The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-07

difference between him an pack mule
as some might suppose. They,sa PoHero
kickin' thin times from most @ the MN.
But dye liver notice, sir, what . iot Q
complainn' soldier does that he's 10 cali
for? Now you take this hike to-day.
It's powerful hot, and the suns rlgn'
$. ra ;gh, on he back Of livery mans iead,
an his .ha,'s no conshequins i'll previnth
it from gettin' into his brains. 1t surely
does make a man powerful thirsty an
that's where most av thin base a lot av
k!ckin'
But whin We raey come TO think av ut e.
sill, thcy's not SO much call TO KICK abou,
being Thirsty. leas, wise whin they's; goit
man can see that's what's comm this day
if we stick to Ut Fer it's only Win
man S got power av thirst wild him tina,
he's prepared proper to inioy the grand
ricompinse av a full dhrink.
"'Tis a plisure to fill the empty skin,
sir, an the likes av ut I've yet to be findin'
out. Most min ye see have no conciipshpn
av the proper MANN av iakin dhrink,
an it's wathcr now I'm talkin about ar
not beer or amy av Thin things. though
learn. God knows, about all that,
Blu. it's dhrinkin wather that most
min is so ignorant about. Take Ut whih
we're in camp and there's. plinty all the
time an all man has TO do for Ut ID TO turn
up his cup. Yell see min as cant keep
away from Ut half an honr. They re always
dhrinkin, but niver takin a drink, always
sip, sip. sippin', an niver takin the plisure
av a good swallow. .
But whin we're thirsty an can put yer
face on the inside az bucket via plnty
in ut. thin's whin We taste solid injoyment
Thin's whin We can swallow. big ar nnH
like three or four av thin wud made the MI
sv cup, an livery wan We can feel all the
way down.
"Why, a man that nd shtop an, give
n n tbouuht nd kDow ho minute he looked
at ut how to do ut. Take day like this,
whin livery mans a-sweatin' all he can
an the wather'a runnin' out av him az
livery pore. what good I'D We think II ud
do him to take a swallow here an another
by an by?
What I'D We think, sir, av man that I'D
thry to run a locomotive that way, Wild
a bucket at wan station an half a barrel
at another? I'm thinkin' the, master
mechanic wud be havin' job in the round
house.
But that's what most av thin min is
thryin to do No, sir; whin the machine
gets to the watherin' station she fills her
tank, an that's the schame as gives her
the power to run to the next station
We were wearing down the afternoon.
and swinging nearer the bay, and a breeze
that swept in from the sea brought little
relief to the suffering column. Si1smith
shifted his haversack. and noticed big
bunch in one corner. as II II were haoiy
packed -,
-It's the timatoes SIR he said, in re-
Spouse to my question. livery man Eets
a two-pound can, We know. It's powerful
onhandy to carry thin that way. but that .
the foolishness az the Governmint that
buys the round tins in place av havin' thin
packed fat an handy.
Most av the min'll have dhrank theirs
before now, fer they're gran relief from
thirst seem as most av thin is wather
wild little timato t'rown in to give ut the
color But mostly manage to pack mine
stewed up bit wild the bacon an hard
tack
But spakin' av thin bugs in the wather
sir did We niver hear av the we'll the bhoy..
| found at San Fernando the day we chased
| Misther Agginaldo out av that? II wae
| a fine we'll, sir. wild wather sweet as amy
| that nd come from home. an they dhrank
Ut dhry before they found the dead China
| man in the bottom