The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-20
HOW A REVOLUTION WAS SUP
PRESSED BY A PLAYFUL PUP.

~ nave some r III
and Started in to Enjoy HimseIf-Con
sternation Among the Revolutionists
Another revolution has been sup
pressed in Hawaii, and the supporters
OF the queen are congratulating them
selves on the strength of the govern
ment. Other people recall the fact that
n hrst Wilcox rebellion was suppressed
by a baseball pitcher after the king had
been driven to the royal boathouse for
protection. A few who know are also
telling the merry tale of how Harry
Glllig's bull pup put down a revolution,
saved a throne and scattered the Lacquer
ing armies of the rebels-all in the opera
bouffe kingdom of the Colorado Madu-
ros. This is the story George Nagle
tells:
Eve were at the islands a year or two
ago-Harry Gillig, Frank Unger, my
self and Pierrot. Pierrot was Harry's
bull pup, the joy Of his owners life, the
pride of his heart. He was a fierce,
bloodthirsty looking brute, and when
ever a true sport would pass him the
covetous regard which the man would
show for the dog would make the cold
chills of apprehension play leapfrog in
Glllig's spinal marrow. As a matter of
fact, though, Pierrot was as playful and
quite as harmless as a kitten. He never
bit anything in his life except the sweet
breads, chateaubriands and such deli
cacies with which his indulgent owner
pampered him.
"Well, at the islands David Kalakaua
was king-and a kindlier man never
lived. He showed US marked attention:
arranged feasts in our behalf, made me
governor of an island for a 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 a 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 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 iostling
of a man on the sidewalk.
1.-THE king was uneasy, though he
kept a smiling face and his customary
afability. Feeling al we did toward
him, we shared in a measure his anxiety,
and awaited the denouement with fe-
verish Impotence.
1.-THE army vas giving trouble. Ithad
felt its power by putting down with the
aid of the baseball pitcher the first Will
o revolution. 1t 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 n 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.
cat last it came. One night, as Gill
Zig and l sat on the porch Of our cottage,
we heard the roll of the stirring drum
and the dangerous marching of armed
men.
1.-The revolution has begun! The
army is marching On the palace!
shouted Gillig.
Being a brave, aggressive man, Harry
grabbed a revolver and started on a run
for the palace inclosure. Being more
or less of a fool, l suppose. | ran after
him without any revolver. Being a dog,
Pierrot ran after us both.
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 a mans heart could wish. The
army had come to make a demand on
the king, and was prepared to enforce il
with bullet and bayonet.
"Now pretty much everything on that
trip had been arranged for Pierrot's
amusement. So when he saw the glori
ously caparisoned army drawn up in the
glare of the palace lamps he supposed il
was there as a part Of his fun. With q
bark and a bound he. started to enjoy the
army.
"Wow!
"When Pierrot started for the army
the army saw him coming. With hi:
bow legs, wide jaw and red. overhang
ing jowl. he seemed a ravening beast
His onslaught was quick and noisy.
"The army stood its ground a moment
and then began to beat a retreat. The