Show I TOLD A TrUE WATER = TANK The j Judicial Casey The Man Who Came The McGuircs of Galway A Study in Philanthrophy Tho freight pulled up at the valer tunlc and four hoboes crept out from their hiding places to stretch and get a drJnlc When the train started up they vero spotted by the vigilant brnkenmn and prevented from resuming their journey they were ditched I It was a lonely spot nothing but u i watertank told a section house But one of the tramps procured a bag of coffee while the others gathered up tin cans and started a Hie Soon they tribe enjoying a meal and they talked as they ate Its pretty tough remarked one with red hair ant a sandy J ninslache 7 to be ditched on a dump like this way nut In the wilderness where you can neither bum nor buy lore it Is Red assented another known as Jim but this place has I advantages over lots of others you can slay here till youre starved i out while Ju others youd have the marshal after you to rlln you out oC town or maybe a Judye glvln1 you twenty days on the rock pile Pints no dream either broke in another one Inosn as Shorty 1 was j jolii through Ouster moat spring didnt have a sou and hadnt eaten a bite all I day 1 stopped al a good looldng house I next a saloon and asked for grub The I woman looked at mo hard for a minute and said Well OIII feed ye but its nyln mo husbands orders bos the Judge hes In the saloon nlxt duce and if he Retches yo bummln In the town I tin ItHIl hell give ye is a month lucak I In atone I didnt wait for anything to cat I Was too close to the Judge to be I comfortable I Just hiked out of town as fast aa 1 could I 1 u Why that must have been old Judge Caseys place said lied When T used to live up at Custor Judge Casey was the king There wore but two saloons the one belonging to the judge and one across the street When a drunk was brought up If ho could prove he got drunk In the Casey saloon tin Judge would say discharged but If the poor fellow got his liquor across the street t t he was sure to get at least ten days I All the hoboes on the road knew about Judge Casey and nil tiled to get the beat of him C One night a gang of ten bums got off a freight that was sidetracked and after Immmin tha price of a few cans they got noisy and wore run in j The next manila they came before Judge Casey In a row Whats your name r lie says to the IlrsL Ole Michael Casey said the bum Casey cli said the judge And your to the next one PatPick Casey your honor The Judge said nothing more but Just looked wise The next man was Martin Casey the next Thomas Casey your honor and to till nino of them were Careys The InsL man didnt Fcom to he In I the I game and gave the name of Thomas Muiphy I Thomas lurphy says the Judge you get out of this courtroom as fast us your legs JI carry ye Then he turned to the others And all ye pretty Casey boys Ill be ahoy vJd ye seep as Care C-are of the same name as mesclf Sure It lant often I see so many Caacys together to-gether so Ill let ye off ally Ill give ye ninety days to divide botwuxt ye In the stone quarry and bt the lime ye arc through wld that Job yell maybe ready to leavo town so away ye go That was the last time that bunch tiled to fool Judge Casey concluded Red as he started to roll a cigarette r V I had a funny snap happen to me up In that country said Jim I had been I Hush for while and of course I didnt turn anybody down that t t was broke One fellow In particular I lent to one day Well one day when I began to get pretty low I went to him and told him I needed 1 It but he put me off r was sure he had it because ho hung about thC gambling Joints so I followed him up one day Right In the center of the loom was a 1 crap table and it was rrnwdcd It was a fading game you know where one man bets with another and the house rakes off for all parses The fellow I wan after was standing with a bunch of silver rattling In his hand Another fellow was shoolini the dice Ill bet S2 he comes said my friend laying the 2 on the table Anybody want ltT he demanded All right Own Ill but 2 he dont come Just then I got up behind him and reaching over T grabbed the money You lose I said Ill bet 52 he has como The laugh ins on him all right and ho had nothing lo say I loft I town the nxt day but I often laugh when I think of the look on his face when I said he has come I u 0 r That story of Reds observed the fourth man makes me think I of a Judge up near Fond du Lac Wisconsin Ills I name was INlcGulre Dennis MeCJnlie Ho used to say that in all his experience as Judge he never had a man named McGulrc up before l him No sir he would say there nlvcr was a McGulrc of Gulway a hum ylt Twlnly years Ive beet Judge here and the first Gal wny man is to come ylt Well one night the bulls rounded up six hoboes and to have some fun with the judge told thorn all to give their names as Dennis McGuhc from Galway and they would be sure to gut a light sentence It so happened that the first man up was really from Galway and his name was DrMinlr McGulre euro enough so when he gave his name the judge cried What Dennis McGuire and where arc ye from From Ireland yer honor front County Galuny And what part of Gnl way says the judge Gaughna Goyne says the fellow Now this was the very town the judge himself came from when he wau a boy so he began to talk to the hum So yoie from GaughnaGoyne v 0i1 I well well An how long have ye been out here Ten years oh An did ye know old Thady Connors that kept the inn and Andy Donnull the miller an Paddy Gogglno that druv the cart to Galway Ye did Vcll well An Thadys dead is he Och sure It Is five an twlnty years since I nazi there mcsllf an Ill warrant theres many a change So yere a McGulrc arc ye Sure I have plenty of cousins Ie me fathers side scattered all over Galway all ye might be wan of thlm an1 Im sure its not your fault that ycr thrampln through the country this way Heros a dollar for ye me poor I man and po down to me ould woman and shell give yo something to ate an some of me old clothes to put on and thin thry an get a Job and stick to It No go an good luck to ye Whos the nixtV said the Judge as he wiped the corner of his eye Dennls McGulrc your honor Where frino County Galway Ireland The Judge looked puzzled Stand aside he said Next The rive were all from the County Galway Tho judge scratched his head I dont understand It at all n taU ho Bald 1 1 For twlnty years Ive been here and not a McGuiie of Galway Gal-way over showed his face before an now heres six of thlm all In wan bunch Well anyhow yere all discharged but nlvcr let wan av ye show your face here agJnTho Tho Judge soon caught onto the trick so next morning when one of the bulls came up and said Good morning you honor hows the Judge this morning morn-ing the judge scowled and said Go to h Ye thought ye played a tine thrlck on me be telling all thlm hums to call thimselves McGuircs and me like an old fool lecdln wan of thlm and glvln him money but Ill tell ye this tier nisei was a real McGuliu of Galway Gal-way a bum ylt no not wan and especially from GauchnaGoyne Shorty spoke next Youll often hear fellows speaking about htlplntf another fellow when lies bloke and youve got something and I generally do myself but one time I want to icU you about J didnt I was In a funny position You know Im not muoh of a bum 1 dont go much on the toad unless I have to and youll generally find me working when I can get something decent to do Well I was over In Glasuow Scotland on one of r my tours and had Just got thtough spending quite a wad of money Finally when 1 came to one night I had Just four pence halfpenny or ha penny as hey enII It over 1 there That In about fl cents In our money and just the price of a bed In a lglwhmiyc < I was walking up the sliest lien n bum slopped me and asked rne for a penny cents ijiylng that he had three pence hapunny and wanted to get a bed Now If I I gave him a penny ho would have had a penny mom than I would lie could then get a bed and I could not while If 1 split exactly even with him we would each have four pence and neither of us could got a bed I figured 1 J out 1 that as he had nerve enough to ajk for money and I didnt Id butter keep mine and let him get a penny from sonic one else but It seemed so funny to me that I Just stood l and laughed and the hobo walked aay dltguetcd before 1 could got n chance to explain to him Ive often wondered since how some of these Socialists or ISqurtl Rights men would have llgurcd It out or how some of those philanthropists who are afraid of dying rich would have looked at It but It seemed a funny situation to me You couldnt have done any different differ-ent said Red but I remember once tint his lemlnlscences were cut short by the arrival of a freight and the four made a dash for the brakebeams JOHN MLENXAN |