Arizona republican., 1899-11-21
Mr.. DO0LEY REVIEWS a
WAR BOOK

We'll, sir said Mr. Dooley. Il just
got hold iv book. Hinnissy, that suits
me up to tn handle; a gran book. TIL
grandest liver seen. Ye know I'm not
much throubled be lithrachoor. havin'
NANNY worries ~ me own, hut I'm not
, prejudiced again books. 1 am not.
Win a rale good book comes along I'm
as quick as amy wan to say it isn't so
bad. An this here book is fine. 1 tell
We tbs fine"
What is it?'' Mr.. Hennexsy asked.
/ languidly.
It's TIL Biography iv a Hero Ee
Wan Who Knows 'Tis DARN Ex-
PLOTS iv a Brave Man Be an Actual
/ Eye Witness. 'Tis TIL Account " tn
Destruction " Spanish Power in tn
Ant Hills as it fell firm tn lips iv
Teddy Rcsenfelt an was took down be
his own hands. Ye see, twas this way.
Hinnissy. as 1 r-read tn book: Whin
Tiddy was bowed up in tn harbor IN
/ Havana he instantly concluded they
must be war. He debated tn question
. long an earnestly an fnlly passed a
jint resolution declarin' war So far 50
/ good. But they was ma wan to carry
il on. What shud he do? l will lave
the janial author tell tn story in his
own wurruds.
TIL Sicrety iv War had offered me-
/ he says. tn command " a rigmint
/ he says. but 1 cud not consint to re-
main in Tampa while perhaps less au-
dacious heroes was at tn front he
says. Besides he says, I felt l was
incOmOptpuf FIR m commend q r.io-1 mint
raised be another ne says. I detar-
mined to raise wan " me own he says
I selected firm me acquaintance in
tn West he says. men that had
! thraveled with me acrost tn desert an
/ tn Storm wreathed mountain he
says, 'sharin' me burdens an at times
confrontin' perils almost as great as
amy that beset me own path he says
! Together we had faced tn turrors iv
tn large but vilent west he says, an
these brave men had see me with me
trusty rifle shootin' down TIL buffalo.
TIL elk, tn moose. tn grizzly bear. tn
mountain goat he says. TIL silver
man an other ferocious beasts iv thin
parts he says. An they niver finch
ed, he says. In a few days l had
thin perfectly tanned he says. an
i
ON tn transport goin' to Cuba he
says. = wud stand beside wan " these
trough men threatin' him as an akel
which he was in ivrything but birth
I education. rank, an courage. an to-
gether we would look up at tn admir-
able stars " that tolerable southern
sky an quote tn Bible firm Walt
Whitman, he says. Honest. loyal
In hav
TO thin he says
we had no sooner landed in Cuba
than it become necessity f'r me TO take
command iv tn army. which did at
wanst. \ number IL days was spint be
ne in recommending. attinded on'v be
me brave an fluent escort. Richard
Harding Davis. 1 discovered that TIL
iIiny was heavily intrenched on tn
top Of S21 Juan Hill Immediately in
front ~ me. A. this time it became
apparent that I was heavily handi-
CAPPED Lc tn prisince ~ tn ARMY
Ee says. Wan day as l was about TO
charge a blockhouse. sturdy DEFENDED
be an ARMY corps undher Gin'raI Ia
male. tn br-rave CASTLE that I afther-
wards killed with a small ink eraser
/ that ! always carry. I iran into tn
entire military force iv tn United
States lynn on its stomach. IF We
won't fight" says I. lave me go
through" 1 says. Who ARE ye?'
says they. Col. Rosenfelt." says l.
/ "Oh. excuse me" says tn gin'ral in
command Gf me mimry serves me
rYirue it was AIiles,) r-risin' to his
knees and salutin'. This showed me
twud be impossible FIR to carry tn war
tC a successful con -clusioa unless I was
free. so 1 STINT tn ARMY home an at
tackled San Juan Hill. ARMED on y
with a small thirty-two, which I used
in tn west to shoot tn fleet prairie
, dog. l climbed that precipitOus ascent
{ in tn face " tn most CALLING fire 7
ever knew or heard ". But I had a
few r-rounds Of gall mesilf an what
cared y / dashed madly on cheerin'
as I wint. TIL Spanish troops was
3 dhrawn up in long line in tn fOrma =
ton known among military men as a
long line. ! fred at tn man nearest
I me. an l knew be tn expression in his
| face that tn thrusty bullet went home.
1t passed through his frame. he fell,
an wan little home in far-off Catalonia
was made happy be tn thought that
/ their riprisintitive had been kilt be tn
/ future governor " New York. TIL
bullet sped on its mad fight an passed
through tn intire line. fn'lIy imbeddin'
itsilf in tn abdomen iv tn ar-rch-