The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-03-30

corner too; but JiSt Whin we had it on
in good shape, he hollers: Take it aft
aginn | didn't make any move, an
he rushes over as if he wus goin' te ate
me: Didn't tell yerz te take aft that
CARP 'Ach, come te hell, sez |, and
put on yer damned carr an wild that
walks over t the platform an sits
down."
"Maloney got roarin' mad an' swore
up an down he wouldn't SEN in me
time, an that I'd hev ii wait till
payday"
81 up an | sez: I'm goin' t. jump
train here fur Minneapolis, an if We
hevn't that time in the office in twenty
four hours, I'll 60 an boord in the
West hotel; an whin the company
squares the bill, yell hear frum thim.'
] met the road master mkt mornin' an
he sent me here t. Dooley"
"Ye did PARTLY right 'Dooiey, as
towld ye, hes timper av his own. but
he wudn't do dirty, name trick like
thatw
81 suppose whin We wur in Shaykaw-
go, ye niver heerd ov our Mickey? He's
on the plees ,forcew
swell, nav, whin | wus in Shikago, l
niver had emmy dailin's much wild the
'coppers.' lived out on the west side
an niver went roun' much whin l got
through in the eyenins."
"Well, Mickey wus my only by, an
tho l say it, he wus wan that ye
couldn't kape down."
"He wurk'd on the section with
Dooley fur while, but he had poor
show NV risin' there. The road master
is 'rOun' head an no wan but
bloody 'Scandy' cud get dacent job
frum him!
"Howiver, twus no place fur Mickey
ennyway. - Since he wus kid he
could always how'd his own wild emmy
ov thim!"
"Yis, wan time when he wus goin' t.
school, Patsey McGinnis, a kid twice
his size, tried t. bully-rag him. Whin
Mickey KEN home, he had black eye,
an whin Dooley sees it, he sez: Come
here, me by! Who gev ye that eye?'
'Petsy McGinnis jumped on t. me, an,
what, an did ye let that brat ov Nc.
Ginnis's best yep How'd on, dad,'
speaks up Mickey, he didn't best me!
He gev' me wan black eye, but gev'
him two, an smashed his mouth fur
him into the bargain. An he wudn't
gev' me the black eye, only l slipped
and fell, an he jumped on t. me whin ]
wus down."
'Yis yis, there wus always yellow
strake in the McGinnis'es! niver saw
wan ov thin yit that wud stan up t.
fair fight. They'd always do a dirty
Judas thrick, whin they'd get a chance!w
"Come here, me by, believe ye're a
Dooley after all. Here's a nickel, 60
an buy yersilf some candy, an niver let
the McGinnis brat get the best NV ye."
aye kin bet yer last dollar Mickey
wus no slouch. Pm towld he's the
finest luckin' man on the foorce."
81 trust nuthin' ill happen him in
Shaykawgo. l can't rest aisy at night,
whin Dooley reads Nv these san'bag.
sers an toughs they hev. They fill a
stokin' wild san an snake up benin ye,
an knock ye cowld before ye'd know
what struck ye."
Il lived in st. Paul before l met
Dooley, an l hard sumthin' O. their
divilish tricks"
81 niver had much use fur the big
towns. What 1 liked about St. Paul
wus, that wan could go to mass ov
Sunday an hear fine sermon! Arch
bishop Eng-Irelan' I name, used to
praich darlin' sermons, but expect he
amt there emmy more! DOoley wus
readin' in the paper that the President
hes gev him another job--makin' pace,
or sumthin' they're goin' to do away
with the wars, an fitin'w
"Dooley sez, it's as little as the Prisi-
dent cud do after the way he worked to
get him illicted. Dooley got mad with
him whin he wrote some letter before
the illiction, an since he read it, he ates