El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-28

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an oficuh says tub 'em. "What vuh
felluhs come fuh?
Guard detail tub bring in five
F'hil'pino pris' nuns, says corp'rul, ca
lutin' again;
g 'Whauh tn pris'nuhs? says tn
officuh.
well, sub, says tn corp'rul, two
| uv'em tried tub 'scape, an we shot 'em
subj
"'But whuh tn othur three?' says
tn officuh.
"'Well, subj says tn corp'ruI,
smillin,' they kind looked's though
they'd like tub Escape. 60 we shot 'em
too, subj
"We wunt in Manila ve'y long tub
learn thi lingo: but some Nv them new
| officuhs that come down was worsunus
at gettun names. Ev'y body knew that
tn main street in Manila was tn Es-
Gotta an tn rivuh tn Pasig.
well, one day one Nv cub felluhs
3 on guard. Long comes one Nv
front Nv him and says, What are yuh
orduhs?' An man tells him.
Gan he says, Now, If fuh was tub
start on yuh post, what'd yuh do?' An
sentry says, IFS little blaze I'd stamp
it out
"No,' says officuh If q big fuh an
yuh couldn't put it out alone%
"'Then. I'd discharge nah piece
rapidly in aiuh an call fun tn guard
Right. says tn officuh. If yuh'd
see Filipino come long heuh an try
tub go intuh city carryun rifle, what
ID yuh do?
| if yuh was tub see hull boatful armed
Fil'pinos come rowun' down tn Es-
| Gotta, what'd you do in such event?'
says tb oficuh.
down th' Escolta?' Reckun I'd
drop dead!' {"
'Zeke's oeuh ree'mentul mascot.
Boys fifteen now. an grown uh heap,
but he was cute little shavuh when We
left Nashville.
| eight Oughtuh watch that theuh
Zeke fun fight. Had tub keep chasun'
him in from firun' line. Colonel put
him in prisun once fun not mindun' or
durs an gettun' back tub firm line.
But somehow he got chickun-heartud
tub tn little devil an had to let him
out mex day. That theyub Zeke'd be
out tub tn front all th' time when he
could gett tn chance.
''He wsntud gun tn wuse way, but
they wouldun nobody give tn kid rifle
fun feuh he'd get shot by Fil'pinoe, an
then his folk'd think we nevuh took
good cauh little Zeke. seen him out
tn firun' line poppin' away with just
little % pistol he got somewbauh.
Reguluh Tennesseean fun wantun' tub
fight them nigguhs, that boy Zekel
He thinks be killed nigguh, but I
reckun some Krae bullet NV us olduh
felluhs did tn trick"
"Theyuh was felluh out tub owuh
camp tryun tub take owuh orduhs fuh
civflun suits tub wayuh when we get
owuh finals. He was bout tn most
important ugly lookup man 1 evuh
saw.
are yuh Msyuh Phelun?' An he says.
ethuh, but if I was an yuh come up in
my cou't I'd give yuh fosty days in tn
jug fun tub learn yuh that 1 amt no
nigguh tub stand fun bein' rough
treated by Tennesseeans.'
"Well, yuh just oughtuh run yuh
peepuhs ovuh that felluh when we let
him outuh tn blanket. n, was .
meek g uh kittun an half shook up an
scared tub death, we had chucked him
that high. 1 reckun he don't want
| come intuh Owuh camp any more with
that bulldog uh scarun owuh pet mon
keys"
Come long uh little. nieguh heuh
be soci'bl like. 1 says tub him, See
heuh, nigguh, yuh go on now, we
don't need tn like yuh heuh.
"He just stands theyuh an grins
| same's any fool nigguh.I tells him again
tuhget move on, but he wouldun nevuh
seem tub take hint that his company
wssun bein craved aftub by US felluhs.
"Uh woman with 'nothuh woman
| comes long an she says, 'Oh.. do see
tn little Filipino they brought from
Manila. Does he know any English?
He doan't pear tub, mi am 1 says,
but I'm goun tub give him one more
chance Say, nigguh, yuh dirty lit
tie devil, chase yuhself outuh heuh
bouts lively as nigguh evuh travul'd
or yoh folks'll be gessun yoh run foul
Nv some Nv "them Teunessees'' when
they get look at yuh again.
"Yuh oughtuh seen that theyuh mig
guh light down tn hill, an tn women
nevuh said nothun, but ducked theyuh
nuts, an beat uh retreat in bad orduh,
route STEP"
"See that officuh ovuh theyuh He's
got idea he's tn mainest man evuh
wuss Oh, theyuhs lots Nv people in
ed afteuh this wahuh. I'd like tdh
see me luggun his buds fun him.
'Trouble is with good many volun-
teeuh Ohicuhs they wusn't Ontuh theyuh
jobs. No wonduh reguluhs always
laughs at volunteeuhs. Reguluh Of
ficuhs know whayuh theruh Roin' an
think Nv ev'ythin' men goin' tub need
an wheyuh theyuh goin' sleep a'night.
Men don't have do nothun but hey
orduhs. Volunteeuh oficuhs difunt.
They don't know how tub take good
care theyuh men till they get hull lot
sick an hungry learnin' how.
"Theyuh wus one Tennesseean that
homesick when he got heyuh head tn
regiment on discharge in Manila they
say he just went tub gangplank soon's
ship come 'longside an Gays, Stand
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