Mike's Little Brother

A short story

In New York city, Mike Burke, a policeman unexpectedly meets his brother Timothy whom he thought was dead. But joy turns to chagrin when he finds he has to arrest his younger brother.

Characters

Michael Burke	A New York policeman
Timothy Burke	his younger brother
a narrator

Publishing Information

October 1913 in The Pall Mall Magazine.

Notes and Quotes

Ellis Island
- the island in New York harbour where new arrivals to America were 'processed'.

'All flesh is as grass.'
- from 1 Peter: Chapter 1, Verse 24.

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Sure an' it's a story of Irish stereotypes, begorrah. It's not a school story, as reported elsewhere, unless it's the school of hard knocks.

This story may be available on the internet - free - subject to copyright laws in your country. (I cannot reproduce it here.)