Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne (top novels txt) 📗
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"'But, mong liquor dealer, what ye propose 'd depopylate France,' says th' prisident.
"'If that's th' case,' says I, 'Fr-rance ought to be depopylated,' I says. 'I've been thinkin' that's th' on'y way it can be made fit to live in f'r a man fr'm Chicago, where th' jambons come fr'm,' says I, lavin' th' stand."
"Arrah, what ar-re ye talkin' about?" demanded Mr. Hennessy. "Ye niver got a peek in th' dure."
"What have you been doin'?" Mr. Dooley asked, disregarding the interruption.
"I wint out to see th' rowlin' mills," said Mr. Hennessy. "They have a very good plant; an' a man be th' name iv Mechell Onnessy or Mike Hennessy, a cousin iv mine that come over th' Fenian time with Stevens, is boss iv a gang. He speaks Fr-rinch like a boardin'-school. I talked with wan iv th' la-ads through him.
"Did ye ask him about th' Dhryfuss case?" asked Mr. Dooley, eagerly.
"I did."
"What did he say?"
"He said he niver heerd of it."
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