The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-18
DooIey's Compliments to Fitz-
Hugh Lee.

From the Chicago Journal.
Nv coorse he's Irish.'' said Mr.. Dooi-
ey. TIL Fftz Hughs and tn McHughs,
an tn McKeoughs is not far apart. l
have a cousin be tn name Nv NC
Keough, an like as not tn gin'rai 10
a relation Nv mine."' Il
IF / was you I'd write him an see."
said Mr.. Hennessy. Hes about Tn
on'y thing connected with tn admin
sthration I'd claim kin to FIR mesilf or
me goa-at. He's a gr-reat :
He Is So" said Mr.. Dooley. He ID
hat. Wan Nv tn gr-reatest. An why
shudden't he be with thin two names?
They'se pothry in both Nv thin. F1tx
Hugh Lee! Did we iver see a pictcher Nv
him? A fat ma-an with a head III q
football an a neck big enough to pump
blood into his brain an keep 1t frm
starvin'. White haired ar red faced.
TIL kind Nv a ma-an that can git mac
I'm ivry vein in his body. Whin he's no
/ bet We his face looks like a fire In a
furniture facthry. Whiu a ma-an goes
pale with r-rage. look out fr - knife
In the back. But whin he flames up SO
that tn perspiration sizzles on his
brow, look out FIR hand an feet an head
an couplin' pins an rapid irin' guns.
Fitz can be cam, whin they'se anythin'
to be cam about, but he can't wait. II
HI was a waiter he'd be wurrukin at
tn thrade. Look at tn jaw Nv him!
It's like a paving block.
Does Fftz believe in diplomacy? Not
him. He set there in his office in Ha-
vana. smokin' a goo seegar, an a boy
comes i'm an tells him thy've jagged an
American citizen. He jams his hat
down on his eyes an brushes over to
where Gin-ral lance has his office.
Look here says he. we p~izenous rip
tile says he, If we don't lave me u
thryman out Nv tn bull pen in Is miny-
IL. - ~ xratAhs he aavo svn1 take We
be tn hair iv tn head an pull we firm
the corner of Halsted sthreet to tn
FRED BRIDGE he says. ave us debate
this says Blanco. I'll debate nawth-
in says Fitz. Hurry up, or I'll give
We a SLAP he says. Don't we think
lust because I'm wurrukin' fr a ma-an
with a plate of limmon ice cream where
his hear-rt ought to be- he says, that
We can put tn comether on me-, he
says. 'R-run owe IN wake up tn
loot at tn station an let thin Ameri-
cans out, or he says, wei go to the
fiure,' he says.
That's Fitz. He's cam an he waits
part iv tn time. That's wh1n ne s
asleep. But as soon as his eyes opins
his face begins to flare up like wan
iv thin r-round stoves in a woodman's
shanty whin rosiny wood Is thrun In.
An firm tina time on till he's r-ready
to TURN in an sleep peaceful an Cutie
NOT like a lamb full iv vegetable 1000
but like a line that's wur-rKed hazard
an ct meat-he never stops rampln an
ragin'. We don't hear iv Fftz lookin
worn with tn struggle. Ye don't reao
iy him missin' amy meals. NO wan
fears that Fitz will break down un-
dher tn suspense. a1nt In IN
breed. He's another kind iv ma-an. he
/, hasn't got tn time to be tired an wor'
rid He needs food an he has 1t an M
needs sleep an he takes 1t an ne neeus
} ightin' an he gets 1t. Thats fItz
e They amt such a lot Nv diff runce be
, tween tn bravest man in tn wurruI'
an the cow'rdliest. Not such a lot. Il
amt a question iv morality, Hinnissy
E rye know min who whit to church ivr!
\ Sunday an HOLIDAY regular an give U
III moor an loved their n~eighbors an
> they w~udden't defnd their wives agins
[ a ~murdherer An I've knowed tn
t worst villyuns on earth thatd die J.
their thracks to saw a stranger
child firm injury. 'Tis a question i
how tn blood is pumped. Whln
, ma-an shows tn sthrain,' whin he gil
hin an pale an world in tn time L
fghtin,' he's mighty near a COW re
But whin his face flames an MS nee
swells an his eyes look like a couple !
ilicthric lamps again a cyclone SKY ne
lead a forlorn rope acrost tn pattie
minis iv hell. That's Fitz."
. .'Why wuddent he make a good prls
dint? ?" said Mr.. Hennessy.
shit" said Mr.. Dooley. He don
Il owe enough"