The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
DOOLEY ON PORTER RICKY
Rrom the Chicago journal

Dear. oh. DEAR" said Mr.. DOoIey,
I'D give five dollaTs-an' I'd kill a man
f'r three-if I was out iv this Sixth
wa-ard tonight an down with Gin'ral
Miles gran picnic an moonlight ex-
cursion in Porther Ricky. IT'S no COM
fort in bein' cowrd whin ye think iv
thin brave la-adS fac1n' death be
suffication in bokays an dyin' iv walz-
in with tn pretty girls iv Porther
Ricky.
I dinnaw whether Gin'raI Miles pick
ed out tn job or whether twas picked
out f'r him. But anyhow, whin he got
TO SandagO de Cuba an looked ar
round him he says to his frind Gin raj
Shafter; Gin raj says ne. 'ye have done
well so far he says. 'Tis not FIR me
to take TIL lOrls firm TIL steaInin brow
" a thrue hero he says. I lave ye
here he says, fr to complete tn vic
thry ye have so nObly begun he says.
FIR you he says, TIL wallop in tn eye
firm tn newspa per raypOrther tn
r-round robbing an tn sunsthroke,' he
says, fir me tn hardship iv tn battle
ty an tn sickenin' pOlky,' he says.
Gather he says, TIL fruits " yer
bravery he says. 'Rayturn,' he says,
to ye'er native land an raycieve amy
gradchood tn sicrety iv war can spare
firm his own family he says. FIT me-
he says, there is no way but fr to
TURN me back upon this festive scene
he says, an go where jOOty calls me-
he says. 'Ordherly,' he says, put a bot
tie on tn ice an see that me gcoId
pants that I 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 steam
er an wint away.
I'D hate to tell We iv tn thriles iv tn
expedition, Hinnissy. Whin tn picnic
got as far as Punch, on tn southern
coat iv POrther Ricky, Gin'ral Miles ga
yes out an says he: This looks like a
good place to hang tn hammicks. an
l. H. II J,
men, says he, where We see me di'mon's
sparkle says he. Forward an plant
TIL crOkay arches " our beloved cOun-
thry.' he says. An in they wint like
intrepid Warryors that they ARE. On
tn beach they was met be a Obligation
firm tn town of Punch con-sistin' iv
TIL mayor. tn common council. tn polls
an fire departments. tn Gr-rand Ar
my iv tn Raypublic an prominent cit
liens in carredges. Gin'ral Miles maxim
a hasty tielet, advanced onf1inchingly
to meet thin. 'Gintlemen,' says he,
what can 1 do FIR YEP he says. We
come says tn chairman " tn comfy,
FIR to offer ye,' he says, TIL r-run iv tn
town. he says. We have held out he
says, as long as we cud.' he says. But
he says. 'they'se a limit to human en-
durance,' he says. We can Withstand
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 Gin'ral
Miles, I congratulate We he says, on
tn herOiSm iv We er def1nSe,' he says.
'Ye stuck manf-lly to ye'er cOlors. what
liver they ARE he says. I on'y
wOndher that ye waited FIR me to come
befure surrindhrin,'. he says. I vel
come We into tn union he says. I
don't know how tn unionu feel about
it. but that's no business iv mine" he
says. 'Ye will get ye'er wur-rkins'
cards firm the walkin' diligate,'
he says. an yen be en-
titled he says, to pay ye'er share iv
tn taxes an to live awhile an die Whin
yet get r-ready,' he says, JUS tn same
as if We was BORN at home he says.
I don't know tn names iv We, but III
call We all Casey FIR Short he says.
Put ye'er bokays in tn hammick.' he
says, an rayturn TO Punch he says,
an freeze somethin' FIR me- he says,
'f'r me thrawt is parched with tn labors
iv tn day he says. TIL r-rest iv tn
avenfn' was spint in dancin'. music, an
boat-ridin'. an an inj'yable time was
had.
''Th' mex day tn army moved on
Punch an Gin raj Miles marched into