It's goin' about the thing like a gentleman, and there's more money in it than in tearin' down an old roof and cartin' it to the junkman's--more money and no penal code.
One reason why the Irishman is more honest in politics than many Sons of the Revolution is that he is grateful to the country and the city that gave him protection and prosperity when he was driven by oppression from the Emerald Isle.

Say, that sentence is fine, ain't it?
I'm goin' to get some literary feller to work it over into poetry for next St.Patrick's Day dinner.
Yes, the Irishman is grateful.

His one thought is to serve the city which gave him a home.

He has this thought even before he lands in New York, for his friends here often have a good place in one of the city departments picked out for him while he is still in the old country.

Is it any wonder that he has a tender spot in his heart for old New York when he is on its salary list the mornin' after he lands?
Now, a few words on the general subject of the so called shame of cities.