Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1892-10-12
PUT DOWN BY THE DOG
HOW A REVOLUTION WAS SUP
PRESSED BY A PLAYFUL PUP.

The Bull Pup Though. There Was Il
Grand Opportunity to Rave Some Fun
| stcrnation Among the ESyoIutionists
Another revolution has been snip
pressed III Hawaii, ana the supporters
Of the queen arc cou%Tatill;;;iIy, Nc y,
solves Oh tho strength cf TIC G>T2rl,-
ment. Othcr neo,ln ;evull tlo f&Gt that
the first Wilcox rebellion Wa s,Gpi:TC&,>;
| by baseball pitcher ;!fteI i!;n Ling had
| been driven to Tie rn>ai bOHt',r1>a fur
| protection. \ few vino know i.:.~ ulsu
| telling the merry tab Of how Harry
] Gillig's bul! i'ui, rl2t GoT:-a IL revolution,
saved u throne and seat; cred lie leaguer-
! ing armies of the rebels--all i'll the opera
I bouffe kingdom OF the Colorado Madll-
ros. This is the story George Maggie
| tells:
1--WE were at the islands year or two
ago.-lIarry Gillig, Frank Unger, my
self and Pierrot. Fieriot was larry 5
bull pup, the joy Of his owners life, the
pride of his heart. lie was fierce,
bloodtinrsty looking brute, and when
ever a vrue sport would pass hin, the
covetous regard which thelnaa would
| show for the dog wuulI make t..a cuIl
chills o. apprehension play leapfroa in
| Gillig spinal marrow. IS y E:.tlt2r OF
f&ct, though, 2iercnt Y = ':s i'la",;.. .;i.,,t
| quite "a ...,r:.... SIS Is = l.,tcI l." ,,'r::.
bit anything lis ':tc ;--cc"!,s r',""sr:; T.
breads, o,.a,v:a :Iri '; L. &.t.'l i l.
cacies With which lis i1Gulgent owner
pampered him.
"Well, at the islands David Kalakaua
was king-and kindlier man never
lived. He showed us marked attention;
arranged feasts in Cur behalf, made me
| governor of an island for day and lost
his money to us at poker. He spent
nearly as much time at our cottage as
he did at the palace, which was close at
hand. We grew to have a genuine re-
gard for him, because, whatever his
faults, he was every inch a king in the
generosity Of his impulses and the love
which he bore for his subjects.
There was condition then prevail
ing at the islands somewhat similar to
that preceding the arrest of Wilcox, Ash
ford and the other conspirators. Dis
content muttered on the corners. An in
defnable strain was in the political at
mosphere. Without knowing why, the
onlooker felt that rebellion might set
the alarm bells ringing at any moment.
The wrecking Of a government might
have been precipitated by the jostling
Of man on the sidewalk.
''The king was uneasy, though he
kept smiling face and his customary
afability. Feeling as we did toward
him, we shared in a measure his anxiety,
and awaited the denouement with fe-
verish Impotence.
"The army was giving trouble. Ithad
felt its power by putting down with the
aid of the baseball pitcher) the first Will
cox revolution. It became unreasonable
in its demands, and the king was soon
involved in trouble with his own troops.
''You know the Hawaiian army con-
sists of about sixty-seven men and half
as many officers. But though small, it
is the one military prop Of the island
kingdom, and it has relatively as much
power and Importance as the kaiser's
marshaled millions. And so it was that
when fierce discomfort and whispered
denunciation were rife in the army the
peoples faces blanched and apprehen-
sion mingled in the merriest rout
Eat last it came. One night, as Gil
lig and sat On the porch of our cottage,
we heard the roll of the stirring drum
and the dangerous marching of armed
men.
" The revolution has begun! The
army is marching on the palacer |
shouted Gillig.
''Being a brave, aggressive man, Harry |
grabbed revolver and started on a run
for the palace inclosure. Being more |
or less of a fool, suppose, ran after |
him without any revolver. Being dog,
Pierrot ran after US both.
s'When we reached the palace we found |
the entire army just drawing into line
in front of it. There was all the thun-
der of the captains and the shouting
which mans heart could wish. The |
army had come to make demand on
the king, and was prepared to enforce it
with bullet and bayonet.
''Now pretty much everything on that
trip had been arranged for Pierrot's I
amusement. So when he saw the glori-
ously caparisoned army drawn up in the
glare of the palace lamps he supposed it
was there as part of his fun. With q
bark and bound he started to enjoy the
army.
"Wow!
"When Pierrot started for the army
the army saw him coming. With his
bow legs, wide jaw and red, overhang-
ing jowl, he seemed a ravening beast.
His onslaught was quick and noisy
1.-THE army stood its ground moment,
and then began to beat retreat. The
retreat was in an instant rout. The
rout became a scramble, with the dog
take the hindnost for every mans motto.
This was all thu more fun for Pierrot.
He gave expression to his joy in wild
yowls of delight. Every few moments
a gorgeous officer or slightly more sub
dued private would come leaping through
the trees in q yellow cloud of fear
Pierrot playfully cutting his heels until
by some other scattered rem
nant of the leaguering host.
'The rebellion was suppressed, Kala-
kaua was maintained on the throne and
Hawaii was again at peace-all on &C
count Of Harry Gillig's bull pup."-San
Francisco Examiner.
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