The Topeka state journal., 1900-01-26
DOOLEY on "skATIN'."
rFrom the New York JournaIl

From the New York Journal
tended FIR tn young an say, IT'S not rr
III likes iv me, now that age has crepr
into me bones an whiteaed tn head "
me Sorra. take tn. rheuInatics. An TO
ers ike a bsIIv 5ancer when IN Des-
PLANES backed up an tn pee-rairies was
covered with ice Fl n tn mills TO River
side Manny's tn tine done tn thriek,
JaWn. me an IN others. but now I break
me back broachin' a kag iv beer. an TIL
hite Of me daily exercise is f'r 70 wind III
clock before turnin' IN, an count up the
cash S0rra take tn rheumaticst
You haven't been trying to skater AIr.
Ackenna asked IN tones of alarm
NoL me sad Mr. 43ao4ey Not ne
But HinnisSy have HinEiSSy. the gay
divvIe-may-car sphread-th HIGHT Vim
nissyss been skatin' again Nay Gawd
give that man since before ne dies An
ne naeds Il Elsflt away he am g9I lQng
10 live II NE cousin. Mr. Justice DOOIey,
don't appoint gaarjeen fr him
had no more thought Whtn ! wInt
over with him that tn silly goat'd thry
his pranks thin have IL hyin. over this
here bar mesi1f- HInnfssy I=let me see
how ol Hinnissy IS. He was a good foot
taller than me tn St Johns night Whin
III comet was in tn sky Let me see
let me see Jown Dorgan was married to
III Widow Casey fher name was Dora
O. Brown ia tn spring " 81 an Nike Cal
fahan wint 10 Australia in th' winter fv
80. HiunisSy's oldest brother was too old
fr 70 1ulIst IN N army Six and thirty
is Ghirty-six- TWicet thirty-sIx is sivlnty-
two Sivinty-two less eight Is sixty-eour.
sixty four an nine. carry wan let ne
enough to know better
The hremin " injine twenty -sIvin had
house an ali tn lads ana girls "
Bridgeport knew about it. They came
the la-ads be THEMSELVES too. Twas thin
TURNED Hiunissys head. 7 have no
doubt But rr ne know TIL diTrince be-
tween wan an tWInty an nVe an sixty
I larn it over again livery rno-nIE--
We NinE TO tn pond together an pass
watched III boys an girls plavfnf shfr-,
an skyIaTkin' hand IN hand They come
apart Jawn. but they 60 home together
lawn them Young vans -. he his
face Sport Hinnissy was grown excited
sure says he they'se nothin' like 1t,
ye 10 a race, he says 50 ye will.' says
l. SO ye VIII, 1 says VIII We do II
I says an don't disgrace ye-er gray hairs
before III whole parish says I IN
not long since cud cut a doubIe-eight
with any man in Bridgeport, he says
AT that Tom Galtagher's young fy-be
night joined N an says he Mister Hin
Missy. he says If yel 20 on, he says,
I I = Ae4cn ye Z p4I ~ sh@tE5- brine
tain along. says Htnnissy- An he put
/ thin on Well Jawn, be shtud up an
made wan step an wan " hls feet wInt
( that way an wan this an he thrun his
| hand IN tn air an come down on his
back gave him tn merry laugh He
WInt clear dat an thried TO struggle 70
I his feet an the more he thried n more
/ IA skates wlnt # n undher him, till he
I looked fr all tn wur-ruId ike wan iv
/ thin little squirrels that goes round on
! IN wheel IN Sehnefders burrd store
/ Gala gher's la-ad picked him up an
( shtud him on his feet an says he, polite
I " Come on he says. go around with
ME. He took him out to tn middle iV
( III pond Hiuuissy movin' ike A bridge
hor-rse on q slippery thrack. an thin tn
} la--ad shook him off an skated away
I Come back says Hinnissy- Come back
J he says Tom. III fay ye alive win
/ catch ye or on III sthreet- Come here.
/ he says, like a good boy an help ne Off
! Dooley-' he roars TO me, mind We -Ain't
I ye goin' to do anything he says Mare
! a thing, says I. but go home But
how n I goiu' 10 cr0ssg he says Ct
down on ye'er knees an crawl. says
Z Foolish man. I says An he done It
( JaEn- It tux him tin minyits TO gei
( down IN sections, but he done it. An
( shtud there an waited fr him while he
+ crawIed wan block over tn ice. muttheF-
/ in Glory be TO Gawd.- a livery foet-
I I winr home with him afterwards an
! what d ye think he said2 Martin say.
/ he I've been q sinful man in my time
but I niver had tn ike " that TT Z
I pinance' he says Think iv f0in' tn sta
+ Iions " tn cross on III ice he says
.Hinnissy.f says I. -Chey'se no crime in tn
catalogue akel to bein' old an fool,
says