The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-10

fer knotted in front, with its loose
ends hanging down and resting on his
prominent stomach, and note Jack
wears that muffler the year round
Such is Jack Mccormick, known by the
fHeople as 'Garibaldi' and never called
: by his own name. As to the reason OF
l his having received that appelation,
, do not know. And the mail car-the
wheels are painted a glaring red, and
the board at the back. with the trunk
like receptacle underneath common To
all mail cars, is of the same gaudy
color, and the remaining portions of
, the car unite all the colors of the rain
bow, or let me more thruthfully say,
are of no color at all. On the trunk
like receptacle at the back the follow
ing letters are badly painted, the arti-
list that fashioned the car 1 suppose
fashioned them. The letters wereV. r.,
with a crown between, and underneath,
r. NJ.
AS a boy those mysterious letters
often puzzled me, and not only me. but
my youthful companions as well. Many
a time have we gazed upon them iii
our efforts to find out what they
meant. However, at last We hit upon
a solution, and taking into account the
circumstances, the solution was not a
bad one-Very Red, Royal Mail. We
approached our schoolmaster with glea
written all over our faces, and told him
| that we had at last solved the enigma,
that We by logged perseverance. had
the key to the letters on tailboard Of
Jack McCormick's mail car OF course
we expected praise and sweets, but,
alas! we only got sugar administered to
US through the medium of that not
very inviting concoction called the
cane. Jack was the happy owner of a
ponderous watch attached to a chain of
such size and thickness that if il were
| long enough would make safe an
chorage chain for even a warship On
| the arrival and departure of the mail
car to and from the postoffice Jack
would pompously draw this mighty
| timepiece from the recess of his waist
coat pocket, and tapping the glass on
the face of it with his forefnger as we
do the barometer, would then mutter:
Three and q half minutes more,
Charley" meaning the horse, AN we'll
be off on the queens business agi<<V or
Half a minute less than me scheduled
time" Other watches might err, butt
Jacks never. Set at the first moment
of its existence to correct Dublin time
it kept it, perhaps for a day, and then
its movements were as erratic as its
owner. or. let me put it better, were as
Though it was against the regulations
to carry other parcels except goods
which come under the head of mails,
still Jack brings sundry articles for the
people of the village to and from the
town ten miles away. He receives a
little present or a tip for so obliging
them, and in this way, with his salary
besides Jack makes a great deal of
money, which money. alas, goes. the
most of it, into the pockets of the pub
licans.
Though it's agin the regulations,
ma am, still I'll bring it to oblige yeh, |
but I'll want TO be on me sharps. for
we've got new postmaster at Cloneen
Zone of Jacks stops. an he has an eye |
on me. He always has a pencil an a |
book in his hand. an this week the |
book is a blue one. I hate books, |
books. ma'am, in any shape or form, |
whin I see thin in the hands ov Off
Gals, bud a blue wan knocks me up |
entirely. The sight ov it gives me the
shivers down even so far as me twinty
sixth rib
Jack Mccormick is a bachelor. but
with a wink of that large. melting eye
of his, he will tell you that there is not
a good looking girl in the whole coun-
try but is running after him
Il pity those finder hearted crea-
lures Tightening the red ruffler around
his neck) bud l must disappoint thin.
| wanst loved a girl to desperation,
twas whin | was down in Carolinah,
an she loved me in return, bud. sor
she was a black. an though it broke
me heart, I cud not vinture on the step
an mary her, lest the future little Nc
COrmicks he broke off with a
sigh. and dealt blow of the whip to
rs horse Charley. Bud, sor," he adj
led Immediately afterwards. towld
Ter I'd be true, that she had me heart,
IN me heart is as big as the earth,
With the moon thrown in. an that
never in life should there be a Misses
lack Mccormick, an HINGE so many
inc girls pine and pine for me in vain,
or heart an honor whisper me: Jack,
stick to yer black love
Il is a raw NoVember's day. and the
nail car is pulled up before the doctors
house. John Dowd. the hunter. is seat
ID on one side of it Che often journeys F..
" it to the town to purchase goods for
lis shop On the other side of the car
lack Mccormick, kneeling on the seat,
s talking to the doctors housekeeper.
mimi. Jack" the latter is saying,
you don't forget to leave this bottle
1t Mrs. Gerapghty's. It's a cough bot
le and Doctor Gerald told me to send
[ with you
"AIl right, miss it shall be done. An ,
he doctor. God bless him, how is he?'
"Oh. quite vel, thank you. Mr.. Nc
cormick.''
I'm glad to hear it. an tell him.
Mss. that I was AKIN for him, an that
V ever ! want a bottle. it's to him I'll
ome for the whole college ov curgins
udn't bate him at a bottle. no. Mister !
Oowd. they cudn't. The bottle shall be
safely, miss. don't fret about =
t. Go on. Charley hitting the horse
With the whip.
"a fine girl. the doctors housekeep- {
r" resumed Jack as the car went on
is way again. "a stunning fine girl, I
rud a CRATE dale ov money, too.
night marry her any day. iv ! only put
Up me little finger. bud heart an honor
avs stick to the black It's a CRATE
wonder. Mister Dowd, yeh never mar !
it"
I'm not marrying man." replied
ohm Dowd, grasping the seat at either
ide to prevent himself from falling off
''Nonse, Mister Dowd, take me ad- 6
ice. an slap the question at them, an t
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