Evening star., 1909-07-18


he answered. Il won't ferset. Whenever
find things gittin' hot, / II send yer er wire, old
patriot, and YOU kin give en- er bit er fright,
Teach EN- er lesson! Twill sarve en- right
Yer win my heart by ther way yer speak.
Whv you d end all fightin within er week and
furrin nations would quickly fer ther dove
peace, when they heard er you"
WE jumped erong like lightnn' creased.
~ Not er fin give out, not cr tail ceased ter
keep in time Bv eight CT clock could see ther
lights of er New York block BY eght-hfteen
they had pulled us clear ter Vineyard Sound.
may say right here that went so fast its my
berlief, ther lightship fellers on Handkerchief
didn't see pass; but thar news It leaks that
ther swell we left made EN- sick fer weeks.
Their tarnal tribe they sent ther ship like er
fast express by Pollock Rip! Down in ther
cabin where we sot, ther plank1n grew SO
blamed hot, ercount er friction shown there,
we went ter ther deck ter git ther air.
At last old Thatchcrs hove in view. We had
mapped it out jest what ter do, and swung ter
port, until at last we leisurcly turned in ter cast
our bhnkers on ther place he sought. Jest then
ther gallant Goldfish, fraueht with admiration
fer ther man, sort er jarnboree began.
They gut in line, fer they warnt erfraid.
formed fer big torchlieht perade. Their phos
pheI escence they burned that night. Evry
fish, with his tail erlIght, clrcled erbout ther
Lucy p, cheerin' fer Taft. That's fine!" says
he. Electric eels let out er glow. Looked like
dock and scupin tried ter git more glow frum
ther runnin' tide, so that he might have ther
benerft OF seein ther place with ther light on it.
TOOK him ershore, and he looked Ground.
over theT house and thcr piece er ground.
Sorter putin my brain ter kinks, when he
spoke er havn been told er links; fer | opined
that he meant er chain, until he started ter
Jest explain that he liked ter run up er Coffin
score. bang at er marble and holler Fore"
"a nd hxyf f1arn 10 I
had ter laugh; fer durn my hide if he didn't
think balls would be lost! Knew that ther
fishes at any cost would be on hand if ther tide
warn't slack. ter ter it that he gut 'em back.
Jest told him SO. Had him comprehend that
ther fish regarded him as er friend And he
says. Cap Hake. this place will do. Their
thanks Of ther nation should be yer due fer
bringin me all ther way ter see what sort of er
place was Beverly Over thar, when | come
ergcn will be ther deadine fer Congressmen
who try ter storm my cool retreat. I'll have er
spyglass ter watch ther street. Their office
seeker who comes Ground will be escorted down
underground ter ther tier er cells that will hold
ern fast TIL my beach soiournin' is done at last
IN have er tower where kin get whenever
ther pretty suffragette comes troopin' here de-
nandin' rights. They may visit bv thcr
way er kites or aeroplanes; but I'll let 'em see
not one of EN- steals er march on mel
V/E reached ther schooner Their Goldfish
team were waitin' fer us They gut up
steam and took US south at er fearful rate
Never lad heard er such gait! At times we
like er fiyin' fish, then rode ther waves as
er skirn.nin' dish And we put him erboard his
ship next morn, jest half an hour before ther
dawn.
We swung lonsside in er bank er mist. SO
thick yer couldn't see hand er fist Their ladder
bent as he reached ther port. Cap" he whis-
pcrcd twas right good sport. Won't fergit
my trip ter sea. Had Theodore been erlong
with me, he'd had yer tote him over thar ter
sight Morbasa in African. Goodnight, old
friend frum ther fishin' banks! Yer have my
war-nest regards and thanks
Their cruiser big had all night bore erpon her
course. No one was sore erbout ther slight
derlay they had, though all of 'em were mighty
glad thcr President. as on she crcpt, had MANY
hours oversight, which give 'em time ter try ter
rarn jest what had showed ther craft erst' arm.
Yet none of em did ever dream twas due ter
my great Goldfish team.
That's why | writ ter old ID. c. Their Pres-
dent has offered me mighty hefty place. yer
know; jest rendered portfolio, which | ac
cept. AT Beverly this summer my great En-
bassy will he this craft. I'm named by him
Ambassador ter Things That Swim"
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