The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-14
FINNEGAN'S PHILOSOPHY
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Single Track Minds.
T.

w lNl Is ne NNkeu L tinncg0n, 'SNlO
at lnjainuypolcs he said he WIS full
If AnnymatCd Concervtsm. Ewhat's
that yc say? T'is the turn.iable on
the wan thraCk mind. II kapos spin.
MIN round and round an diyil Il man
can tell fwhat switch 1t will pick up.
1t dinnuu itself SO yc dlnnau where
to lay for IT,
"T'was 50 wild the nrrumcd freight
ships. They're not warships, he says
'ouless ! change me mind he says
which | have he says. AN annywun
who says so Is II llar he says, but
refuse to discuss it, he says. I'll
pass the buck 10 Congress- ho
says, 'n'y | won't he says. Tor rs
no bushes of tho'r'9' hp says. Thlu
they must vote on the r,sohliul,' h
says, 10 show where they stand /.
says, 'l,incc yen lrv It on the table.
he says, AN thin hey cunt vote.
says Wudthrow 10 stone.
"I-l--thought seen n rnllacy,'-
says Stone, timid Ike, but The Great
1daylist hrung down his fsht wild IL
tump.
Table the rlsolutIon,' says he,-an'
AWAY goes stone.
"'Fwhat does this mcanT axes the
Sinit.
Gentlemen, says Stone. wcepin'
'Ye can frisk me. But thim's
the orders says Stone, AN IL amy
man ivr knew fwhat 1t meant he's
KEEP quiet about It,
$50 wild the iightin' wurd. We're
too proud to fight says this turriblc
man to bunch lv just-overs at Philn,
dephy. 'Ilaw-Haw-Haw,' says the
wurld "a laugh gets his goat, Jawn)
y was ihinkin' iv somethin' didn't
sny,' yclls Wudthrow. HGw-IIuw,
liaw,' says The wurld. lnughiu' To split
"Bc this an be that Too Proud tc
Fight has made the rcppytashun I,
Wudthrow. T'ia like the Monroe Doc
trine to Monroe, or Emanshipashun e
Lincoln. Twas thrnnslutcd into iyr,
tongue. y r'is better known than III,
twenty-ihird psalm, or the famous or
alton iv the Gnv-nor lv North Carlny
IL an Ashtantce pokcd another In the
eye, he's give him the coon f'r Are Y,
Too Proud to Fight?' an they'd botl
laugh befurc they wint tO the nuro
All the recrultln' signs abroad had II
an the shame wud bring three recruits
where 'Tippcrary' or rum wud bring
wan. oh won't We plaze stop laugh
ln'T says Wudth0w, but they laughed
the more. So he slnns Jim Ham Lew
Is TO explain. He's called Ham by rca-
son he's so fond of pork. G.
"'Three thousand years aeone,' says
Jim Ham, 'or maybe less says he, AN
ould Dago said Non Dlnny Carey win
Kerry Tor the like o. that, Jawn. 1t
means not to have n chip on yer
Shoulder). Non Dinny Carey win
Kerry says Jim Ham, 'an' Julius Say.
scp,' says he. AN rolmy rhlladclphy,'
snys he, an The Earl lv Cheatcm.'
snys jim, AN William Hatch Seward.
says Ham, nm lot more | forget, ;
says Ham, who felt the same way
says Jim, although he says, they
nIvlr said so, says Jim uQW 10 The
Sinlt
Now says he, how. I axe yc. cud
the Prisidlnt know that the cultivated
Christian nuiIence,' he says, Nv lmmy,
grants says he, wud fail To grasp the
pOpance,' aays Jim Ham An Jawn,
they shut the durcs the way the peo-
pie wudden't see the Snlt lose It's
dignity
"Fwhats nooanceT asked NAL
umphy
"T'is II sort ~ Intellectual gold
brick" replied Finncgan, slightly puz.
Zlcd, "be which ye say fwhat ye doant
name, an name wye doant say. The
noOanca comes out ~ II somehow
T'is like dlnnau what. Just exactly
like IT," he added after short pause
II cudden't tell thin apart"
"Well," said MuIumphy, the single
thrack mind gets nowhere, I'm think
in"
9TH gauge Is none too broad" re.
piled his friend. AN the thrnftics
heavy" he added. q
'EOa plulcarc est Vincere.
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