The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
MIR. DOOLEY'S LETTER.
He Receives a Message From the
Front.


(From the Chicago Journal.)
Mr. .Dooley looked important, but af-
fected Indifference, as he mopped the
bar. Mr.. Hennessy, who had learned to
study his friend in order to escape dis
agreeable complications, patiently wait
ed for the philosopher to speak. Mr..
Dooley rubbed the bar to the end, toss
ed the cloth into a mysterious recess
with a practiced movement, moved
glass or two on the shelf, cleaned his
spectacles, and drew a letter from his
pocket.
Hmm he said; ST have news firm
tn front Me nevvew, Terry Dona-
hue, has STINT me letter tellin' me all
about it,
How shud he know?'' Mr.. Hennessy
asked.
How shud he know, is it?" Mr.. Doc
ley demanded warmly. How shuddent
he know? Isn't he a sojer iv tn ARMY?
Isn't it him that's down there in San
dagO fghtin' FIR tn honor iV tn flag
while tn likes iv you is up here Twin
like a prince an dom nawthin' all tn
live-long day but shovel Stag at tn
rollin' mills2 Who are We FIR to crfti-
cize thu dayfinders iv our country who
ARE lynn in tn trinches an havin' tn
clothes stole off their backs be tn pa
Throttle Cubians, I'd like to know? FIR
two pins, Hinnissy, you an I'd quar-
rel''
7 didn't mean nawthin'." Mr.. Hen
messy apologized. Il didn't know he
was down there"
''Nayether did l." said Mr.. DooIey.
but I informed mesilf. I'll have no
wan in this place speak again tn ar
rmy. Ye can have ye'er say about
Mack. He has a good job an tits fright
an proper FIR to haste him firm time to
time. It shows yeer in good thrim an
it don't HURT him They'se no wan to
stop his pay He goes up to tn cashier
an dhraws his forty wan sixty-six just
tn same whether he's sick or we'll an
whether he's pulled tn box regular or
has been playin' forty-fves in tn back
- ~ 70 rara in
aspersions on tn ARMY, be hivens, yen
find that I can put me thumb on this
showcase an go over at wan lep-"
Il didn't say anything" said Mr..
Hennessy. ''I didn't know about Ter
CIV coorse We didn't" said Mr. Doc
ley. "An' that's what I'm sayin,. Ye'er
here wallowin' in luxury, wheelin' pig
ir'n firm morn till night an We have
no thought iv what's gOin' on beyant-
You an Jawn D. Rockefeller, an Phil
Armour, and Jay Pierpont Morgan,
an Yerkuss, an tn r-rest Nv We is set
tin back at home figurin' how We can
make some wan else pay ye'er taxes FIR
We. What is to We that me nevvew
atm hard tacks an coffee an bein'
r-robbed be leeber Cubans, catchin' yal-
low fever without chanst iv givin' it
to e'er a Spaniard. Ye think more iv a
Ye'er like tn Sugar thrust. F'r two
cints ye'd rayfuse to support tn gov
er'mint. I know ye, We bloated monno-
pOlist."
Pm no such thing" said Mr. Hen
messy, hotly. 1--WE been a dimmycrat
FIR 80 year"
"Wen, anyhow" said Mr.. Dooley,
don't speak disraspictful iv tn ARMY.
Lave me r-read you Terry's letter firm
tn fr-ront. Nm: In tn trinches,
two miles firm Sandago, with a land
crab as big as a lobster crawlin' up me
back be way iv Kingston, June 6, Dear
Uncle Martin That's tn way it be-
gins. Dear Uncle Martin: We are all
we'll here, EXCEPT thin that is not, an
hope ye'er injyin' tn same gr-reat
blessin. It's hotter down here than
Billy-be-dam'd. They'se a rollin' mill
near here JUS tn same as at home, but
bad times. They used oP-fashioned
wooden wheelbarrows an fired with
wood I don't think they cud handle
tn pig tn way we done, bein' small
la-ads. Tn coke has to be hauled up in
sacks be tn gang TIL derrick hands
got six a week, but hadn't amy union.
Helpers got four twinty. Puddlers was
we'll paid. I Wint through tn plant be-
fure we come up here an r-run a bar
row up tn plank just to keep me hand
in. Tell me frinds that wan gang iV
good la'ads firm tn r-road cud wurruk
amy three iv tn gangs down here. Tn
mills is owned be Rockefeller, so no
more at prisint firm ye'er affecchunate
nevvew, Peter Casey, who's writin' this
'fr me-
q" 'Tis a good letter" said Mr.. Hen
messy. I don't see how they cud get
derrick hands FIR six a week"
Me frind Jawn D. knows how" said
Mr.. DoOley.