern. Die thraitor,' an he
made a swipe at Dougherty. Dougherty
give tn soord kick, an says he, I'll not
die lick he says. I'm tired iv dyin.' he
says; It's bum job. anyhow he says.
1e IL nave to sind to tn morgue FIR an un-
dherstudy f'r me- he says I'm too full iv
eontihtment tonight to seek tn cold en-
braces iv tn grave he says. An he done
a shuttle an wint off tn stage singin' "A
Life on tn Ocean Wave"
Well said Mr.. Hennessy, "annyhow.
this McCeo is a brave man. Ye know he's
a Wexford man, don't you? How he got to
speliin' 1t with C. / 5innaw. They have
queer ways in thin foreign unthries l
knowed young lady be tn name iv
Bridget OBrien wanst wint to Boston. an
Whin she come back her name was Birdie
y Berne, which shows what thraverll do
McCeo,s name originally was McKeough
an he's cousin iv Tim McKeough, the
pcl1sman at Cintral station. 1 knowed III
to live down be tn Sag
is he some relation iv yours?" said Mr.
Dooley.
He is,'' said Mr.. Hennessy. Pm not
sure, but they was one iv TIL name married
a cousin iv me fathers. He was a bould
an DARN man. an no one liver knowed
what become iv him. But why do We ask?'
Because" said Mr.. Dooley, 1.-The pa a-apcrs
say he is mulatter'
Mr.. Henpessy knocked the ashes out of
his pipe, Euttoned up his coat and walked
away. At the door he turned and said:
DOM ye get gay, Dooley with me-