The independent., 1907-02-07


ear.
did ye read about 1t? Yc didn't?
Well, twas this way. Our fellow
Anglo -Saxons own an island some
where beyant Cuba where they raise
rum, mollasses, ginger. an naygurs
fr tn export thrade. 'Tis firm there
we get th' sturdy blacks that may be
seen amy day smoking cigareets an
playin' cards while diggin' tn Fanny
ma Canal It's a vallyble little Pearl
iv tn Ant Hills, and If England had a
few more iv thin she'd be broke. Well,
tn other day an earthquake come along
an shook it up. 1t must've been
good deal iv a jolt fr almost as NANNY
people were kilt be 1t as die in this
country amy cold day firm. not havin'
good enough shoes. 1t was pretty bad
an we're a good-hearted people at
heart, dye mind, an ivrybody, even
thin unhappy people that can't be sure
they are Anglo Saxons on account iv
their parentage, were in favor iv doin
somethin' fr tn poor creatures.
"Us Anglo SaXonS looked on 1t an
other way. Twas not to nurse TIL in
jured nor feed tn hungry that We
called on tn Prisidint to sind ships TO
Kingston, but twas to bind up tn
wounds in wan iv tn exthremities iv
our Mother Country. TIL Anglo-Sax-
on union invited contributions through
its Chairman, tn Hon. Isaac Guggen-
helm. TIL Prisidint with tears IN his
eyes ordhered Bob Evans to sind some
body else to Jamaica to help our cous-
ins an prove again that blood is stick
Ter than water. He did not think twas
wise to sind Bob Evans himsilf SO soon
afther tn earthquake. Bob Evans
picked out la-ad be tn name iv Davis
an he got together our warships an
rushed off to Kingston.
"'TWas all right. If there was an
Engishman in throuble in tn next
house I'd thry to f'rget what his folks
done to mine, and no wan Wud be
quicker to his bedside thin this Anglo
Saxon. What I'd do to him afther he
got out iv tn hospital might be diff
rent ] have gr-reat feelin' f'r human
suffern' an | don't know that / don't
feel Sorrier f'r an Englishman in throu-
bic thin f'r annyWan else. I've got to
keep firm laughin Besides, if there's
wan use I'd like to put a warship to
1t wud be to make grocery wagon or
an ambulance out iv it. / wish whin
tn Prisidint gets throughusin' tn navy
to relieve foreign dsthress that on'y
feels relieved whin tn navy goes away,
he'd instruct it to sail up tn canal to
Ar-rchey Road prepared to hurl a
broadside iv overcoats, boots, condinsed
milk an flannel bandages at our neigh
borhood Since this cold snap set in
we've been a somewhat sthricken com
muDity Ourselves.
well, away Wint Admiral Davis an
steamed into Kingston Harbor, an as
first aid to tn injured made a search
light display an fired tn customary
salute iv four hundred an eight guns.
1t was arly in tn evenin' an tn Gov
nor havin' issued proclamations re-
levin disthress ontil teatime. was en-
joyin' a well-arned slumber But he
got up at Wanst an rayturned tn,
compliment in tn most gracious terms.
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
9TH Admiral, bein' an Anglo Saxon
firm Boston, where Jawnny Fitz is
Mayor, was moved be this delicate
complimint. an havin' fired another sa
lutte iv two hundred an four guns FIR
tn Goy'nor's sicrety an INSTRUCTED th'
band to play 'Gawd Save TIL King he
wint ashore on his way TO tn rooned
capital he came acrost a boatIoad iy
American citizens takin' refuge firm a
British ship on tn wobbly but more
frindly land. TIL feeln' iv tn native
born Anglo Saxons on boord this ship
toord their cousins was so sthrong an
warm that they wud not permit thin
TO share tn rigors iv life on tn per-
lous waves, with an awful smell iv
cookin comm firm tn galley an nav
thin 10 sleep in but cots No, Sir.
They insisted that they accept tn hos
pitality iv a neighboring dock. Sir Air
Jones even pressin' tn hospitality so
far as TO threaten 10 throw Thin over
board II they didn't lave at wanst.
"Ye may guess. Ellnnlssy. what a
sacrifice our cousins were maxim 10
men an women that they'd niyer met
befure nor hoped 20 meet again. but
that they were bound to thin he Ian
guage common 90 both. though spoken
through dif'rent features iv tn face
F~r tn luxuryous dock was open TO tn
gin'rous sun be day an tn kindly
moon be night. u had nivtr been used
axe.nt fn afpra FonlaWNaW fatFn an gnl~ T