The herald., 1898-08-15
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! Mr.. DoOIey on Gen. Miles,
: ''MoonIlght Excursion"
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Dear, oh, dear" said Mr.. Dooley. "rd
give FIVE dollars-an' I'd kill man fr three
Ii was out " this Sixth wa-ard tonight
an down with Gin'ral Miles gran picnic
an moonlight excursion in Porther Ricky
It's no comfort in bein' a coward whin ye
think iv thin br-rave la-ads facin' death
be sufacation in bokays an dyin' Nv walts-
in with tn pretty girls Nv Porther Ricky.
II dinnaw whether Gin'ral Miles picked
out tn Job or whether twas picked out
rr him. But annyhow, whin he got to
Sandago de Cuba AM looked ar-round him,
he says to his frind Gin'ra1 Shafter, Gin
RAIL- says he, we have done we'll so far,
he says. ''Tis not fr me to take tn lorls
frim tn steamin' brow Nv thrue hero he
says. 4 lave We here he says, rr to com
plete tn victhry ye have SO nobly begun,
he says. FIT you,1 he says, 'th' wallop In
tn eye firm tn newspaper rayporthers,
tn roun' robbing am tn sunsthroke,' he
says, 'fr me tn hardship iv tn battlefield,
tn late dinner. tn theayter party an tn
sickenin' polky,' he says. Gather he says,
'th' fruits iv ye'er bravery he says. Ray
turn he says, to ye'er native land an
rayceive amy grattchood tn sicrety " war
can spare firm his own family he says.
FIT me- he says, there is no way but f'r
to u'urn me back upon this festive scene,
he says. 'Ordherly,' he says, put bottle
on TIL Ice an see that me goold pants that
wear with tn pale-blue vest with tn
di'mon' buttons Is irned out he says. An
with a haggard face he walked aboord tn
excursion steamer an wint away.
..I'd hate to tell We iv tn thriles Nv tn
expedition, Hinnissy. Whin tn picnic got
as far as Punch, on the southern coast ~
Porther Ricky, Gin'ral Miles gazes out an
saws he: This looks like a good place to
hang tn hammicks an have lunch,' says
he. Forward, brave men, says he, where
We see me di-mon's SPARKLE says he. For
ward an plant tn crokay arches iv our
beloved country he says. An In they
wint, like INTREPID warryors that they
ar-re. On tn beach they was met be dill
CATION firm tn town Of Punch consistin' Nv
tn mayor, tn common council, tn polls
an fire departments. tn Grand Army Nv tn
Rapublic, an prominent citizens In car
redges. Gin'ral Miles, maxim hasty tie
let, advanced unfiinchin'ly to meet thin.
'Gintlemen.' says he. what can I do f'r
ye?' he says. we come says tn chair
man iv tn comfy, 'rr to offer ye,' he says,
tn run iv tn town. he says. We have held
out he says as long as we cud,' he says.
But he says, 'they'se limit to human
endurance he says. We can withstan' ye
no longer he says. We surrinder. Take
US prisoners an rayceive US into ye'er
gloryous an well-fed raypublic.' he says.
'Br-rave men, says Gn'ral Miles, I con-
gratulate ye,' he says, 'on tn heerofsm Nv
ye'er Defense he says. 'Ye stuck man.
FLY to ye'er colors, whativer they ar-re.
he says. I on'y wondher that ye waited
fr me to come before surrindhr1n, he says.
7 welcome ye into tn union, he says. I
don't know how tn union'll feel about 1t,
but that's no business Nv mine he says.
'Ye will get ye'er wur-rkin' cards firm tn
walkin' diligate,' he says, AM yell be en-
titled he says. to pay ye'er share iv tn
taxes an to live awhile an die whin We get
r-ready,' he says, Jus tn same as II we was
bor-rn at home he says. I don't know tn
names iv ye, but I'll call We all Casey f'r
short he says. Put ye'er bossays in tn
hammick' he says, an raytuYn to Punch,
he says, 'an' freeze somethin' fr me- he
says. 'fr me thrawt is parched with tn
labors iv tn day. he says. TIL r-rest iv
tn avenin' was spint in dancin,' music an
boat-ridin', an an enJyable time was had.
9TH mex day tn army moved on Punch
an Gin'ral Miles marched into tn ILL
fated city, preceded be flower girls sthrew-
in r-roses an geranyums before him. In
tn afthernoon they was a lawn tinnis
party an at night tn Gin'ral attinded a
banket at tn Gran Palace hotel. At mid
night he was serenaded be tn Raymimber
tn Maine Banjo an Mandolin club. tn
entire popylace attinded with pork chops
In their buttonholes to show their pathreet-
ism. Th' mex day, afther breakfastin'
with Mayor Casey, he set out on his weary
march over tn trough, f1ower-sthrewn
paths fr San Joon. He has been in gr-reat
purl firm a witherin' fire iv bokays, an
he has met an overpowered some Nv tn
mos savage orators In Porther Ricky.
But whin las heard " him he had pitched
his tents an Ice cream freezers near tn
irnimy's wall, am was grajully silencin'
thin with proclamations."
They'll kill him with kindness II he
don't look out" said Mr.. Hennessy.
II dinnaw about that" said Mr.. Dooley,
but know this, that there's tn maxim
Nv gr-reat statesmen in Porther Hickey. A
proud people that can switch as quick as
thin la-ads have nawthin' to larn in tn
way iv what Hogan calls tn signs " gov-
ernment. even firm tn supreme COURT
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