The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

S jumpin' on Homer" said MT. Dooley.
 What Homer?" asked MT. Hen messy.
 Homer, tn pote," said MT. Dooley.
 Has Andhrew been roastin' him?" asked MT. Hennessy.
 He has," said MT. Dooley. Hes been givin it to him good. It's all up with Homer. No wan will print his stuff amy more. He'll be goin' round with pome undher his ar-rum firm noospaper to noos- paper thryin to sell it. 'They'se a man wants to see ye,' says tn office boy. Whats he like?' says tn iditor He's an op bald-headed man with long whiskers an dhressed in a tablecloth. 1 think he's blind, fir he was led in be dog on stirring, says he. oh, it's on'y ol' Homer, says tn iditor. Tell him I'm busy he says. Car naygie has busted him. People will talk about him firm now on as tn fellow that Carnaygie threw into tn fire.
 "'Twill be a hard blow to Ho- gan. I niver r-read anything that Homer wrote, but Hogan an tn o1' fellow were great frinds. I got an idee that Homer ain't amy too well off. He niver knew anything about mannyfacthrin' pig ir'n an bein' blind he couldn't tell good money firm bad. He niver sold canned air to tn govermint fir armor an he didn't know tn Prince iv Wales at all. If ye wint to ol' Homer an thried to tell him that be handin' little coin to tn freight agent iv tn Pinnsylvania he cud ship his pothry fr'h Pitts burg to Phillydolphy cheaper thin Roodyard Kiplin', tn chances ar-re he'd tell ye to go to tn divvle an raysume his pome. He had no business head an he niver founded libry buildin', though I've heerd tell he founded few libries. Poor ol' la-ad! 1 feel bad about him. But it's hard on Hogan. He's all ways blowin' about Homer. Ye'd think this ol' fellow was all tn potes there iver was. It was Ho- mer this an Homer that. Homer says so-an'-so. Dye raymimber what Homer said about that? He's as blind as a bat, but he can see more thin mortial man. He's poor, but his head is full iv kings an princes, an not fat little kings that ar-re tn same height amy way ye take thim, but long, lean kings that ar-re always chargin' round soord in hand an slayin' each other. Sivin cities claim Homer's birth place, which is eight more thin claim Andrew Carnaygie's- Ithaca, Utica an five other places in cinthral New York that I don't raymimber. T felt says Hogan. 'whin l first met Homer like tn pote that said he felt like some body or other whin first he looked out upon tn Passyfic firm tn City iv Mexico, he says. Why, tn mans been crazy about that ol' blind fellow. Now, it's my turn. Whin he comes round, yell hear me say: 'How's ye'er frind Homer now?' o Have ye heerd firm Homer late ly?' or Whats Homer doin' in tn poethry line? I'll make life bur den to Hogan.
 "Ye didn't see what Carnaygie said, did ye? I'll tell ye. Tn other night he says, I wint home, tired out with tn complimints I had raycaived fir mesIlf an settled In me cozy libry, full iv tn choic- est backgammon boords,' he says. I picked up one book afther an- other firm tn libry table. Sthrange to say, they were all bo tn wan author-me fav'rite author, tn kindliest sowl that is constant in- spiration to me-mesilf, he says. I craved lighter readin' an sint out to me butler, who's a grajate iv a Scotch college-which 1 have made into a first-class intilligince office-f'r amy readin' matter he had on hand. He sint me copy iv pote be tn name iv Homer-I don't recklect his full name, but I think twas James J. Homer. P'raps some iv ye will know He's a Greek pote, an his book was in tn original Greek thranslated into English he says. T read 1t very flooently,' he says. Well. don't