Evening star., 1898-07-23
NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
Mr.. DOOIey Received His Information
at First Hand.

| From the Chicago Journal
| Mr.. Dooley looked important, but affect
ed indifference, as he mopped the bar. Mr..
Hennessy, who had learned to study his
| friend in order to escape disagreeable com
| plications, patiently waited for the philoso-
l pher to speak. Mr.. Dooley rubbed the bar
| to the end, tossed the cloth into mysteri
| Gus recess with a practiced movement.
moved a glass or two on the shelf cleaned
| his spectacles and drew letter from his
pocket.
| Hmm" he said: Il have news firm tn
| fr-ront. Me nevvew, Terry Donahue. has
| sint me letter tellin' me all about it,
How shud he known MIR. Hennessy
asked.
How shud he know. is it?" Mr. Dooley
demanded warmly. How shuddent he
| know? Isn't he a sojer iv tn er-rmy? Isn't
| it him that's down there in Sandago fight
| in f'r tn honor iv tn flag while tn likes
| iv you is up here Hvin' like a prince an
| doin nawthin all TIL liye-iong day but
shovel Stag at tn rollin' mills? Wh1 are ye
FIR to criticise tn dayfinders ~ our coun-
thry, who ar-re lyin in tn trinches an
havin' tn clothes stole off their backs be
tn pathrfotic Cubians I'd like to know?
F'r two pins, Hinnissy, you an I'd guar
REL
Il didn't mean nawthin'," Mr.. Hennessy
apologized. Il didn't know he was down
there"
''Nayether did l." said Mr.. Dooiey. But
informed mesilf. I'll have no wan in this
place speak again tn ARMY. Ye can have
ye'er say about Mack. He has q good job
an It's Fright an proper fr to baste him
fr m time to time. 1t shows ye'er in good
thrim an it don't HURT him. They'se no
wan to stop his pay. He goes UP to tn
cashier an dhraws his forty-wan-siXty-SiX
just tn ne, whether he's sick or we'll an
whether he's pulled tn box regular or has
been playin' forty-tives in tn back r-room.
But whin ye come to castin' aspersious on
tn ARMY be hiVens, yen find that /
put me thumb on this showcase an go over
at wan lep
Il didn't say anything" said Mr.. Hen
messy L didn't know about Terry"
Nv coorse ye didn't" said Mr. Dooley.
An that's what I'm sayin'. Ye'er here
wallowin in luxury, wheelin pig ir'n fr m
morn till night, an ye have no thought iv
Rockefeller, an Phil Armour, an Jay
Pierpont Morgan, an Yerkuss. an tn
r-rest iv ye is settin' back at home fgurin'
how ye can make some wan else pay ye'er
taxes fr ye. What is it to ye that me new
vew Terry Is sleepin' in ditch wather an
atm hard tacks an coffee an beiy' r-rob-
bed be leeber Cubans. catchin' yallow fever
without chanst iv givin' 1t to eer a
Spanyard- fe think more ~ a stamp thin
ye do fy yeer country. Ye'er like tn
sugar thrust. FIR two cints ye'd rayfuse
TO support tn COVER mint 1 know ye, ye
bloated monno-Dolist"
I'm no such thing" said Mr. Henoessy
hotly. I've been a dimmycrat rr thirty
year"
Well. anyhow" said Mr.. Dooley don't
speak disrayspfCtful iv TIL ARMY. Lave me
r-read you Terrys letter firm tn fr-ront
Nm In th' trinches, two miles firm San
dago, with land crab as big as d lobster
crawlfn I'D me back be. way iv Kingston
June q, Dear Uncle Martin That's tn way
1t begins. Dear Uncle Martin: We are all
we'll here, excipt thin that is not, an hope
yeer fnjyin' tn same gr-reat blessin. It's
hotter down here than Billy-be-damd
They Sc rollin' mill near here JUS tn
same as at home, but all tn hands is laid
or on account iv bad times They used
OF fashioned wooden wheelbarrows an FIR
ed with wood. don't think they cud ham
die tn pig tn way we DONE bein' small
ia-ads- Tn coke has to be hauled I'D In
sacks be tn gang. Th' derrick hands got
SIX week but hadn't amy union. Helpers
got four twinty. Puddlers was we'll paid
/ Wint through tn plant befure we come
up here an r-run a barrow up tn plank
Just to keep me hand in. Tell me frinds
that wan gang iv good la-ads firm tn
r-road cud wurruk amy three iv tn gangs
down here. Th' mills Is owned be Rookie
teller so no moro at prisint Firm ye'er
aHeschunate nevyew. Peter Casey. who's
writin' this fr me-"
lis good letter" said Mr.. Hennessy.
II don't see how they cud get derrick
hands FIR six q week"
Me frind Jawn D. knows how" said
Mr.. Dooley.