The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-27
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brave, brave young sharpShooters.
They were nearly all white. IL
there was any one among them Of
mixed blood he was at least prince
in his own right, and all so young,
so youngl and all so learned, SO
learnedl They are infantry and all
spoke either Greek or Kanaka.
Some OF them had their nurses with
them. These pretty little native
nurses carried their little bottles or
rolled them along in little baby
carts while the pretty little sharp
shooters prattled and played with
their Greek roots as they strobe
defantly to the deadly front. In
fantry in armsl
The Portuguese troops we're bare.
footed, but the ladies OF Honolulu
stood by the gate as they passed
out to battle and handed each man
a pair of their secondbest shoes.
These brave men tied the shoes to-
gether by the strings and swung
them on their guns. General Soper,
commander-in-chief Of all the Office
holders armies of the twelve Ha-
waiian Islands, drew his sword, and
hating the Portuguese soldiers at
the point Of his sword commanded
them to put on their shoes. The brave
men hesitated-al almost revolted, but
at last they reluctantly obeyed.
That sword was mightier than the
men. However, they did not march
as well after that. At least, when
in sight of the enemy they all sat
fiat down in the road and began
taking off their shoes. The general
again drew that terrible sword, and
as he did so he roared out: "What
in hell are you taking off your shoes
for?"
"What for in hell take off shoes?
If no take off shoes how hell can
run" roared the Portuguese captain
in return.
At this the President, who also
marched barefooted to the scene of
confict-the better to encourage
his men and not at all to initiate
Washington at Valley Forge, or to
be able to go to town the faster, as
his enemies have said-now whis-
pered in the ear of his Attorney
General.
"The point is we'll taken," an
swered the astute Attorney General.
at is a legal question, and the law
is with the lame soldiers"
So they all marched along bare
footed till within the usual three
miles OF our mutual enemies. And
the first and, let us thankfully say,
the last blood of this fratrcidal war
was shed. The captain of the brave
German troops was now suddenly
and without warning shot low down
on the bottom of his back; but whe-
Their he did it in attempting to draw
his pistol or replace it in the scab-
bard historians differ. When we
laid him on his face to dress the
wound this noble soldier shed scarce
a tear. Then the President came
up, leaning on the arm of his favor
lite Cabinet Minister, both with
swords in their right hands and
beautiful little pink Partisan para
soils in their left. When the Presi-
dent saw how the man was wound
ed he promoted him on the spot.
The enemy on the distant noun
tain, suspecting that some one of
the brave little sharpshooters might
have got lost in the brush, and that
we were grouped together in a
Cabinet meeting to determine what
was best to do, suddenly ceased
firing and hoisted the poi flag.
Immediately the President called
Cabinet meeting to decide what
course of action would have the
best influence abroad or course,
he didn't care about the President
Of the United States, but the EN-
peror of Germany, one of whose
brave subjects lay there in his own
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