franco-prooshan

Updated: May 25, 2025

'I passed through th' Franco-Prooshan War an' held me place, an' whin th' Turks an' Rooshans was at each other's throats, I used to lay out th' campaign ivry day on a checker board, he says. 'War, he says, has no turrors f'r me, he says. 'Ye're th man f'r th' money, says th' editor. An' he gets th' job." "Thin th' war breaks out in earnest.

Finley Peter Dunne - Mr. Dooley's Philosophy