The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-07
IRISH CHARACTER SKETCHES.
The Protestant Minister.

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An old man with long gray hair.
large, mild eyes that look so kindly
through gold-rimmed spectacles,
sweet, pleasing face With almost a per-
petuar smile, is seated in a llomely gig
drawn by a broken-down gray horse.
1t is Mr.. Morrow. the Protestant min
lister, and he is driving slowly up the
village He is respected by rich and
poor, Catholics and Protestants alike.
and in that good mans heart there is
not one particle Of bigotry. BigotTy
in any shape or form was a thing he
could not understand. and the doings
of his fellow religionists up in the black
North CBelfasD especially about the
18th Of July. panied his very heart
All he would say. the Catholics of
Ireland are the most tolerant body in
existence, and 1 viva I could see the
day when we would learn a lesson
from them as regards liberation"
He has but a small congregation,
some dozen or so. and to them for the
past twenty-five yearsAhe has minis
tered faithfully and we'll There is
none of the goody-goody. the swaddler
or tract distributor about him, and he
is always above board in his disgust
for such. He reioices with his Catholic
neighbOrs III their prosperity, and sOr-
rows with them in their sorrows. and
II one Of them is sick there is scarcely
day but ne calls at their door He
never enters tho ouse when the Cath
olc neighbor is sick through motives
Of deliCaCy. but stands at the door and
inquiries. How he or she is?" "Ah!
better. see. / am so glad: tell him or
her / called. All, worse: ] am so sorry.
What does Father Tom and the Doctor
say? No hope All well sure we must
ali be reconciled TO the will of Cod
And then with a stately bow, he would
walk away When there was a fune-
raj Of an old neiohbor to the village
cburchyard Mr. Morrow was always
sure to be there, and, standing just in
side the churchyard gate, he kept his
head uncovered during the burial SER
vice. All his servants were Catholic
and If they did not attend mass or
their other religious duties his threat
was Il will tell Father Tom" and that
always had the desired effect l well
remember the following incident Some
light hand took away a long coil of
rope out Of Mr.. Morrow's yard. Mr..
Morrow waited long time fondly hon.
ing that it would be left back. 1t was
not. and then Mr.. Morrow called upon
Father Tom and asked him this ques-
ton:
a
ers do their Easter duty yet?
Yes" replied Father Tom. surprised
at the question
oh! Well none Of them took my
rope so, for if they did after the Easter |
duty time, ! would have got it back"
Mr.. Morrow was a great friend of |
Father Toms, and they agreed in |
everything except the others creed-a |
subject which was never mentioned be- |
tween them Many a time and oft. | |
have seen these two good men having |
2 friendly chat in the chapel yard. |
Father Tom with a snuff box in one !
hand and a red handkerchief in the |
other, and Mr.. Morrow his two hands |
leaning on MS stick. Very often they |
had a friendly wrangle over the re- |
spective merits of their lovely flower |
S.eds and isburnum trees Mr.. Nor
rows garden always brought forth the
first crop of new potatoes in the local
~. and tbs very first digging was
hacked into a basket and sent down to
Father Tom. Mr.. Morrow dined often
times with Father Tom, and Father
Tom with him. en-, ,:ez= Or. Gerald
was always sure TO be invited 20 both
houses.
After the dinner there was the usual
quiet game of whist, and the poor Doc
tor nearly always lost, and his usual
saying after his defeat was:
BY the Great Frederic, but wasn't
great fool to play against the
church,
Mr. Morrow's servant boy was Ned
Caffrey AN honest, industrious lad but
he had great antipathy for shaving,
and consequently oftentimes had very
extensive growth of black, stubbly
beard 1t was the only thing Mr..