ISBN: 9781152426306

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...his flag. He los'' his ships an'' his men an'' his biler an'' ivrything except his ripytation. He saved that be bein'' a good swimmer an'' not bein'' an officer iv th'' United States Navy. I shud think Schley''d thry an'' prove an allybi, Mr. Hennessy suggested pleasantly. He can''t, said Mr. Dooley. His frind Sampson''s got that. FAME FAME ''F A IS a gr-reat rayciption they do be givin'' I Bryan down in New York state, said Mr. Hennessy. A fine rayciption f r a dimmycrat in New York state, said Mr. Dooley, is that he''s not dangerously wounded. Annything short iv death is regarded as a frindly an'' inthrested rayciption, an'' a mild kind iv death, like suffycation be chloroform, wud be considhered a rayspictful hearin''. All ye can say about Willum Jennings Bryan''s rayciption is that he got by Wall sthreet without bein'' stoned to death with nuggets fr''m th'' goold resarve. Annyhow, what ar-re ye dhraggin'' pollytics into this peaceful abode f''r, Hinnissy? Isn''t it bad enough f''r me to have to stand here all day long listenin'' to sthrangers rayjoocin'' th'' constitootynal questions now befure th'' people to personal insult without havin'' me frinds makin'' me nights mis''rable with chatther about th'' fleetin'' problems iv th'' hour? Th'' votes is as good as cast an'' counted. Ayether th'' counthry is rooned or its rooned. An'' it ain''t, annyhow. Ayether we ar-re delivered over hand an'' foot to th'' widdies an'' orphans that''ve had thrust stocks sawed off on thim be th'' exicutors, or th'' gover''mint abandons a policy iv brutal, crool, raurdhrous couquist iv th'' cow''rdly assassins iv th'' land iv etarnal sunshine an'' shadow. Two weeks fr''m today we ''11 be ayether neglectin'' to pay our debts in th'' standard money iv th'' nati... Finley Peter Dunne, Books, Fiction and Literature, Mr. Dooley's Opinions Books>Fiction and Literature Publisher: New York: R, H. Russell Publication date: 1901 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781152426306

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...his flag. He los'' his ships an'' his men an'' his biler an'' ivrything except his ripytation. He saved that be bein'' a good swimmer an'' not bein'' an officer iv th'' United States Navy. I shud think Schley''d thry an'' prove an allybi, Mr. Hennessy suggested pleasantly. He can''t, said Mr. Dooley. His frind Sampson''s got that. FAME FAME ''F A IS a gr-reat rayciption they do be givin'' I Bryan down in New York state, said Mr. Hennessy. A fine rayciption f r a dimmycrat in New York state, said Mr. Dooley, is that he''s not dangerously wounded. Annything short iv death is regarded as a frindly an'' inthrested rayciption, an'' a mild kind iv death, like suffycation be chloroform, wud be considhered a rayspictful hearin''. All ye can say about Willum Jennings Bryan''s rayciption is that he got by Wall sthreet without bein'' stoned to death with nuggets fr''m th'' goold resarve. Annyhow, what ar-re ye dhraggin'' pollytics into this peaceful abode f''r, Hinnissy? Isn''t it bad enough f''r me to have to stand here all day long listenin'' to sthrangers rayjoocin'' th'' constitootynal questions now befure th'' people to personal insult without havin'' me frinds makin'' me nights mis''rable with chatther about th'' fleetin'' problems iv th'' hour? Th'' votes is as good as cast an'' counted. Ayether th'' counthry is rooned or its rooned. An'' it ain''t, annyhow. Ayether we ar-re delivered over hand an'' foot to th'' widdies an'' orphans that''ve had thrust stocks sawed off on thim be th'' exicutors, or th'' gover''mint abandons a policy iv brutal, crool, raurdhrous couquist iv th'' cow''rdly assassins iv th'' land iv etarnal sunshine an'' shadow. Two weeks fr''m today we ''11 be ayether neglectin'' to pay our debts in th'' standard money iv th'' nati... Finley Peter Dunne, Books, Fiction and Literature, Mr. Dooley's Opinions Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<