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Show THOMAS MULLOY. fllfl-i A sturdy old stalwart was Thomas Mulloy. Kftlfl Ho was a square, outspoken, capable man. No jflra$lfl one ever doubted where he stood; if he did not PaEfH like any one, that person was never kept fifteen, flPJJalm minutes in doubt as to the facts that governed. SBSllffl He handled rough men through all his youth, WWfl which gave him an abrupt way of speaking, but 'BHhBI he was nevertheless a warm-hearted, true man, Bflfl and clear-brained citizen. Htfl Ho was, too, a man of steady judgment, and HBfiB BBflfl J Hr!2 s ll is Pracca mind always reasoned on. the square Ht i 1 both with himself and the outside world. He was r ' ,A public-spirited; he wanted better streets, better H k 1 1 horses to drive on the streets; ho believed it econ- M J' jj omy to have the best tools to work with anu to H p nj keep obstructions cleared out of the way. He had B ' ; a horror of all shams and pretentions; he never H believed in getting something for nothing; his H j j mind ran altogether to square balances, and ho B jf M kept books with his own soul as strictly as with K" " ! ? his neighbor. His bent was in the handling of 1 '" k il tno world's material forces. In his youth ho loved Hll'rl t0 Carry through the PenInS of a great road, the 1 ft' I making of a new route for commerce; to drive the B'f'Nj, frontier back and make places where the poor 1 c could establish homes and civilization erect its 1 ;(' temples. The same ideas possessed him all his H life, and when in charge of the street department M . 't k 1 of this city it was a reminder to him of old times, m : ? A except he was looking through the opera-glass M J i ' from the other end. m ft j h, He worked hard through a long life; he had M f many friends and not many enemies, and he goes H kl' ' to his grave wifli the record of an honest and H ? 'ft! i honorable man. mmh ,. |