The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-10
By CHARLES aATTELL LOOMS.

now was on walking tour.
| arrived at the top about sunset.
On reading this sentence over | fnd
that Il sounds as IL the hill was an
al day journey but It was only
matter Of a few squares, and when ]
started the sun had long since made
up Its mind to set
In Ireland the sun takes on Irish
ways, and is just a little dilatory. It
always means to set. and It always
does set in time to avoid being out in
the dark, but ITS an Internationally
long time a dying"
AZ the summit Of the hin / saw 4
church steeple that appealed to my
esthetic sense. and / asked little
boy what church It was.
shandon church, sirr," said he
with the rapid and undulating utter.
ance OF the Corkonian.
Where the bells are?H said /.
Yes, said he, smiling. eAnd over
beyont Is the Lee"
The pleasant waters OF the river
Lee, quoted at him, and he smiled
again. Probably every traveller who
goes to Cork quotes the lovely old bit
Of doggerel. but the Corkonian smiles
and smiles.
The river Lee runs through the cen
ter Of Cork and at evening It Is a
favorite place for fishing, also for
learning to swim on dry land.
The fishermen seem TO fish for the
love Of casting, and the little boys
swim on the pavement-two pursuits
as useless as they are pleasant Over
the bridge the fishermen leaned, and
cast their lines In anything but pleas
ant places-for the liver is malodof.
ous-and the little boys stood on
benches and dlyed 10 the pavement,
where they spat and then went
through the motions Of swimming.
There we're dozens Of the little boys.
and most OF them seemed TO be broth.
ers Some Of them were quite expert
in diving backward, and all OF them
we're dirty. but they seemed 10 be hap
by. could not help thinking how soon
the Celtic mind begins to use sym
hols, for It was easy 10 see. that when
the boys spat Il slgnifed a watering
place to them. | dare say they were
breaking a city ordinance IN splitting
and II they knew that they we're that
much happier-ssolen sweets are the
sweetest
During the time ! watched the set
ting sun-which was stllI at It and,
by the way. performed some lovely
variations on a simple color scheme
in the sky-n0t even an eel was
caught. but the fishermen cast under
the bridge. let their bait float down
the unpleasant waters, and drew in
their lines again and again-mute ex
ampies Of a patience that one does
not associate with Ireland.
At last ] left them and started oul
10 find shandon church which seem
ed but a few squares away.
Ny pathway led through the slnms
and up a hill SO steep that / hope
horses only use It as a means Of De
scent passed one areside where
the folks looked cosy and happy and
warm. It was a summer evening. bui
chilly. and the place into which
looked was q shop for the sale of coal
shoemakers children are generally
barefooled. but these people were
buring their own coal. and the moth
er and the dirty children sprawlet
around the store OF home. in a shadow
casting way, that would have delight
ed Mynheer Rembrandt II he hal
passed by.
vas struck with the population o.
Cork. II vas most Of It on the side
walk. and nearly all Of It was undel
I6 Pretty faces, too. among them
and happy looking / think that sym
pathy would have heen wasted o.
them They had so much more room
than they would have In New York
and they were not any dirlier-thal
New Workers OF the same class.
After / had reached the top Of tbs
hill. / turned and looked for shandoE
church and it was gone. l asked a bo.
what had become Of It, and he told M
that in following my winding was
through the convolalions known a
streets, / had gotten as far from ths
church as / could in the time. H
told me pleasantly. just how to 60 e
get to the church. and II involved
going to the foot Of the hill and be
ginning again.
asked a number Of times afle'
that. and always got courteous bu
rapid answers. The Irish are srea
takers, but the corkonian could hand
leap himself with a mornings silence
and beat his brothers from other c0un
ties before evening.
At last I came on the church. pass
It's quaint aud curious to quote threl