The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
FzAnE3rY OF rHB IRoS WRIST.
Tns Bowsry Hears Of Episodes Of the Wal
Ia south Africa.

Ia south Africa.
Tho shades Of evening wore falling upon the
Bowcry As the Cricket set . tempung array oil
! Bologna Sausage, raw onions and pickles upon the
lunch counter OF the Old Tree Inn. Then he
placed two kegs u beck Ia position behind the bar,
spnnklei some fresh sawdust upon the floor,
wiped his red hands upon his dirty apron and sat
down u await us nightly appearance Of the bibw
lous loagshorsmAn-
II was part Of the Cnckets duty each evening
" rvsd uls evening paper TO the customers OF the
saloon, a service Of which be was very fond be-
| cause 1t conferred upon him a certain GamaNel-
ike DIST nc don. he was rehearsng his lesson
about the BoeT war when the door opened ana
herulean Paddy OBrsn came In.
We'll, CnckeL' said Paddy, cheertully. a. No
warmed his hands al the stoye, what does tho
papsr say about thu Boorhanians today
1t does be aayin' a lot about guns and powdheI
and rain rspdod the Cncketin a convincing tone,
but divyil a much does II say about fghun', only
a bit Of o scrap btcbuns Flaherty and Ginra
Congee Mebbe you didn't know him, Paddy.
but Flaherty used 10 be a waiter here on the Bow.
cry before he listed In the Irish Fusihers lie
VAS always a fghun' man, was Faherty, and
could ate more eggs nor any man that ever waggsd
his laws"
~ ~ he a Kerry man" asked Paddy.
-NH ! think he was froGa CUnnemsIa How
andlyer, Flaherty was d grate man for tic-tacs,
as they say In the army. He'd practise several
exercises in the kitchen wii a poker In wan hand
and a dishpan III the other Tor a shield, IKE .
Roman soIer before Coustaninople.-
"Ohl' muttered Paddy IN ejaculatory approval
Of the provess Of his counuyuian. But how
about his fght with the Doorhanian Gin'raly
walt Paddy, I'm coiuin' TO THAR replied tbs
Cricket ia q gently Ieprovine tone. everything
must be In order. as Noses said when his cane
swalleyed all tho snakes o the soothsayers and
agriCuI WrerS.'
by this timn tho sql0ol had begun to ell up.
The Mackblrd WAa followed by Itppo and Ghost
McGoWn Tho .erldlts Schoolmas,er made Ms
appearance, and Jockey, who always procured
money In a my stariu's vey, crowded around the
"Yous'll remember how I was telln' the other
nigA, about the battle a. WuROOla Hyet W ell,
the only man that got across the hver was Flaher'
~ tie learned dodgin IN the restaurants when
ihey shied piates at nm and that's the Tsy -
swan across the nveri the lead maxim, holes az
around him in the wather, and whin he landed on
the other side, on his way TO save Gin'ral hie
Of his boots whin be heerd a man say Surnnder'
"~tlsherty looked up, but ne'er q man could ne
70 bark ,raix, said F~laherty, throwin.' down
his ufe, I'm on the wrong ind o the gunsr Then
and rowled UP Ills sleeves. and all the Boorhanlans
laughin' al him. Now says be, ysdirty Iootch
men, II Tiers Ger a man among ye, lax him 10
come out and meet Flaherty barehaudedl Lave
ye come GU. wan al a time, and III make dogs
LAWNS o ye' Come out from behind your dry
WORKS and with that a, big, Hoorhanian, nine
foot high, climbed out O. the ditch and faced him.
Now flesh and blood never startled flaherty In
his he. Powdher and fire might bench hin .
It'll, but muscle never could
did they fight collar an elbow or howT asked
1ippo, deeply Interested.
No, they N!nt att rough and tumble. replied
The Cricket -He see, Ne Boorhanlan thoyght
neck, and lug him into camp over his shoulders
but when he tred todoit TlaheTty brought MS ,ett
around and gave him a punch on The iay that
made him See trefies In January. he followed
up wild a night swing In tie belly, ana IMP
FshcTty clinched and they roVled down the bank
into the river"
"Begorra, that was quick work. said the Black
"Iis,t corunaSd the Cricket twas rather
q o' ,s.m t dS red aI Ar iof fial i Led " Ri, : ,h 5S@ W,o SSs m man.
He Was Knocked out when they sank and tlah
ehy kept hun uudet the wather til he Was nearly
dr9wnne4a ana While be was s. p undo .n rJIa srsS2
aefOss the nycr, and. Gin'fal Butler mt him on
the bank and pinned the lictona Cross on MS
naked hreas, That's ell there is IN the paper
to-day, giutlemin," concluded the Ticket, LOOKING
around Tor apprJOation.
Il don't want t. lnvnigle ths conversatUni
gintenItn,' exclaimed Ghost AlcGGwn, but
will say this, that ye can't bate the Irish aythef
wild lyddlt, OF nitio-glycenne, That my opln-
ion. Take il or lave, as ye like, a bfayst nor
more dignacious m1yInort vas never mace nHs
captured the Alps in \orway."
'Thfue Tor You, Ghost, said oBhen, But
lis my opinion By rayson o the facts IN the case
that the English val mover take the Tfansvaai,
that's what | think
oh, you do, do you" exclaimed the School.
mastr and why Won't, they now iiaseht
they the guns, and the lyddit and the lrshr
OF course they have. nobody can deny that
unless be might be On idylt, Bun you see the
Boorhanian country is in the middle OF big noun.
tains, ''ousands o ieet high. hoq couldn't gt
com pany. There's only wan plac" 10 get IN ana
that's through a littl' alley no wider nor Doyet,s
hll-d wid barbet wire fences, and they are ready
gotn in Ike sEarh 'pi5'kInn' biockb;rtrs}'
Dear, dear" interrupted The D!uckbifd' But
Wen, they might" said Paddy, but his q
long ways they d have to go. flfat, they'd cross
TIE Suez Canal int C~onstantlnoplc. / rom there
they'd have - go thio' the Holy Land into Egypt
and from there across the Red Sea, and thin land
on the coast . San francisco IN CaI!lomy. How
the dlyyl vii obey g"t there thin; ask YOU.
general comment and considerable acrlmony.
rs the disput" waxcd hotter three men arose and
there was imminent danger Of a collision, when
the door OPP ned and Chuck Commons came IN.
What's achir' yp IOumUcksg" exclaimed Chuck.
os h. pushed the ira,n IIppo down into a cheir
and placed his body between O'Bren and the
BLACKBOARD. lie listened 70 an explanation Il
the trouble md automatically switched the con-
versGtion back 10 llaheftv.
'Nez were talkn' about Ilaherty, eh@" said he.
w ell, | knowed him when h. was worhin' In
Doan's bcaurry years ego. We used 70 call
him the man wild the non " INST, He was a mem
ber O the Slxty-nin,h, and could shoot a bullet
into the buug hole of a ENg o beer and IL rUilln'
down hill. But he got IN idea he'd like IN learn
how 10 fnco, the way the frog eGters fight, wild
swords. and Ii" went up - a ipnCin' school up
town u learn how. But, ye see, he couldn't do
much az that game baEaso his wrist wasn't soople
enough. He could put has elbow on the bar
and put amy mans hand down that dared tackle
him, bat the teacher tod him that he could not
monkey VII The svo. rl quick enough, and q
man rs knew his nv mess would run him thro'
as Easy rs ye'd nm a nail thro' cheese. Well,
be got a job IN q little Frn'h restaurant on Blecck.
er street y qehln' dishes, md the ITlnchmin made
fun ~ HIN h,kds" lr was clumsy. Wan night
when he wH- CNryin' q phi" a dishes into the kitchen
a dirty llttlo lr.,hmaN put uut his foot and
tripped poor llalnrtl uD and fuuTyd hun, dishes
and all. when llahrrtv ct IN hi feet Uan.t
moro h. grabbed wan = thin by the hair and the
other by the 81 hi,lAr.oud i" Knocked their heads
tug thnr until their t'rtu IN olt ur1n the door.
thin nut ElHhcrty cleared uut the place wild
n caJ'iu' knife and the nix, day h" was handed
a Chlllo.g' - a dpul by wan O the r~renchman's
friends. As soon a. he got 1t he said he'd tTht.
,ow, you must understand that llahatty was
siV fu,t four, AID he had m erNn oS long ~ u
laddrr. SO he went up a. The sROIfd man that
gov him the lessons aud hr said he wanted 10
fight with myueers. Yo never saw a Iaypeer.
did y". 1ipno"