The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-23

Says tn HISTORIAN: tn conduck iv
Schley durin' tn campaign was such
as to bring tn bright blush iv shame
to ivry man on tn payroll w our be-
loved country. IT'S we'll known that
whin ordhered be tn gallant Jawn D.
Long to lave Hampton Roads, he
thried to jump overheard an swim
ashore. He was chloryformed an KEEP
undher tn matches till tn ship was off
tn coast Nv Floridy.
Whin he come to, he tainted at tn
sight iv Spanish ditchnry an whIn
midshipman whit by with a box Nv
CASTLE soap. he fell on tn deck writh-
in in fear an exclaimed: TIL war is
over. I'm shot
off Cyenfoogoose he see a starvin.
reconcenthrado on tn shore an cried
out: There's Cerveera. Tell him to
come on boord an accept me soord.'
He was knocked down be beIayin'
pin in tn hands iv tn gunner's mate
an carried to Sandago. Whin tn catiff
wretch an caw'rd see brave Ceveera
comm out iv tn harbor he r-run up
tn signal: Cease firm, I'm a prison.
err
OWN to tn profanity iy dauntless
Bob Ivans, which was arisin' in a dark
purple column at tn time, Cerveera
attimpted to r-run away. TIL Ameri-
can Admiral followed him like the cow
ard he was, describin' loop that I'd
dhraw FIR We if tn head oookkeeper'd
lind me pencil, an rammin' tn To-
way, tn Massachusetts an tn Ore
gon.
His face was fred with fear an
he cried in voice that cud be heerd
tn length Nv tn ship: He don't see
h ca
I'm done. / quit. I'm all in. Come in
Come an take me soord an cut off me
buttons. Boys, fire few iv thin eight
inch shells an atthract his attention.
That was good wan. Give him some
more. R-run alongside an ram him if
nicisary. Rake him fore an aft. There
goes his biler. Now, perhaps he'll take
notice. Great hivins, were lost! He's
sinkin' before we can surrinder. Get
out me divin' SCOT, boys, an I'll go
afther him an capitulate. Oh, war is
a tur-rble thing!
{ II have attimpted to be fair with
Admiral Schley. If I'm not, it's his
own fault an mine. I can on'y add
that it's tn opinyion iv all tn boys In
tn store that he ought to be hanged
drawn, quarthered. burnt at tn stake
an billed in oil as a catiff. cow'rd an
thraitor.
L
States that me frind Sampson come
back at tn fright moment an with g
few well-directed wurruds to a lilly
graft operator secured tn victhry. Oh
Loop-th' loops was found lynn head
first in a coal bunker an whin pulled
out be tn legs, exclaimed Emanuel
don't shoot me. I'm a Spanish spy II
disgeese.'
so they've arristed SchIey. AS soor
as tn book come out the sicrety iv tn
navy issued a warrant again him
chargin' him with victhry, an he's go
in to stand thrile FIR it. l don't know
what tn punishment is, but it's some
thin hard FIR tn offinse is onusu'l
They're sure to bounce him. an mayb
they'll give his job to Cerveera.
CAS- far as 1 can see. Hinnissy, an
cud see as far as me fellow vithral
Maclay an some nine hundred mile
farther, Emanuel Is tn on'y wan tina
come out iv that battle with honor
Whin Schley was thryin' to give up tn
ship, he was alongside 1t on a stagin
maxim dents in tn armor plate witt
a pick ak, Sampson was off writin' let
tiers to himsilf an Bob Ivans was lock
ed in a connin' tower with a life pray
sarvar buckled around his waist.
Noble OF Cerveera done nawthin' t
, disgrace his flag. He los his ships ar
his men an his biler an ivrything ex
cept his ripytation. He saved that b
bein' a good swimmer an not bein' a
officer iv tn United States navy"
81 shud think Schley'd thry al
{ prove an allybi,' Mr.. Hennessey sug
, gested pleasantly.
, HE can't" said Dooley. His frin
SIMPSONS got that"