The Irish standard., 1908-03-14
A TRUE .NOBLEMAN
Traits In the Character of
Daniel j. Hennessy.
The Deeds of This Good Man
Impressed All.

They buried a man out IN Butte,
Montana, last week who was one of
Gods real noblemen, says the Boston
Republic.
You hear of Butte frequently, and for
various reasons. This week they were
jubilant in Butte because the mines
which have been idle for some time
tenance to thousands of men. The pa
pers said much about that: they said
hardly anything about Daniel j. Hen
nessey who was laid under twentyodd
square feet Of clay a few days ago.
And yet Daniel Hennessey, in life, was
the inspiration and the benefactor of
these same men who are jubilant now
because they will be given an oppor-
tunity to work and indeed he him.
self was largely responsible for tho
mines continuing in operation as long
as they did.
a writer in the Transcript paid just
tribute to the departed Hennessey last
week. She did her charitable best,
but she could not sympathize with the
lumanities OF this great man, and
hence her story, admirable as it is, is
humanely insufficient.
Just as it ia, however, VIC reprint
Miss Shakleford's Transcript story,
and we may judge from it how touch
ingly the deeds OF this good man i'm
pressed all when one Of her evident
training finds such admirable qualities
In it; she, whose experiences. too, as
writer, has thrown every description
of man and of condition into her ken
& Of experience.
One afternoon in Butte when was
out with a Very Little Boy, we came
upon a man sitting quite still If I
noticed the man at all it was vaguely
to remark to myself that he looked
rather tired and that his overcoat was
not especially becoming. But the Boy
ran up to the man and offered his
hand, saying. "Good-bye, Nice Mani"
Feeling tho weight of these little
child Say -do-you-do.' Dicky-
not Kood-bye." But instead of obeying
INC. the Very Little Boy walked back
~ the man who was sitting quite still,
and put his baby arms around his neck
and kissed him--;l thing / have never
known him 10 do upon meeting any
stranger beforehand again, almost
With stubbornness mixed in with his
pretty, childish sweetness, he repeated
With%a significance he was innocent Of,
Il say goodbye. Nice Man."
The next day whom this man was on
his way to an early service at his
church, he dropped dead on the side
walk, and found out that we had
spoken with the biggest man in tho
state and that we had, without know
ing what we did, said "Good-bye, Nico
Mani" to Daniel J. Hennessey
Before coming to Butte I thought
had become familiar with it's cele-
brities, all OF them. l had heard Of
Senator Clark. I had a feeling Of hav-
ing heard somebody saying something.
IN passing, about person named
Heinze, and I was very sure indeed
that ! had heard Of one Mary Mac
Lane. But until I arrived at Butte, I
had, never heard OF Daniel ]. uennes-
sey. ...
Some years ago a young man with
exactly fifty cents in his pocket, the
glowing love Of humanity in his soul,
and the necessity Of making his own
living and making it quickly, struck
crude, smoky, brutal mining camp,
which consisted of cabins, saloons,
and mine dumps thrown all over a
cluster Of hills. Mr.. Hennessey had
come where he belonged, he had come
to Butte, where he was destined to be
the very heart Of the people and tho
lnainstay of the industrial. social, po-
litical and Christian life OF one of the
most picturesque places in the United
States. He walked up the main street
of the camp, looking for something to
H eat that he could afford to buy. Pres
emily he saw fruit vendor whose
apples appealed to him, and he Sc
lected two, supposing. Of course, that
Il the price would be ave or ten cents
Il But things in this camp were different
Il from what he was accustomed to. and
to his establishment, the Italian said
twenty-five cents apiece. The humor
Of the situation delighted the young
u man, and looking around, he saw a
Il child standing alone on the corner.
4 He handed the little person one apple
d and ate the other himself. And this
is the keynote OF remarkable char
a acter.
Several kinds of geniuses have been
& produced in Butte-for instance, Sen