The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-10-18
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w, So, I"t! says one, IL go on
guard for you to morrow"
"And l" go on your next turn,' says
another.
SAND you needn't put in anything, and
can have the largest SHARE" suggested "a
third.
Pats countendnce brightsd at th, last
inducement. II was hard to resist
Whose guard is it to day." he inauir.
ed.
Lieutenant Browns" answered one Of
the party.
Browns is it faith, can come it over
him beautifully. But are yees all agreed
boys" continued he; "two guards-rm
to pay not a cint--and have the bigges,
swig Of the lot;-are yees all agreed -
Say the word, jist, and Pm of like mus.
tang colt"
All agreed, and Pat, after depositing in
the breast Of his jacket huge black bot.
tie, and taking pail in one hand left his
companions.
Anxious to see the denoaen,sRt, | kept
my eyes upon him till he left the garrison
and then took position q, the gate, to
await his return. After the laps Of about
n quarter Of an hour, espied Pat on his
way to the garrison. The pail which he
had taken with him was now apparently
full of water and in the centre Of it, sat
the bottle that he had secreted under his
jacket previous to his leaving the garrison
How he was to succeed in getting the
bottle into the garrison-exposed rs il
was--was now a mystery to me- Ger.
tainIy, thought The officer Of the guard
will discover it, and in that event, Pat will
run good chance Of passing the ensuing
week in the guard house. | certainly
gave Pat more credit for stupidity than
he deserved, as will hereafter appear evi-
dem.
Pat entered the garrison as unconceru.
edly as though he WAS engaged in no
mischief whatever but before he could
pass the officer Of the guard, that in,livid-
ual had espied the bottle.
''Here, sir" saws he TO Pat, "what have
YOU got in that bottle r.
Pat, tnpcliin1 il,., ti,. .fl,;--- = a "a :
"A bit of somrthEg strong. your hon
or; and ] Thought u put il in the water
TO >apc I COO sur"
"l'il give you something strong" saws
the object; and seizing the bottle, he or.
icrcd Pate his qnsrbI> order which
i,' hrsi'a'"d uht'a mi non, tn"t.y, app-r
reatly doligMedE,hJt he bad got oi so
q ,<y.
Auxions to sec wli.t sort of rc.ep
tinu Pats failure met :tl AMONG his com
rides, | started ior his eonpsny's quar-
tcrs; aud when peepel in at the hall.
door, was considerably astoni.hel ~ see
Pat Healing out out to his comrades, in
halfpiu. measure, the contents of tho raii
which WAS nothing else than real ayuer,li-
cafe At the same time he was rela Ing
to the party how he had come it over the
officer Of the guarl -
.Ioa see, filled the bottle full Of wa
ter aud the pail foil of the liquor--ihe Of
iicer OF the guard has got the one an, We
have got the other. Now yees know all
about il, aud are yees satisfied"
A universal ha ha was the response
after which the officers Of the guards
health was proposed.
The best part Of the joke occurred in
the quarters Of the officer Of the guard,
after the seizeure Of the bottle.
"Come says that individual to some Of
his brother officers there assembled, "let's
try Pats liquor. That was pretty bold
game of his" Saying which, he raised
the hottie to his lips. One swallow was
enough 10 test Us contents
"Water! by c." he suddenly ex-
claimed.
"Soldm simultaneously exclaimed the
party. and Brown bad TO stand treat that
night--Io keep theslfair mum.