The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Buttons, buttons,

o. my Lord dashed his hand again his fore
head, an run screamin' firm tn room. presoom
that something I had said had suggested solu
ton iv some gr-reat QUESTION iv state an he hur-
ried away to put tn idee in writin while it was
still fresh Anyhow | waited till quarther to
sivin f'r him to come down. an thin accepted an
invitation firm tn ginral iv tn ARMY to go out
an take a walk in tn air.
&c" Yes, sir, Charleymange tn Forty-hf
go down to histhry as p'raps tn greatest mi
iv tn present eera. Ye know what a
Dimmycrat | have always been. | hav
changed me creed. AS tn pote says, I was
rallied in old Wisconsin, an firm her rLsseu
breast sucked in tn tyrant hatin' milk that will
not let me rest. But since seen Chareymangc
| view monarchs in diffrent light Much can
be said in their favor If tn arnychists go on
attacl<in' tn pickle business in America l
wuddent be surprised if it wud become nicissary
f'r people iv class to get together an choose
a king Whin that day comes | cud wish f'r no
betther fate fr our country thin to be ruled
be tn great parsonage who this very day, just as
tn clock sthruck two, passed the butther to me
with his own august hands" he says.
So we see he amt much imprissed by rcty.
He's ony stunned. AS f'r me, all this fummery
wearies me. I wud be very homesck but FIR tn
kindness iv her re hghncss tn Princess Hildy-
garde Sophy Annamarier, who is larnn tn
Vicksburg lope firm me- As We know she is tn
most beautiful woman in Europe. Her hair is
ligh, sandy in color, an although short like all
her family, she is so gracefully proportioned that
no wan wud SUSPECT her weight to be two hundcrd
pounds. Gr-reat vvacity is lent to her face be
her eyes, which ar-re slightly crossed. She has
the simplest manners possible but there is some
thing about her, | can't say just what but an
ondefnable something, that marks her as iv rile
blood. She threated me at wanst as an akel whin
she larned that | am descinded firm Hugh O'Neil
on me mothers side an cud wear TIL title iv earl
if | wanted to- But if piece comes out in tn
pa-apers sayin' that there is anything seeryous
between paze deny it. We ar-re just good
frinds, nawthn more. ] will write more anon
In tn manetime, Cher Miguel with renewed as
surances iv me most distinguished considhera-
ton, believe me-
"' Yours
THOMAS O'NEIL SLAVIN,
Late Captain Hibernyan Rifles,
Sicrety iv tn Embassy iv tn United States iv
America to TIL Coort iv H. l. NJ Charley
mango tn Forty-hfth iv Poosylanya.'
SO there ye ar-re," said Mr. Dooley "Wel
1t is tr this counthry that we ar-re SO splindidy
rprisinted abroad. We set at home lightly
sthrugglin' f'r food while these hardy ENJOYS v
our civilization ar-re breakn their backs bowin'
befure throne in our behalf or ridn in TIL pitt
less glare iv tn MONDAY sun in clothes that no
man wud wear be starlight if he didn't have to-
They stay abroad till they are broke an thin
come home an find that tn office they really
wanted is permanently occypied.'
This here pa-aper," said Mr. Hennessy,
says we ought to have thrained diplomats"
don't know" said Mr. Dooley Thrained
diplomats is liable to overhrain an whin tn time
comes to put wan over they lack tn punch"
Copyright: 1914: By Finley Peter Dunnel