Kansas City journal., 1898-01-25
MIR. DOOIey Says GOOd-by.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
I'm goin' away said Mr. Dooley.
What" exclaimed Mr.. Hennessy, as II
he had been shocked by an electric wire.
I'm goin' away repeated the philoso-
pher .Ye needn't take on SO. You an me
amt hitched together with a log-chain be
amy means. know how it is. We all go
through tn same OIL game " havin fits
whn our frindS take lave. Do ye start +
thrp to Milwaukee an iviry man ye
meet asts ye to have a dhrink with him.
weeps on ye'er shoulder or yeer feet-di-
pindin' on their hite-an' Obligations fr m
tn marchin club an tn Saint Vincent de
Pauls goes to tn thrain to see ye off an
ye'er full as goat an We quart with
tn conductor whin he comes around TO
take up ye'er ticket.
why shud ii be so? F'r tn lands sake.
lave me bid ye sood-by without seeing a
grimace on ye'er face as if ye was dhrinkin
bitter beer. a man can't stand still in wan
place. He makes frinds an tips glass
With thin. an whin he tips NANNY he
swears he'll niver lave thin this side iv I'll
grave. But Whn his time comes he goes an
does not look behind him. In TIL oil coun-
thry whin a man got up an shook TIL mud
iv his native bog firm his feet they used TO
say that tn Other People was BLOWN their
horns f'r him in tn mountains an he had
to lave. An he wint, an was glad lv II. an
no man was very sorry afther all. I'd have
ii tn same way whin I'm called t'r good. A
crate with me name on 1t. so l won I be
msdirected a hearsc with lively dhriver
that can dodge til cable Ca-ars an not spill
me. an thin: 'Good-by: If ye'er iver in tn
ncishborhOod dhrop in
I've got right TO quit ye. Hinnisy.
though yeer a good man an som l, be tn
same token. F'r years an years I've been
standn' behind this counter tellin' ye
thruths ye'd hear nowhere else-no not in
tn good book or in tn Lives iv tn
Saints. Why did do it? TIL Lord on'y
knows. But whin l get talkin' l can't stop
amy more thin if I'd started to run down
tn span iv tn r-red bridge. Some " tn
things I've said was wrong an some was
right. an most iv thin was foolish, but
this much l know. I've thried to give it out
straight. An what's it come to? WHAT'S
all tn histhry an pothry an philosophy
I've give ye an th' Archey road FIR all
these years. come to? Nawthin'. .Th
la-ads abused ar-re maxim money so fast
it threatens to smother thin. Th' vans 1
stud up FIR is some in Jail an some out
iv wurruk. I've bore with IverythinS. I've
stud Yerkuss. an Bill Lorimer and Bath
House Jawn an tn Relief and Aid So
cIety. an Schwartzmeister cuttin' tn price
" pints. I've seen all kinds iv onjestice
an all kinds iv goodness punished. 1
seen civil service an | stud that. But
I'll not stand Tanner. I've made up me
mind on that. Man an boy, I've lived
here fr thirty-forty year an paid me
taxes an distributed liquor that didn't
have a fight or headache in a bar'l iv
il. but whin they ask ME to live in a
state run be country sausage I've got
to quit. I've got to go. A man that
knowed Stephen A Douglas an wanst
thried to break up meetin' where Ab'ram
Lincoln was has no place in TIL state iv
1llinye."
Where ar-re ye goin'?" asked Mr.. Hen
messy.
II dnnaw. To Boolgahria. perhaps. An
nywhere 1 won't hear iv Tanner
Hell on'y last three years
AN how long dye think I'd last If 1
stayed here? I'm goin'. Good-by. 1 lave
ye to Tanner
"Good-by.'' said Mr. Hennessy. Yell
think betther " 1t. I'll see ye again
.Mebbe" said Mr.. Dooley. "'Tis har-rd
fr me TO lave off talkin'. Good-by.''
As Mr.. Hernessy plodded down the street
the philosopher locked the door and turned
out the lights of his place. perhaps for the
last time.