Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-04
pIjTDOWN BY TIIED0G
INV A REVOLUTION WAS sup
oarssso BY A PLAYFUL PUP.

| .rd started In to ENJOY himA'h'-N"h'
,,srnation Among tho nevoiuiionlst''
,rothor revolution has been sup.
,,.s,ed in Hawaii, aud the supporters
y mo queen arc congraiulnting them
-. ON tho strength of the govern.
-, Othf. people recall the fact that
4 .agr.t Wilcox rebellion was suppressed
"a baseball pitcher after the king had
y, driven ~ the royal boathouse for
.,,,c,tiou. A few who know are also
i'illnr the merry tale Of how Harry
gnlis's bull pup put down a revolution,
,.cei A throne and scattered the Lacquer
~. ,rmies Of the rehels-all in the opera
h,,ge kingdom OF tho Colorado Mndu-
-. This is tho story George Neglo
t,lG
awe were NJ the Islands u year or two
,-,-Uarry Glllig. Frank Unger. my
IN and Picrrot. Pierrot was Harry's
ssll pup. tho Joy Of his owners life, the
lido Of his heart. lilo was n fierce,
. Eooliblrsty looking brute. and whom
syer a true sport would pass him tho
e,vctous regard which tho man would
.bow for the dog would mako the cold
chills OF apprehension play lcapfrog IN
ciilif's spinal marrow As matter Of
isct though. PicITot was ~ playful and
orite as harmless as u kitten. He mover
m ANYTHING in his life cSccp. the sweet
trrals. chateaubtiandI aud such deli
c,cie. with which his indulgont owner
Iampcred him.
/ "Well. at the islands David Kalakaua
vas king-and n lindlier man never
lived. He showed us marked attention;
arranged feasts In our behalf. made me
governor Of an island for day, and lost
II. money TO US at poker. He spent
nearly rs much time at our cottage "a
he did az the palace, which was close at
hand. We grew TO hayo a genuine re-.
r,ri for him, because, whatever his
faults, he was every inch q king in tho
] generosity Of his impulics and tho love
which he boro for his subjects.
There was condition then prevail.
ine at the islands somewhat similar 20
thatprcccding the arrest Of Wilcox, Ash.
ford and the other conspiraton. Dis
content muttcrel on tho corners. An IN
doGnable strain was in the political nj.
no.phorcs Without knowing why, tho
enlool,cr felt that rebellion might aot
TIE alarm bells ringing at amy moment
The wrcclang Of government might
have been prccipitatcd by tho iostling
+ q O man on the sidewalk.
Tho king was uneasy, though ho
H kop, a smiling face and his customary
L aaability. Feeling rs wO did toward
4 him, wo shared in q measure his anxiety,
and awaited tho dcnouemont with 70.
yCri,h impatienco.
The army was giving trouble. Ithad
felt It's power by putting down with tho
4 aid Of the baseball pitcher the first Viii
COX revolution. II became unreasonable
in IL demands, and the king WA soon
involved II trouble with his own troops.
4 "Yol know the Hawaiian army con.
Esisaabout siNty-sovcn men aud half
ssmany officers. But though small, 1t
4 tho ono military prop Of the island
hasdom, and It has relatively "a much
foEcr and importance az tho kaisers
niTshalcd millions. And so II was tina.
vhen fierce discomfort and whispered
denunciatior were rife in tho army tho
pople's faces blnnchod and apprehen.
son mingled IN the merricst rout.
AT last It came. One night, as Gil.
Ng aud l sat ON the porch Of our cottagc,
sc heard the roll Of the stirring drum
and the dangerous marching Of armed
men.
"'Tho revolution has bcgunl Tho
army Is marching ON tho palacer
lhoutod Gillig.
"Boing y brave, aggressive man, Harry
grabbed u revolver aud started on n run
for tho palace Enclosure. Boing more
Or less of a fool, suppose. ran after
him without any revolver. Bcinga dog,
Perrot ran after us both.
When we reached the palace we found
The entire army just drawing into limo
In front Of It. There WIS all the thun.
der Of the captains and tho shouting
which mans heart could wish. Tho
army had como to make demand on
The king and was prepared TO enforce II
with bullet aud bayonet.
"Now pretty much everything on that
trip had been arranged for Pierrot's
AMUSEMENT. So whom he saw the glori.
ously caparisoned army drawn mp in tho
glare Of the palace lamps he supposed it
was there rs a part of his fun. with n
bark and bound he started to enjoy tho
amy.
Wow,
when Pierrot started for tho army
me army saw him coming. With his
DOW legs, wide jaw aud red, oyorl!ang-
ihs lowl he seemed raycning beast.
ms onslaught was quick and noisy.
Ihe army stood its ground moment,
ana then began to beat retreat The
retreat was In ~ instant rout. The
iolt b'csmo a scramble, with the dog
laGo the hindmost for every mans motto.
iAls Wns all tho more fun for Piurrot.
ne gave expression TO his JOY In wild
yo"ls Of delight. Every few moments
sagofse1us officer or slightly more sub
Guea puratowould come leaping through
W, n uee' IN "a yellow cloud OF fear
fl'rot plnyfully cuding his heels until
"Ia'lel by W other scattered rem
N4ht OF The lcagncring host.
4he rebellion was suppressed, Kaln-
1aua was maintained ON tho throne aud
n4"aN was again o. peace-all ON ac-
count count OF Harry Gillig's bull pup."-Snn
francisco Examiner.
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