The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-03
flkN ARTIN, how long have yc an me been
~ friends; asked Mr. Hennessy.

Is it lookn f'r fight yc ar-re,
little man.: said Mr.. DooIcy, backing away.
Or, how much dye want
What ar-re We talkiu about Mr. Henncssy
demanded ~ niver felt so kindly disposed to
ye in me life
Thank We fr that" said Mr. Dooley. Bit
whin man gifts sintiminta over his frin ship fr
me I always eXpict aytller a touch d punch.
There's no plain man in that condition. Til
best thing TO do is to sidestcp him an wait till
he's himsilf again Whin he gets to tn pint iv
thnkin' that his fr'n'shp is a goolden threasurc
that he's poorin' on We hes got 10 tn pint where
he thinks that yeer own kindly fcelin's lords
him is short change in punched couutherfet
money. | wait till his fri'n ship has cooled down
below tn bilin pint befurc resoonin' frindly
relations with him I'd rather be licked be an
ininy thin paved by frind amy time Takin'
it by an large, | amt sure that I don't get
more nJycmint out ~ nmies thin out iv me
frinds, annyrow. They're constant and relible,
an they amt dangerous, because they don't know
where to hit ye If ye're wise warryor ye
keep thin at a distance. But friend knows all
about We. He's been inside in yeer enthrcnch-
frind more thin | am iv an angry inimy, There's
Darsy, now. He's my nirny an I'm his. If We
look clost at his sign ven see undhcr Plumber
an Gashtter tn wurruds An perpetckoo
inirny iv Martin Dooey There's man like.
because he's faithful. can count on him. l
don't have to lay awake nights wondhcrin' if I've
ofhnded him. ! know ] have, simply be Twin
Whin I've said my prayersI can fall upon tn
tickin' iv me bed an think iv tn things I'm
goin' TO do to Darsy wan iv these days an
thin sink into dhreamless sleep. Some day
we'll meet, an whiu we're both in TIL hospital
in admin cots III poke out me pale hand an
grab his an say: Darsy me boy, we've been
me thried an faithful nny f'r foorty years.
There's been call iv nnity that I cud make
to ye in all that time that We wudden't respond
to- Yeve anticipated me ivry wish. Without
We, life wud be blank, If We shud die frim tn
injuries / have inflicted on We wud be left
alone in tn wurruld among me frinds. If veil
get well ] promise to tache We III thrick that
brought ye where We ar-re
How long have VIC been frinds saws We !?
Faith, ] nivcr thought I'll add it up sometime
an subtract tn number iv times we've been
ininles TT trirn wan mlnyit TO eight hours. which
is me limit " lmnity lords me frinds an tell We
tn result
What ails We tonight, anyhow" asked Mr..
Hennessy What's gone wrong with We?
was thinkin',' said Mr.. Dooley, iv tn
Dustin " wan iy tn historic frindshps iv tn
wurrud Thun fellows Hogan is always talkiu'
about whn his frindship fr me is at tn pint iv
expodin' an wreckln me store, what's their
names Damon an Pthus-were nivcr moro
close thin Tiddy Roscnfclt. who shall be known
hereafther in this lease as Tiddy, an Willum
Hatch Taft who shall be known as WilIuu1.
They were that near togithcr yc cudden't siparate
thin with saw. lvry mornin' Willnm found on
his desk bunch iy violcts with card marked
liddy. ivry mornin' Tiddy found on his dcsl;
sprig iv forgct-mc-nots marked Willunl On