Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-09-23
Mr.. Dooiey ON Alger.

Mr.. Dooley ON Alger.
aIusen't,t to know said: Mr.. Dooley.
awhat me frindG in'ral Sherman meant
whin he saidthat thing about war. I've
been through two iv thin, not to speak
iv con-vintions an prim'ries,, an divvle
tn bit " HARM come to me no more
thin if I was settin' on q roof playin'
accorjeen. But I know. o what
tn OIL la-ad meant. He meant war was
hell whin twas over.
II amt heerd amy noise firm TIL
fellows that whit into trenches an
plugged tn villyanious Spanyard.
Most iv thin is too weak to kick. But
tn proud an fearless pathrites who
restrained thimsilves an didn't 60 to
tn front, tn la'ads that shrugged
hard with their warlike tindinsies an
fnnly downed thin an stayed at home
an practiced up on tn. typewriter,
they're ragin' an tearin' an desthroyin
their foes.
did ye see what me frind Alger
wrote to Chansy Depoo? Well, sir,
Alger has been misthreated. There's
a good man. I say he's q good man.
An he is, too. At amy thrick firm
shingles to two-be-fours he's as good
as tn best. But no wan appreciated
Alger. No wan undherstud him. No
wan even thried to. Day be day he
published tn private letters iv other
people, an that didn't throw amy
light on his charackter. Day be day
he had his pitchers took, an still tn
people didn't get onto tn CURVES iv
him. Day be day he chatted iv tn
turrors iv war, an still people on'y
said: An Alger also r'ran.' But tn
time come whin Alger cud contain
himself no longer, an he set down an
wrote to Chansy Depoo.
80 Mr.. Chansy Depoo, care iv Grand
Cintral Depew, New York, New York,
Esquire.-Dear Chanse: I've been Q
pectin' a letter firm 70 f'r three or four
days. In reply to same will say: Oh,
Chanse, ye don't know how I suffer.
I'm that low in me mind I feel like a
bunch Nv lathes. Oh, dear, to think iv
what I've gone through. I whit into
tn war u%nprepared. I had on'y SC
many grounds " cartridges an a cross.
cut saw, an I failed to provide mesili
with tn ordinary necessities iv life
But in spite iv me deficiencies I wint
bravely ahead. TIL sthrain was some.
thing tur-r'ble on me. Ne mind give
out repeatedly. l cud not think al
times, but I niver faltered. In two
months l had enough supplies piled
up in Maine to feed ivry sojer in Cuba
They were thousads Nv r-rounds i,
cartridges FIR livery regiment, an al
tn regiments had to do was to write fl
thin. TIL navy had taken Manila anG
Cervera's fleet an TIL army had takor
Santiago an tn yellow fever. Tn wa,
is over an peace wanst more wags hel
wings owe tn country. Pine scant
lings is quoted sthrong. Ivrywhere is
peace an contint. Me photographs
are on sale at all frst-class newsdeal
ers. Yet there is no cam FIR me.
'Onthinkin' vans insult me. They
tell me q sojer can't ate gin'ral ordhers
They want me to raysign an go back
to me humble home in. Michigan
Disgustin' men that've done nawthin
but get thimsilves shot ask f'r milk an
quinine. They'll be askin' me to carry
food to thin max. Oh. Chansc, oh
hivens, ye can't know how grieved
am. Rather wud l have persisted in {
log jam thin to've injured this ingrati
chood. But in lookin' back over mt
past life l can think iv no wrong Nv,
done. If me mem'ry is ut fault pleas,
note. Ne career is al open book. Nv.
held nawthin' back firm tn public, not
even whin twas marked private.
can say with tn pote that l done N,
jooty. But oh, Chanse; don't liver as
pire to my job. Be sicrety iv war i
you will. but niver be sicrety iv A wal
Do not offer this letter to tn news
papers. Make thin take it. How
things goin' with We, OIL pal? l hop
to see We at tn seaside. Till thin In
yours, sick at heart, but ATTN regular
Russ"
"Weil," said Mr.. Henuessy, 9Th poo,
man must've had a har I'd time iv it,
"He did," said Mr.. Dooley. "Nive
laid his head on a pillow before 8, II,
with tn moon; he's suffered as no ma,
can tell. But he'll be all fright whil
his minds at r-rest."-Chicago Journal
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