Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-19


ret med like to ne, they was settin'
on he fence, as it were, ready to Jump
either way
81 must not ferget to tell You about
the gals pa, what said ne was msior-
general. He was mighty proud of that,
you could see with ha'i all eye, for no
matter what he sung, every time he got
chance ne said he was the very mod
el offs general But he WASN'T in it
with some OF The old generals l know.
Why, this man, don'l believe he ever
knew what the smell tf powder was
ike, and he sayin' he was the ouIiest
n the way of generals He was q
right sharp old chap, tho; he told them
/! pirates he was an orphan, so thu y
wouldn't Kill hun and then marry his
daughters. But the cook Eff she
didL' git it back at the pet then I'll
give up You know he was goin' TO
leave them and join tile police force; he
SAID il Vas his highest ambition to be
at the head of the force, like Captain
the cook heard of it they just walked
in on him and pinted gun at him and
said, you can't lose US us, Freddie,
you ant but five years old, cause you
was born in leap year. Well, you
ought 10 have st en- that feller's jaw fall.
He didn't seem 10 feel much Ike sing
in | noticed, but the other two did,
tho what sense thar was to it is MORN
| can make out. 1t was somethin'
about par of ducks, and whar the
par of ducks was | didn't see, less il
war the cook and Freddie. When they
got him 10 Il corner what does Freddie
do but up and tell them the old man
,old them a whopper when he said he
was "A orphan. With this they fly
around and sing as loud as they kin as
now they are goin' 10 kill him. That
looked so silly, to sing: it seems like to
me. II they had whispered to each
other they was goin' to lay low for
him it would lave been more natural
"The police force was fue | de
clair | didn't know the Alexandria &C.
lice was such fne lookln men, aud they
can sing rale good too But the SAL
geant He was dandy Them pc
lice Just did swear by blm, for every
thing he said, they said ',hems our SCI
timeuts.' The General cone on and
| told them they must fun in the pirates.
and they all was mighty brssh anu
-aid they would, but " hen they heard
lie pirates single (Which sounded
nightly foolish TO me, because they
ought 10 rave crept upon 'Cm quiet lik')
| they was That scarf they did nave III
strength enough 10 run and hide, wnen
u they come u hoopin and hollerin and
and maxim SO much fuss they w9s
bound to wake all them gals up and
Dhe old man too, so | stood up an3
waved my hard at 'em and ;a'd -.
but tn y kept right on "a singin. go |
lays s-h to 'em 81 in aud ID man wha
was BLOWN on horn near me, turul
10 N and says what are you sbewing
20 much around here FIR you old luz a
TIC. | aint going 10 stop blowiu this
norn for you, you old hay ys- Led = l
says to him l says 'ef you all feller=
would stop your BLOWN and scrapin,
them pirates wouldn't be encouraged
to sing so loud and wake every body
up in the house = | had no sooner said
1t than in come tine old man with d
candle, lookin around for burglars.
thought the old sport had 'em oLce
when they yelled out so, but | believe
ne was sccart, for he didn't hunt no
mo-, but sat down and commenced
singin 10 keep his courage up. Then
in come his children a asking him what
was the matter and he just out and
ellis them he can't sleep, because tine
bed Is hard, aud ne told The pirates u
lie eddie comes in just on time
igin, when Mabel asks him to please
cheer her pa up. When all of sud-
like the pirates ard the police are havin
tussle snd the pOicc git the worst of it,
which | was mi 5hty sorry to see, because The
pirates were ali little felcrs. and | think
they thought il didn't look well to the crowd,
so they GOT down snd the police made out
they captured them When the 6ghtin WAS
over, in rushed the feller what said he was 81
pirate cEicf ANA he didn't who knowd it,
and told two other pirates TO grab the Old genl.
| tell you, Jim, that was a rale excitln TIM.
The men down i'll front of the stage Wa a
playin for all they were worth, ard more 90.
The man what played the horn looked like
he would swell up and bust, ana the little
fiddles was goin 1t. and the big bass fiddle
was tryin to catch the little tiddes, and the
lady was a shakin the stick at 'cm Ike they
WAS goin to catch it if they didn't do right.
Well, they got the old man down and was q
usin him purity rough when in come Freddie,
and Mabel begged him TO save her pa, and he
up aud owned he wasn't allie to do So l
don't soc what kind of stuff IN It chap was
made OF Why. when | was cou'tiu' Miss
Sarah Ann BY, what lived jist this side OF
Pohick, what turned arouni and married
Mrs. Jane ;alem's husbands brothers broth
or in.law why l won have died before
would have told her thar was any man
lIv.n, be he pirate any other kind cf a
critter, that couldn't lick After the com
motion was all over and the police was st
about to take the pirates to the station house,
in come the cook agin, singin' as usual,
that they was all men what belonged to the
New Jersey Legislature, so the old man said
that was the case they cou have his gals, ss
he had always wanted them to marry f'r
eigners. ard trav,l in foreign olntry
no feJiers said they would take them for a
bridal TIP to their native land which they
was list about to DO. when some grecnhorn
behind thar what didn't know his business
let . curtain down. and spilled the whole
thing.