Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-01-16
CHARLES BArTgLL LOOMS.

- CHARLES BArTELL LOOMS.
tllarney. lreiand-They told me
- Cork was very dirty city. They
~ said Il was filthy. and they said
} such a way as 10 reflect on Irish
l. In general and Corkonians In par.
n iar.
- es, they said that Cork was
~ y city. and 80 found it-almost
iirty as New York. This may sound
a strong statement but mean Il.
~ Then arrived in Cork | saw hill
made for II at once. because after
IN way travel there is nothing that
takes the kinks out OF fellows
MK as a walk up a stir hill. And any
E2Es ! was on walking tour.
- arrived at the top about sunset.
--- reading this sentence over Emo
PAssENt It sounds as II the hill was an
day journey but n was only
tier OF few squares. and when
NO. eyrted the sun had long since mad,
No. y Its mind 10 set
No. 2 Sn Ireland the sun takes on Irisi
No. 6 5ys. and is just a little dilatory. II
pays means 10 set. and Il always
rs. set In time TO avoid being out Ia
No. iO3e dark but its an unconscionablx
M Iohg time a dying"
AT the summit OF the hill saw n
yurch steeple that appealed 10 my
thetic sense. and asked a little
vert ~ what church II was
Harrt "shandon church. sirr." said he
tcrday Fth the rapid and undulating utter
M. pee OF the Corkonian.
-~nsftlk... al. 90
tn HousS " "e,e 'ns oe''s are saa J.
Lou eyont is the Lee"
CITY The pleasant waters OF the river
r~xee." quoted at him. and he smiled
city yygain. Probably every traveller who
DIR yoes 20 Cork quotes the lovely old bit
At. doggerel. but the Corkonian smiles
IND smiles.
The river Lee runs through the cen.
Ter OF Cork. and az evening II Is
"i yavorite place for fishing. also for
hous learning To swim on dry land.
Mre The fishermen seem 10 fish for the
visit )ove OF casting. and the little boys
W&kwim on the pavement-two pursuits
the rs useless as they are pleasant over
the bridge the fishermen leaned. and
least their lines in anything but pleas.
Utut Hldtfh-ipf lUt FlNff II mdlhubI-
~ fous-and the little boys stood on
BRA benches and diyed to the pavem,nt.
NJ where they spat and then went
rioul through the motions OF swimming
III There were dozens OF the little boys.
houS and most Of them seemed to be broth
A ers. Some OF them were quite expert
In diving backward and all Of them
were dirty. but they seemed 10 be hap
by. I could not help thinking how soon
'ne the Celtic mind begins tn use sym
bols. for II was easy to see. that when
LAT the soys spat Il signihed a watering
EN- place TO them ! dare say they were
breaking a city ordinance In splitting
fro and II they knew that they were that
a. much happier-stolen sweets are the
sweetest
During the time watched the set.
ting sun--which was still AT II and.
!" by the way. performed some lovely
variations on a simple color scheme
IN the sky-not even an eel was
caught. but the fishermen cast under
the bridge. let their bait float down
the (unl pleasant waters. and drew In
their lines again and again-mute ex-
anfples Of patience that one does
not dttntldAC Win
At last left them and started on, /
10 find Shandon church which seem /
ed but a few squares away.
My pathway led through the slums. /
and up a hill so steep that | hope /
horses only use Il as a means OF de- /
scent | passed one hreside where 1
the folks looked COSY and happy and |
warm il was n summer evening. but /
chilly. and the place into which | /
leoked was a shop for the sale OF coal. 1
shocmakers children are generally /
barefooted. but these people were
buring their own coal and the moth
or and the dirty children sprawled |
around the store OF home In a shadow
casting way. that would have delight
ed Mynheer Rembrandt II he had
passed by
| was struck with the population OF
Cork. Il was most OF II on the side
walk. and nearly all Of Il was under
i6. Pretty faces. too. among them.
and happy looking. think that sym
patty would have been wasie4 on
them. They had SO much more room
than they would have In New York.
and they were not any dirtier-than
New Workers OF the same class.
After had reached the top Of the
hill, I turned and looked for Shandon
church and u was gone. asked a boy
what had become Of H. and he told me
that In following my winding way
through the convolutions known rs
streets, I had gotten as far from the
church as I could In the time. He
told me pleasantly. just how to 20 TO
get TO the church. and II involved
going to the foot Of the bin and be-
ginning again.
I asked a number OF times after
that and always got courteous but
rapid answers. The Irish are great
takers. but the Corkonian could hand
leap himself with a mornings silence.
and beat his brothers from other coun-
ties before evening.
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