The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-05-03

be havln' enough. NOW, I've q gOOo
notion to thry an bate little dacen-
cy into we. No man wild an Irish
tongue ought liver to abuse . wom'
an"
The policeman was plucky fellow
but he drew back involuntarily from
the storm he saw gathering on the
face before him.
"It's an officer I am" he expost,l-
lated, IAN must PROTECT the law.
I niver use the revolver barrin' it's
nadeful, but ye must come wild me.
The woman was sthalin', and ye in
terfered wild me duty"
Denis had listened impatiently, but
the first wonder and incredulity had
gradually given place to whimsical
resignation.
"An' officer to PROTECT the law" he
repeated, and for the first time he
seemed to notice that the man was
dressed differently from the others
around him. "Well, it's mesilf has no
call to fight the law, bein' newly ar
rived. I'll go along wild ye, but mind,
your hands must be kept off me-"
"Ye're jist over, I take it?'' the Pc
liceman said, as they moved down the
sidewalk.
"From the ould country, yes"
81 knew it from your tongue. An
ye're from the north of Ireland, too.
county Fermanagh. Why, mon:
whin We sent me whirlin' and twist
in out into the street, grabbin' the
air for somethin' to clutch me tin
fingers into, I was that mad I could
have dubbed We. But whin I heard
the howl we stint afther me, I thot
of the Enniskillen Fair an the ralc
ould shindies the b'ys used to have
there"
Denis stopped on the sidewalk, and
oblivious of the pushing and elbow
ing of irate pedestrians, was regard
ing his companion with new interest.
$50 it's a Fermanagh mon ye are, "
he said, more graciously. "From what
part?''
"Ballygad. Michael Flynn's ME
name, an it's cousin I am to the
Bradys O. Kintal, an they're cousins
to the Cogans O. Erne, an they're
cousins to the MacMurraghs thim-
selves. A fine ould family the Mac
Murraghs, barrin' they've lost ivery'
thing an have to work like common
folks. But what part are you from?"
"Cloughshannon. I'm Denis Mac
Murragh."
He would have moved on, but Flynn
caught his hand.
"MacMurragh! Tare m 'ounds!
An I would have dubbed We! Shurc,
it's mesilf should have known We wild
thin shoulders an that head. But
how come We in the States?"
"Work," answered Denis, grim1y.
"We've sold the last cow an bit Of
land. An there's me ou1d father an
mother, an a round dozen of BROTH
ers an sisters to look afther. I'm
wantin' to bring them up we'll, an
maybe to give thin bit Of learnin'
an q sthart out"
They were walking along the side.
walk now, and Michael Flynn was
scratching his chin in deep thought.
Suddenly he looked up.
"How'd ye like to be on the
foorce?"
"The what?''
"The foorce-be an officer like me.
It's a fine job, good pay an aisy
work, barrin' a bit of shindy now an
thin. It's money ye could soon be-
savin' up for the ould folks an the
childer."
Denis shook his head.
"1t's mesilf couldn't be takin' up
hungry women"
"Thin lave thin alone. There'd be
plinty other work for ye. Why, mon,
ye'd be aqual to dozen common off,
GERS down on Water street. The
sight O. thin big shoulders would
sind livery law breaker skurryin'.
An there'd be no trouble about get
tin yez the job. The INSPECTOR mar
ried me own cousin, an the captain
himsilf is an Ulster mon. An be-
sides, they're always lookin' out for
big, sthrong recruits. They'd snap
We up on sight. An there's another
thing, Towering his voice, "the b'ys
round here vote for the mon they
like, an there's plinty O. thin have
heard o. the MacMurraghs. The
foorcell be good place for ye to
sthart from, but wild the b'ys behind
there's no tellin' where yen bring
up. A MacMurragh, wild the Mac
Murragh shoulders an head an
sthrong ways an finder heart, could
do anything wild the folks that knew
him."
he hesitated moment, and then
went on with some con@traint: "We'll
say no more about arrestin' ye. It's
me own person rccaved the offinsc,
an I've the right to settle it widout
calm in the law. But about the
foorce. Shall I recommend YEP"
Denis looked down at him thought
fully.
eyes," he answered; "but it's exc
cutin' the law in . dacent way III bs
doin'.'