Arizona republican., 1907-02-06

MIR. DOOkEY ON SIR ALECK
BY r. p. DUNE
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well. Sir" said Mr.. Doofey, "a hand
acrost tn sea has been extended TO us
! Did we read about II? We didn't?
Wen. twas this way Our fellow An
I glO SaXons own an island somewhere
, began Cuba where they raise rum.
, mollasses. ginger. an naygurs fr tn
export thrade. IT'S firm here we get
tn sthurdy blacks that may be seen
amy day smoking cigareets an playin'
cards while diggin' tn Pannyma Canal.
It's n vallyable little Pearl iv tn Ant
Hills. and If England haze few more
, iv thin she'd he broke. Well. tn other
day an earthquake came adong an
shook ii up. Ii must've been a good
deal iv Jolt fr almost as NANNY peo-
pie were kilt be it as die, in this count
thry amy cold day fr'm not havin'
good enough shoes. 1t was pretty bad.
an were a good hearted people at
heart. dye mind an Wrybody, even
thin unhappy Anglo Saxons on ac-
count iv their parentage. were in favor
" dOin' somethin' fr IN poor crea-
lures.
us Anglo SaXons looked on it an
other way. Twas not 20 nurse tn in
jured nor feed tn hungry that we call
| ed on tn Presidint 10 sind ships to
II Kingston, but twas 10 bind up tn
wounds in wan iv tn exthremities iv
our Mother Country. TIL Anglo
Saxon union invited contributions
i through its Chairman tn Hon. Isaac
I Guggenheim. The Prisidint with tears
in his eyes ordered Fob Evans to sind
somebody else to Jansaica to help our
. Cousins "a ha So.
stickier than water. He did not think
it was wise to sind Rob Evans himsilf
SO soon afther tn earthquake. Bob
I Evans picked out a 'a-ad be tn name
/ iv Davis. an ne got together our war
/ ships an rushed off To Kingston
/ Twas all right II there was an En-
glishman in throuble in tn next house
] I'd thry To rrget what his folks done
/ To mine. an no wan wud be quicker To
/ his bedside thin This Anglo Saxon.
What l might do t. him afther ne got
out iv tn hospital might be aifrrent. 1
/ have great feelin' fr human suffer-
/ in, an ! don't know that | don't feel
sorrier rr an Englishman in throuble
. thin IT annywan else. I've got to keep
J firm laughin'. e-ides. If there's wan
use Ia like To put a warship TO it wud
be To make a grocery wagon or an
, ambulance out iv f. I wish whin IN
Prisidint gets through usin' tn navy To
relieve foreign diSthress that on'y feels
relieved whin tn navy goes away he'd
instruct il TO sail up tn canal TO Ar
rchey Road prepared to hurl a broad
side " oyerCOats. boots. condinsed
milk. an flannel bandages at our J
neighborhood. Since this cold snap
set in we've been somewhat sthrick- /
en- community Ourselves.
We'll. away Nint Admiral Davis an /
steamed into Kingston HarbOr. an as .
first aid to tn injured made .
searchlight display an fired tn Gus
toinary salute iv four hundred an
eight guns II was early in tn aveniu'
an tn Gov'nog havin' issued prOcla-
nations refrCv'n disthress -ontil tea
time, was enjoyin' a well-arned SUM
Der. But he got Up at wanst an ray
turned tn compiimint in tn most gra-
c!ous term. He wrote a note to tn
Admiral as follows: shut up ye'er
darn guns an get out iv here. Ye
make my head ache
TIL Admiral. bein' an AnglO-Saxon
firm Boston. where Jawnny Fitz is
cate complainant an havin' fired an
other salute iv two hundred an four
guns fr tn Goy'nors sicrety an in
sthructed tn band to play 'Gawd Save
tn King hc whit ashore on his way
To tn roonad capital ne came acrost
boatload iv American citizens takIn'
refuge firm a British ship on tn wob-
bly, but more frindly land TIL feelin'
iv tn native born Anglo axons on
boord this ship toord their cousins was
so sthrong an warm that they wud not
not permit tnim To share tn rigors IL
life on III. perlOus waves. with an aw-
full smell " cOokn' comm firm tn gal
ley an nawthin' To sleep in but cots
No. Sir They insisted that they ac-
cept tn hospitality iv a neighboring
dock. Sir All Jones even pressin' tn
hospitality so far as TO threaten TO
throw him overheard if they didn't lave
at wanst. l.
Ye may guess. Hinnissy. what a
sacrifice our cousins We're maxim to
men an women that they'd niver met
befure nor hoped To meet again. but
that We're bound to thin be a langu-
age common to both. though spoken
through different features iv tn face
FIR tn LUXURIOUS dock was open To tn
gin'rpUs sun be day an tn kindly
moon be night. it had niver been used
except To store molasses, rum. an col
ored gintlemen, an twas swept be
ocean breeZes always, be tn ignoble
broom seldom. our fellow citizens
We're SO much gratified be this almost
overwhelming outburst iv hearty old
English hospitality that they passed
resolutions askin' tn United States
Governmint to land supplies in King
ston be inclosin' thin in twelve-inch
shells an shoOtin' thin at tn Gov'nor's
palace
9Th Admiral pro- ceeded on shore
an wint to make an officyal call on tn
Gov'nor. TIL RECEPTION was charack-
teristic " that old-fashioned good
cheer that commerce an tn greed iv
Americans is desthroyin.' TIL Admiral
was allowed to stand in tn outside Of
flee rr as long a time as he wanted.
Thin Il ruddy. janial face appeared at
tn dure an says: james. tell him I've
gone away to stay till nineteen hun
dherd an eight
Here. Hinnissy. I'd like to read We