The Washington times., 1906-08-12


lie bring away. CaFrambos! what d
devils animal was thar mule, senior!
Like ships in one storm was / ripped
away with the thorns and vines. Upon
the bark OF a hundred trees ul4 tlaL
beast OF the Internal bump, and cause
outrage 10 the legs Of mime. Ia the
nignt 10 Port BaTTiOs ] came. dis
possess myself OF that mountain OK
mule and hasten along the water
shore. / find a little boat 20 be tied.
/ launch myself and rOw % the steam
er. / cannot see any mans Ola bo2rdi 30
/ climb one rope which AauE az the
Slde, 4 tAeu myFelf H4ae iH tAe pai4 anus
Surely. I say. II the ship captains
view me they shall throw ne again
"a those Guatemala. Those Things are
not good Guatemala VIII shoot Cen
eraI De Vega. IHfTefoTe 4 am nlde
and remain silent. i.lse Itself is glQri-
GUS. Liberty II is pretty good. hut 50
good as life ] do not lunh-
Three days. as ! said, eas tAs TIP
10 New Orleans. The general luaA aha
me got 40 Du cfnliea ut tne nerpeHL
dye Bananas Ne ate until they vert
distasteful 20 ihe sight ana an eyesore
20 the palate, bat To- bananas alone
was the bill Of fare red d1cea.
The second day Out Ae #as Ieelln
pretty brassy ana qppiaA tof z 5,is- ~
away consplrat0r that owed his exist
euee 90 a mule aua atvFr5s bananas Fie
was telllu' me about the great ran
road he had been 0uiidln', ana ne re-
"a
about a fool Irishman he lAVe4steu
from New Orleans 10 sling a PICK on ms
little morEue Of narrow sauEe Lile'
Twas sOTrUWtul 10 near tAe Atlle'
dirty general tell the ODpTobrious story
or how he put sait upon lilv tslll oL
that reckless and silly Dirds Clancy
Laugh, bee did hearty ana long. ne
shook with laugniu, me biack Ll5Ieu
rebel ANA Uutcast, staudln neOh-uccp
iu bananas. without friends or country.
" All. s,ulT he smokers, 70 LHo
death you'd yul have lal6Aed az ti-A-
drJllest Irish. 1 say % HIM strong
bg ul4ls IS need very much IN Eua-r-
Eala. 20 WllI blows strike Tor Ag-L
COW eel pressed country, ne say. ma
shall goa ls. I tell him. An. II Was
au 4rl-u 80 comic. lie see one DJA
break upon tile wharf that contain Lot
the guard a few gun. de think thefS
Is gun 30 AL the box. But that is a.
pickaX. Yes. All seuOr, could you th1
face OF that Irish have seen When Jney
. Twas thus the ez-boss OF the en-
pl0ymeuJ bureau contributed TO tA9
tedium Of the trip with merry 9esls ana
duecdOte. Bur now ana lneA ne "ol41
weep upon the bananas and make ora
JlOu about the lost cause OF hDsF'y
and the mule.
Twas a pleasant sound when The
steamer bumped against the pier ~
New Orleans. Pretty soon We AeaFa
the pat-a-pat Of hundreds on pare Lerl5
fruit jumped on the deck and down INTO
the hold Ne and IN general worked
q while al passln up the BuhcAee, a.-1
they thought We were part OF lAr
gang. After about halI aA hoLF n
managed 90 slip OF The steamer onto
the wharf
Twas a great honor On the hands
af an obscure Clancy. haVil' the e-i-
teTtalnment of the representative OF 2
great foreign ulDlsLeFlu power
arst bought f0I the general and my
self many long drinks and tA!ngs %
eat that were not bananas -.lr gen
eFai man IrOtJed along Al my sllts
leaViu an tie HTFau gements 20 me-
lea him up 10 LafaEeLte square. ana
set him on a bench lu t-e ltls park
Cigarettes ] had bought teT ---n. all1
he bumped himself down ul tne se--
Ike Il little far. Clltlulc1 hobo /
look him over as ae SEES .avFe. --'1
what ] See pl-as1s me- Brown ls
nature and instinct Le Is lIH .Tl---r4
with dirt and dust Praise Il MS 4lalE4
his clothes Is mostly .lEs Ana -a-s-
Yes. tho looks ~ the =----l-- man ~
agreeable 20 Clancy.
II asks him. delicate. i- ly any
chance. ne brought assay -- aals
money With him from l.a. -.-l---t- ne
sighs and humps his shoulders against
Tl- bench. \yl "a cent --.- -------
Maybe ac tells me- some lt lls friends
iu the trppIc 1utll Wlli send ---A -----s
later The general was rs clear q case
OF u0 visible means as ] ever saw
Il told him nor To move --9A --to
bench. and then / went up TO the cor
uar 0i PoEdrds aud llr9Il--rt Along
there IS o. Hara 4a-z in uEe MIN
utes along comes % llara, q Dig. me
man. Tal-.actl. With Sllutl. buttons.
,sygirgln- bis elE1. TEullL be a fine
taug f1l Guatemala TO move into
J'Ha-l s. precinct IW.H-l -r q me
biz af recreation for haaug -o suppress
revolutions ana -urislu. once oE twice
"a weEN WITH his club
rs $50 wuTkiu' get. Danny says L
wa.hlu up }n him.
.t Overtime SAYS % Iara, ll0kn. over
nae suspicious hh ant some W II
-FitIt-turty-S.z l- taa celebrated ctty
ordinance auil8rtZ.u arrest. cJlEic-
ton. and imprisonment OF persons that
succeed iu CHncealu their otLeF crimes
from tH= police
Don't ye know Jimmy Clancyr
says J. Ae pmh-sIilel monster. so
when D'Hara recognized me beneath
thr scaudaI0us exterior bestowed upoa
me by the tropics ! backed MN into d
doorway and told nina what l want %.
and why ] wanted H. All right JIM
ms, says % ItarI- 40 BACK ana n9-d
the bench. I'll ue along in ten min
in that time O'Hara strolled
through Lafayette square ana spled
two Weary Millrs uisgracln onc or
the benches. In ten minutes ore y.
Clancy and General DE Vega late
candidate Tor the presidency or Gaule-
mala. was in the station house The
general Is badly frightened, and calls
uu0L me 10 proclaim his Qlstlug llsu-
WeutS and rank
" The man. says I. 20 the police.
used 10 be "a railroad man. He s on
the bum now. Iis Little DuBH0uso
he IS uu account OF l0s.u' his job.
'CaIramhOs| says the general. NJ
4in' Ike a little saltwater fountain,
YOU fought. senior, with my forces III
my niJVe country hy do you say
the lies: You shall say ] am the Cen
eFal DE Vega. one soldier one -aoal-
.Railroader.' says 7. again. ON
the hog. No good Been living. for
three days on stolen bananas. Look at
him Amt that euougnS
"TWenty-nve dollars, OF sixty days,
was what ne recorder glE- lie gem
eral lie didn't have cent, 50 he took
the time They let me go. as l knew
they would. for I had money 10 show,
and O'Hdra knew me. sixty days.
Twas just so long | siuus a pick for
the great country of ham-of Guate-
uala.'
clancy paused There was a look OF
happy content on his deeply sunbuTned
face.
Would You just step around the
corner q minute with me2' he asked.
"If We don't mind. III walk with ys
there. and show ye Exhibit A. go
around there myself, every ten min
utcs, % look at il. and the time 3
about mp now.
walked with him to the corner
or T-rS11lfnpg and down the street q