The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-16
THE SCRAP DELAYED
NE\ERWINSkI is STICKING TO
FRENCH WATER
He Is Filling Up With Coal and Coco
Grub and Dodging Togo-From
Our Special Correspondent

There is not much to tell now except
TO repeat the old story which has been
worn into frazzles. When | advised
You week ago from this scene far far
away, the indications were favorable for
a first class scrap. but there has been
nothing doing, simply because Not
goodenough and Rojeneverwinski have
been sticking to their holes in the
French territorial limits of the sea and
have only strayed short distance and
run back to cover with all colors to the
breeze.
1t appears that the Russians are de-
cidedly Frenchy in their water which is
as plentiful here as you said it is at
home, with rainfall of two Or three
inches every day Without any proof
or endeavor at calculation, there is
more water here than whiskey as there
| is at this time in North Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Texas. Perhaps if Not
goodenough and his partnerin-chief,
Neverwinski for short, had little
stimulation under their belt they would
not hesitate to go forth and conquer.
and ere this would have wiped Togo off
| the face of the earth, or words to that
effect, or would have persisted in the
attempt, but the more | see of Never
winksi and tgoodenough the more I
am convinced that it is the determina-
ton of these two gallant Tars so
Called to not go and hunt Togo.
There have been whispers from the
sea about Togos whereabouts, but as
the messages are in Japanese hero
glyphics and can be interpreted correct
| ly only by the Hi-Muckee- Muck in
charge of the wireless Office, we must
guess at random and surmise as best we
can. To the man up the tree it is as
clear as a cloudness sky at sunrise that
| the Russians are bent on grandstand
play, but you can bet your boots that
whenever they get out of French waters
and tackle the Japs that Togo will strike
home run and land every son-of-a-
gun-of-em without flicker
The latest report is that an early bat
tie is to be fought, but will await the
echo of the booming guns before | be-
lieve it, The latest and most positive
advice is that Neverwinski and Not.
lgoodenough show no disposition to go
out of French waters. There were
thirteen Russians ships yesterday at
Cape Varella. which you will find on
the map The French have made great
pretense of getting up their Irish be-
cause Toxic has charged that they have
been affording aid and comfort to the
enemy whereupon the French, in their
Frenchy style, have so to speak, defed
the allegations and are about to chal
lenge the alegators, but Toxic infinitely
stands to the letter of the law and the
details of the circumstances, while the
French are giving the most cordial as
surances of their friendly attitude in re-
spect to the observance of what is called
neutrality Neverwinski has been hav
ing feast of coal and of good grub
as we'll as scraping the bugs and the
barnacles from under his ships which
are not of the kind political we have in
Louisiana who never weary of sticking
to the ship of State-in United States
feeding at the public crib and fattening
as pigs ina clover patch, etc.
| also hear that Oyama is about to
jump on Uncle Line and get him in a |
box. Oyama, as you all know, is no
small potato and few in the hill, but a
regular plum pudding filled with rails
ns and rich sauce. He has his eye on
Vladovostok which he may take in his
net, but we must have patience and in
the meantime while conjecturing the re-
suits which may be summarized in the |
glorious licking of Neverwinski and
Notgoodenough at sea and the annihi- |
lation of your Uncle Line on land. And
then we may join in the refrain of the |
old songs when the war is over or the |
Georgia gal who's sweeter than sor-
ghum moIasses. In the meantime love
me little, but love me long. Goodbye. |
my honey, goodbye
N. B.-Togo is out of sight but is |
keeping his eyes we'll peeled on Never
winski. am now on the rear where |
Twill stick. This distance which lends |
|enchantment to the view. / am now
fully fifteen miles from the reach Of
bullets.