T'he Days of a Man 1:1909 



height, with an arm Uke the Hmb of a tree and a 



crushing, hearty hand. Scotch-Irish by birth, a 



graduate of Trinity College, and a man of peace, 



"P^ather Hogan" nevertheless delighted to recite war 



verses from Kipling and the Scotch balladists in a 



deep, rich voice like a great organ. Many stories are 



told of his success as a militant moralist. Once in the 



course of a sermon at Port Essington he grew elo- 



cian quent over the virtues of the noble Clan MacDon- 



MacDon- aid, dwelling on their courage, warmth of heart, and 



'''Black loyalty to "bonnie Prince Charlie." ^ Then, turning 



Jack" on one of his wealthy parishioners in a front seat, 



he thundered: "And now you, Black Jack MacDon- 



ald, youre leading the people of Port Essington 



straight to Hell!" This was more than Black Jack 



could stand; for a time, at least, his gambling house 



remained closed. 



Hearing a Port Simpson man swear foully at his 



wife, Hogan picked him up between thumb and 



fingers and held him out from the wharf over thirty 



Speedy feet of icc-cold water. "Now swear away as much as 



reform ^^^ j-j^^^,, ^^-^ ^^ ..Q^^ ^^^ ^^ ^j^^ cussing you have 



in you. But if I hear another dirty word, I'll drop you 

 into the sea." 



Hogan was nearly seventy years of age when I met 

 him, and had a daughter whom he wished to educate 

 as a trained nurse. I therefore arranged to have him 

 called to the Episcopal parish at Palo Alto, where I 

 thought he would get a great hold on the boys. But 

 the local bishop would not let him go, and sent him 

 to the Indians on Queen Charlotte's Island, where he 

 did not long survive. 



From a tombstone at Port Simpson I copied the 

 following: 



C 268 3 



