The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

ure to reward tn ability an larnin' Nv
this young man in tn prisince Nv tn
hayro to whom he owed his life. 1t
was tn same in after years. He be-
come lawyer an Higgins niver miss
ed day in coort. TIL lawyer fr tn
| opposition always managed to appeal
to his finer feelin's in tn prisince Nv tn
man to whom he owed his life. II 1t
was suit over a pair Nv pants, me
frind always lost 1t. He niver wud
take case again a tailor rr tn jury
wud always vote against him. In pol
| lytfcks he thried to succeed but Mug
gins hung on to him. whin tn chair
man Nv tn meetin' arose, he invary-
ably began: Ladies an gintleman. be-
rure tntrojoocfn' tn speaker Nv tn ave.
MIN. l want to presint to ye tn man
to whom he owes his life an who Is
here on tn platform tonight, Misther
Alphonso Muggins.' Me frind was al
ways supposed to put his handkerchief
to his eyes at these wurruds an with
falthrin' step escort him to tn front
Wan night he tor me he give Muggins
Kick. He said he cudden't help it.
TIL temptation was too sthrong rr HUI
man endurance. Muggins didn't mind
ut. He niver minded anything. He
was a hayro.
"Afther awhile he took to drink
Habichool hayroes always do, an whin
In drink he was melancholy or quar-
relsome, as dhrunk men an hayroes
some times ar-re. Clancy wud be set
tin quietly in cafe with some friends
whin Muggins wud blow in an set down
with his hat over his eyes. TIL frind
wud have to inthrajooce him with a
catch in his voice an tear in his
eyes. Boys he'd say, I want to in
thra5ooce we to Alphonse Muggins.
Gawd bless him, boys, he saved me life'
Is that So? says wan Nv his compan-
yons. We betcher life 1t is says Mug
gins. Did 1 save his life? Well, ask
him. Ye ask him If din save his life.
Ye just ask him. II he don lie about 1t,
he'll tell We who saved his life Din I
leap into tn ragin' flood an riscue him
at tn risk Nv nfe life? Maybe, I din.
Maybe 1t was a man in Milwaukee that
done that. Looky here. Look at this
clock, I got firm his folks. II We don
believe me. An what's he done fr> me?
Tell me that. will We? Who am I?
I'm nothin'. I'm Muggins. tn tailor.
An what's he? Look at him. will we.
with his dimon' pin an his plug hat so
gay. An where'd he be If 1T wasn't
FIR me? But it's all right. boys. It's
all right. Life is a curious place an
| gratichood is a thing unknown An
| he wud weep an go to sleep. Some
times he wud fight. He punched Clan
| cy two or three times on account Nv his
| ingratichood. Clancy had to support
him and bail him out aan'
get tn clock out ~ tn
pawn shop ivry Saturdah night. But
an end comes to all things. Hayroes
| don't live long. They can't tn way
| they live. An wan day Muggins whit
tn way Nv all our kind. proud an SIM
| pie. coward an brave man. hayroes and
| hayro worshipper. TIL pa-apers had
| an account iv his funral. Among tn
| mourners none was more affected thin
| Congressman Clancy, whose life. near
forty years ago. this humble hayro had
saved firm a wathry doom in Lake
Michigan TIL raporthers didn't OBJ
sarve that Clancy tamped tn grave
| with his foot to make sure 1t was solid.
He whit home with a light heart, an
says to his wife: Mother, today be-
gin me rale career. We buried Mug
gins But Cornelius says tn good
woman, we owed him ye'er life
| 'P'raps.' says Clancy, but he says, he
took 1t out in thrade long ago
mo, sir. Hinnissy. If We see me in
! disthress kindly call f'r PROFESSIONAL
help. I'll be riscued be a fireman or
a polishman because, it's all in their
days wurruk. but amachoor hayroes
is a danger whin they'se riscuin' We
an a worry liver afther. II l owe me
life to annywan let 1t be to a man
who won't thry to collect 1t. Anyhow,
what is hayroism? If a man stops a
runaway team that is dhraggin' an
empty milk wagon into a ditch, he's
not a hayro. He's fool. TIL line is
lightly dhrawn anyhow. A hayro is
often a SUCCESSFUL fool an fool IL an
unsuccessful hayro. I've heard An
dhrew Carnaygie called a hayro but I
don't believe 1t. If he was he wudden't
be given medals FIR hayrolsm. If he
was a PROVISIONAL swimmer. he
wudden't think anything Nv savin'
people firm dhrownin'. If he was a
fireman he'd think nawthin' Nv carryin
a man down tn fire-escape iva burnin'
buildin'. If he was a stable boy, he'd
find that he'd have to catch runaway
horses or lose his Job. l wudden't hes
itate to go down a laddher on ye'er
} shoulders but If we Thrilled to save me
firm dhrownin, I'd scream FIR help
What wud 1 be dom thryin' to stor
a runaway team? But If We fell through
my coal hole into me cellar, I'd or
ganize an hayroic riscue. I know tn
way Hayroes ought to know tn way
to be safe. If they do they don't need
amy medals. If they don't, they'd bet.
Their turn in an alarm.
There ARE hayroes an hayroes
We're all hayroes more or less Ye're
a hayro ye'ersilf, town those tired
feet afther We ivry mornin' whin tn
: whistle blows. An be hivens, If ye'el
wife had medal FIR ivry act Nv hay.
roism she's performed, she'd have al
nanny now as Sousa. Hayroes in tn
humble walks Nv life, says he? Well
there's enough iv thin to break him
If he gives each wan Nv thin tn ony
kind Nv medals they need, tn kind tn
government foundry makes with ar
eagle on tn back"
We'll, anyhow, he's a very ginrous
man an he deserves ivrybody's cratic.
hood" said Mr.. Hennessy.
"Oh, as for that" said Mr.. Dooley
what good wud my little gratichood
do him? He'll get gratichood enough
He tends to that himself"
-"SOft" Drinks In Germany.
Consul Muench. at Plauen, Germany
reports that a general movement fol