Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-21
GENERAL FITzHUGH LEE.
Two Sons of Erin Discuss gsS Fight.
ing Qualities-BotR 4gfee that
"Fitz" is an 1ffshman.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
aIv course he's Irish,'' said Mr..
Dooley. eth Fitz Hughs an TIL Nc
Hughs, an tn McKeoughs is not far
apart. / have a cousin be tn name iv
MeKeough, an like as not tn gin'raI
is a relation iv mine"
"If I was you, I'd write him am
see," said Mr.. Hennessy. Giles
about tn on'y thing connected with
the administration I'd claim kin to
f'r mesilf or me goa-at. He's a gr-reat
ma-an.D
she is So" said Mr.. Dooley. she is
that. Wan iv tn gr-reatest. AM
why shudden't he be with thin two
names? They'se POETRY in both iv
thin. Fitz Hugh Lee! Did We liver
see a pitcher iv him? A fat ma-an with
a head like a foot ball an a neck big
enough to pump blood into his brain
an keep it firm starvin'. White
haired an re-ed-faced. Th' kind iv
ma-an that can get mad in ivry vein
in his body. Whin he's hot, I bet ye
his face looks like q fire in a furniture
facthry. WhIn a ma-an goes pale
with r-rage, look out FIR a knife in tn
back. But whin he flames up 80 that
tn perspi-ration sizzles on his brow
look out FIR hand an feet an head an
couplin' pins an rapid firm guns.
Fitz can be CAIN whin they'se emmy
thing to be cam about, but he can't
wait. If he vas a waiter he'd be wur-
rukin' at tn thrade. Look at tn jaw
iv him! It's like a paving block.
"Does Fitz believe in diplomacy
Not him. He sets there in his office
in Havana, smokin' a good seegar, an
q boy comes n an tells him they've
jagged an American citizen. He jams
his hat down on his eyes an brushes
over to where Gin'ral Blanco has his
Office. Look here,' says he, I'VE
pizenous REPTILE he says, IF ye don't
lave me counthryman out iv tn bull
pen in 10 minyits be tn watch he
says, tI,n take ye be tn hair iv tn
head am pull ye firm tn corner Nv
Halsted sthreet to tn Fred BRIDGE
he says. Lave us debate this says
Blanco. 'IHn debate nawthin',' says
Fitz. Hurry mp, or I'll give ye a slap,
he says. Don't you think jist because
Pm wurrukin' FIR a ma-an with a plate
iv limon ice-cream where his hear-rt
ought to be- he says, shat ye can put
tn comether on me- he says. 'R-run
over an wake up tn loot at tn sta
ton an let thin Americans ont, Or
he says, 'we'n 60 to the flure, he says,
"That's Fitz. He's cam an he
waits part iv tn time. That's whir
he's asleep. But as soon as his eyes
opins his face begins to flare up like
wan iv thin r-round stoves In a wood
mans shanty whin rosiny wood ii
thrun in. AM firm that time on till
he's r-ready to TURN in an sleeI
peaceful an quiet-not like a lamt
full iv Vegetable food, but like a line
that's wur-rked hazard an ct meat
he niver stops rampin' and ragin'. "
don't hear iv Fitz lookin' worn with
the struggle. Ye don't r-read iv hin
miss1n' amy meals. No wan fear
that Fttz will break down undher tn
suspinse. That amt in tn breed
He's another kind iv a ma-an. HI
hasn't got tn time to be tired an wor'
rid. He needs food an he has it an
he needs sleep an he takes it an ht
needs fightin' an he gets it. That
Fitz. They amt such a lotiv diff'runc,
between tn bravest ma-an in tn
worruld m the cow'rdliest. Not suci
a lot. 1t amt a question iv morality
Hinnissy. I've knowed men that win
to church iv'ry Sundah an holyday
regular an give to tn poor an lovet
their neighbors an they wudden'
defind their wives against a murdher
er. AM Pve knowed tn worst villyun
on earth that'd die in their tracks t.
save a strangers child firm injury
IT'S a question of how tn blood i
pumped. Whin q ma-an shows th
sthrain, whin he gets thin an pale an
world in thu time FIR fghtin', he'
mighty nea a cow'rd. But whin hi
face flames an his neck swells an hi
eyes look like a couple of illicthri
, lamps again a cyclone sky, he'd lea
a forlorn hope acrost tn battlemint
iv hell. That's Fitz."
=. "Why wudden't he make a goo,
prisidint7"
"Sh-h!"s said Mr.. Dooley. "He dom
owe enough"