The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-31
UNCLE MINeo ON THE BoERS.

Il always seem to notice" remarked
the waiter. dat wen dey hol meet
ms bout helpin de Bo's, it's mos 'ly
de Democrats. wy is dat. uncle?"
wy, OATS easy" said Uncle Mingo;
you see. de Republicans is President
now, an cose de Democrats wants to
worry dem all dey kin; so dey keep
on sayin, Yah. wy don't you go an
help dem po' Republican Bo's ober cen
Afriky?' If de Democrats was Presi-
dent, it you'd be de Republicans all de
time holdin meetin's an sayin'. Fur
dermo, we condemns de hypocrite par
ty cen power for not dom nothin' to
help dem po' Democrat Bo's who is
strugglin' for liberty ober yander.'"
witch side is you on, Uncle?" asked
the waiter.
WELL" said Uncle Mingo Il have al
ways been for de Bo's, a little Teller
fghtin' for his own home again big
Teller. But cose l dunno nothin' bout
de rights an lef's OBJ de case, an here
lately l has been comm roun' to de
pint OBJ view OBJ de Honable Sir John
Hay, Washington, D. c. You know, l
can't help pullin' for de under dog cen
de fight.
Il feels a good deal like Dolly Ray.
De udder day De Wet lef' his koppidge
an gone ober to Dolly Rays crawl. lie
fin Dolly sittin down, cryin' an weep
in mos pitiful. wy, hello, Deli he
say. 'Wot's de matter. ole fel? Sholy
de las lickin our ole mudder Bingham
glib you nebber hurt you as bad as
dat?' Oats jis it, say Dolly, brokln'
out fresh; wen l see how weak an
feeble de po' old lady's arm is gittin'.
can't help feelin' sad!' "
"Dey does take a mighty long time
to en- de war" said the waiter.
For de matter o. dat" said Uncle
Mingo, "de English say de war has
been ober for mo- den year, but dem
blame fool Bos amt got sense 'nough
to know it. Dey say dere wasn't no
mo- den bout forty tousan' oh dem at
fus'; now. dey say, we has kill bout
twenty-five tousan, an ship off tirty-
six tousan': derefo, dey say, we don't
tink dere kin be much mo- dan fifty
tousan' O. dem lef'. Now, dey say, de
few wot's lef' don't tote fair a-tall
a-tall We is trouble now, dey say,
wild de same ting we had to conten'
wild cen Car'lina endurin' de rebberlu-
tionarY war, an we don't like no SIGH
gorilla fightin' like dat, dey say"
DE Bo's does seem to hab a way o.
bobbin' up mos unexpected" said the
waiter.
so dey has" said Uncle Mingo."
an dat is wot de English objec's TO so
pinted; dey say its VERY exasperatin'.
Look at dat case de udder night. Twas
midnight; cen his guarded tent, me
lud was dreamin' OBJ de hour, Wen De-
Wet, his back wild ole age bent, should
trimble at his power. Bang! Bang!
De awful cry arose, To arms! Dey
comes! De Bos! De Bo's!"
"Wot follered," continued Uncle Min
CO. "baffie all CONSUMPTION. De fight
in was fas' and furious, an high
above de din O. battle could be heard
de dreadful skreeks oh de lead an
dyin'. But wuss was to come. All OBJ
a sudden cry an hub
bub was heard witch caused
de stoutes hearts to turn quail, an
also made de hair rise on top de heads
oh de mos ball-headed. De mules had
broke loose! 1t was only too true. De
mule, de meek, de mil, de patient, de
long-sufferin' long-ear 'Merica mule
had git his dander up, an was on de
rampage"
Didn't dey hab de proper kin o.
people cen charger" asked the waiter
excitedly.
mo, dey didn't" said Uncle Mingo;
"dey nebber seem to realize de impor-
lance OBJ dat item, witch edible body
know it take a niger to manage a
mule right an OATS wot dey got.
Cose, after de mules git to kickin' an
else to do but to cut an run. So dey
cut an run, an lef' ali deer baggage
an one ting anudder cen de hans OBJ
de Bo's. De Bo's succeeded cen cap
turin six pianys, eight Origins, seben
ottermobiles, an two hundred an fif-
teen case O. Californy champagne,
sides udder useful ammunitions O. war
too numerous to mention"
Gee dat was a good haul" ex-
claimed the waiter; did dey repote
how much mems was kill cen de fight?"
80 fur as l has been able to larn,"
said Uncle Mingo, only partially, up
to de present time. De only 'f1cial re-
pote l has yet seen was de one sent
home by me lud de mex day. 1t say:
Las ebenin' we camped cen de wicin-
ity of Schwartzmeister's lager, witch
de mems was feelin' cen need OBJ SIGH
. neighborhood. an also hopin' to
fin few stragglin' Bo's. At
11:5S o. m. we was attack by a large
fo'ce an wake up to see we was sur
roun by f1be or six tousan' OBJ de enc
my Dey offered VERY stubborn re-
sistance, an not ontell we had killed
eight hundred an sebenty-one an
six could we succeed cen putin dem
to fight. No accurate repote is yet
possible regardin' de few casualties on
our side, on account OBJ de darkness
an udder difficulties. We finally got
dem on de run. an we KEEP up de
chase for mo- dan TO hours. We foun'
it little fatigin,' de repote say. but
we couldn't 'fode to stop no sooner,
cause edible time we could git chance
to look benin dey was a runnin yet.
We would mos likely be keepin' UP de
chase till vet say de repote, but de
Dos stop at las, an cen dat way sue
coed en- eludin our pursuit an gittin'
away"
"Hooray" said the waiter; bully
for dem! But after all, Uncle, does you
tink dere is any chance for dis coun-
try to do anything to help de BOSE"
20 yes" said Uncle, Mingo "a
whole lot cen de way OBJ talkin' an
meetin' an affordin' udder SIGH wally-
BILE suppote. But udderwise, is RAIDER
incline to spec it will depen' a good
deal on how much mo- mules we has
got to sell"