The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-21
ONE MORNING
. IN BROWNSVILLE.
Magnanimity Of Hennessy After
His Skill at Poker Had
Been Assailed.

There's wan thing about Brownsville, '"
said Stumpy. that saves the place from
bein like wan o them asylums fr the
feeble moindcd. where the min sews patch
work, an the women shmokes pipes.
-wot's eatin' your asked Sam. the bar
tender
Sam had local pride which he held to be
justified by his own prosperity. and was
apt to be gruf when any one spoke dis
parinply OF Brownsville. The two men
had sat together on the levee, socially
silent for half an hour. when the spirit
moved Stumpy to speech.
Having spoken. however. he sat as one
relieved in his mind. and was in no haste
for further conversation. II was there
fore some minutes before he replied, but
al length he said
Sure, it puts me in moind O. the great
famine in Ireland me father used to tell Of.
Ye'd 60 for week or day wild sorry bit
t. ate, Of anything at all, at all, an thin
ye'd get maybe a pratie or crusht that d
kape We goin' bit longer
There do be tonnes in Brownsville that
make We think We was dead an buried.
Sure. the still o. the nights is worse nor a
thunderst horn for kapin' man awake
an the Gays is worse.
AN thin, whin We do be goin' melancholy
mad wild the monny-tony O. loife that isn't
Twin at all. at all. but blue moudin', some
thin or other'll hit We, loike fri'ndly black
thorn at Donny brook an yen sit up an
take notice. Mostly it's Long Mike. but
times it III be something else.
"An' whin it do come yen think for a
time that Brownsville is wan o the hid
enters OF all tn excitement on the Mis-
sissippi River Mayb, its bit o gun
play itu be, wild a tinhorn gambler loike
tn tonne tn one-eyed man cashed in. or
bslike it'll be somethin' or other wild Gal
agher. but anyhow it shtirs things oop.
This tonne Oi do be thinkin' it'll be Hin
Missy"
An why would it be Hennessy?' asked
Sam
1T wouldn't on'y f'r Gallagher. said
Stumpy, but thin two is like a hammer
an a shtick O. dynamite, or a mules hind
leg an a sthraw Az they do be kept apart
there's no great harrum, but av we bring
thin together. belize there's friction"
They was playin cards sociable enough,
last night observed sam.
That's it, replied Stumpy. when
thin two gets sociable, we wants to kape
yer eye open. Whin it's a cussin FIN
Gallagher. him bein foreman. or a kick
I'm Him issy, that bein' his disposition
they're good friends. Sure they're both
of thin Oirish But whn they get fri'ndly
they do be two naturalized citizens. wild
Oirish blood an Mississippi River manners.
an God knows"
Did you hear anything?"
mo. but / shmet it. an this mornn'
the schmill Ia still in tn air My dog Peter
has the scint Of it, shtrong. He kim out
wild me for a walk. an whin We passed
Galagher's he shifted around loike he do
for a rat. An he turned back an lay
down In the road near HiLnissys place.
Sure he knows more o some things nor a
hristian."
.Then you think there'll be trouble'"
asked Sam, somewhat jeeringly.
but Oi do be tellin' ye OF shmell it
What further discussion there might
have been was cut of at this point by the
appearance OF two or three citizens In the
distance They were making their way
| and he. foreseeing a demand for his SER
| vices, went indoors.
As II the appearance Of the first corners
on the street had been a signal, others
presently appeared and In few minutes
Brownsville had put on az much OF an APP
pearance OF activity as was usual when
there was no boat expected.
Tho first to arrive at the barroom was
Long Mike himself, and he. looking around
conveyed with his eyes, In some almost
imperoeptble fashion. an invitation to
| Stumpy to step inside. Accordingly that
gentleman arose. though without unseemly
haste. and made one OF small group that
presently lined up In front OF Sans bar. :.
Two Of the group were Gallagher and
Hennessy, and Stumpy was not the only ono
who noted with rising spirits the exAgser.