The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-22
DOOLEY ON COUSIN GEORGE
From the Chicago JournaL)

From the Chicago Journal)
| IF they don't catch up with him
/ pretty sOOn." said Mr.. Dooley, he'll
| fight his way ar-round tn wurruld an
| come out through Bar-saIoona or Ca
who's that?" asked Mr.. Hennessy.
Me Cousin George, 10 less" said
| Mr. Dooley. 81 suppose ye think tn
| war is over an peace has rayturned
jus because Tiddy Rosenfelt is back
| home again an TIL sojers ARE hungry
| in New York stead iv in Sandago.
That's where ye'er wrong, Hinnissy.
That's where ye're wrong, me bucko.
Tn war IS not over till Cousin George
stops dghtin'. TIL Spanyards have had
enough, but among thrue fghtin' men
1t don't make any difference what tn
feelin's iv TIL la-ad underneath may
his fill iv fghtin' that tn troubles
over, an be tn look iv things Cousin
George has JUS begun to take tay.
when me friend Mack concluded
twas time FIR us to stop fightn' an be-
gin skinning each other in what Hogan
calls tn martS iV thrade, ye thought
that ended it. So did Mack. He says,
says he: Let US have peace he saws
An Mark Hanna came out iv the cellar,
where he's been since Cousin George
PRESENTED his compliments to tn Philip
pines an would they prefer to be kilt
or dhrOwnded, an pro- posals was made
to bond tn Cuban pathrites an all tn
deuces in tn deck begun to look like
face cards again whin suddenly
tAACA CO4lAGS d IIIGSSdS6 COUSIN
George. In pursuance iv ordhers that
niVer come, he says, today tn squad
rhon undher my command knocked tn
divvil out iv tn fortifcations iv tn
Philippines, bOrbarded tn city an
locked up tn insurgent gin'raI Tn
gOvnOr got away be sWimmin aboord
Dutch ship an the Dutchman took
him to Ding Dong. I'll attind to tn
have naWthin' else to do. I'm sittin' in
tn palace with me feet on tn PLAINLY.
Write soon. I won't get it. So no
more at prfsint firm ye'er OF frind an
well-wisher, George Dooley.'
How ARE they goin' to stop him?
How ARE they goin to stop him?
There's Mack on tn shore bawlin' or
dhers. Come back, he says, 'Come
back, com mand ye, he says. George
come back, he says. TIL war is over
he says. We're at peace with tn
George, be a good fellow he says
Lave up on thim,' he says. 'Hivins an
earth, he's batin' that poor Spanyard
with a pawn block, George. George,
We break me hear-rt,' he says.
But George Dolly, he gives tn wink
to his frinds, an says he, What's that
man yellin' on tn shore about?' he says.
Louder he says. I can't hear ye,'
to me on a postal ca-ard at Mahdrid,'
he says. Don't stop me now he says.
This is me busy day he says, an away
he goes with a piece iv lead pipe in wan
hand an a cOuplin' pin in tn other
''What'H we do with him? We can't
catch up with him. He's goin' too fast.
Mack'S a week behind him iV'ry time
he stops anywhere. He has sthrung
a. trolley acrost tn islands an he's
climbin' mountains with his fleet TIL
on'y thing 1 see, Hinnissy, that Mack
can do it to go east an meet him
comm r-round. If he hurries he'll
sthrike him somewhere in Rooshia or
BOohlgahria, an say to him: George,
tn wars over Won't We come home
I think a man ought to stop fghtin'
whin tn war is ended said Mr. Hen
messy.
II dinnaw about that" said Mr..
DoOley. He started without askin'
our Fave an I don't see what we've
got to do with tn way he finishes 'Tis
q tur-rble thing to be a man iv high
sperrits, an not to know whin tn other
fellows licked >,