Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-01

MS htLIe morSue Oh narrow-ear..
line. Twas sorrowful to hear tb HsI 81
tie. dirty general tell the opprohria %
story Of how he put salt upon tho wv
Of that reckless and silly bird, Clon'a
Laugh, he did, hearty and lonr "
shook with laughir', the black.s,aass
rebel and outcast, standin' neckdosNV
in bananas, without friends or connt'a
".Ah, senor,' he smokers, TO ~,
death would you have laughed at ~,
drollest Irish. say to him: "strona
big mans is need very much in cu.ts
mala." Il will blows strike for WV,
down-pressed country" he say "Tba,
shall you do tell him. All, II wss
an Irish SO comic. He see one bos
break upon the wharf that cont.t
for the guard few gun. He tbins
there is gun in all the box. But tbaa
is all pickax. Yes. All, senior. coma
you the face Of that Irish have qoos
when they set him to the work.
Twas thus the ex-boss of the ON
ployment bureau contributed to N,
tedium of the trip with merry ies..
and anecdote. But now and then ha
would weep upon the bananas ana
make grafton about the lost cause .,
liberty and the mule.
"'Twas a pleasant sound when III.
steamer bumped against the pier !,
New Orleans. Pretty soon we hea,l
the pat-a-pat of hundreds of bare feot
and the Dago gang that unloads tNs
fruit jumped on the deck and down
into the hold. Me and the gener.
worked a while at passin I'D tbo
punches, and they thought we vera
part Of the gang. After about half An
hour we managed to slip off the steam,
er onto the wharf.
"'Twas great honor on the hands
of an obscure Clancy, havin' the on.
tertainment of the representative O,
great foreign filibusterin' power
first bought for the general and my
self many lone drinks and things to
eat that were not bananas. The gen.
eral man trotted along at my side
leavin' all the arrangements to me
led him up to Lafayette Square. and
set him on a bench in the little park
Cigarettes I had bought for him. and
he bumped himself down on the seat
like little, fat, contented hobo.
look him over as he sets there, and
what see pleases me. Brown BY
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 the
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.
SIS 5046 workin' yet, Danny? says
I, walkin' up to him.
Overtime says O'Hara, lookin'
over me suspicious. Want some Of
it?'
'Fffty-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 I. 'Ye pfnk-gilled monster! So
when O'Hara recognized me beneath
the scandalous exterior bestowed upon
me by the tropics, I backed him into
a doorway and told him what I want
ed, and why I wanted it. All right
jimmy says O'Hara. Go back and
minutes
"In that time O'Hara strolled
through Lafayette Square and spied
two Weary Willies disgracin' one Of
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.
The man. says l to the police,
used to be railroad man. He's on the
bum, now. IT'S little bughouse he is
on account of losin' his job
'Carrambos!' says the general fa
zin' like a little soda-water fountain,
you fought, senior, with my forces in
my native country. Why do you say
the lies? You shall say am the Gen
eral De Vega, one soldier, one cabal
Iero-'
Raflroader,' says I, again. ON the
hog. No good. Been Twin for three
days on stolen bananas. Look at him.
Amt that enough?'
twenty-five dollars or sixty days
was what the recorder gave the gen
eral. He didn't have a cent, so he
took the time. They let me go, as |
knew they would, for I had money to
show, and O'Hara knew me. Sixty
days. Twas just SO long slung pick
for the great country of Kam-ol
Guatemala"
Clancy paused. There was look Of
happy content on his deeply sunburn'
al e.