The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30

tunity. It's bad If a man can't due
his dooty without being bounded deth
after he duz It, came home bekaws
l needed a rest & haven't had a mint
my self sints we sited land! Why
due YOU no there waz news paper botes
out 10, yes IL miles in the oshen . meat
the Olimpick & see what l had say
about this thirr and that thing &: the
other thing. e if Ide dun what waT rite
Id hav cleerd dcX 4 aXshun Il blown
the hole mob in Tofet."
Its 2 bad you didn't replide in
consolirg tone; "tEay'd never bin mist"
Then / kontinude, What due you
think abowt the future ov the Phil
lipeans?"
"Thay are n good lot Ov Hands, e.
when we hav once put down this in
surreXshun l don't think thayll caws
eny more trubble. What we need liz
more troops over there Agwinaldo IL
a shrude fellO & a fare tacktishun.
There's no more harm in him than
there IL in a nest of rattil snatx," sed
the Admiral, with a twinkle in hiz eye.
But like awl honist men heel bare
watchin" CThls last / imagine waz
sarkastick). THE army IL doin what
they can, but thay are hamGered by
lack Ov men. What the peepil at
Washington shood due IL send over 80
or $4,000 men 8: skwelch thoZe savijis;
thay hav awlways bin opprest, & just
az soon az thay lern that the L. 5.
meens treet them rite everything will
be hunlly dorey." CHunky Dorey liz a
saler fraZe meening o. kD
Mr. Admiral" sed /, II wish thank
you this interview e. now you can
look it over SC cut out what ever you
want 9" He took my manuscript g.
after peroosin it haf our, sed II guess
thay don't spel just az thay use befor
/ left the states"
"Yes thay due" sed I. but bein out
ov the country so long, amung the
Spanyards &. other saviiis & reedin
sifer messages, etsetra. yuve natchral-
ly got out ov the hang ov reedin Eng
lish; but like remorse e. the tax col
lecktor it will cum back you in a few
daze. after YOU peroos the news pa
pers."
We'll" sed he, I'm glad . hav met
you, Mr.. Kidder: you are the Onley
honist representativ Ov the news paper
profeshun I've met sints l returned 2
this country, Il if can due enything 4
you lie feel onnerd serve you"
Mr.. DOGGY" sed /, my chest heevin
with pride at the komDliment, Il am
the Xcenshun that Drooves the rool in
the news paper bizness. You hav just
sed you waz glad meat me; in reply 2
you l can only say that the feeling on
my part IL visey versa; | konsider it an
onner 2 no you in faclIt / may say this
IL a red letter day in my karear, You
are a gentilman & a skoller. Long
may you wave! is the sentiments oV a.
Kidder q the rest oV the American
publick at large & awlso in jale. Yure
name" sed l, getting my End wind &
tawkin lowd enuf so the iniquitus re-
porters outside on the porch Good heer
me, "Yure name IL ritten indellably on
the minds ov futur generashuns till
awl eternity, side by side with Wash
ington, Farrygut, a. so 4th! You are
at present the hero ov the American
nashun, the sinoshur Ov the ize ov the
world & you deserve it awl! May yure
glory never grow dim"
II thank you yure kind words" ser
the Admiral, Il see you are apt at
| Teparte."
mo buddy apter," sed l. Nov
don't want mix buziness with plezure
& konsider intervening you the same
| thing, but you sed a while ago that eny
| time you Good due eny thing me you
wood. Now if you can use yure in
| fiooents with the navil bord ov authori'
| ties let me put litening rods on aw
| the fedra! buildings and men ov war
| lie fix ou up so you wont need the sub
skripshun the yello jernals IL razen
you"
'Ila duA what can 4 You." replidC