The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

hazards whatsomiver Again an
again. unshrinkin', I've done me duty
by that Uisge- e-bath an my Christians,
AMI now pronounce 1t a dangerous
harm, sin, an misery if it iyer goes
Until thoughtless hands. Tell me. how
many people knows the saicret iv pro-
ducin' that sinful dhrink."
THE sorra take the sinner but me
own self" siZ the haythen.
Thank Cod siz Sent Pathrick. It'll
be the aisier done away with. Write
me out the resait-"
For what siz the haythen. does
yer sentship want the resait 2"
In ordher." siz Sent Pathrick. that
may burn it up, an destroy the saicret
foriver.''
But sure" siz the haythen. when
ye've dhriy me Until the say afther
them other lads ye're afther dumpin'
the saicret will be destroyed foriver." !"
Right enough" siz the Sent, .but
want to desthroy both you an the re-
salt, an in that. way make double
sure
But no, the lad was parvarse TO the
end. He'd not give Pathrick the resait,
on no account whatsomiver. An
though the Sent worked him high up
an low down, il wasn't wan bit iv use,
good, bad or indifferent; his saicret
would never go on paper.
Come, dhrive me 1n," he says,
'dhrive me into the say. an be done
with me-, the parvarse villain that he
was
Sent Pathrick took turn or two up
an down the banks iv the say. an he
thinkin' hard An at long an at last
he ups to the haythen again, an he
Siz. siz he:
~
upon your case" siz he, AN it's only
this instant it sthrikes me that since
have convarted an made good pious
Christians of all the rest in Irelan', IL
/ dhrownded you it'll niver do at all
at all, for I'll have niver a sinner at
all in the whole kingdom to praich
against an to hould up as a warnin'
an a moral to all the good people.
That siZ the Sent. I'd niver do at
all ct all. must spare you for a bad
example"
For a bad example" siz the hay
then. We'll. I'm sure I'm MORTAL
thankful to yer sentship for yer on
common great kindness. Still, don't
think me ongratefui. but II sthrikes me
that a bad example is but a slack
profession, afther all. for poor divil
TO be expected to knock out Twin
at
..As for that" siz Sent Pathrick, I'm
make parsorfal application to the King
iy Irelan' TO have ye salaried, so We
can live comfortable an aisy durin' the
rest iv yer natural life. Yell have to
thramp around with me wheresomiver-
| go praichin' an be always on hand
for me to hould We up to the scorn an
opprobrium that we desarve-"
.sSent Pathrick." siz the poor fella.
all alive with gratefulness, "Pll give We
me vow niyer from this day out to dis
til wan other dhrop iv Uisge- BATH
s'Aisy. aisy, We vagabone ye, siz
Pathrick Remember yer callin', A
purity sort iv a start that would be.
wouldn't It? II ye're goin' to be my
Bad Example We must be it with all
the veins iv yer heart, or else yen
find me, some mornin', givin' ye the
run down the same pad-walk the other
sarpints went Sartinly. we must keep
yer hand in, maxim dhrops iv that de-
praved an sinful liquor back an for
rid. There's no betther way iv per-
fectin' yerself for the profession I'm
givin' ye-"
An so the Sent. on all his rounds
through Irelan' afther. niver journeyed
without his Bad Example. who he
made great use iv for houidin' all good
Christians on the right coorse, in tar
ror an awe An the Bad Example
lived for many long years in pace.
comfort an content, as happy as such
a vile sinner could expect to be-
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