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

dinner / does me work and smokes me
pipe and sleeps. There's little else In
life, anyway. Yell get that way yer
silf mighty soon. Don't be harborin'
any sintimints at all, Clancy
"T can't help it, says L; I'm full
army Of this dark country in good faith
to fight for its liberty, honor and sill
yer candlesticks; instead of which / am
set to amputatin' its scenery and grub
bin its roots. Ills the general man
will have to pay for it
1.-TWO months l worked on that rail-
road before l found a chance to get
away. One day a gang of us was sent
back to the end of the completed line
to fetch some picks that had been sent
down to Port Barrios to be sharpened
They were brought ON q hand-ear, and
| noticed, when / started away, tnat
the car was left there on the track.
"That night, about twelve, woke up
Halloran and told him my scheme.
Run awayi' says Haloran. Good
Lord, Clancy, do We mean It? Why.
amt got the nerve. It's too chilly and
| amt slept enough. Run away. / told
you, Clancy, I've eat the lettuce. I've lost
any Mip. TITS the tropics that's done
1t. TITS like the poet says. Forgot
ten are our friends that we have left be
hind; in the hollow lettuce-land we viii
live and lay reclined." You better &C
early and cold, and I'm sleepy
80 had to leave Halloran. I dressed
quiet and slipped out of the tent We
were in. When the guard came along
knocked him over, like a ninepin, witt
green cocoanut l had, and made fol
and made it fly. Twas yet while be
fore daybreak when l saw the lights OF
Port Barrios about mile away,
! stopped the nandcar there and walked
! b ID Hha NJ
poratsoos OF that town with care ano
hesitations. l was not afraid of the army
of Guatemala, but me soul qfakes al
the prospect of a hand to hand struggle
with its employment bureau. tbs
country that hires its help easy ano
keeps EN- long. Sure l can fancy Missls
America and Missis Guatemala passin' Q
bit of gossip some fine, Sstill night across
the mountains. oh, dear, says Missls
America, and it's a lot of trouble In
havin' ag'in with help. sonora, ma'am.
Laws, now! says MiSsis Guatemala
! 'yoh don't say SO, ma'arn. Now, mine
never think of Ieavin' me-te he ma'am.
smokers Missis Guatemala.
81 was wonderin' how I was goin' tC
move away from them tropics without
beiG' hired again. Dark as it was,
could see steamer ridin' in the harbor
with smoke emergin' from her stacks
turned down q little grass street that ruu
down to the water On the beach
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about to shove off in a skiff.
Hold on, sambo,' says l, Save Eng
HshY
grin.
"'What steamer is that.T 1 asks him
and where is it going? And what's tbs
news, and the good word and the time
Of day?
That steamer the Conchita,' said tins
brown man. aGable and easy, rollin' g
cigarette. Him come from New Orleans
for load banana. Him got load last
night. l think him sail In one, two hour
Verree nice day we shall be goin' t
battle. maybe soI You think catchet
General De Veva, senior? Yes2 No?
"'How's that, Sambo?' says I. Big
battle What battlsi Who wants catches
General De Vega? I've been up at my
old gold mines in the interior for a ecu
pie of months, and haven't heard any
news
"'Oh,' says the niger man, proud tc
spead the English, verree great rev0-
luton I'm Guatemala one week ago. Gen
eral De Vega. him try to be president
Him raise armee-one-five-ten thou
sand mans for fight at the government
Those one government send five-fOrty-
I hundred thousand soldier to suppress
I revolution. They fight big battle yester-
/ day az Iona grande-that about nineteer
CT fifty mile in che mountain. That gov
eminent soldier wheep General De Vega
oh. most bad Five hundred-nine hun.
/ dred-two thousand of his mans is kill
That revolution Is smash suppress
| bust-very quick. General De Vega, hin
r-r-run away fast on big mule. Yes
carrambosi The general, him r-r-ruT
away, and his armee is kill. That gov
eminent soldier, they tg find Genera
De Vega veree much. They want
catchee him for shoot. You think they
catchee thar general senor?'
Saints grant it" says l. 'Twould bt
the judgment Of Providence for setttn
the warlike talent OF a Clancy tc
gradin' the tropics with a pick and
shovel But tbs not SO much a Ques
ton Of insurrection now. me little man
as It's os the hired man problem. 'Tii
anxious | am to resign a situation OF
responsibility and trust with the white
wings department Of your great and de
graded country. Row me in your lit
! tie boat out to that steamer, and III
give We five dollars-sinker PAGERS
sinker PAGERS, says /, reducin' the ofei
to the language and denomination Of tht
! tropic dialects.
"'Ctnco pesos repeats the little man
t'Five dolce, you giveF
Twas not such a bad little man. H'
had hesitations at first. sayin' that pas
sengers leavin' the country had to have
papers and passports, but at last h'
/ took me alongside the steamer.
DAY was just breakin' as we strucs
her. and there wasn't soul TO be see
on board The water was very still
and the nigger-man gave me lit IRON
the boat and ! climbed onto the steam
er where her side was sliced to th'
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