The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-24
MR.. DOOLEY ON
FITZHUGH LEE

CIV coorse, he's Irish." said Mr. Dooley.
9TH Fitz-Hughs an tn McHughes an TIL
McKeoughs is not far apart. I have a
cousin be tn name Nv MeKeough, an like
as not tn ginral is relation iv mine"
"If was you, I'd write him an see," said
Mr.. Hinnissy. Hes a great ma-an."
HE ISIS o." said Mr.. Dooley. HE Is that
Wan Nv tn greatest. An why shudden't
he be with thin two names? They'se
pothry in both iv thin. Fitz-Hugh Leei
Did We iver see a pitcher iv him? fat
ma-an, with a head like a football an a
neck big enough to pump blood into his
brain an keep it firm starvin.' White
haired an r-red-faced. TIL kind iv ma-an
that can get mad in ivry vein in his body.
Whin he's hot, bet We his face looks like
a fire in furniture facthry. When q
ma-an goes pale with r-rage look out FIR a
knife in TIL back But, whin he flames up
so that tn perspi-ration sizzles on his brow.
look out FIR hand an feet an head an
coupling pins an rapid-firin guns. Fitz can
be ca m whin thr'se anything to be ca am
about, but he can't wait. If he was a
waiter, he'd be wurrukin' at tn trade. Look
at tn jaw iv himl It's like 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're jagged an American
citizen. He jams his hat down on his eyes,
an brushes over to where Gin'ral Blanco
has his office. Look here says he, we pi-
zenous reptile he says, IF ye don't lave
me counthryman out iv tn bull-pen in fif-
teen minyits be tn watch he says, I'll
take ye be tn hair iv tn head an pull We
firm tn corner iv Halsted sthreet to tn
FRED BRIDGE he says. Lave US debate
this says Blanco. I'll debate nawthin,
says Fitz. Hurry up, or I'll give we slap,
he says 'R-run over an wake up tn loot
at tn station, an let thin Americans out
or he says, wen go to the 1ure,' he says.
That's Fitz. He's cam, an he waits
part iv tn time. That's whin he's asleep.
But as soon as his eyes opins his face
begins to flare up like wan Nv thin r-round
stoves in a woodman's shanty whin rosiny
wood is thrun in. An firm that time on
till he's r-ready to turin in an sleep
peaceful an quite-not like lamb full iv
vegetable food, but like a lime that's
wur-rked hazard an ct meat-he never
stops rampin an ragin'. Ye don't hear
iv Fitz lookin' worn with TIL struggle.
Ye don't r-read iv him missin' any meals.
No one fears that Fitz will break down
undher tn saspinse. That ain't in tn
breed. He's another kind iv a man. He
hasn't got the time to be tired an world.
He needs food, an he has it; an he needs
sleep, an he takes it.; an he
needs fightin', an he gets 1t. That's
Ftz. They amt such lot iv
diff renee between tn bravest man in the
wurruld an the cow rdliest. Not such lot.
1t amt a question Nv morality, Hinnissy.
I've knowed men that wint to church ivry
Sundah an holydays reg'l lar an give to the
poor an loved their neighbors, an they
wouldn't defind their wives against a muir
dherer. An I've knowed tn worst villyuns
on earth thatd die in their thracks to save
a strangers child firm injury. IT'S a ques-
ton iv how tn blood is pumped. Whin a
ma-an shows tn sthrain, whin he gets thin
an pale an wurrid in tn time FIR fihtin',
he's mighty near a cowrd. But whin his
face flames an his neck swells an his eyes
look like a couple iv illicthric lamps again a
cyclone sky he'd lead a forlorn hope acrost
tn battlemintS iV hell"