The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-27
FlNNEGAN'S PHILOSOPHY
Purging the Heart.

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Which iv them? All Nv them. He
smites the Civil Service Rock and re-
freshin' jobs gushes foorth for thursty
but dishurvin' DimycratS. lie blows
on a horn an ivrythin' falls for ut.
II the people call him liver so soft.
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for sacryticin' what's dear to his heart,
Abraham had nawthin' on him. Sure
he is Dimocricy's Shield an eXceedin'
great reward.
IT'S his Presbyterian bringin up,
I'm thinkin.' Furst he adopts Il policy;
thin he thries to justify it.. thin he
sanctiieS it Wil Il phrase, while a choir
iv Dishuryin Dimmycrats sings u
hymn. An there sc are. Justification,
Adoption an Sa~nkty-fcaShun.
The choir med great harmony whin
jim Smith, George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all in ut. But wan be wan
their vices cracked al they passed out
IN the life iv the great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith an Bill
Brine Wint in search il the lIowly
kale. McGomhs was canned. because
him an Billy MrAdoo cuddent sing a
duet, an oscar Underwood was weak
| on Tariff raglime. But Wudthrow die
Grated Thin all. Wild f'what say ye?
Wild the Order iv The Double Gross.
Ohio. | mind Well the time at the
Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brine
an kicked Harvey Wild wan motion.
Now the choir has What Wudthrow
| calls the vital stuffs iv life Stone an
McAdoo: Danyiels an jim Ham Lewis,
wid Rcdfield for the high falSetto.
Wudlhrow sits wild his hands crossed
while the Stutfs sings songs il praise,
an Col. House winds the Nicthrola.
"WudthroW is fond iv music, but
Colonel House himself is the quiet
man. Faith av he danced a Clog on
a Washbilcr ye'd nirer hear a sound.
We'll, wan night in August the
Colonel come tiptoein' in through the
basement dure.
Flows the game, Colonel?' says
Wudthrow. 'So-so.' the Colonel says.
'Ye might round up a few more votes,
says he, scratchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"'Aint l got the full dinner-pail's?
axes Wudtilrow, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year and
a half say House pleasantly. Amt
| KEEP EN- out d war; axes Wudthrow.
Part o til time d y House rubin
his left hin wild the felt-slipper on
his right foot. '.Aint my voice our
greatest liquid asset: axes Wilson
earnestly. Its some Voice says House.
but Il lot iy suckers can't tell il asset
FIRM an li'bility, the Colonel says
"'F'what are We drivin' at says
Wilson, four flushing a little.
"'Arre ye Watchin' the striker says
House. Half a millyun votes might
be useful says House, tiptoein' out
through the dure, an closin' ut behind
him.
well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk
in profound miditashun. At last he
spakes. 1 hear he says in a low
sweet tone that vice iv the people.
which is TO me as the vice Of a Car
neaie penshun. Oh he says thrill
lin In iyry nerve, must | indade sacry-
flee wan more idol says he. ON the
altar " me Counthry.' says Wud-
throw.
Twas not the Wan Turn Plank lie
says; an the Sugar Tax he says;
AN the Tariff for Rev'noo.' he says;
an all me friends. beside says he,
sixteen per'fy good Mexican Policies
was not all thin enough!' he axes
in agony. But | will purge me Heart
Nv ivry pers'nal fought says he,
startin' for bed. An before he re-
tires, he takes a Heart Purge " his
own i%nvinSlun the way it II wurk
while he sleeps. l dinnaw fwlat The
purge is. "Tis a secret.
I'm the morn he was puzzled. He
wanted a great sacrytise of a pur-
rinciple, dear to his heart, but he'd
used most iy thin already, an he felt
that his was no time for second hand
or slightly damaged ~sacryfises. SO
he sends for House. Colonel says
he, 'F'what pur-rinciple d'yr think
Wnd be an acceptable sacryfi>e in this
great morel imargincyy he axes
~anXiously.
"'Whisper,' says the Colonel. And
he said wan Wurd in Wudthrow's ear,
and faded silently away through the
dure.
For wan instant Wudthrow stud
sp%ellbound. Thin he burst into a
whoop; "The Ram in the Bushes
cries he wild tears iv j'y.
Twas m impressive ceremony
whin the sacryfise was s~olemny-ised
at the Capitol.
"The procession started f'om the
White House wild the Prisidint walkin'
Al