Evening star., 1897-05-08

5 n my BRAIN
| dr2wed q bead that article | kin UNDER
stand what makes 'ern So
III must have been a powerful fascinatin'
| yarn, commented Piute Pete.
"'FWdsn't no yarn whatsoever" was the
reply. 1T The truth.
What was it about?''
War
I've got no use fur it," exclaimed Three.
finger Sam. ''Of course, sorciety hez got to
be pra-tec:ed. Gettin' the dots on a man
fer hcrse steaiin' an. hitchin' him to tree
| SOS he won't wander around and do IL no
| more is justifiabe perceedin'. But war is
promise GUS an brutal. This thing O. baz-
in away "a somebody ye never was even
| interduced to is. TO say the least OF 1t. down
right cnsocia,ble
"rhe trouble is" said Derringer Dan.
that us feiiers was born too soon There
amt any doubt that war, as practiced up to
the present time. is mighty low-down,
coyote game o gittin the drop a total
stranger. But civilization is adyancin an
in the course o time it'll be jes' as purity a
sport as faro hank draw poker. The
scheme as Ii now stands is to see which side
kin do the most KILN. An as soon as one
general gifts convinced that the other feller
Kin slay more people than he kin. common
sense compels him to lay down and wait
fur another deal"
That's one o. the most scholarly descrip-
lions ever heard" remarked Broncho Bob
admiringly.
These here inventors has, accordin' to
that article. set themselves to work to i'm
prove the implements of battle SOS there
won't be no chance of escape when they
pacity."
Seems to me that's goin' ter make war
| wuss'n ever" observed Rattlesnake Pete.
That's what thought. But the article
says as how it's goin' to result I'm maxim
war SO deadly that nobodyn have any,
thing TO do with it,
Its a fairy story" said Piute Pete,
positively. It's easy enough to whittle a
few chips off lead pencil an sit down an
fgger them things out. But I'll bet any,
thin I've got thet there's goin' to be mis-
understandings between different branches
of the human race right along to the end
o. time
be settled in a more gentlemanly way. AS
fur as L kin make out the battle of the
future will be kerried on i'm something like
this fashion. The opposin' forces will hus-
tie around an pervide themselves weth all
the destructive engines they kin lay hands
on"
Wont there be no soldiers?"
Certain. Let's 'spose, fur instance. thet
the United States has a war weth Spain.
The two generals gifts together, an the
United States general he puts certain
Spanish general he has feller play a tune
on the cornet an sashay out to bring an
equal number Of men into the field, re-
markin, as is customary on such occa-
sions, L call yer Or IL he hez the grit he
kin bring out c still greater number of men,
in which event he will say, i see We an
raise We. or words 10 tnat eneCk. Finally
1t comes to q showdown, an the United
States general says. What We gotr The
Spanish general, who, like as not has been
bluffin. looks worried. an says: 4 amt got
nothin' but a pair O. 16-inch guns, with cell
lulose armor on the side I've got that
beat easy, says the United States general
I've got three Hotchkiss guns an two
torpedo boats Then the Spanish general
merely says. That's good an turns over
ez much of his army as he happened to
risk on the DEAL an goes on to raise an
other stake. OF course, it'n take some time
to regulate the exact value of the hands
and readjust the rules SOS to make 'em
fit the occasions as they come up. But it's
goin' to be a mighty fine game, and only
wisht 1 could sit into it."