The representative., 1900-05-17

who hung clus to Franswah while he was in
the line, but niver wint of a-raidin' with
him. And the reason why he remained in
the thick of the comp'ny was becuz he car
ried little boy, who lukked as IL he was
used to better clothes than the duds he was
all bundled up in, and who had an expriss un
around his big blue eyes as if he had had
long fair curls ADORE his hair had been cut
so tight and ragged. l t'ink 1t was this
that prevented Jack and me from shootin'
the hull push, arter WHILE and goin' off
by our lonesomes; for whin l perposed it.
he said What about the little lad?' What
do you know about him, anyway l an
swered, a-sparrin' for time. And thin he
explained that it was Franswah and no one
else that had brought the boy to the army,
whin he jined jest outside of Cleveland, and
that it was his delfb'rite Judgment that the
chile had been stole by the yaller divil. L
stick says /, and with that we struck hands
and agreed, SO we did, to do our bounding
juty, and In some way return the kid to his
parents
sides, what else did we have to do? Since
we was bound to do nothin anyway, why
wasn't 1t jest as we'll to do nothin' to some
good purpose? so we ghggered to see IL we
could git amy information out Of the child; !;
but he was SO little he cud hardly have talked,
and SO frightened sthat he had well-nigh
forgot all the wuds he might have lisped.
One day, indeed. vhiA Franswah was OF
rampagin' and Jack had inviggled old Daffy
to one side with q drop Of booSe, / did ques-
tun him, but all he cud say was Bert and
'Bertie,' which / TUX for abbrevatuns of his
name, and agine and agin he cried for
'Aunty Immogane,' which I surmised had
been his favorite relatun.
I'm q mont's time we lukked down from
the hills Of Maryland on The natunal capital
outsprid afore US. It had been agreed be-
tune Jack and me that If old Daffy and
Franswah should separate, he should foller
Da6y, and should keep tabs on Franswah,
and that we should meet and exchange nuts
on the front stips Of the big white buildin'.
Very good; that ere contingency soon KEN
to pass. Old Daffy struck OF t'roo the fields
with the kid on his shoulders. Istuck to
Franswah, SO long as Franswah stuck to the
army, which wasn't long. The reciptun ac-
corded by the authorities, colonel, was
abrupt, to say the least. We was hardly
on the asphalt, Whin the perlice was on all
sides, and those that didn't scatter in all
directuns, was hustled into the patrol
wagons.
"Franswah, he didn't wait for amy argu-
mint, and needer did I. Straight as bee
he aimed for Georgetown, and straight as
annuder followered arter to a disrip'table
sittlemint of blacks and whites, and into the
leeriest hut of thin all l seen him disappear.
l sneaked orund to wan side, colonel and
managed to Equint in t'roo the winder, and
asleep on top Of an old trunk. I've seen
tough joints in my day, and my nights, too,
for that matter, but niver did see q spot
with SO nanny signs hung out of battle,
murder, and suddint deaf for all intruders.
II got back to the capitol at lengt'. colonel.
There was Jack a-wRitin' for me on the stips
I piped Franswah to q little shebang acrost
the river says IL And / piped Daffy to
the same place. says he, which is KEEP by
the .coon's.. folks. and the child, he is still
there I knows its' says /; now what's up
to us to do?'saa We aTgiedt and argied. for
what you or amy ,Ddder respectable puseon
wud ado-appeal toe the perliceA-we wudn' t
do, nohow. Will, therd was the press Why
shouldn't we fust l,diskiver wheddef there
was amy news OF chill bein, stole. and
thin give the reporters chanct for q SCOOP? !?
So 1t Was finally agreed tat JacA, bein' bet
ter lukkin, and more aeustomed to approach
his betters, should 60 on a nosin' experdi-
ton t'roo the warius Newspaper Offices while
waited his return on the national resarye.
..It.i was monstrus quiet on the stips,
colonel. got tired Of wonderin' how high
the dum1,was and Jest mostsd In and TUX q
journey Of insptctuh t'roo the halls OF state.
Finally KEN to . great high space, all set
round With white dogers, which I've sence
larned is called Statootory hall, on account
Of the statoots which congriss turns out.
was standin' In front Of high wan, with q
frockcuts on that wud At Chang, the. Chi
nese giant, too quick, and had Jest mustered
up cooFage to- ObUarve to myself, sartefn the
fashun have from bein' alone> 80 much,
Well, old fAller,s IT you wis n tall n That
your name II .wud - Lengthy instid q