The Saint Paul globe., 1900-01-28

he hears that Willum Waldorf Astor has
given four thousan' pounds. or twinty
thousan iv our money, as a contribution
to tn British government"
who's Willum Waldorf Astor?" Mr..
Hennessy asked. 'T niver heerd iv
him"
Eye wudden't," said Mr.. Dooley. HE
don't thravel in ye'er set. Willum Wal
dorf Astor is a gintleman that wanst
committed tn sin iv bein' BORN In this
counthry. Ye know what original sin
is, Hinnissy. Ye was bor-rn with wan
an I was bor-rn with wan an ivirybody
was BORN with wan. Twas took out iv
me be Father Tuoby with holy wather
first an be me father aftherward with a
sthrap But 1 niver cud find out what 1t
was. Tn sins I've committed since, L m
sure iv. They're painted red an carry
bell, an whin I'm awake in bed they
stan out on tn wall like tn illicthric
signs they have down be State sthreet In
front iv tn clothin' sthores. But I'll go
to tn grave without KNOWN exactly
what tn black original sin was I COM
nlitted All I know is I done wrong.
But with Willum Waldorf Astor tbs diff
f'rent I say It's, different with Willum
Waldorf Astor. His original sin was
bein' bor-rn in New York. He cudden't
do anything about 1t. Nawthin' In this
country wud wipe 1t out. He built
hotel intinded FIR jocks who had no sins
BIT thin iv their own maxim, BIT even
that cud not efface tn stain.
"He thried to live down his crime with
out success, an he thried to live down
r,
no go. No matther where he wint among
! his counthrymen in England some wan
wud find out he was BORN in New
York an tn man that owned tn house
where he was spindin tn night wud asst
him if he was cannibal an had he amy
In'dyan blood in his veins. Twas ike
seein' a fine Iookin' man with an intel
Iecjal forehead an handsome, dark
brown eyes an admirin him, an thin
larnir' his name is Mudd ]. Higgins. His
accent was proper an his clothes didn't
fit him right, BIT he was not BORN in
tn home iv his dayscindants, an whin
he walked tn sthreets iv London he
knew iviry polisman was sayin': There
gees a man that pretinds to be happy,
BIT a dark sorrow is gnawin at his bos-
ON. He looks as if he was at home, BIT
he was BORN in New York, Gawd help
him.
$50 this poor way-worn sowl, afther
= thryin" ivry other rimidy FIRM drrivin a
coach to failin' to vote at last sought out
tn rile high clark in tn coort, an says
he: Behold, he says, AN unhappy man,
he says With millyons in me pocket,
two hotels an Unlimited credit he says,
hoo ~ 10 ho SOWl
says tn clark iv tn coort, What's attn
YEP he says. Have ye committed some
gr-reat crime? he says Partly says
Willum Waldorf Astor. 1T was partly
me an partly me folks. he says. I was
he says, fn a voice broken be tears, 1
was he says, BORN in New York. he
says. 'Th' clark made tn sign " tn
cross an, he says: 'Ye shudden't have
come here he says. Poor afflicted
wretch he says, 'ye need a Clergyman
he says. Why did We seek me OUT? he
says. Because says Willum Waldorf
Astor. 4 wish,' he says Str to renounce
me sinful life,' he says I wish to be
bor-rn anew, he says. An tn clark be-
ing a kind man helped him out. An
WiIIum Waldorf Astor renounced fealty
to all foreign sovereigns, princes an po-
tentates an especially Mack tn Wanst,
or Twict. iv tn United States an Sulu
an all his wurruks, an he came out iv
tn coort with his hat cooked over his eye
(ith a step Jaunty and high, afther years
ivs servile freedom a bondman at last.
$50 he's a citizen iv Gr-reat Britain
now an a lille subject iv tn queen like
you was. Hinnissy, before ye was r-run
out?'
81 niver was" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Sure tn queen iv England was re-
nounced FIR me long befure did it f'r
mesilf-to vote"
''Well, niver mind" Mr.. Dooley con-
tinued ''he's q citizen iv England an he
has castle that's as big hotel. on'y
nobody goes there excipt thin that's
asst, an not all of those, an he owns
newspaper, an tn editor iv it's tn
Prince iv Wales, an tn rayporthers is
alf jocks, an tn archbishop iv Canter-
bury r-runs TIL ilivator, an slug wan in
th printin' Office is TIL impror iv Gar
many in disgeese. 'Tis pa-aper I'd like
to see. I'd like to know how tn Jook
lv Marlbro'd do tn McGovern fight. An
some day Willum Waldorf Astor II be
able to wurruk f'r his own pa-aper. FIR
he's gotn' to be a earl or a markess or
jock or somethin' gran. Ye can't be
amy iv these things without money
Hinnissy, an he has slathers iv IT.
where does he git it?" demanded Mr.
Hennessy.
Erin this counthry." said Mr. Doo-
ley.
81 shud think Mr.. Hennessy pro-
tested stoutly. '1f he's ashamed iv this
country he wuddent want to take
money firm it,
That's where ye're wrong" Mr.. Dooley
replied. Take money anywhere ye find
it.. I'd take money firm England. much
as 1 despise that formerly naughty BIT
There. An wfin We come down to 1t,
dinnaw as I blame Wilum Waldorf AS
tor FIR shiftin his allegiance. Ivry wan
y to his taste, as tn man said whin he
dhrank out iv tn fire extinguisher. 1t
deDinds on how ye feel. II ye ar-re q
tired la-ad an wan without much fight In
ye livin' in this country Is like thryin'
to read tn Lives iv tn Saints at meet
in iv th' Clan-na-Gael. They's no quite
for anybody. They's fight on ivry
Ininyit iv tn time. Ye may say to ye'er-
silf: I'll lave these laads roll each other
as much as they plaze. BIT I'll set here in
tn shade an dhrink me milk punch, BIT
We can't do 1t. Some wan IL say, Look
at that gazabo settin' out there alone.
He's too proud FIR to jne in our simple
dimmy festivities Lave us go over
an bat him on tn eye An they do 1t.
Now, if ye have fghtin' blood In yee
veins ye hastily gulp down ye'er dhrink
an hand yeer assailant wan that does
him no kind iv good. an tn first thing
We know ye're in tn thick iv It, an it's
ccran scrap, scrap till tn undherta ker