Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-04-21
Dooley on Fitzhugh Lee.


"Iv coorse he's Irish, said Mr..
Dooley. "Th Fitz Hughs an til Nc
Hughs. an tn McKeoughs is not far
apart. have a cousin be tn name
" McKeough, an ike as not tn
GIN raj is a relation iy mine
If I was you, I'd write him an
see, said Mr.. HeDnessy. Hes about
tn ony thing connected with tn ad-
min sthration Id claim kin f'r mesilf
or me goat. He's gr-reat ma-an.
He is so, said Mr.. Dooley. He
Is that. Wan iy tn gr-reatest. An
why shudden't lie be with thin two
names They'se Pothry in both "
thin. Fitz Hugh Lee ! Did ye iver
see a pitcher iv him. A fat ma-an
with a head like a football an a neck
big enough to pump blood into his
brain an keep it firm stsrvin. White
haired an r-red-faced. TIL kind "
ma-an that can get mad in ivry vein
in his body. Whin he's hot, bet ye
his face looks like FIRE in furniture
acthrv. Whin a ma-an goes pale
with r-rage, look ont fr a knife IN tn
back. But whin he flames up so that
tn perspi-ration sizzles on his brow
look out f'r hand an feet an head an
couplin pins an rapid-hnn guns.
Fitz can be am whin thsyse amy
thing to be ca 10 about, but he cant
wait. If he was a waiter he'd be
wurrukin at tn thrade. Look at tn
law iv him It's like a paving block.
"Does Fitz believe in diplomacy ?
| Not him. He sets there in his office
in Havana, smokin' a good seegar, an
boy comes in an tells him they We
iugged an American citizen. Hejams
! his hat down on his eyes an brushes
over to where Gin'ral Blanco has his
Office. Look here, says he, 'ye pizen-
ous riptile, he says, If We don't lave
me counthryman out iv tn bull-pen
in Is minyits by tn watch, he says,
I'll take ye be tn hair iv tn head an
pull We firm th' corner iv Halsted
sthreet to tn r-red bridge. he says.
Lave us debate this, says Blanco.
! I'll debate nawthn, says Fitz. 'Hur-
ry up, or III give ye slap, he says.
Don't ye think jist because I'm
wurrukin' fr a ma-an with a plate "
limon icecream where his hear-rt
ought to be, he says, that ye can put
tn comether on me, he says. 'Rrun
over an wake up th' loot at tn sta
ton an let thin Americans out, or
he says, well 90 to the hure, he says.
That's Fitz. He's ca IN an he waits
part iv tn time. That's when he's
asleep. But as soon as his eyes oplns
his face begins to fare up like wan "
thin r-round stoves in a woodman s
shanty whin rosiny wood is thruu in.
An firm that time on till he's r-ready
to turn in an sleep peaceful an
ouite-not like lamb full iv vegeta-
bic food, but like a line that's wur-
ruked hazard an ct meat-he niver
stops rampin an ragin'. Ye don't
hear iv Fitz lookin' worn with tn
struggle. Ye don't r-read iv him
missin amy meals. No wan fears
that Fitz will break down undher tn
suspinse. That amt tn breed. He's
another kind iv a ma-an. He hssnt
got tn time to be tired an worn d.
He needs food an he has it an he
needs sleep an he takes it an needs
fghtin' an he gets it. That's Fitz.
They amt such lot iv diff renee be-
tween th bravest ma-an in the wurruld
an tn cow'rdlisst. Not such a lot.
It amt a question iv morality, Hin
Missy. I've knowed men that wint to
church iy'ry Sunday an holy day
reg'lar an give to tn poor an loved
their neighbors an they wudden't de-
find their wives against a murderer.
An I've knowed th' worst villyuns
on earth thatd die in their tracks to
save a stranger child firm injury.
'Tis a question iv how tn blood is
pumped. Whin a ma-an shows tn
stbrsin, whin he gets thin an pale
an world in tn time fr fghtin', he's
mighty near cOw'rd. Bot whin his
! face flames an his neck swells an his
eyes look ike a couple iv ilictbric
lamps against cyclone sky, he'd lead
forlorn hope acrOst tn battlemints
iv hell. That's Fitz.
why wudden't he make good
prisident ?" said Mr.. Hennessy.
"sh-h" said Mr. DOOley. HE
don't owe enough. Chicago Journal.
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