The age-herald., 1898-12-18
MR. DOOLEY
 DISCUSSES FIREMEN

| DAOSO ANAI1HlS From the Chicago Journal.
 q knowed a man be the name iv Clancy
 wanst," said MT. Dooley. "He was firm
 tn County Mayo, but a good man f'r all | that; an whin he'd growd to be a big. sthrappin fellow, he wint on to tn fire de- | partmint. They's an Irishman T two on | tn fire. departmint an in tn army, too, 1 Hinnessey though ye'd think be hearin' | some talk they was all runnin' primries an | thryin' to be cinthral co-mtymin So ye wud Ye nlver hear iv thim on'y whin they | die; an thin, murther, what funerals they havel
 well, this Clancy wint on tn, fire de- | partmint, an they give him place in l thruck twinty-three. All tn r-road was | proud iv him, an faith he was proud iv l himself He r-rode free on tn sthreet I ca-ars, an was tn champeen hand-ball | player fir miles around. Ye shud see him l goin down tn sthreet, wid his blue shirt l an his blue coat wid tn buttons on it, an | his cap on his ear. But neer cap or I coatd he wear whin they was fire. He l might be shiv rin, be tn stove in tn ingine l house, wid a buffalo robe over his head, | but. whin tn gong sthruck, twas off with l coat an, cap an buffalo robe, an out come l me brave Clancy, bare-headed an bare l hand dhrivin' with wan line an spinnin tn | hose cart on wan wheel at ivry jump iv tn | horse. Did any wan iver see fireman with l his coat on or polisman with his off? | Why, wanst, whin Clancy was standin up l fir Grogan's eighth, his son come runnin 1 in to tell him they was a fire in VogeTs paclxin' house. He dhropped tn kid at l Father Kelly's feet, and whipped off his l long coat an wint tearin fir tn dure kick l in over tn poor box an buttin of Mis- l tbatsd tr fo stations 1 Twas lucky twas wan iv tn Grogans. l They're a fine family fir fawls. lawn l Grogan was wurrukin' on tn top iv Metzrf l an O'Connells brewery wanst with man | be tn name iv Dorsey. He slipped and fell | wan hundred feet. Whin they come to see l if he was dead, he got up, an, says he: 1 Lave me at him. At whor says they. l He's deldrious,' they says At Dorsey | says Grogan. Hhe thripped me- So it | didn't hurt Grogan's eighth to fall four T 1 five. feet.
 Well, Clancy wint to fires an fires. Whin l tn big organ facthry burnt, he carried tn l hose up to tn fourth story an was squirtin' | whin tn walls fell. They dug him out I with pick an shovel, an he come up fir m l tn brick an boards an saluted tn chief. l Clancy says tn chief, 'ye better go | over an get dhrink.' He did so. Hinnes- | sey I heerd it. An Clancy was that | proud!
 'Whin tn Hogan flats on Halsted sthreet | took fire, they got all tn people out but | wan; an she was a woman asleep on tn
 foorth fiure. Who'll go up?' says Bill | Musham. Shure, sir.' says Clancy, Tll | go;' an up he wint. His captain was l man be tn name iv OConnel1 firm tn
 County Kerry; an he had his fut on tn l ladder whin Clancy started We'll, tn good | man wint into tn smoke. with his wife | faintin' down below. Hell be kilt says | his brother 'Ye don't know him. says Bill Musham. An sure enough, whin iviry | wand give him up, out comes me brave l Clancy, as black a Turk, with tn gal | in his arms. Tn others wint up like mon- | keys, but he shtud wavin thim off, an
 come down tn ladder face forward. | 'Where'd ye larn that? says B'll Musham. 1 I seen man do it at tn Lyceem whin | was a kd says Clancy. Was it all rightY l I'll have ye up befoor th'SoP man. says | Bill Musham. I'll tach ye to come down | a laddher as If ye was In a quadhrille. ye
 horse-stealin', ham-sthringin' Mayo man.
 he says. But he didn't. Clancy wint over
 to see his wife. oh. Mike says she,
 'twas fine,' she says. But, why dye take
 tn risk? she says. Did ye see tn cap-
 tain?' he says with a scowl. He wanted
 to go. Did ye think I'd follow Kerry
 man with all tn ward lukkin on?' he says. "Well, so he wint dhrivin' tn hose cart
 on wan wheel. an jumpin' whin he heerd | man so much as hit a glass to make it
 ring. All tn people looked up to him. an 1 tn kids followed him down tn sthreet; an
 twas tn gr-greatest priv'lige fir amy wan | fir to play dominoes with him near tn | joker But about a year ago he come in 1 to see me. an says he, Well. I'm goin'
 to quit Why says I. ye-er young man | yet says. Faith he says. look at me | hair, he says-young heart, or head. I've | been at it these twinty years, an tn good | woman's wantin' to see more iv me- thin
 blowin' into a saucer iv coffee, he says, I'm goin' to quit he says. 'ony I want to see l wan more good fire,' he says. A rale good l ol' hot wan,' he says, with tn win blowin' 1 fir 1t an good dhraft in tn ilivator shaft.
 an about two stories. with pitcher frames | an gasoline an excelsior an to hear tn 1 chief yelln: Play way, sivinteen. What l in hell an damnation are ye standin' orun' with that pipe fir. Is this fire r dam 1 Twin pitcher I'll break ivry man iv I eighteen. four. six an chem'c five tofnOr-
 rah mornin' befure breakfast Oh he
 says, bringin his fist down, wan more, | an I'll quit
 Am he did, Hinnessey. Tn day tn l Carpenter Brothers box factory burnt.
 Twas wan iv thim big, fine loolxin' build | ings that pious men built out iv celluloid an phasther iv PariB. An Clancy was
 wan iv tn men undher whin th' wall fell. l 'T seen thim bringin' him home: am tn little woman met him at tn dure, rumplin' her apron in her hands,"