The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-09
ONE WAY TO SETTLE III,

proposed by an Irish gentleman who is
I temporarily sojOurning in Charleston
and for II pustlmc is serving on the
police force
n group Of officers gathered about
! the stove in the assembly room to
warm their marrow a(tcr having
! trudgCd their beats for six hours. This
! is the time when they borrow tobacco
7 from one another and swap export
cnccs. At these informal gatherings
all Of the thoughts Of the policemen
Guu voice, and the tales told arc some
times sgd and sometimes thrilling, but
interesting always. Around the stove
in the assembly ""Unl 10 hCrc ali de-
bates take place, too here great qucs-
lions arc settled, minor ones quickly
U2iNwru and the affairs Oi the cntirc
Carth satisfactorily arranged.
l.Ord save IL, but it's dull re-
marked one OF tho stalwarts az he pulled
on his gloves and toasted his palms in
the genial glow Of the red hot stove.
nivcr SEQ the loikCs OF it, re.
m0rkcd IL great, huge fellow with
strong TiDpcrHry accent, as he asked,
by pantOmnC, chew OF tho WCcd from
h!S nearest u"ighhOr.
Wcl!, it may bc quiet here, but
t!mCa arc rather warm over In the
Philippines, rs | see by The News and
CoNrj"r tclCE"&m%,' remarked the
! little TAT sergeant, who is great
reader, In response 10 this statement
the large gentlemen from Tipcrary
screwed himself to " comfortable posi-
tlOu IN the chair, which he more than
fully occupied, and composed himself
~ il for Il great dClivcrancc. The
others knew that u talk WAS coming,
pulled up their chairs rCChargCd their
I |, -. tI in);l,'tO.
converted themselves mostly into cars.
I'VE NO tOimc fer thim l'hilCrpCCn-
Crs, and think they should be brought
to = hal. 10y just such u man AS his
| Honor, the ltGcordcr It's him that
NN" the way OF dHliuE wild the lOikCs
| ot them hnli-b"ccds. Why, Jidgc Jcr-
vcy would sind that fcilur Ngyynoldo
TO the public wOrruks for ninety days
! before You could wink yer eye and
uivur think he done any great thing
GATHER Why, if MIR. Aggynoldo ain't
u GisurLhrriy person, III ask you who
is? He's diUgcd sight more dis
0rthcriy then cuy Of tho Dycs that arc
snaL"CCd and >lnl to worruk on the
str"C.s livery day that tn" good Lord
ultuwS " como TO the fair City Of
Charleston. why, the biuthcrst1itc,
C'S not thC UUQual Of thc most oi thim
Why, do yr k}'nw lhin Same Ph!l
ippccuors have been 4 worry .vc,
since wurruid Wa wurruid :" No un,
answered yhts historical inquiry an,
After . sufficient pause The oracle con
tinuCu:
"WciI, they has boon. y couple o
days ago, after Id finished me rcgula
watch, and not Gcc,inE y bit sch!aDy,
Thought l'd ruu over the holy c0nLlnt
Of the good huk1 and refresh mo mi
, mDry 4 thrOill1 as To what WAS con
aimed in IL. May The good Lord com,
Dctunn Ms and GarrUm, but the yer,
first page that me eye lit on was whcr,
40 lesser man than his great reverence
Saint l'dui himself w;.e u.plcadinE ant
n-prnyinG Wild them same dingcI
'nillppHCnCrS To knpo the pace ant
behave thimsCivcS. Bad cess to thin
but it must have been ~ purity tough
case whin they had to sind such a. maj
Us SAINT Paul to spakc wild IN anl
blarnUy thim into behaving thimsclvc
lOik GOOD dnccnL people should. Th
case just at present Is not SO bad am
tho EiGcrAl belief is that Ndmira
Jcwcy will be able to haul Thin dow
, wild his injuno OF war, now lying peace
fully looking, but wakcful, loikc
, weasel, whin Thin hHif.brGuds gifts
little bit too gay wid the llng for whic
our fOrcihthcrs laid out the rcdcoatc
, bulljca that came over frim England t
' do Us up.
: "Jist what tho philippccncrs wcr
: doing wbip Saint Paul had to go Owe
=, and pour lie on their tnroublCd wathcr
the pC4d bOoiiC, God bliss it, don't SAY
but You can j.st bet your next month
. pay, me byCa, that there WAS a. M
=, ApHynalGO IA agGinG the others on
- some dlViimCnt, just as the prcsll
;, EintlCman over there Is doing. Wl
= the Sputprcn that up fOrninst law an
- order over there now is worse nor BC
- Tiilman for raising Il row, wus in IT,
~ pamicat day that the blinkor ivcr sa,
- Ana, say, bycS, when LHat man JcwC
V gifts through pumping lead into thi
from Lhim guns, thnt looks l0ike hog!
= heads, they vii! no rs sorry for foOlin
= with Mr.. AGgynaldo as Colonel Nal
, Is for NsaOCiating TOO much wild GOvcl
= nor E.lcrbc. Mic opinion is thct thcs
. l'hiiippuCncru should be dclt wild b
Recorders and cops. Trims the folk
+ that Knows how 10 stop the mad c&rcc
. OF eicn wh",p# as Lhim, and I'd !Oika
g, nGnin on that fellow AgOnXilu, that
>, over here HUw trying 20 STIR up IL mus
on, me eye, nut wOu!du'L Mr.. J&rVC
hit him for fifty cold dollars or thirt
- days ana scratch is whiSkcrs "id {
, blunt ma Of his pin and smOilC h mo
pleasant amOiIC, ny 50 simply rcInoVIn
80 I. great hutiOnAI ArEum!nt. SOW, viii
Z. man loikc .SHinL Paw couldn't {
= anything for The Philippine cray turc
- l'll tell ycH that nothing less nor tt
cops and the pHtrOlmin viii DO the Jo
- and that's no joke. occT THCy arc Il dl
-. i"Nnn1 breed altogether from us Iris
=, The tonne was "hIn OuT ancestors WI
!, ~ wOi!t ~ Cny ray!Ofmcr thHt th
State ivrr produced. VAIN Saint Pa