The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM a= .

lost my grip. IT'S the tropics
that's done It. 'Tis like the poet
says: Forgotten are our friends
that we have left behind; In the
hollow lettuce land we will live
and lay reclined." You better 70
on. Clancy III stay. I guess.
sleepy
so ! had to leave Halloran.
Il dressed quiet. and slipped out
OF the tent we were in. When
the guard came along I knocked
MIN over. like a ninepin. with q
green cocoanut / had. and made
Tor the railroad. I got on that
handcar and made IL ny. Twas
yet q while before daybreak
when ! saw the lights of Port
Barrios about q mile away. l
stopped the handcar there and
walked to the town. / stepped
inside the corporations Of that
+ town with care and hesitatIons.
was not afraid OF the army of
Guatemala, but me soul quacked
at the prospect of a hand-to-
hand struggle with it's employ
nent bureau. 'Tis a country
that hires its help easy and
keeps 'em long. Sure can
fancy Missis America and Missis
Guatemala passin' g bit of gos-
sip some fine, still night across
the mountains. oh, DEAR says
Missis America. and it's a lot Of
trouble I'm havin' ag'in with the
now!' says Missis Guatemala.
you don't say so. ma'am! Now.
mine never think of leaVin' me
-te-he! ma'am.' snickers Missis
Guatemala.
Il was vonderin' how was
goin' to move away from them
tropics without bein' hired again.
Dark as it was. / could see a,
steamer ridin' in the hsrbor. with
smoke cmergin' from her stacks.
l turned down little grass
street that run down to the
water On the beach ! found a
little brown nigger-man just
about to shove OFF in a skin.
Hold on. Sambo.' says 1.
Save English?
Heap plenty. yes says he,
with a grin.
What steamer is that
asks him. and where is 1t going?
And what's the news, and the
good word and the time of day.
THAT steamer the Conchita.'
said the brown man. affabIe and
easy. rollini a cigarette. Him
come from New Orleans for load
banana Him god load last night.
! think him sail in one. two hour.
Nerree nice day we shall be goin'
have. You hear some taIkee
bout big battle. maybe SO? You
think catchee General De Vega.
senor2 Yes? No?
"'How's that. Samboo? says
!. Big battle? What battle?
Who wants catchee General De
Vega? I've been up at my gold
mines in the interior for a couple
Of months. and haven't heard
any news
oh says the nigger-man,
proud to speak the English. YER
rec great revolution in Guate-
mala one week ago. General De
Vega. him try be president Him
raise armee-one-hye- thou
sand mans for fight at the gov
eminent. Those government
send ive-forty-hundre thou
sand soldier to suppress revoIu-
tion. They fight big battle yes
terday at Lomagrande-that
about nineteen or fifty mile in
the mountain. That government
soldier wkeep General De Vega
oh. most bad. Five hundred
nine hundred-two thousand of
his mans is kill. That revolu-
tion is smash suppress-bust-
very quick. General De Vega.
him r-r-run away fast on one
big mule. Yes. carrambos! The
general. him r-r-run away. and
his armee is kill. That govern
ment soldier. they try fnd Cen
cral De Vega veree much. They
want catchee him for shoot. You
think they catchee that general.
senor?'
Saints grant IT," says /.
'Twould be the judgment of