The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-03-20
WHEN LITTLE PATRICK
BECAME WORTHY OF HIS NAUr

great Saint Patrick And that was WIN E+ti .p oS
as ne was commonly called-happened 70 bo
named in honor of the good Irish saint
Il wish | could do something great and he coIiod
Patrick instead of plain Pat said LITTLE Pat -
himself one day after he and his mother had boou
talking over the coming birthday and the plans for
party. But I'm just little Irish kid and don,f
IioW what can do to make myself uncommon
II present m no more than Johnny Woods Fred
Smith, Fatty Thompson and Snubby Travis And
all those KIDS are Just common kids"
linen fat was called to run an GRAND for his
grandmother, who lived IN Pats home and was
Ia1 best chu1n OF all the family. Somehow. dear
old grandmamma knew ius7 what cIi1drez, -5
and she understood PATS wants as wen as shp EI,,
nus needs She never forgot thai while Par was to
have plenty OF good wholesome bread and milk and
vegetables and fruit for his meals he loved a nice
LAT doughnut or turnover" pie occasionally. and
with her own ready hands she made the dougbuuts
and turnover" pies for him.
GRANNY, said Pat to the old lady after he had
performed the errand for her. do YOU know what |
should love TO do u should love to do something
somethlng-well. something that everybody can't do
You know. / want TO be deserving of the name of
Patrick but until I do something worth notice 7
must remain plain Pat Ryan. And don't like the
name OF Fat want to have my full name. granny.
dear"
Bless my boy" smiled the old lady. well,
you'll do something yet, sonny, that will make Won,
q real hero. and then every one must call you Pat
rick. But-come to the kitchen with me-Ive got
me turnover PIE IN the oven baking for certain
Young. laddie that ! know. And its an apple pie,
too, with sprlnkling of brown sugar on top
I'm. granny. that sounds good" And Pat
macked his lips and ran off to the kitchen ahead of
grandmother And for the time his eagerness TO do
something worthy of the name of Patrick was for
gotten IN has enjoyment of the spicy smell that
came from the big cooking oven. Its turnover
all right, all right, he cried laughing with happy
anticipation as grandmamma entered the kitchen.
The days passed and preparations were made for
the 18th, St Patrcks day and little Pats birthday
About twenty young guests had been invited and
inc time expected by Pat Indeed he knew
everything would 60 off splendidlv for de9r old
grandmother had superintendent everything pertain
ing TO the party. And secretly she had baked little
very ltte-"turnOver apple pie for each invited
boy and girl. II know what they will enjoy" she
had SAID to herself. And she was right for though
apple PIE as rule is very indigestible when eaten
at night (and Pats party to take place at
clock III the evening". dear old grandmothers pie
was not the heavy kind. She knew how to bake
child pie" secret few of today understand.
When the morning of the 18th arrived every
thing hustle and hurry in the home of young
Patrick. OF course Pat had to attend to school as
usual, but the preparations for the evening event
went during his absence for there were grand
mother mother. Aunt Kate and Bridget the house
servant, to get things in readiness for the great
event. "I'll have John hitch up the horse to the
buggy and III go the florist for green ferns and
leaves. and to the store for green ribbon. for the
decorations must be in keeping with the day" said
grandmother, full of enthusiasm as though she
q child again. But was not it her dear little
Pat-who was already great in her eyes-whose
birthday was to be celebrated that EVENING" And
was it not the greatest JOY for her to help with the
arrangements and to make the party glorious and
happy success
1t was a few minutes before o'clock when
grandmother, in cape and bonnet. climbed into the
little blaek-covered buggy to which htched old
Custer. fine, spirited horse. but as gentle
dog
Grandmother was. used 10 driving Custer and
took up the lines and called out to him to trOt
along. Custer feeling sprightly and IN need of ex
ercse for the weather was cold for March, and
Custer had been standing in the warm barn for
days together without once feeling the bit between
his teeth. prcked up his ears and trotted off down
the street at lively gait. At the corner old Gus
ter took the turn suddenly that poor old grand
mamma in trying to keep her balance the seat
let fall the lines. They jerked over the dash
board by the quick swayng of the buggy. and when
Srandmamma again became settled comfortably in
her seat she found the guiding lines gone.
In vain she called out to Custer to stop. On
and on he went, his speed quickening. for he
in the spirit travel and felt restraining hand.
Down the almost deserted street he went, turn
ing his gait into a swinging gallop Poor old grand
mamma sat white and silent, realizing her great
danger As she was traversing the residence streets
there we're few persons about and those few hardly
grasped grandmamma's dilemma before the buggy
was out of sight around a corner
After few minutes old Custer turned into one
Of the busiest streets of the town and there his
element grew Vehicles were passing him every
which way and he became nervous and frightened
and must have wondered why the driver had ceased
"a ouide him. He probably did not understand that
the tapping strings about his hind feet were the
guiding lines and that the dear old lady in the
5I1grT could not turn him this way that, accord
ms to their path of safety. So he went at run,
his head thrust out, his nostrils dllatne. MS eyes
f1I1 of fright. He did not turn out of the way OF
other horses and vehicles and often he and his pre-
eious freight came within an inch of disaster ~
4 crowd of pedestrians grew and followed fne
runaway horse but it seemed no one could re e
old Clusters head to stop him in his nadneSS og
srsl men made the dash toward his bride but the
newt Instant Custer was far away from them turn,
- - - lL;l t,ro1,rh streets wildly. And