The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-05
OUR CUBAN ALLIES.


swell. SIR" said Mr.. Dooleys -uam
Thin Cubians. II i was Gin'ral shafter |
I'd back up tn wagon in front " tn
dure an I'D say to Gin'ra1 Garshy, Ia
say. 4 want you.' an. I'd have thin all
down at tn station an deccntly booked
be tn desk sergeant befure IN ran Nv
night. tn impydince iv them!"
.what have they been doin'?' Mr..
Hennessy asked.
"Failin' to understand our civliiza-
ton" said Mr.. Dooley. "Ye see, II was
this way This is tn way 1t was Ginrai
Garshy with wan hundherd tnousan
mems been fightin' bravely IT TWO
years f'r to liberyate Cuba. two
years he's been marchin' his slvih.y-
five thousan' men up an ooWn III
and desthroyin' tn naughty spanyaro
he tn millyons. Whin war was de,
clared he offered his own sarvlce al
tn sarvices iv his ARMY Nv nfty tnou-
SAN men to tn United States, an wniS
waitin' fr ships 10 arrive ne narcneu
at tn head iv his tin thousah a 'nen
down TO Sandago de Cuba an captured
a cigar facthry which they soon ray
ioooed to amokin ruins. Tney was
holdin' this position--Ginral 1arsny
an his gallant wan thousan men--Wnin
Gin'ral Shafter arrived. Ginrai SaIsny
immedjitly offered tn sarvices Nv MN, ~,
silf an his two hundred meh u.',
canture iv Sandago. an whin tin IA,
SKATER arrived there was Gin raj
Carshv with his gallant band " nity
Cubians re-ready TO eat al a minyits
notice. aorsa two
listed man firm michigan, an whin me
see Gin'ral Garshy an ms twin,s ha
gallant followers. Fr-ront, says ne,
.This way he says; step livery, ne
savs AN move some iv these things,
he savs Sir saws Gin'ral Garsny,
| ,d've take me FIR dhrayy ne says III
| a sojer,' he says. not a passass ~, "a
| he saws. I'm a Cuban patnrite al
Law down me life an tn lives Nv WY
van iv tn eighteen brave men ~ me
devoted ar-rmy.' he says. but III pe
dam,d if 1 carry a thrunk, ne says
| .I'II fieht whiniver tits cool ne says.
| and they amt wan Nv these lwene
men here that wudden't follow me -, 20
hell If they was awake at IN .i,. nc
aavs. hut he says. If twas wurruk we e
,wsra loolxin fr we cud have found IL
long ago he says. They'se a iot ~ ~
I'm this country that nobodys usin ne ne
savs what we want he says, ls
Sreedom he says, AN II ye think we
have been in tn woods dodgin' TN say
age correspondent fr TWO wsSy;n. Sva wee,
iaundhrey home he says, IT'S no won.
ssnr, he SAYS that tn r-roads firm
| Marinette to Kalamazoo is paveu VIII
ron,d bricks. bought be tn people N
yer'er native state, he says.
$50 Shafter had to carry ms owl
! thrunk. an well it was f'r him that y
,.as,,'t Cin,ral Miles, tn weather bein
| hot An Shafter was mad clear tnrougi
| on, yvhin he took hold Nv Santiago an
was sendin' out invitations he scratche'
J Garshy. Garshy took his gallant pam
iv six back TO tn woods, and there .n
three iv thin ARE now, ar rmeu VIZ.
40 r-rounds iv canned lobster an T
readv to raysist to tn death. Him an
! | m other man has written TO Gin "a
J | Shafter TO tell him what they tnihk
I | him. an II don't take long.
well" said Mr.. Hennessy, Il thin
Shafter done wrong. he rnlshe
!; | asked Garshy in fr TO see IN snom, &c. :,
I in that he's been hangin ar-rouno
& a long time, doin' tn best he cud:
e "Jt isn't that" explained Mr.. Doolel
e | "rh, throuble is tn Cubians don't un
dherstand our civilization. over nei
J, | freedom means hard wurruk. Wnat
q tn ambition iv all Nv us, Hinnissy
n | avether to hold our job or TO get wal
h We want wurruk We must have !
t Dve rayfnimber tn sign tn mon car
| ried i'm tn procession las year! GiN
us wurruk or we perish, it said. Inc
: had their heads bate In be poiismen p'
n / cause no philan-throplst coHls aioi
n | am make thin shovel coal. NOW,
: Cuba. whin tn mobs turns out tne
r. carry a banner with th'wurruds; I'll,
!, ] MS nawthin' to do or we perish Whl
a Cuban comes home at night with
i happy smile on his face he don't say
" his wife an childer: Thank Gawn;
4 got wurruk at last He says: Inai
,s Gawd. I've been fred An tn chiid
: GO out an they say: 'Pah-pah has 10
i his Job an Mrs. Cuban buys hersili
. new bonnet, an where wanst they w
sorrow an despair all is happiness
re | a cottage organ. -
8 "Ye can't make people here unde
), stand that, an ye can't make Cupii
o | understand that freedom means
40 same thing as a pinitinchry sintint
10 | Whin we thry to get him to wurru
m | he'll say: why shud /? i haven't cor
m mitted amy crime That's goin TO
nj | tn throuble. TIL first thing we kne
90 we'll have another war in CUBA wn
or we begin disthributin' good jobs,
of hours a day. wan sivinty-five. tn 9
az bians amt civilized in our way. som
he times think I've got a touch Nv Cupi
r. blood in me own veins" Jot
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