The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

"O-ho," said Mr. Hennessy twenty
wan days to Saint Pathrick's day"
'Ar-re We keepin' Lent" asked Mr.
Dooley.
Il am" said Mr.. Hennessy. 81 put
th pipe back iv tn clock day befure
yisterdah night. Oh, but tn las Whit
/ " tn Oh clay was plisint. Are we
keepin' Lent?"
Il am that" said Mr.. Dooley. Tim
on'y smokin half through an 1 take
no sugar in me tay. TIL Lord give me
stren'th to last till Pathricks day. I'm
keepin' Lent, but I'm not goin' up an
down tn sthreet tellin people about it,
l amt amy prouder iv keepin' Lent
thin 1 am iv keepin' clean. In our
family we've always kept it. I ray
nember seem me father tuck away tn
pipe, cork up tn bottle an put it in a
thrunk with something between a moan
ana cheer an begin to find fault with
tn Wurruld. FIR us kids Lent was no
great hardship. 1t ony meant not
enough iV something besides meat [
don't raymimber much about it ex-
cipt that on Ash Winsdah ivrybody
had smudge on his forehead; an
afther awhile tn house begun to smell
little iv fish an about tn thirtieth
day tn eggs had thrown off all dis
guise an was JUS plain, yellow eggs.
|, Yes, sir, in our family we all KEEP
Lent but me Uncle Mike. He started
with tn rest an FIR a day or two he
whit up an'-doWn tn road Whippin'
butchers. Twas with great diff
Guilty Hinnissy, that he was previnted
firm marchin' into tn neighborin' sa-
looms an pourin' out tn sthrong wath-
ers on tn flure. Err a short distance
me Uncle Mike was tn most pious man
[ have liver met. At such times he or
ganized tn Uncle Michael tn Good
Sciety an wint ar-round inityatina
Numbers To hear him talk about
o'clock on Ash Winsdah mornin', ye'd
think he was JUS goin' into tn arena
to fight line befure tn onholy Roman
popylace. He'd take down TIL Lives
iv tn Saints an set r-readin' it with
a condescindin' smile on his face like
champeen athleet goin' over tn OF
records. oh, yes he seemed to be
sayin', they were all fright, very
good in their day, no doubt, but where
wud they be now? They's no mintfon
iv Saint Jerome goin' without his
smoke an L havn't had a pipe iv to-
backy since u o'clock las Choosdah
night an here it's o'clock Winsdah
mornin. Thin he wud look casulIy
to'rd tn back iv tn book to see wheth-
er p'raps something mightn't We been
put in about him at tn las moment an
thin he wud throw it down an say to
himsilf: 9Th Lives iv tn Saints" FIR
eighteen hundred an fifty amt out
yet an march savagely firm tn ROOM
kickin his nieces an nevvews as he
Wint. At o'clock In tn AFTERNOON
he was discovered be me father settinf
on a saw horse in tn woodshed, putin
away at a pipe with a bowl like a small
stove that he'd took away firm a Ger
man, an singin' to himsilf
But me Uncle Mike, though
gr-reat warryor in his day an tn soul
iv. s'ciety, was not a model FIR long
distance Christyen champeen. He
started with tn rest ~ us, but he al
ways pulled up lame. TIL throubie
with him an tn 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 1 say 1 don't go ar-round
cillybratin' Lent. 1 don't expict Father
Kelly will sind down tn Father Mac
chew Fife an Dhrum Corps to sere-
made me because I left that lump iv
sugar out iv me tay an put in twice as
much milk. Whin tn postman comes
to tn dure with tn usual line iv bills
an love letthers firm tn tailors, me
hands don't thrembIe expictin' a note
firm tn Pope tellin' me I've been can
onized. No, sir, I congratulate me-,
siIfuon ME sthrong will power an ray
fiict that sugar makes people fat.
am niver goin to place amy medals on
annywans FIR bein' varchous, Hinnissy,
FIR if varehue amt always necessity, /
me boy, it's tn mex thing to it. I'm
tim'prate, because too much dhrink
doesn't agree with me; modest because
look best that way; gin'rous because
don't want to be thought stingy; hon
est because iv tn polls foorce, an
brave wIin 1 can't r-run away.
Dock Grogan, who's an OF Pagan.
don't agree with Father Kelly on more