The San Francisco call., 1899-08-13

r the afternoon train wobbles to
II the accompaniment OF a hoarse-
IL voiced whistle into the diminutive
| I station of Shillelagh a genius in au-
thoritative blue cloth and brass but
tons rushes fTanticaIIy forth to meet it.
''Shure, Pat, there amt no use o stop
PIN" he yeus gesticulating furtously.
There's nobody to git on!'
And how the divil does ye know that
there's nobody to git Off" replies Pat
twisting his pipe to the other corner Of
his mouth and slowing up regardless of
orders. 'Begorra. 1 have man as
wants to git down"
Such is railroading In Ireland off from
the beaten tracks. A happy -go-lucky,
that have really found very refreshing.
1t is all so friendly and sociable!
Undoubtedly the man who is always
late approves of Irish railroading more
heartily than he who is always early, but
even the latter, though he be notably
ndgety and nervous, win be surprised at
his own good humor, for ones temper
IS something 1t is hard 10 lose in Ireland
The veriest crank, I believe, will lind
himself djsarmed by the unconquerable
good nature of the Irlshman. In spite
of bad meals, hard beds and bad service
generally, one travels through Ireland in
perpetual state of good humor / do
not mean to instnuate, far from it. that
Pats wings are beginning to sprout or
that he will not impose on you in all
sorts of ways whenever he gets a chance,
but he does 1t in such an agreeable fash
Ion and with such a dale o blarney be-
tween layers Of imposition that you for
give nm most readily. For instance, at
Waterford 1 undertook TO do the nego-
tlatng Tor CAB, or rather for a jaunt-
Ing car, which is the popular vehicle in
ireland. What is your price bv the
hour asked the red-headed coachman
. Three bob, m am" he answered quickly
is that your regular TARIFF l in
For the ioikes O. you, it is. na'arn.' he
equlyocated, evidently leaving a loop hole
Never mind the Toikes' of u.s." 1 In
slsieo, DuI what is your price for every
"Shure, ma'am. and ye'er sich folne
lao1es that three bob be not too much for
yeZ. Shurc yc We the sunshine Of heaven
IN yer purity eyes, and the bloom OF the
blackguard. ma'an, as'd cheat yez."
L had been 200 many days IA Ireland
TO succGInb at once TO this sort of thing
although L should hate to be put under
oath that the three shilIiugs appeared
not o. less consequence than before That
our checks, however pleasant to hear dis
cussed, were somewhat irrelevant and
irnmatcrial in this jaunting car transac-
pealed TO 2 bystander for the repuIar
tarifr, learning in return that it was one
Shilling and SIX pence.
give YOU one ana six. is It understood?'
1T is, MAN he acqulesced. without
Changing the character of his smile
''Seein as it's, yersilf, I'll do mesiIf the
honor Of Jal1in' you for one and SIX
began my wanderings in Ireland with
Dublin, and thought, as Thackeray
thought years ago, that a prettier town
with fewer people in It, it would be i'm
possible 10 tind on a summers day For
Dublin is dead like all the rest of Ire
land, and, If I may be pardoned the ex-
preston, IS becoming deader year By year
The arrival "a ones first Irish town is
aimosI as unique if not as romantic as
the tirsj arrival in Venice, for the rows
or little donkey carts awaiting at the
depot are sure to be so new spectacle
as the rows Of gondOlas. Quite different
is the experience, however, from gliding
on the grand canal with your soft-eyed
gondolIer. Here when you have selected
car to suit you off you go to your hotel
hanging on By your heels and toes and
feeling ttat your legs are going, to be
taken off by every passing vehicle. AS
you bump over the cobblestone your
hairpins II you be of that gender, trick;e
down inside Of your collar and by the
time you reach your hotel you feel as
If you had been breaking a wild colt This
IS the first experience. Three or four
trials will enable you to be very digni-
fed and graceful and to even look down
with a proper scorn on those who be
not in chaiSeS. If you remain long enough
you VIII become g devotee of the jaunting
car and viii probably determine to have
one all to yourself one Of these fine days.
AS the driver explained to us in Dublin,
the Jaunting car 'is the most convenient
thing for coartin' that iver was invinted.
You see I kin tell at once whether the
kapin' company they tells me to balance
the car by sitting on the other side, for
the sake o the horse, to, be shure. but
# they be married, bedad, they lets me
kape my own safe and they balance it
thimselyes." In the country the driver