The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

.It's always been a wondher to me- saio
Mr. Hennessy. I'VE niver marrid.
cts been a wondher to NANNY" Mr.
Dooley replied heartily. Maybe IL Ia peeh
as aisy pleased as most-an this is not
saving anything again you an yeers'
Hinnissv. FIR We got much tn best w tt
I might now be tn father Nv happy childher
an, have money in tn bank awaitin' tn
day whin tn inthrcst on tn morgedGe zen
due. 'Tis not FIR lack Nv opportunities
I'm here alone, tell We that me bucKo'
FIR tn time was whin tn sound Nv me 1eet
d bring more heads to tn windies iv Arr
chey r-road thin'd bob up to see yeer
fun'ral go by. An that's NANNY wan
"Ah, WELL" said Mr.. Hennessy, Il was
but jokin' ye." His tone notified his
friend. who went on: ITO tell we tn truth.
Hinnissy, tn raison niver got mario was
l niyer cud pick a choice. I've tn maxim
Nv an excillint OF Turk in me, to be sure,
FIR / look ON all tn sect as illigeabie IT
me hand an I'm on'y restrained IT IN
r-rentin' Lincoln Park FIR home an ask
in THIN all to clave on'y to me, be me
nacheral modesty an tn laws iv the State
iy Illinye. Twas always so with me, an
/ think it is so with most men that dies
bachelors. Be r-readin' the p-papers yed
think a bachelor was a man BORN with
depraved an parvarse hathred Nv wan
iv our most cherished INSTRUCTIONS, an
anti-expansionist, dye mind. But tbs no
such thing. A bachelors man that wud
extind his 1benificint rule over all tn fe-
male worruld, firm tn snow-capped girls
Nv Alaska to tn sunny eileens iv the Pas
syfic. A marrid mans a person with
limited affiction-a protictionist an anti
expansionist, mug-wump be hivins. It's
tn bachelor that's keepin alive tn riv-
rince FIR tn sect.
'Whip was a young man, We cud sarch
firm wan end Nv tn town to tn other f'r
me akel with tn ladies. Ye niver see
me in thin days, but twas me had
rogue's eye an q leg far beyant tn COM
mon r-run iv props. 1 cud dance tn best
iv thin, me voice was that sthrong twas
impossible to hear anywan else whin L
sung The Pretty Maid Milkin' the Cow
an l was dhressed to Kill on SUNDAYS.
Twas then bought tn hat We see me wear
at tn picnic Twas Good mornin, Mr..
Dcoley, an will we come in an have a cup o
tay?' an How dye do, Mr.. Dooley. didn't
see We at mass this mornin, an Martin.
me boy dhrop in an take hand at
forty-fives. TIL young ladies has been ask
in me ARE We dead. 1 was tn pop lar
idol, We might Ny. an manny's the black
look got over tn shoulder at picnic an
wake But minded thin little, If bull
again me come firm the Pope himsilf in
thin days whin me heart was high, I'd
tuck it into me pocket an say. I'm read it
whin 1 get time
well, I'd take wan Nv tn girls out in
me horse an buggy Nv a Sundah an I'd
think she was tn finest girl in tn wurruld
an I'd be sayin all kinds Nv jokin' things
to her about marradge licenses bein'
marked down on account iv tn poor de-
| mand an haw tn parish priest was thinkin'
of bein' transferred to parish where tn
| folks We're more kindly disposed to each
other an tn likes iv that. whin out Nv tn
corner iv me eye I'd another. girl go
| by, an bless me if / cud keep tn lid iv me
fright eye still or hold me tongue firm
maxim some such unfortchnit remark as:
| That there Molly Heaneys tn fine girl.
| tn fine, sthrappin' girl. don't We think
| So? Well, we know, afther that I might
as well be dhrivin' an ice wagon as a pleas
ure rig; more thin wanst / near lost tn
| tip Nv me nose in tn jamb Nv tn dure
| thryin' to give an affictshionate farewell.
| An so 1t whit on, till 1 got tn reputation
/ w a fiirt an philandhner FIR no raison
at all, dye mind, but me widespread fond
| ness. like thin all, dark an light, large
| an small, young an old, marrid an single.
| widdied an divorced, an so 1 niver marrid
| annywan. But yen find me photygraft in
| some albums an me bills in more thin wan
| livery stable.
II think marrid men gets on tn best FIR
they have home an family to lave in tn
mornin' an a home an family to go back