I'm no hero-worshiper. I'm too old. But I know a man whin I see wan, an'
though we cudden't come out an' help ye whin th' subscription list wint
wild, be sure we think as much iv ye as we did whin ye'er name was first
mintioned be th' stanch an' faithful press. Set here, ol' la-ad, an'
warrum ye'er toes by th' fire. Set here an' r-rest fr'm th' gratichood
iv ye'er fellow-counthrymen, that, as Shakspere says, biteth like an asp
an' stingeth like an adder. R-rest here, as ye might r-rest at th'
hearth iv millyons iv people that cud give ye no house but their own!"
"I dinnaw about that," said Mr. Hennessy. "I like Dewey, but I think he
oughtn't to've give away th' gift iv th' nation."
"Well," said Mr. Dooley, "if 'twas a crime f'r an American citizen to
have his property in his wife's name they'd be close quarthers in th'
pinitinchry."
MARRIAGE AND POLITICS
"I see," said Mr. Hennessy, "that wan iv thim New York joods says a man
in pollytics oughtn't to be marrid."
"Oh, does he?" said Mr. Dooley.
"Well, 'tis little he knows about it. A man in pollytics has got to be
marrid. If he ain't marrid where'll he go f'r another kind iv throuble?
An' where'll he find people to support? An unmarrid man don't get along
in pollytics because he don't need th' money.
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