The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

motors and trolley ears whilst he arms
you safely through like the Israelites
passing through the embarked Jordan
nat aHocratic fellow first opened his eyes
on q mountain side in Kerry. A barefoot
cd Hlischievous little rascal whom his
mother could not control he scampered
about its hills and its gleuS, and plOgghed
through its boys and clambered its cliffs
and skipped like a goat from boulder to
boulder, little dreaming that one day the
American-born. whose boast ii is that ne
does not fear the devil himself, would in
mis- presence stand in awe. adnlra ton and
trembling. As he grew up he trained for
an eutocrst with the spade and the grip
in his fist round the week, and the hur-
ley on Sunday evenings, and perhaps
scientific twist or two of an oak stick or
backthorn. on Fridays, when a man is
naturally inclined to be. light-hearted.
The flashes of wit the cordial grip of
cCmradeship, the quick word and the has
~ blow were his characteristics at home.
He passed through the best training
schools for the man required 10 awe your
bold but generous American. And he has
always graduated with honor. and taken
up the task that falls to him here with
as much ease and 'self-possession as II,
v hen he was born, his destiny was 10
police America All this any ono may
see for himself who pauses at a crossing
a in the afternoon. The Irish police
iIdUt with an HeIOlc Cam, StdTnS IN the
center Of danger, and with his finger
beckons This interrupted stream of hu-
mainly, ana that, to flow forward, and the
couhdence-in spfring ease of the man
nerves the repressed mass 10 walk with
assurance the gauntlet of quick danger.
In his bounteous goodness he is not above
leading a child by the hand and at the
same time conducting a timld woman with
his protecting arm around her. or he
keeps a hand on this boys head and the
ether fat against that old gentleman's
back. prepared TO help him forward when
In the apprehension Of coming danger he
would retreat. And anon he lifts a hest
taiing, dapper little old maid whose sue
cessors arc growing angry-lifts her bod
ily ard drops her on the other side of
the car tracks; he heeds not, he sees not,
the Indignant glances with which she
would Wither him, nor the grateful smiles
which those whom she had blocked would
repay MIN with. He has done his duty
and he minds not praise nor blame. He
Is at once, too. an encyclopedia and
walking directory. He stands to be aues-
toned all the day long. and never once
gels ruined in temper till the woman lad
en- with parcels persists in intercepting the
trathc ftom all points of the comma Sc
Whist she proposes, Where is the What's-
II shame big apartment house; how do I
reach Hsltman's; is it near 1890 vet. and
L
was Gown town on Monday, and l don't
Know where the store is; 1t had pocket
BOOKS III the window and not far from
Photographer That is the only time
the poor man is in danger Of losing his
temper; but he controls himself with an
effort and says dryly: "Ma'am would We
mind talking that all over again to a
very short-han' expert, an then bringin'
me a written copy?"
This is the Irish policeman of the
thronged crossing who has reduced him
self TO a machine. But there is quite a
dlnerent genus who lags and lounges IN
the by-streets. where the high tide of
commerce has forgotten to flow. where
dlrty niue stores struggle hard for a ftful
existence, and TO which waits of all ns-
tIonallUes on the face of the earth erayi-
tate. Here, too he is lord of all he sur
Neys, yet he toleI ates his subjects and their
ways so long as they do not make them
selves wantonly assertive. He knows every
one of them man, woman and child Nv
name; and he notes each new kid that
sneaks In OUT of another quarter-aud
gives him his warning how he is expected
to behave himself if he wants to live In
this district He saunters from lamp-post
to lamp-post and from door TO door He
cendescendingly sits down for few mo-
nients on soap box III that store and on
a bag of -four in this and there he only
comes TO the door post. and leans against
IL, chapping the wall with the end of his
clnb, whilst ne lazily swaps the news with
Mary within. Though he looks forward
to the greater dignity of (say) a Broadway
crossing, he rather enjoys the sleepy quiet
of life here, far from troubling inspectors
and prying officials. II reminds him much
in its easy, gossipy life, of the little village
at home ia the County Glare, and he
makes no prodigious efforts to get a
change.
But even the old world political differ
ences sometimes make trouble for the
Irish policeman here. There was cranky.
North of Ireland Orangemen. who by
some singularly strange mismanagement.
was not only given place on the New
York police force, but actually advanced
to sergeant. For the poor fellows under
him it was bad enough that'he was an
Orangeman, but that he was an ill-temper-
ed one who could not take in good part
ordinary abuse on the subject, aggravated
matters. All his men were, of course,
passively rebellious; but one of them,
fellow fun of mischief as an egg OF meat,
Denny MacFadden, was the particular
thorn I'm old Barrington's side. MacFad-
deu's natural end. Darlington believed
was the end of a rope, with either knot
or a moose TO it. MacFadden never lost
an opportunity of sailing his sergeant and
rubbing II in, doing il all, too, so cum
ningly that 1t baffled Darlington TO get
hold on him. Now, the 18th of July the
anniversary Of the battle OF the Boyne,
is the day for sporting the Orange col
ors: and on this day Darlington was
black os thunder, aud the men were in
the common room of the station laughing
and Joking and winking knowing winks,
when odd Barr went In and out. With
Danny they were plotting how they might
play off good one on the sergeant Dam
ny was fooling with a long green feather,
and proposing that some one should stick
il in the old fellows hat Danny was sud
denly summoned TO the sergeant's pres
enee on some ordinary orrand. A COM
rade clapped Danny's hat upon his head.
and at the same instant inserted the
fee ther, which stood up and nodded for
ward like plume. All innocent OF the
trick, Danny marched into Barrington's
office. The others who stood around there
moved their fists into their mouths when
they saw the spectacle Darlington. bent
over his books, put several questions to
DAMN before he looked UP at him But
whel he did look up and beheld this fel-
low standing bolt upright before him, with
a fall green feather nOddine from HE hat