Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-16


q didn't go to tn White
House rayciption," said Mr..
Hennessy pleasantly.
q see We didn't said Mr..
Dooley. "Ye'er arm is not in
a sling. Man an boy, Hin
missy, I've taken nanny a
chanst on me life, but I'd as
lave think iv declarin' tn sin
timints iy me heart in an
Orange meetin' as dhroppin' in
FIR a socyal call at what Hogan
calls tn ixicutive mansion.
That is, if l was a govermint
employee, which 1 amt, havin'
been born wrong.
9Th time was whin a man
lost his job an his heart to tn
prisidint at tn same time. A
reproof was administered to
him with chloryform. He woke
up an rubbed his eyes an says,
where am ~ an tn poisman
says: 'Ye'er in an ash bar'l.'
He come firm tn White House
with tears in his eyes an was
toP he was out iv wurruk. But,
Hinnissy, tn prisint occupant
iv tn White House is hear
tier person. A reproof firm
him is tn same thing as a COM
pound fraction. A .wurrud iv
caution will lay a man up FIR a
week an a severe riprimand
will sind him through life with
a wooden leg.
"'There was me frind, Gin'ral
Miles. No more gallant sojer
liver dhrew his soord to cut
out a patthern FIR a coat thin
Gin'ral Miles. He's hunted tn
Apachy, tn Sioux, tn AIRY
pahoo, tn Comanchee, tn
Congressman, an other saw
ages iv tn plain; he's faced
death an promotion in ivry
form. an no harm come to him
till he whit up tn White
House stairs or maybe twas
till he come down. Anyhow,
Gin'ral Miles was pursoOin' tn
thrue coorse iv a nachral war
ryor an enlightenin' tn
wurruld on tn things he hap
pened to think iv. IT'S what
is ixpicted " him. Wan half
tn pa-apers iv tn country is
edited be Schley an tn other
half be Sampson, an Gin'ral
Miles is contributor to all
iv thin. If We don't read him
We don't know what's goin' on
in tn wurruld. Ivry Sundah
/ pick up me pa-aper an hurry
through tn articles on what's
a suitable Christmas gift fir
tn hired girl who'll pizen tn
soup if she gets three yards iv
calico, be Winnyfeld Scott
Sehley, an what ought to be
done FIR tn Chinee, be Cap.
Mahan, an get down to what
Gin'ral Miles thinks. IT'S al
ways good an full iv meaty
advice. Is Mars inhabited?'
'Th' future iv tn Columbya
river salmon rs white lead
good for the complexion"
what wud l do if 1 had a
millyion dollars an it was SOP
England's supremacy in Co.
chin, China Pink CATERS as
a necessity iv warfare is tn
Umpire shoulders goin' out?'
Waist measurements iv war
riors | have met an so on.
Gin'ral Miles is tn on'y IMAM
out, up an down, catch-as-
catch-can, white, red or black,
with or without, journylist we
have left. On amy subject
firm stove polish to sun wor-
ship, I'd take tn wurrud iv
me frind Gin'ral Miles before
tn man that made tn goods.
"'Twas that got him into
throuble. Wan day afther in
spictin' tn army, Gin'ral Miles
give a chat to wan iv his
fav'rite journals ON what he
thought about tn navy, him
bein' great authority on navy
affairs befure steam come in.
| don't know what tn divvle
he said, an l don't care, FIR
me mind was made up long
ago an itrybody that don't
agree with me is ayetherI a
Schley man or a Sampson man
an little betther thin a thrait-
or or a cow'rd at that. But
anyhow, he give his opinyion
an afther givin' it, he got his
bonnet out, had a goold beater
in to fix up tn epylets, got tn
ilicthric lights goin' in tn but
tons, found th' right pair iv
blue an pink pants, pulled on
tn shoes with tn silver bells,
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