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


smites the Civil Service Rock and re-
freshin' jobs gushes foorth for thursty
but dishurvin' Dimycrats. He blows
or u horn an ivrythin' falls for ut.
Ii the people call him Yer so soft.
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for sacryticin' what's dear to his heart,
he is Dimocricy's Shield an eXceedin'
great reward.
Ills his Presbyterian bringin up,
I'm thinkin.' Furst he adopts Il policy;
thin he thries to Justify it. thin he
sanctiiies it wild Il phrase, while q choir
iv Dishuryin Dimmycrats sings u
hymn. An there We are. Justification,
Adoption m Sankty-ficashun.
The choir med great harmony whin
jim Smith, George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all III ut. But wan be wan
their vices cracked an they passed out
iv the life iy the great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith an Bill
Brine wint in search iy the Ilowly
Kale. McCombs WAS canned. because
him an Billy McAdoo cuddent sing a
duet, an oscar Underwood was weak
81 Tariff raglimp. But Wulthrow die
Grated Thin all. Wild f'whnt say We?
Wild the Order Nv the Double Cross.
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 IN life Stone an
McAduo; Danyiels an Jim Ham Lewis,
wild Redtield for the high falsetto.
Wudllrow sits Wild his hands crossed
while the Stuffs sings songs ~ praise,
an Col. House winds the Nicthrola.
"Wudthrow IS fond ~ music. but
Colonel House himself is the quiet
man. Faith av he danced a Clog on
a WaShbilcr ye'd niver hear Il sound.
We'll, wan night in August the
Colonel come tiptoein' III through the
basement dure.
Flows the game, Coloncl?' says
Wulthrow. $3.50 the Colonel says.
'Ye might round up a few more votes
says he, scralchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"..Aint l got the full dinner-pails?'
axes Wudthrow, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year and
Il half says House pleasantly. Amt
| KEEP EN- IL q war: axes Wudthrow.
Part O tn time says House rubin
his left shin wild the felt-slipper on
his right foot. '.Aint nay voice our
reatest liquid ASSET axes Wilson
earnestly. It's some voice says House,
but a lot iv suckers can't tell IA asset
firm an li'bility, the Colonel says
"'F'what are We drivin' at says
Wilson. four flushing a little.
ARE We watchin' the strike? says
House. Half a millyun votes might
be useful says House. tiptoein' out
through the durc. an closin' ut behind
him.
well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk
in profound miditaShun. At last he
spakes. 4 hear he says. in a low
sweet tone that vice iv the people,
which is to me as the Vice Of a Car
ne2ie Penshun.' Oh he says thrill
lin fl iyry nerve. must / indade satry-
fee wan more idol says he. on the
altar IN 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'tiy 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 iv his
own invin>lun The way ii II wurk
while he sleeps. l dinnaw fwilat the
purge is. "Tis a secret.
In the morn he was puzzled. He
wanted a great sacrytise Of Il pur-
rinciple, dear to his heart, but he'd
used most iv thin already, an he felt
or slightly damaged ~sacrytises. Sc
he n for House. Colonel says
he, 'F'what pur-rinciple d'yr think
wud be an acceptable sacryfise in this
great morel imargincyY he axe
~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
spellbound. Thin he burst into a
whoop; 1.-The Ram in the Bushes
cries he wild tears iv j'y.
Twas an impressive ceremony
whin the sacryfise was s~olemny-ised
at the Capitol.
"The procession started f'om the
White House wild the Prisidint walkin'
ahead carryin' the Ram in wan hand
an a box iy Safoty-FirSt matches in