The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-06
UNCLE MINGo ON THE VERDICT.
The Old Man Knows What the PeO-
pie Are Going TO DO.
By William TayloryWilliams.

By William TaylorNWilliams.
! AS Uncle Mingo entered the restau-
rant for breakfast the morning after
! the announcement of the verdict of the
! Schley court his face had a defiant
look.
"Well. Uncle said the waiter, "wot
does you tnk bout de werdic cen de
| Schley case?''
Don't talk to me bout dat business,
said Uncle Mingo, hotly. Il done loss
patience wild dem fellers. wy, dey
seems to tink de balance o. de people
amt got no sense, none tall, nohow.
| use to tink high OBJ Sampson, cause
he been so kin an genrous to Schley
after de battle; he knowed Schley an
| his mems was tired, so he reliebed EN-
| from de job oh removin' dc wallybles
on de ships wot dey had done sink to
a place OBJ safety. An den he taken
so much trouble to hab de shot marks
all paint out so nice an clean off'n
schley ship befo' de big parade"
"Wot you s'pose dey goin' to do
now"
dc Lord knows: deres no tellin'
bout dem fellers But I knows VERY
well wot de people is goin to do, cause
seen it cen dream las night.
Il dream / been cen a strange coun-
try, an / folIer de crowd cen big
hall. De fellers was settin all roun
cen rows, an cen de middle was lit
tie bal head chap, benin kin o pull
pit Dey was pretty much all a shak-
in DER arms an talkin' an shoutin';
but / couldn't unnerstan a ting. So |
turn to a Teller by me, an AK wot 1t
was all about.
IVY, he say, 'deys tallIin' bout de
war wild America
80 indeed, says l, an how's dey
gittin' on?"
Well he says, we has a bunch OBJ
| our ships hide away cen a secluded
place an it pears like de 'Mericans is
| sendin' a fleet to fin em an sink EN-.
AN amt dey scaid?' | AK him.
40 no, not at ALL he say. You see,
| de fleet is cen comman OF tree fellers
name Sampson an Ramsey an Ben
| ham; an dem fellers is always so busy
studyin' ole orders an waitin for new
| instruction bout who shill shoot fus'
| an wedder to shoot from de front en-
| or de tail en- or from de side en-, an
keepin' up defective blockade an
| specially awoidin' loops an SIGH, dat
we is quite confident our ships kin
| contrive to steal pass an git away
"Jis den telegraph boy come cen,
| an han message to de baP-head man
| at de pulpit. He read it out, an gee
maneddy / nebber see SIGH COM
| motion an confugion sence 1 born.
"'Wot's de trouble now? l ak de
| Teller. He was wife as a sheet.
"'Trouble nough,' he say. Dat boy
has jes bring a telegram from de Sc
cret spy cen America. 1t say dere
| has been great uprisin' 'mongst de
'Merican people: dey has kicked clean
| out de traces an ober de dashbode.
| DeY has done gone an fired de whole
shootin match; an Std O. putin de
fleet cen comman OBJ de tree fellers 1
has mention, dey has put it cen charge
| oh dem two debbils, Dewey an Schley.
| Dey say dem fellers amt so much on
| wastin' time studyin' ober ole orders
wot dey fin impossible to carry out, but
wen it come to sendin' udder peoples
ships to de bottom. dey is particular
| hell.
"'Our gubberment is hurryin' all it
kin to try an git a s'ply O divin' suits
| to de mems cen time
Uncle" said the waiter earnestly as
| the old man came to a pause. you
/ ought to go right away to Washing
| ton. an tell dat to de President. Dat
| amt no ordinary nonsense dream; you
| sho' has got de correc' idee down fine"
81 would" said Uncle Mingo. IF
| only had de price OBJ return ticket an
| back. Howsomebber. to-morrer maybe
| III git me q ole tomotter can an start
| out any how"