The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

u@'YE happen to know, Hinnissy," MT.
 } Dooley asked. "where1 I cud get tn loan
 iv pike?"
 "Ah, what ar-re ye talkin about!" said Mir. Hennessy. "What 'wud besye wantin' witha piee?'
 "Yell need wan ye'ersilf befure long" said MT. Dooley. If ye're goin' by tn clan rooms on ye'er way home plays dhrop in an look in tn clost an see if there ain't few old vans left. I'll pay fir sharpcnin an brightenin' thim up. Wiatn we do with thin, says ye? Ye'd betther bc teadin' tn pa-apers. Why, befure Pathrick's dsY ifs sure thing yell get writin' firm lawn Rsdfnond firnsilf orderin' ye to report fir jooty in Dublin to protict tn authority iv th' crown aaain the seditious uprisin' in tn north. Ye waadden't go fir amy such purpose, says yea We'll, thin, I'll put it more to yeer llsin'. He'll b oalHn' on ye to report fir jooty to knock the heads off iy a lot iv Orangamen thatsar-rethryin' to prevfnt Ireland firm gettin' home rule. Aha | Knew tfa.d get ye. Now will ye go=fetch tn pikasl Twas suresye~wud.
 Il wisf,t mo Uncle Mikeewas.alive. Howhcd intsye itt He'd be over there now di1rilln' tn bdys. Healways said hs got more good out iv fehtlfa an Oraneemsn thin waniv th' right sort. because he niver felt sorry fr it tn day afther. Tn only regret he'd have about tn prisint TUG tion is that he'd have tn polls on his side. He wuddent like that much, an itnight make him lukewaft- But don't nlind it at all F'r five hundherd years, more or less, ye an me, Hin missy lave had tn mercinary polls an solers takin' hand again us in our neighborly rows, an now tf1im splindid bodies iv men ar-re goin' to be with us. Think iv it, me boy! We won't rely on thm intirely, dye mind. We're goin' to have some fun out iv this thriumph afther five cinchries iv opprission Twill be with us as it was with thim whin they had tn right. First thl tn rock an thin say; Officer. in tn name iv tn king it may choke me. but I'll say it ii it's only fir tn pleasanthry- officer, in the name iy tn king, arrest that man His father dropped a monkey wrench on me uncles head in tn year forty-two. Won't he go quitelyf I'll help ye Come, me good fellow. Ye won't? Thin, San. derson take that, an that, an also thesev Ii makes me young man again to think iv it.
 "Th' way tn gr-reatest joke that has iver hap pened in tn wurruld come about was this way needn't be tellin ye how long we've beer sthruggn to get home rule. We thried ivry kind v persuasion frim talkin' gently to tn Eng hsh governmint to putin a charge of joyn powdher undher their chairs. Tn last argynin was tn best, but Englishmen ar-re awful unap proachabe if thy've got something yc want, SC it wasn't often asy to get near enough to thry te convince thm this way. But wan day aithcr al iliction tn British prime ministher took out : pencil an pa-aper an figured out how nanny votes in parly,nint he had for him an how nanny he had again him, an says he to himself: B. love- he says. if tn Irish, don't vote with u we'll all lose our jobs' he says. So he snds fl lawn Redmond an says he Jawn,' he says intind to share tn fruits iv our goryous victhr, with ye, he says. Our gloryous victhryP say lawn Redmond Go on,' he says Yes say tn prime mnsther. Tn Lb'ral party is dis posed to be ginrous with its loyal allies, he says I've prepared program. that think will sui ye Listen to this: A larger navy, restoration i