El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-23
ABOUT FIREMEN
Mr.. Doo1ey, the Irish Philosopher
Discusses One He Knew.


Discusses One He Knew.
81 knowed man be the name iv
Clancy wanst," said Mr.. Dooley. He
was firm tn County Mayo, but a good
man FIR all that; and whin he'd crowd
to be big sthrappin' fellow, he whit
on to tn fire depsrtmint. They's an
Irishman r two on tn fire departmint
an In tn army, too, Hinnessey, though
ye'd think be hearin' some talk they
was all running prim'ries an thryin'
to be cinthral co-mitymin. So ye wud.
Ye niver hear Nv thin only whin they
die; an thin, murther, what funerals
they have!
"Well, this Clancy whit on th' fire
departmint, an they give him place
in thruck twinty-tbree. All tn r-road
was proud iv him, an faith he was
proud Nv himself. He ERODE free on
tn sthreet ca-ars, an was tn cham
peen hand-ball player f'r miles around
Ye shud see him Roin' down tn
coat wild tn buttons on 1t, an his cap
on his ear. But ne'er q cap or coat'd
he wear whin they was q fire. He
might be shtv'rin' be tn stove In tn
ingine house, wild buffalo robe over
his head, but, whin tn gong sthruck,
twas off with coat an cap an buffalo
robe, an out come me brave Clancy,
bareheaded an spinnin' tn hose cart
on wan wheel at ivry jump iv tn horse.
his coat on or q polisman with his off?
Why, wanst. whin Clancy WAS standin'
up f'r Grogan's eighth, his son come
runnin in to tell him they was fire in
VOgePs packin' house. He dhropped
tn kid at Father Kelly's feet. an
whipped off his long coat an whit
tearin' FIR tn dure, kickin' over the
poor box an buttin' OIL Mrs. O'Neill
that'd come in to say tn stations.
Twas lucky, twas wan iv tn
Grogans: They're fine family f'r
fawls. Jawn Grogan was wurrukin' on
tn top iv Metzri an O'Connell's
brewery wanst with q man be tn name
iv Dorsey. He slipped and fell wan
hundred feet. Whin they came to see
If he was dead, he gotup, an, says he:
Lave me at him.. AT who" says they:
Dorsey says Groean n'' He s' ssripped
me- So it didn't hurt Grogan's
eighth to fall four r five feet.
"Well, Clancy whit to fires an fires.
Whin tn big organ facthry burnt, he
carried tn hose up to tn fourth story
an was squrtin' whin tn walls fell.
They dug him out with pick an
shovel, an he come up firm tn brick
CLANCY says tn chief, we betther go
over an get q dhrink.' He did so,
ainnessey. I heerd it. An Clancy
was that proud!
"whin tn Hogan flats on Halsted
sthreet took fire, they got all tn peo-
pie out but wan; an she was woman
asleep on tn fourth hure. Who'll 60
up?' says Bill Mushan. 'Shure, sir,
His captain was man be the name iv
O'Connell, firm tn County Kerry; an
he had his fut on tn ladder whin
Clancy started. Well, tn good man
wint into tn smoke, with his wife
fsintin' down below. He'll be kilt,
says his brother. 'Ye don't know him,
sage Bill Musham. AM sure enough,
whin ivry wand give him upL
out comes me brave Clancy
arms. TIL others whit up like monk
eys, but he shtud wavin' him OFF, an
come down tn ladder face forward.
'Where'd ye larn that?' says Bill
Mushsm. Il seen q man do it at tn
Lyceem whin was q kid, says CLANCY.
WAS it all right?' I'll have ye up
before tn OIL man, says Bill Msshsm.
'I'll tsch ye to come down q lsddher as
If ye was in quadhrille, ye horse
he says. But he didn't. Clancy whit
over to see his wife. oh, Nike says
she, ''twas hne,' she says. But why
dye take tn risk?' she says. Did We
see tn captain?' he says with q scowl.
He wanted to 60. Did ye think I'd
follow q Kerry man with all tn ward
lukkin' on?' he says.
cart on wan wheel, an jumpin' whin
he heerd man 90 much as hit glass
to make 1t ring. All tn people looked
up to him, an tn kids followed him
down tn sthreet; an twas tn great
est privilege f'r amy wan f'r to play
dominoes with him near tn joker. But
about year ago he come in to see me,
an says he. We'll, I'm goin' to quit.
Why says |, 'ye,er a young man yet
I saye. Faith he says, look at me
hair he says-,'young heart, oil head:
good woman's wantin' to see more iv
me thin BLOWN into a saucer iv Coffee
he says. I'm goin' to quit, he says.
'on'y I want to see wan more good
fire. he says. "A rale good oil hot
wan, he says, with tn win BLOWN
FIR it an a. good dhraft in tn ilivator'
an about two stories, with pitcher
frames an gasoline an excelsior. an
sivinteen. What in hell an damna-
ton are ye standin' aroun' with that
pipe f'r? IL this fire r dam nvin'
pitcher? I'll break ivry man iv eight
cen, four, six an chem cal five tomor-
rah mornin' befure breakfast oh,
he says, pringin' his fist down, wan
more, an I'll quit
can he did, Hinnessey. Tn day
tn Carpenter Brothers box factory
burnt. Twas wan iv thin big, fine
lOokin' buildings that pious men built
out iv celluloid an plasther iv Paris:
An Clancy was wan iv tn men up-
dher whin the wall fell.
81 seen thin bripgin' him home; an