New-York tribune., 1899-06-16
TAMlNANY AND KILLARNEY.
MCHUCK TELLS HITHERTO UNPUB-
LISHED LEGEND.

LISHED LEGEND.
Daniel McChuck the well-known sewer in
spector of the Twelfth Ward. Brooklyn sprung
something OF surprise his associates at the
Klondike Saloon the other night by telling them
that Tammany officials were trying to raise SUD
scrlption OF than 100000 TO buy the Lakes OF
Killarney in order to from the bed OF the
AXE n huge emerald the largest in the worih
which has been there since the year 800.
Flaherty. McCloskey Rooney McLooey and
OF others all there. and were taking
about the defeat OF Fltzsimmons when McChucks
familiar face appeared in the doorway. Then toi-
lowed respectful silence. as became minor men
in the presence OF growing greatness as personihed
by the sewer Inspector.
"Av coorse" said McChuck, he borrowed
chew OF tobacco from the bartender a thing he
never did unless he had something important on
his mind, "av coorse. VIZ Is all chnnin ABOUT the
fight. but that's only a feabite compared with
what I've got In moind at this minute
Breathless expectancy, depicted on every
countenance as the sewer inspector paused. and
the stiffness almost oppressive as ne pro-
ceeded:
II have the amer 10 announce to yiz. fely cui-
zens that Tammany Hall has decided to BUY the
Lakes OF Killarney fur poobc park"
When the full significance Of this announcement
was grasped by Flaherty and others they began
to cheer and dance Jigs.
"Yis me fely citizens continued McChucK'
the original garden OF Eden an the great oraln
microbe projucin' cinter the prisint day. Me
good frin' Andy Freedman, tould me all aoout II
to-day | seen him at a lunch counter anu ""e
I'm obliged TO conhss that he forgot 10 ASK he W
ate wild him ne still extrameiy coruiai W "e'
an he sez sez he: Danny. Danny me owiu co'-
lege chum'-jist like that. moind-'we're goin 10
buy the Lakes Of Killarney. SOS we Kin nave pace
ay the ovid sod fur picnic ground. wen ouy
It on the nstalment PLAN sez he. an the pay
ments will be dead aisy. An thin he sho"eu rhe
the subscription list
"Ye see" said Danny. after reading the Alleged
list "It begins wild Dick an inds wild Andy. IKE
all the good things in Tammany Hall An gih''e-
mln as Andy read the names av these o's.iI'-
guished hauthropists. yez shud nave see" ."e
sublunary expression his countenance' from ms
waist up His buzzum heaved wid emotioh' an
the tears av JOY rolled down MS au'oi''oo,e
countenance an across his cosmocrete neckte
clear on = tn tablecloth, an whin he found wur-
rude 70 express himself he called waiter. ana
sez he:
".Waiter me tears hez drlpped into this gravy
an made II too salt for use an will yez piaze git
me another sasser full, an don't charge me HUN
ing extry on me bill. see? sez ne.
a. tho sewer inspector paused to note the enect
- bts narrative there was hardly a dry eye IN
the house and 1t even sprinkled n'''e ou'
Only McLooey. plumbers assistant, anu u'ue'
suspicion Of having sold his vote at the last eiec
tIon, sceptcaL - ,,,..
az saw. Danny" said McLooley, "wuz Bourke
Cochran an the others prisnt when their names
wuz put down fur de Dough-
This was so clearly Insult to the sewer IN
snector that the spectators began to get READY 10
dodge something. but McChuck. though INTENSELY
angry showed marked self-control
.'NcIoolev" said McChuck with witherins sar-
casn, "McIooley. bein' plumbers assistant, ye
haven't that fine sinse OF dssimlocution Whch
makes man worth countin' between elections
Begad. McIooley, whin glance al the snap "'
your head I'm reminded av the fact that Da"ie
Nature TUX day off about the time ye were ooih'
an nut in an afternoon playin wild live troiiey
,ros sninnin' tin tops chewn' gum an maxim
mud nes I'll give VIZ quarther av minute 10
GIT troo that dure. an viz might spind the ris' a'
the night lookin' fur rain
Mel ooley acted on the hint. ana as sooh do "e
was gone McChuck resumed his remarks .
"Ae soon as me frin' Andy had recovered himself
he to me; , ,.o
o.Dannv. I have a great regard fur ye' an I've
decided to let ye an yer firms at the kondiSe saooh
have 1920 av me 500 subscription, an II TAKE yer
personal note fur the balance VIA Ieh OH 'ei
monthly salary merely as matter OF FORM an as
an oI6n,t eT6E, ref,,se ANDY an thin l asked where |
wuz Ron to make amy money IN lhe ~. mn vi te
exnalned to me as how he wuz organizin, the Nj.
Iarney Association in Tammany. wid himseii as
treasurer and Richard Croker as prisoeht anu ANA hi
tob IN Tammany to visit the ovid sod wanst year
and stay week at the Freedman Ho,e Ian a: I'm
TO have the bar an boatin privilege on on 1ne sisv
Andy has il all figured out an he sez SEE nane An hand
$1,000 year. only half av which II nave u manu-
hey ind sSfy as yea still iii sSsft
shure Andy Freedman is an Irishman; an ere scorr
Am a, sSure? Av coorse I'm shure He showed
me the papers He has thin in his safe VIA i1n: ms
tSat in the year 800 his ancestors S 0Hara ia
be name. wuz an lrlsn RiHs. De-, an Rrtisher The
nsni ysS %1 Uuz ee to mutilate his body, but his sol
Hers swiped him away in the night; tux MN .i oui
round p his waist Andy sez that at that time the
lake was a muddy, no-account p3uy ae " ,s n,ds
made the watther pure green forever ai'her-
ward" .s,,.,oo legend created a pro-
,,nd snnsation in the minds OF the habtues OF the
Kiondike, but McChuck suppressed the applause
An that wuz ALL said he Whp S hddS the dead dead
kings brother an sister sbe Pfsn foTnd H that it had been
petred perfect rb at ,hsr eas5 nail ba
soYaTad 'e haf was broke up small and distributed
the kings sns the other half av the
kings petrfed body. God rest MS sow an ,hat rs
why he has started t TINS SHntc ground Win he
Lakes fba sY Gther hair av his fOrtyeeyenth grand
dad wei all all nayf bnttons S' %ow. Rooney kin yez any
longer doubt about Andy freedman oe'n d" '''e
''a, Rooney answered by subscribing SIS to the XII
larney fund and Daniel McChuck had won another
great moral victory
WILL SAIL TO-DAY TO CONSULT CROKER
r,uvANy.s AGENT WILL GET HIS DECISION
AporT THE KILLARNEY LAKES.
,ror,r,onv mans TO buy the Herbert estate. which
,oI,,des Nuckross Abbey and the best parts OF the
Lakes OF Killarney and create National lrish
mark seem 10 be taking form and shape rapioiy'
lanes r Roche. Member OF Parliament for Kerry
anft trytn0 m ar