The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24


And said they had the honor
"T There to meet
One whose noble name
Was searchlight on the glowing
Golden dome OF fame;
From Pierian fountains flowing
Streams OF classic lore, this man
OF godly eminence and rank
Had drank"-
(Here Lanigan,
With great pre- ecipitation
And elation,
Moved they pour full libation
Out 10 godlike Mallally
And the rally.
A man." went on Mcguire,
When the rites were ended
And each deifer
And his draught had blended,
I" A man whose reputation
Is an illumination
On the pages
OF the ages.
Brush ana pen
Have combined to glorif|
Such men;
Empires have erected
Tombs to such man
Though they never die
Nations have elected"-
Here Donovan
Awoke and heard
The final word,
And proposed they ratify
Mallaliy,
And likewise the rally).
Mcclure,
When each joyful RATHER
Had put himself on re cord, said,
"Take the wings of morning; tread
The farther bounds of time
In deeps profJund, on heights sublime
Speed away
Beyond the solar ray,
Beyond the splendid force
(At this arose McPhail
OF the police-court detail,
And SAID he had the honor
AS did Officer O'Connor
To be of that fine body which in course
OF his remarks the speaker had
Alluded to; and he would add
That they couldn't better make reply
To the sentiment than by
Arising to Malially,
The force" and the rally).
of gravity" spoke on Mcguire,
His train of thought still On the track;
When each repiier
Had made reply and settled back
In his chair.
"Go on and onward where
The burning consultations run
Around some distant central sun;
Then search each bounding planet DER,
Beyond"-(McNally
Got the floor.
While he agreed
To all the speaker said, he'd
Take the liberty to state
That while they wait
For Mac to find star
They could find the bar
And toast Mallally).
When the crowd returned to him
Mac sailed along through regions dim;
Beyond" he said, "beyond the flight
OF all conception not of Infinite,
TIL time itself shall be
Lost in blank immensity"-
(Hare uneasy. thirsty Ryan
Nudged O'Brien,
And in heavy whisper, said he
Thought much time was lost already
Betwixed the drinks" and If MCGUIRE
Flew
few feet higher
They'd lose him too).
Then O'Brien slowly rising,
Said with much apologizing,
He was thinking
The hour had come for drinking
To the honor of Mallally
And the rally.
When they had done this. Flynn
Checked O'Brien's speech by saying
They might as well begin
Without delaying
To toast Mallally's health,
Success and future wealth,
Which they did with vim
Across the merry goblets rim.
He would have kept the floor, but McElrc
Asked what greater joy
Could be theirs than in dispensing,
If the gentlemen were willing,
With other business, and commencing
The evening, so to say,
By filling up-he got no further-they
Shut off debate by filing.
When Dolan said: ave may
XIII time by drinking"-they
Shut off debate by killing.
In this style rushed the rally
To Mallally.
Callahan,
When all had gone
Had tiuttered homeward through
The dewy golden dawn
That tinted hill and dale,
Was as zone
Who trod alone
Some banquet hall deserted"
He viewed his erst-illed fruitful store
To want and emptiness converted,
And hung legend on the door
Which ran
" Bar and fixtures new,
For sale.
J. CALLAHAN" Tom GREGORY.
San Francisco, January %, 1897.