Arizona republican., 1903-03-09
by P. F. DUNNE.
copyrighted, 19O,, by Robert Howard
RuSsell)

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Dooley.
Il am said M. Hennessy. Il put
tn pipe back iv tn clock day befure
yistrdah night Oh, but tn las Whit
iv tn OF clay was plisint. Are ye
keepin' Lent"
81 am that" said Mr.. Dooiey. I'm
only smokin' ne seegars half through
an l take no sugar in me tay. Tn
Lord give me stren'th to last till Path
rick's day I'm keepin' Lent but I'm
not goin' up an down tn sthreet tellln
people about it. 1 amt amy prouder
iv keepin' Lent thin 1 am iv keepin
Clean In our family we've always
kept it, I raymimber seem me father
tuck away tn pipe, cork up tn bottle
an put it in a thrunk with something
between moan an cheer an begin to
find fault with TIL worruld. FIR US KIDS
Lent was no great hardship 1t on y
meant not enough iv something besides
meat. 1 don't raymi,1lber much about
il except that on Ash Winsday 1Vry-
body had a snudge on his forehead;
an after awhile tn house began to
smell a little iv fish an about tn thlr-
tieth day tn eggs had thrown CT all
disguise an was jus plain, yellow eggs.
Yes, sir. in our family We all KEEP
Lent but me Uncle Nike. He started
with tn rest an FIR a day or two he
went up an down III road whipDin'
butchers. Twas with gr-reat difficulty
Hfnnissy, that he was previ2ted firm
narchin into tn neighborin' saloons
an pourin' out tn sthrong wathers on
tn fiure. FIR d short distance me I'm
Gle Mike was tn most pious man l have
liver met. At such times he organized
tn Uncle Michael the Good S'ciety an
WHIT ar-round iniyatin' Numbers. To
hear him talk about nine O'Clock Ash
Winsdah mornin' ye'd think he was
JUS goin' into the tn arena to fight
line befure tn onhoiy Roman popylace-
He'd take down TIL Lives iv tn
Saints and set r-readin' it with con-
descindin' smile on his face like a
champeen athleet goin' over tn oil
records. oh, yes he seemed to be say
in, they were all Fright, very good in
their day, 10 doubt, but where wud
they be now? They'se no mintion Nv
Saint Jerome goin' without his smoke
an 1 haven't had a pipe " tobacAy
since twelve o'clock las Choosdah
night an here it's nine o'clock Wins
DAN mornin'.' Then he WLd look cas-
ually to'rd tn back iv tn book to see
whether p'raps something mightn't We
been put in about him at tn las mo-
INIT an thin he wud throw it down an
say to himsilf: TIL Lives iv the Saints
FIR eighteen hunderd an fifty amt out
yet and march sav2Sely Fl m tn room,
kicllin' his nieces an neVvews as he
whit. AT four o'clock in tn afthernoon
he was discovered be ne father settin'
on a saw horse in tn wOodshed, putin
away at a pipe with bowl like small
stove that he'd took away firm a Ger
man, an singin' to himself.
But me Uncle Mike though a great
warryor in his day an tn soul iv
sciety, was not model FIR long-dis-
tance Christyan champeen. He started
with tn rest iv US but he always pulled
up lame. TIL trouble with him an the
throuble with tn rest iv US is that we
eXpict to be canoniZed in time to show
tn brief to tn family at dinner. So I
say L don't go ar-round cillybratin'
Lent. L don't eXpict Father Kelly will
sind down TIL Father Macchew Fife an
Dhrum Corps to serenade me because !
left that lump OF sugar out iv me tay
an put in twice as much milk. Whin
til postman comes TO tn dure with tn
usual line iv bills an love letthers firm
tn tailors, me hands don't thremble
expictin' a note firm tn Pope te1lin
me I've been canonized. No sir, 1 con-
grathylate mesilf on me sthrong will
people fat. / am niver goin to place
amy medals on annywan f'r bein' var
cfous,1 Hinnissy, FIR if varchue amt
always NECESSITY, me boy, it's tn mex
thing to it. I'm tim'prate because toe
much dhrink doesn't agree with me;
modest because I look best that way;
gin'rous because I don't want to be
thought stingy; honest because iv tn
polls foorce. an brave whin I cant
r-run away.
Dock Grogan, who's an oil Pagan
don't agree with Father Kelly on more
thin two things, though they're tn
frindliest iv inimies: an wan iv thin is
Lent Father Kelly says it's good fl
tn soul an Dock Grogan he says its
good FIR tn body. 1t comes at tn
fright time iv tn year. he says. whir
1vrybody has had a WHITTIER iv stuffin
thinlsilves an fioodin' their inteeryor.
an settin' up late at night. It's d kline
" a sbhand off FIR tn Chris mas hoIi.
days. We quit attn meat because I'll.
Lent-an' we've had too much meat
We quit sinOkin' because It's Lent-an
VIC have smokers heart. Wequit drinI
because it's Lent-an' We want to Sc.
ii tn brakes ARE wuTrukin'. We qui
goin' to tn theaytres because it's Len
an we're sick " tn theaytres. If i
wasn't FIR Lent in March none " u
wad live till tn FCoTth iv July II
Lent, says Father Kelly. I get me con
gregati0n back In Lent says Docl
Grogan, ! lose mine Lent says Faith
er Kelly, brings thin near Hivin.' An
longer away says Dock GrOgan. 1t
hard wurrUk FIR me, but I like it. say
Father Kelly. It's my vaca ton time
says Dock Grogan, but I don't car
f'r it 1t makes thin think " tn mex
wur1uld,' says Father Kelly. An give
thin betther hold on this says Docl
Grosan- It's rciijon says Fathe
Kelly It's medicine says Dock Gro
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