Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-07

clutch. Twas hard work. IT'S strainiu'
to the back and makes corns on the
hands,
Il didn't know you had ever lent your
sword to an oppressed people," muir
INJURED Atwood, from the grass.
II did" said Clancy; land they turned
1t into ploughshare."
what country was so fortunate as to
secure your aid?" airily inquired Blanch
ard.
Where's Kamohatka 2" asked Clancy,
with seeming iTrelevance.
why, OFF Siberia somewhere in the
Arctic regions" somebody answered,
doubtfully.
~ thought that was the cold one" said
Clancy, with a satisfied nod I'm all
ways gettin' the two names mixed. Twas
Guatemala, then-the hot, one-I've been
ilibusterin' with. Yen find that country
on the map. Ills in the district known
as the tropics. By the foresight OF
Providence, it lies on the coast so the
the towns off into the water. They're
an inch long, small type, composed of
Spanish dialects, and, It's my opinion, OF
the same system of syntax that blew up
the Maine. Yes, twas that country
sailed against, single handed, and en-
cal government with a single barreled
pick-ax, unloaded at that. Ye don't un-
derstand, of course. IT'S a statement de-
mandin' elucidation and apologies.
"'Twas in New Orleans one morning
about the first OF June; l was standin'
down on the wharf, lookin' about at the
ships in the river. There was q little
steamer moored right opposite me that
seemed about ready to sail. The fun
nels of it were THROWN out smoke, and
| a gang Of roustabouts were carrytn'
aboard a pile of boxes that was stacked
upon the wharf. The boxes were about
two feet square, and something like
four feet long, and they seemed to be
pretty heavy.
II walked over, careless, to the stack
Of boxes. / saw one OF them had been
broken in handlin'. Twas curiosity
made me pun up the loose top and look
inside. The box was packed full of Win
chester rifles. so, So says l To my
self; somebody's gettin' a twist on the
neutrality laws. Somebody's adm with
munitions of war. l wonder where the
popguns are goin 2
Il heard somebody cough, and
turned around. There stood a little fat
man with brown face and white clothes,
a first looking little man, with a
four karat diamond on his finger and his
eye full of interrogatiOns and respects.
! judged he was a kind Of foreigner
may be from Russia H. Japan or the
archipeiagoes.
Hist says the round man, full OF
! concealments and condolences. VIII tae
| senior respect the discover. u1euLS ne nae
made, that the mans on the snip shall
not be acquaintF The senior will be q
gentleman that shall not expose one thing
that by accident occur
'Monseer,, says for I judged him
| to be a kind Of Frenchman-'receiv my
most exasperated assurances that your
secret is safe with Jsmes Clancy. Fur
thermore, l will go so far as to remark,
/ Veev la Liberty-veev it good and strong
| Whenever you hear Of Clancy obstruct-
L ~ aNuffra
ments you may notify me by return
mail
1.-THE senior is good says the dark,
fat man, smilin' under his black mus
| tache. Wish You to come aboard my
ship and drink of wine a glass
"Bein' a Clancy, In two minutes me
and the foreigner man were seated at q
table in the cabin of the steamer with
a bottle between US. j could hear the
heavy boxes bein' DUMPED into the hold
l judged that cargo must consist OF
at least 1000 Winchesters. Me and the
brown man drank the bottle Of stuff. and
! he called the steward to bring another.
/ When you amalgamate Clancy with the
contents of bottle you practically insti-
| gate secession. l had heard good deal
about these revolutions in them tropical
! localities, and l begun to want a hand
in IL.
| country, amt you, monster says l, with
a wink to let him know | was on.
"'Yes, yes said the little man, pound
| ing his first on che table. "A change OF
the greatest win occur. Too long have
the people been oppressed with the
promises and the never-to- happen things
to become. The great work it shall car
ry on. Yes. Our forces shall In the
capital strike Of the soOnist. "Carram
Dos -
"Carrambos is the word says !. be-
ginning to invest myself with enthusiasm
and more wine, likewise veeya. AS | said
before. May the shamrock of old mean
the banana vine or the pie-plant or what
ever the imperial emblem may be Of your
down -trodden country, wave forever
"a thousand thank yous.' says the
round man, for your emission of ami
cable utterances. What our cause me- eds
Of the very most is mans who will to
work do, TO life Il along. On, for one
thousand strong good mans to aid the
General De Vega that he shall to his coun-
try bring those success and glory. It Is
hard-oh, so hard to find good mans to
help in the work
Z" Monseer, says 1, leanin' over the ia