The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22
PERNEy BR|AN'S MONUMENT
BY SEUMAS MACNANUS.

Ing been sent TO the front. and kept there :
til the enemy run-Ahat>of them wasn't (
lett dead on the field OF course " ne I
said. "Ill get Masther whoriskey 10 nut
u Into far grander English. totly regard ]
less OF cost"
when Toai took or his spectaclcs. after
reading Barncy's epistle he fourished
them solemnly. and said. AN. bovs. ioke |
az Barney pay about that moniamlnt. I
we've seen Greater wonders than the
Ameriky governmint itself settin' up a I
statiay OF Barney Brian right on the mid /
dle OF the main sthreet OF New York /
IN recognition of distinguished sarvices /
rendhered." And indeed we all agreed A
was hopeful sign TO find that the Presi- 4
dent had alr~ady discovered Barney's un-
doubted abilities. and recognized them BY
sending him 90 the front And when.
nov. a stranger from Killymard or the
OueiEh happened into Toars or a night
and Inquired how the war went Il gave us
pride to hear Toai. as he drew a stitch
or drove a peg. reply:
We'll, the dvi a much startln' there
has been Of late. but well soon be hearin'
some.hin'-for the President has ordher-
ed Barney Brian 10 the front"
"Phew-ew-ewv' the stranger would
whistle (for Barney and Barney's fight
ing qualities were. Of course. as familiar
- the Hall Mary 90 every one within the
bounds % the harony1. "Phcwrs he would
4 "1is.' Toal would say. deftly pairing a
solc-edEe. the fate ~ Amerlky II now
on the tosser." "A we sat I'm a circle
around Toai and his journeyman with
our elbows on our knees. and bodies Ieant
Forward. as was our habit). and watched
them ply their work. In fancy's eye we
Coniured up the picture Of the American
nation with bated breath pausing for the
Issue. whilst The sword-strokes % Barney
brian reyerhcrated over the land from
ocean 90 ocean.
When Barney did reach the front he did
not forget Toal-a-Gallagher and Cruck-
egar. lie wrote a long letter at least once
fortnirht-sometimes once a week
barney Brian's letters from the 'front.'
became the sensation Of the country They
we're wonderfully interesting. containing
as they did news % doings. and even OF
battles. that had entirely escaped the
ordinary war correspondents. giving
strikngly graphic descriptions OF great
encounters. and picturing all the stirring
events of the war In a brisk breezy, racy
} fashion 10 which the unoriginal press
man was total stranger. Barney Brian
and General Hancock were performing
ptodigious deeds OF valor that made every
one of Us In CruckaEar feel n foot higher
The slaughter that Barney with his own
. good right hand wrought was something
appalling; those who supported him in
b the war had trying time indeed. clam
! hering over corpses and wading shoe
, mouth deep through bloody slush.
. y 'Arrah. tel Billy Brogan." said Bar
. noy. that this isn't like swingin' a black
, thorn In Ardhara fair" on one occasion
Z when pressed hard. Barney had TO fight
. with a sword In each hand. and carrying
= lead one IN his mouth. In n particularly
y stun battle his blade got so heated with
. hard work that when he returned II to
the scahbard u burnt that 20 a cinder.
% 7 cannot tell tho sorrow we all felt when
r BARNEY Informed us that he had lost the
= Cliuhh Soiuis which he had named after
The wonderful sword In our old-folk tales
y I'm one battle. where the enemy pressed
too thichy upon Barney. Il seems ne had
~ iil fortune TO run the Cllabh Soluis
n through I've men at one time. AMI as ~
!, could not withdraw u quickly enough
De had % seize another sword and 20
a. ahead, or lose his life. Barney. with tn.
4. innate modcsty that we had ever know
y, 70 distinguish him. frankly disciairned be
I'M ms The hero % all the most notable deeds
io or the war. lie wrote us the full accoun
fo n The Mayo boy who fought for FIVE min
r. utes and killed two men after his hea'
~ was cut OF. And the poor fellow nigh
in have fought longer. only that Barney
nd seeing his comrades were laughing tool
In pity on him and drew his attention q
,s the fact that he was a dead man: 10
a there's yer head. says L." Ohese we're tn
90 words % Barney's letter.. 1yin' at IN
h. gray horses heels bcyont.'" II seems
~ was cut on 30 deftly and quickly that IN
sv poor Mayo boy never found 70 goin': bu
to he could not now deny the evidence Of hi
Ia senses. go. heaving n sikh. he threw ava
~. hts sword and stretched himself fu
ut length among tho rest Of the dead. a
So kscnly a. he felt for tho poor fellow
rs' barney said he could barely keep froi
he laughing himself
~ During all that time IN which Barney
ettors from the front were coming. ever
20 one went % Toal-a-Gailagher's at nigl
NN L..
h barney and the wars. And the one L.
~ ter was oft1n discussed. again and aEai
nj FOR fifteen nights In succession. Toai hin
bis self Illuminating the text IN a fmoi
'y. striking and effective manner on eaC
me succeeding night. We all agreed tn
sh Harvey Brian. God bliss him and wats
ell over hint was such credit 90 Cruel
az agar few men ever had been TO n
Az place that gave them birth. and that
.ch and General Hancock were head an
on shoulders above all the other heroes OF q
ny war. hut one thing that mortified
~. much was the fact that. for some "a
IN explained reason. the newspapers mai
-rv talncd a conspiracy OF silence regards
IN the distinguished conduct Of Barne
20 John Burns az length came 70 the co
n. cirsiou that Barney had an envious enen
sed ~ wealth and influence. who bribed
lrr cocrccd tho press 1T isn't that 10 isr
ne. that" said Toal-a-Gallaghor. AN no
lnd then can ye explain 90 me the curey
lth inCt, said John. THAT while We don't =
hey poor Barncy's name wanst mentioned
81 the accounts Nv all them battles that's
nghtin' General Hancock Is at the b
,ry rirnia' an the middle an the end an
~ through them
90 The ralson." said Toai. impressive
st is as plain as that hammer In my har
got General Hancock" he said. gets his q
oat share w praisc-bekase he's Gener
Al Hancock. Rarney Brian is totally ignS
Ike ed-hekasc he's only poor Barney Brian
en- suddenly Barney's letters ceased CO
at Ing Two weeks passed without n lett
he three weeks. four weeks And the nigh
nee grcup IN Toars began 20 shake IN
o.. heads. There was one little gicam
and hope. though. 20 which they fondly clui
az lie may be pres'ner ~ war" -
ftcr Toai-a-Galiagher. and we fervcntly ID
WY "a he was. In that case" the Wido,
AMI rat said. "the President III either Ia
ON. him ransomed or raiscued.''
Irr' Eut. alas poor Barney was beyond
~ power OF Presidents 20 ransom or reese
uns An American newspaper. a couple
IN months old. came. by-and-by. % Neil d.
and MON 81 Glen COACH. from his son Jol
Nav In the war news was an item VIII
ked spread gray melancholy over Cruckac