The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-08

~, iters morgue OF narrow.p,n.s
line. Twas sorrowfuI to hear ssuge
tie, dirty general tell the onn. me IL
story OF how he put salt unnp :. oprious
of that reckless and silly hira ~ cue tatl
Laugh, he did. hearty and lor S'aicy
shook with laughin', the blanis, he
rebel and outcast, standin' nec alisced
in bananas, without friends or oos.ep
" All, senor,' he smokers. ~
death would you have laugbed ~ ne
drollest Irish. / say to him. co. O. nat
big mans is need very much IN r one
mala" I will blows strike fo. sua1e
down-pressed country" he COZ vi your
shall you do" I tell him. A., mat
an Irish so comic. He SEQ - u was
break upon the wharf that DoS
Tor the guard few gun, He .1si
there is gun in all the boz D.. 'nE
is all pickax. Yes. All, senior ~. os snat
you the face of that Irish bon. sou'u
wnen they set him to the work.. ''s4
Twas thus the ex-boss of tho
plov~"nt bureau contributed ~ s ~
tedium Of the trip with morr,' le
and anecdote. But now and ~ JESUS
would weep upon the bararaa "
make Grafton about the lost can.a ~
liberty and the mule. '' u
twas a pleasant sound whom a.
steamer bumped against the nj. 'Ie
New Orleans. Pretty soon wa -. ~
the pat-a-pat of hundreds Of bara a
and the Dago gang that unload, =,
fruit jumped on the deck and Sou .e
into the hold. Me and the gens.a,
worked a while at passin' IN ~
punches, and they thought We ~.
part OF the gang. After about half a.
hour we managed to slip off the stoor
er onto the wharf.
Twas a great honor on the h,,a.
OF an obscure Clancy, havin, tbo
tertainment of the Representative !,
a great foreign filibusterin' power ,
first bought for the general and nv
self many 1"~~ drinks and thinpa !,
eat that were not bananas. The gon
eral man trotted along at NV Sida
leavin' all the arrangements tn M
l led him up to Lafayette Square and
set him on bench in the little narL
Cigarettes had bought for him and
he bumped himself down on the cool
like a little, fat, contented boho
look him over as he sets there, and
what 1 see pleases me. Brown nv
nature and instinct, he is now brin.
died with dirt and dust. Praise
to the mule, his clothes is mostly
strings and flaps. Yes, the looks Of
the general man is agreeable to
Clancy.
Il told him not to move from thu
bench, and then I went up to the cor.
ner of Poydras and Carondelet. ALONG
there is O'Hara's beat. In five min.
utes along comes O'Hara, a big, fine
man, red-faced, with shinin' buttons
swingin' his club.
"Ts 5046 workin' yet, Danny? say:
I, walkin' up to him.
Overtime says O'Iara, lookin'
over me suspicious. Want some Of
it% e..
"Fifty-forty-six is the celebrated city
ordinance authorizin' arrest, conVic
ton and Imprisonment of persons that
succeed in concealin' their other
crimes from the police.
Don't We know Jimmy Clancy?
says l.. 'Ye spink-gilled monster!' So
when O'Hara recognized me beneath
the scandalous exterior bestowed upon
me by the tropics, l backed him into
a doorway and told him what want
ed, and why I wanted it. All right
Jimmy says O'Hara. Go back and
hold the bench. I'll be along in ten
minutes
SIN that time O'Hara strolled
through Lafayette Square and spied
two Weary Willies disgracin' one oil
the benches. In ten minutes more J.
Clancy and General De Vega, late can
didate for the presidency of Guate
mala, was in the station house. The
general is badly frightened, and calls
upon me to proclaim his distinguish
ments and rank.
1.-THE man. says I to the police,
used to be railroad man. He's on the
bum, now, 'Tis little bughouse ne is
on account of losin' his job
'Carrambos!' says the general NJ
zin' like a little soda-water fountain
you fought, senior, with my forces ID
my native country. Why do you say
the lies? You shall say am the Gen
eral De Vega, one soldier, one cabaf
| Iero-'
'Railroader,' says I, again. On the
hog. No good. Been Twin for three
days on stolen bananas. Look at MN
Amt that enough?
twenty-five collars or sixty DAYS
was what the recorder gave the gen
eral. He didn't have a cent, SO ne
took the time. They let me go, as
knew they would. for had money y
show, and O'Hara knew me. Siav
days. Twas just so long l slung ples
for the great country OF Kam-oi
Guatemala"
Clancy paused. There was a iooh u
happy content on his deeply sunDuin
ed face.
Would you just step AROUND .II
corner a minute with me-" he asAeu.