The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-12

inc at 'em, wit the bullets a-fyin'
around above us, for all the world 4
like swarm of hornets, whin Henry
shtuck his head up o bit to see what
he could see. Whist-a bullet went +
right along by the side O. his face. 1t 6
didn't touch him quite, but 1t burned /
like a redhot blister on the side O his (
phiz.
".Now, bad cess to the son of gun
of Spaniard that foired that, 'sez zee;
if Oh ketch a sight O him Oil pump
i'm so full O. lead he ontknow what
knocked i'm into next week. Thin
vuz the first words he'd spoke since
the night afore. Well, he stood up,
loike idjit, a-loadin' his gun. Just
then we see Spaniard pop his head
up, an whist!-a bullet cut through
Henry's hat.
"'He near got yez that time,
bunky,' sez Oh.
"'The mkt tonne the wicked Span
ish beggar shows his head, sez ZEE,
'Orn tx i'm, seq zee.
"Orll bet yez OF hit him first sez
Oh.
What'll you bet?' sez ZEE, savage
loike
, "'Oh, anything yez phase, SEE Oh
a Half the months pay seq Oi.
! com take yez up, sez ZEE.
: $50 we shtood there a-waltln', the
! bot Of us, for that Spaniard to show
y his head agin. Our guns wuz sighted
. on the place we thought he'd appear,
4 YOU know, and our fingers wuz on the
~ triggers. We waited in that same
:" position for two minutes, mayhap'
: though it seemed like half an hour
D Finally, all suddint, we see head;
!, The very same moment I fired, and
u u the son of gun of Spaniard dropped
~ ~ down, picked sure enough that tonne
!" "Begorra, bunky,' seq Oi, 'ye1
10 owe me half the months pay seq o.
~ ~ "'The mischief, Oh d. SEE ZEE
% % sol shot the son of gun, mesel.'
10 10 "'That you did not, SEE o. 'Didn,
~ OF foire the very minute he showed
~ hisself, and didn't he fall down OF
a. hape?'
a Az "tWhat's yez talkin' about Sc
40 ,ee Didn't Oh foire the instant l Sc
Nv him.? SEE zee. .. H.
n.y. n.y. "sA[ayhap yez foired, seq Oh, 'br
NY twas me that kilt i'm, anyhow Sc
an. Oh.
a.; "Ye loie, We read-headed son
try an Oirishman,' sez ZEE.
.for whats that,ye dirty blackguard
ord sez Oh. 'Oi don't take the loie fro
# + amy wan sez Oh. Come out o tn
not ditch and we'll see who's lynn 81
sory Oh. -.
If "Wit' that the bot on us clln
,nrv out'n the trench, t'rew down our ga
d Of and squared off, We had it hot Tor
lav. few minutes, the bullets ATTY
ood. around, but niver touching wan OF
we're Finally, Henry landed wan alongs'
cent Of me face. 1t made me billing MT
uck- it did, and Oh forgot me tactics a
ther whit for him. Oh slugged him W
,ked on the tip O. the jaw and ne w
GLOW down of a hape.
ovar " dit up' SEE Oh, foldin' me ar
lner, 'and we'll see who hit the SPAN
first.
81 "Henry jumped up and we wen
It agin. Begad, we drew more bI
Git out'n wan anither in them ie" III
ties thin the Sraniards did IN
Go whole war. but we didn't decide
motther, for prisintly big sarllnt
nry's along. >,
airing "'What do you name, sez e.
lightly be afther foighting ache ither. b
g too awav there sez zee, knockin' a
,unky wit his gun b'twane US. Cit d
and in the bitches there, and shoot
Little Spaniards,' seq ZEE.
agin, eve picked up our guns, shs
mt to loike, and jumped down into
hottest trench. The sarjint stood mo
, wuz watchin' us, and thin he said:
it was "If 1 catch you two mugs
It with niver said anything further than
,een a. for just then mauser ball MT III
in that the stomach and he were down Il
whole grass a-groanin' and clutchln' an
: hot, in.
9rnoon "Well, sir, we niver said any
IL wet moreabout the dead Spaniard tn
as you O. the day. The enemy KEEP US T
halted. busy till toward night, when W, we
out our wit drawn from the firm line
off our whin we got to our quarters we
give rap for nothin', but to get
pe the Shape. It's me private oplnlo1
bot on that we bot kilt that Spanlard
nd, not we've nlver cared paf'Aou, 20
}. The arguing the matther out
ne wuz ''Begorra, Henry, that's toll
We. It yez have there. Eighteen
It been Begad, it's dear, but it's wor'
lrs may price to git taste O say 1000.
lust been telling the gentleman
.orders our scrap down in Cuba"
~ were 81 warrant you made yoursell
y rive rive regular Fitzsimmons,", said
nm Won "Sometime, sir, when ne AIN Z