El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

erents will come firm fightin' loaded
down with tn thrinkets iv their in
imies an full " ambition to fight tn
wurruld, especially tn large an in
be standin' on a corner, thryin' to
sell 4 goold filled watch TO a visitor
firm Brazil. an wan iv these des-
peradOes will come up to We. pull
say Well, what ARE We sniYelin'
about? was thinkin' iv tn horrors
iv war says We. Says he; Amt ye
tn fellow that was tuggiu' at me
coattails while I was rasalin' with
me inimy2 An while I've been
fightin' we've thried to steal wan iv
me aisiest customers. Are We
ar-rmed% says he. I am not says
ye- TO show We how nation can
prosper an be at peace I sold me last
gun to ye'er inimy' says ye .Ye're
sure il was ye'er last% Absolutely
Well, says he, II that's tn case 1
think this wud be a good time to
change ye'er map. he says. An he
hauls tn pam branch out " ye'er
hand, gives ye a lick over tn head
with it, an siuds tn dove iv peace
to his commissary department to be
cooked fr tn hungry sojery. An
tn first thing ye knows is ye're a
sOozerain state. which names We are
free an indepindent but must re-
poort TO tn probation officer.
IVAN iv these days. Hogan says
we may be sindin' a obligation to tn
Rooshayan dooma, to petty-shun to
have Halsted sthreet paved with cedar
blocks, a German uhlan viii be
whacl1in' a table in tn Waldorf an
calm fr a fresh wan, a sturdy Brit
smokin' his hOokah in tn oil Ken
lucky home, while me frind Colonel
Wattherson hands him his sherbet
with a sprig iv mint in it, an ladin'
citizens in San Francisco will be
throttin' around between tn shafts "
out to see tn sights iv tn town
"I nivir thought tn day wud come.
Hinnissy. whin I'd be so low in me
mind that I cud be cheered up be a
prisidints message Before this war
started I'd a. soon think " turnin' to
the list iv real estate transfers IT
recreation an amuseminL But now
whin Hogan laves me so downhearted
that I'm thinkin' " turnin' in me
naturalization pa-apers as too dang
'rous to have around whin inimy
comes gOoSe-steppin' up Ar-rchey
road. I can always bring a ray "
sunshine into me gloomy thoughts be
readin' what Dock Wilson has to say.
TIL dock don't agree with Hogan.
mind We. Far firm it. He's as cheer
fuI about tn prospect as a dispatch
firm PethrOgrad- Says he, This
country Will nivir be attacked, be-
cause we are always just an humane
in our dalin's with other nations. an
me readin' " histhry tells me that no
nation that is always just an hu-
name in it's dalin's viii liver be at
tackled
also. if liver we have a dispute
with another nation We will be in tn
right. an tn other nation will say:
we are in tn right an We are wrong
Take what We want an frgive us
This is tn way il is among indivi-
jools, an nations ARE large gobs "
indivijOols We are at peace with
tn wurruld an have always been so,
as far as me personal expeeryence
goes. This country has niTer been
invaded be a hostile foe but wanst or
twice, an thin they did no partic1ler
damage beyond foorciu' congress TO
hurry home without an opportunity TO
collect mileage
ct may be. as Hogan says, that we
ARE definceless but We ar-re pro-
-icted be bulwarks stronger thin
steel, be tn love, an gratichOOd, an
RESPECT, an admiration iv tn whole
be tn very fact. fellow dim
nycrats. that we ar-re Ondefinded an
-ich. Why. boys, we ARE as safe as
lawn D. ROCKEFELLER wud be, all
alone in a house in tn suburbs iv
ludlow. with his money in paper