The Washington herald., 1920-05-30


hearty and long. Gle shook
with lsughins the black-fAcee
rebel and outcast. standin' neck
deep In bananas. without frienof
or country.1
All. senor,' he snickers. fc
the death you would have laugh
= ed at that drolIest Irish. / say
TO him: Strong. big mans is
need very much in GuatemaIa--
Il will blows strike for your
down-pressed country" he says
That shall you do" tell him
An! IL was an Irish SO comic.
He sees one box break upon the
wharf that contain for the guard
q few gun. He think there n
gun In all the box. But that
is all pickaxe. Yes. All! senor,
could you the face OF that Irish
nave seen when they set him TO
the work.
Twas thus the ex-boss of
the employment bureau con-
triouted to the tedium Of the
trip with merry jests and anec-
cote. But now and then he
would weep upon the bananas
and make oration about the lost
cause OF liberty and the mule.
Twas a pleasant sound whexJ
the steamer bumped against II
pier in New Orleans. PretN
soon we heard the pat-a-pat, 80
hundreds OF bare feet. and
Dago gang that unloads the
jumped on the deck and do |
into the hold Me and the gen
eral worked a while at passiu
up the punches, and they thoug
We were part Of the gang. Ard
about an hour we managed
slip on the steamer onto q
wharf.
Twas q great honor on q
hands of an obscure Clam
havin' the entertainment Of H.
representative OF a great foreigH>
nIlousterin' power. tirst
bought for the general and my
self long drinks and things TO
cat that were not bananas,
The general man trotted IaIong
at my side. Iesvin' all the ar
ranEements to me. led him IN
10 Lafayette Square and set him
on a bench in the little park.
Cirgarettes had bought for
him. and he bumped himself
down on the seat like a little,
fat. contented hobo. l look him
over as he sets there, and what
L see plcases me. Brown by
nature and instinct. he is now
brindled with dirt and dust
Praise to the mule. hi0 clothes
is mostly strings and daps. Yes.
the looks of the general man Is
agreeable to Clancy.
4 ask him. delicate. il, BY any
chance. he brought away any
body's money with him from
Guatemala He siEhs and bumps
his shoulders against the bench.
Not cent All right Maybe.
he tells me. some OF his friends
in the tropic outnt will send him
funds later. The general was
as clear a case OF no visible
means as 1 ever saw.
Il told him not to move from
the bench, and then went up
to the corner OF I..ts-. =
CarondeleL AIour ...
O'HRra's beat J. s--...s
along comes OH - s.-. o.
man. reo-faced. N.rr -r -lr.
tons, swingin' hi. -E Va.
be a fine thing 80 EIH- -l....
move into o.. -s- o..
'Twould be a n H,t. Pee.
tion for Danny ..fst.. . ...-,
lutions and u1..sas.s .rcr or
% twice a week SiIn ni~ -.u..
lis 5O46 workin' yet. Dan...
says !, walkin' up to him.
Overtime says O'Hara. look
in over me suspicious Want
some of it"
'Fifty-foTty-six is the cele-
brated city ordinance authorIziE
arrest conviction and imprison-
ment OF persons that succeed in
concesIin' their crimes from the
police.
Don't ye know Jimmy
Clancy says J. 'Yc pink-Eilled
monster So. when U'Hars re-
cognized me beneatR tho scan
dalous exterior bestowed upon
me by the tropics. backed him
into a doorway and told him
what / wanted. and why / want
ed it All right. Jimmy says
O'Hara- Go back and hold the
bench. I'll be along in ten min
utes'
In that time O'Hara slrollod
through Lafayette Squar" and
spied two Weary WiIhes dis
gracin' one of tho benches. In
ten minutes more J. Clancy ana
the General Dc Vega. late can
didate for the presidency OF Qua
temala- was in the station house.
The general is badly frightened.
and calls upon me to proclaim
his distinguishments and rank
The man. says ] to the po-
lice, used TO be a railroad man.
He's on the bum now 'Tis a
little bug-house he is. on ac-
count OF losin' his job
'Csrrambos" says the gen
cral. fzzin' like a little soda
water fountain. YOU fought.
senor. with my forces in my
native country. Why do YOU
say the lies? You shall say I
am the General DE Vega. one
soldier. one RbaIlero-
Railroader. says again.
on the hog. No good. Ben
Twin for three days on stolen
bananas. Look at him. Amt
that enough
Twenty-Five collars or sixty
days. was what tho recorder
gave the general. He didn't
have cent. so he took the time
IhoE let me go. as ] knew thcy
would. for I had money to show
and OHara spoke for me. Yes:
sixty days he got. Twas just 50
long that ! slung q pick for the
great country of kam-Guate-
mala"