Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-23

a. IT'S hazard bein' king these days.
said Mr.. Dooley. ''Manny's tn man on a
throne wishes his father'd brought him
up a cooper. What with wages bein'
docked be parlymints an ragin's,s army
chists e,r-runnin' a. wild with dinnymite
bombs undher their ARMS an carvin'
knives in their pockets.
"'Onaisy.'' as Hogan says, Is tn head
that wears a crowen.' They'se other
heads. that're onaisy, too. but We don't
nea1 ~ thin thin Rqf imam up
thrained f'r to be king. Hivin may've
intinded him FIR dooce or jack at tn
most. but he has to follow tn same line
way, Ye niver heerd ~ pawnbrokers
son doin' anything else. Wanst a king.
always a king. Other mems sons may
into tn. worrul4 brakin' on a freight or
ladin' Indyanny bankers up to a shell
game. But a man that's headed fr a
throne cant AM rS IN k Away Hes Eo
him an back him in.
He can't ask FIR his time at tn end "
can't sthrike. because he'd have 70 ord
can't go to tn boss an say: Me hours
i too long am t the xarr Hs has n ,a Sos
"A man can't be indipindint onless he
has a boss, It's thrue. So he takes tn
place. an tn chances ar-re he knows
l know about ladin' an orchesthry. An
if he don't do anything he's a dummy.
an, II he does do anything he's crazy:
an whin he dies his foreman s;a says
h Shmaa 'ni # n Z wasn't fr me III poor
thing'd have closed down TIL wnrruks
wan day whin he's takin' tn air. p'raps.
along comes an Eyetalyan an says ne,
,.Ar-re we king? go
".Bether dead. says tn Eyetalyan. an
they'se scramble, an another king goes
Il don't know much about arnychists.
again polismen mostly. Mebbe that's be-
cause polismens tn nearest things to
kings they cud find. But, annyhow. l
s Syc6ists so an " any Why they amt
in other places. 1t rayminds me Nv what
happened wanst In me cousin Terences
family; They was iiyin, down WI near nor.r Hs
houses. not Doherty that We know. TIL
finer. good man whin he don't drink;
No. twas an old crouch " z man pc IN
keep five-day notices in his thrunk an
ownded his own privit jistice " tn
peace. 80.
man as liver shoed a hor-rse, an his wife
was a good woman. too. though l .niver
took much to tn Dolans. Firm Upper.
ary they was, an too handy thrOwtn
things at We. An he had nice family
groWin up. an I niver knowed people
that lived together more quite an amy
able. Twas good f'r to see thin settin
IL newspaper an his good woman mend
in socks. an Honoria playin' IN Vale Nv
Avoca' on tn PLAINLY, an the kids r-row-
lin on tn, lure.
"But wan day 1t happened that that
whole family begun to rasp on wan an
other: Honoria.d set down at III PLAINLY
tn saints, close down that hurdy .gurdy
an lave a man injye his headache. An
TIL good woman scolded Terence an TIL
kids pulled tn leg rim undher tn stove.
an whfn tn big boy Mike come home
RIM Omaha he found none ~ thin
speakin to tn others. He ss. cu Hs 40 naw-
Father Kelly smiled tn air whin he
hi mati1er with ye'er catch basin?'
4 dinnaw,' growled Terence.
well says Father Kelly. We put on
ye'er hat this minyit an go out rr q
saws, but ye'er system ARE out Of ord
her. he says Fetch in a plumber he
saws. whilst / goes down to D0herty an
make him think his lease on tn hereafter
is detective he says.
Ye.er r:5isht: s.. said rI Mr. Hean,n ,nsw
lev. ..What they need over there "a fur
rim countries Is plumber. Ts no
good prayin' agin arnychists Hinnissy.
Arnychists Is sewer gas. "-Chicag0 Eve
ming Journal.