The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15

cts turrible, tn way me frind An
dhrew Carnaygie has been jumpin'
on Homer. said Mr.. Dooley.
What Homer" asked Mr.. Hennes-
sy.
Homer the pote," said Mr.. Dooley.
HAS Andrew been roastin' him?"
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
He has" said Mr.. Dooley. He's
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 a peme undher his ar-rum
firm newspaper to newspaper thryin'
to sell it. 'They'se a man wants to
see ye,' says tn office boy. What's
he like? says the iditor. He's an OF
bald-headed man with long whiskers
an dhressed in a table-cloth l think
he's blind FIR he was led in be a dog
on a stirring says he. ooh, it's on'y
OF Homer says tn iditor. Tell him
I'm busy he says. Carnaygie has
busted him. People will talk of him
firm now on. as tn fellow that Carnay-
gle threw into TIL fire.
Twill be a hard blow to Hogan.
I nivir r-read anything that Homer
wrote but Hogan an tn OF fellow
was great frinds. 1 got an idee that
Homer amt amy too we'll off. He
niver knew anything about nanny
facthrin pig 1r'n an bein' blind he
couldn't tell good money firm bad.
He niver sold canned air to tn COVER
mint FIR arTnor plate an he didn't
know tn prince iv Wales at ALL If
We Wint to OF Homer an thried to tell
him that be handin' little coin te
TIL freight agent iv tn Pennsylvania
he cud ship his pothry from PittSburg
to Phillydelphy cheaper thin ROodyard
ktplin,' tn chances ar-re he'd tell We
to go TO the divvle an raysume his
pOme. He had no business head an
he niver founded a Iibry buildin',
though I've heerd tell he founded a
few Hbries. Poor OF la-ad l feel bad
about him. But it's hard on Hogan.
Ye'd think this oil fellow was all tn
potes that liver was. 1t was Homer
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 mortal
man. He is poor but his head is full
~ kings an princes, an not fat little
kings that are tn same height amy
way We take thin, but long, lean
kings that ARE always chargin' round
soord in hand an slayin' each other.
Swim cities claim Homer's birth place
which is eight more than claim An
dhrew ie's-Ithica, Utica an
five other places in cinthral New York
that l don't raymimber. I felt, says
that | don'h raymimber. 4 felt says
Hogan, 'Whin l first met Homer like
TIL pote that said he felt like some
body or other when first he looked out
upon tn Passyfic firm tn City iv Mex
leo, he. says. WhXsth' mans been
crazy about that OF blind fellow. Now
, it's my, turn. Whin he comes round,
veil hear ME say: How's ye-er frind
Homer now?' or Have We heerd firm
Homer lately?' or What's Homer do
in in tn pothry line?' TIL make life
a burden to Hogan.
''Ye didn't see what Carnaygie said,
did We? I'll tell We. 'Th' other night
he says, wint home tired out with
tn compliments I had rayceiYed firm
mesilf an settled in me coy libry, full
~ tn choicest backgammon boards
be saysSe11 picked UP wan book afther
another firm the libry table. Sthrange
to say, they were all be tn wan author
me fav'rite author, tn kindliest sowl
that is a constant inspiration to ME
meSllf,' he says. L craved lighter read
In an STINT out to me butler, who's
grajate ~ a Scotch colIege-which
1 havet made into f1rst-class intilli-
gence office-fr amy readin' matter
he had on hand. He STINT me copy
" a pote be tn name iv Homer
1 don't recklect his full name, but
think twas James J. Homer. P'raps
some iv We Will know. He's a GreA<
pote and this book was in tn original
Greek thranslated into English, he
says. I read it very f1uently,' he says.
We'll, don't know that tn matther is
worth talkin' about EXCEPT to tell We
how 1 felt about it, but if this is tn
way modhern lithrachoor is tindin',
I'm gofn' to put blast chimbIy into all
me ibries. OF all tn bum books!
Here's a fellow settin' down to write
an gettin' tn good money iv tn pub
lie that hasn't amy style, amy polish,
an don't know TIL first ilimints iv
tn Greek language. An his charack-
tersl tell We, boys, I know a few
things about kings. l don't go be here
say about thin. [ know thin. I've
had thin right in me own house.
They've slept undher me roof an even
firm tn barn where ceort etiket pre-
scribes 1 mus lay me bed whin rilety
is in tn house. I've heard tn kingly
snore iv that charmin' monarch Ed