The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-06-02
In,0Iey to His Cousin George.

| chastened Joy' De"ey 0loht 40
,s;os. I hope tn poor la ad isn't
I,.psd up there in Minneapolis"
sr;,er fear" said h1r. Dooley
.,a,v. "Cousin George is all
right >, -, u
eelaimed.
ssure." said Mr. Dooley, Dewey
| nooley, lis all tn same We
Ron a letter here and there, ex-
:, III haitches-we niver drhop
hut we're tn same breed of
kin, men. Georgy has tn thraits
r,bs family. Me uncle Mike. that
:. a handy man-was told wanst
/ ..1be sent to h-lfr his nanny sins
:, he deserved it, for ravin out tn
:, ain iv niver runnin' away firm
..,svan, he was booked for livery
a;no firm murdher to missin' mass.
| Wall he says, 'anny place l can get
| i,.o.' he says, I can get out w. he
.v .Ye bet on that he says.
$50 it is with Cousin George. He
tnew til way in, an it's the same
..v ont. He didn't go in be the
t,n'Iy inthrance, sneakln' along with
n can undher his coat. He left
Ding Dong, or whativer tits ye call
i. an says he. Thank Gawd,' he
.avs I'm where Mckinley can't give
me- his ideas iv how to run quiitin'
marty an call it war, he says. An
~ he sint a man down a divin' shute
an cut th' cables, SOS Mack cuddent
chat with him. Thin he Frances up
to the Spanish forts an hands thin
few oranges losses thin out like
man THROWN handbills f'r a circus.
Take that he says, AN raymimbsr
III Maine, he says. An he goes into
III harbor, where Admiral What tn
ell is. an, says he, 'Surrinder, he
saws. 'Niver,' says tn Dago 'Well,'
says Cousin George, I'll just have
to push ye ar round he says. An
he losses few slugs at the Span
Yards. TIL Spanish admiral shoots
at him with bow an arrow an goes
over an writes cable. This mora
in we was Attacked he says. AN,
be says, we fought tn inimy with
great courage he says. Our victhry
il com. plets, he says. I'VE have lost
ivsryshing we had he says. TIL
trsachrous fos,' he says, after de-
stroyin' US, sought refuge behind a
mudscow,' he says, but nawthin'
daunted u.s. What boats we cudden't
run ashore we surrindered,' he
says. i can not write no more, he
says, as me coat tails are afire, he
an / ana bravely but rapidly leapin
firm wan vessel to another, followed
be me valiant crew with fire en-
CINE he says. If I can save me
coat tails he says, 'there'll be no
kick comiu,' he says. Long live
Spain, long live mesilf'
"Well, sir, in winty-eight minutes
be tb' clock Dewey he had all tn
Spanish boats sunk au' that there
harbor lookin' like Spanish stew.
Thin he rrun down TIL bay an
handed few warm vans into tn
town. He set on fire an thin whit
ashore to warm his poor hands an
feet. 1t chills TIL blood not to have
anything to do FIR an hour or So"
Thin why don't ho write some
thiug?" Mr.. HennsssY demanded.
"Write?" echoed Mr.. Dooley
Write? Why shud he write! Dye
think Cousin George amt got nav
thin to do but to sit down with {
fountain pen an write: Dear Mack
At s o'clock I bsgun a peaceful
blockade iv this town. Ye can SCI
tn pieces Everywhere. I hope zee:
iniyin' tn same gr reat blessin'. 81
no more at prisint. Firm ye'erI
thruly, George Dooley.' He ain
that kind, lis a nice day, an he
there, smokin' good tln.cint see ga
an THROWN dice FIR the drinks. FL
don't care whether we know VIVA
he's done or not, I'll bet We whil
We come to find out about him wei
hear he's illicted himself king iv ii
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