The Shasta courier., 1862-11-29
Fort Yuma and Vicinity.
SOLDIERS STORY.
BY NJ. QUAD.
M tould it's warm at Fort Yuma,

n
IN tould it's warm at Fort Yuma
4 fhrue for you, Tim. Hot as the div
III kitchen!''
.lIow do you know about that, Mick?"
Sure, I've lived there"
I What in the old fellow kitchen?r
Why no, you gossoon at the Fort"
Then what do you knew about the hate
ofIsld Nick's cookin' apartments,
Oh, I've frind down there that told me
Aluch.n
I'TheLord be between US an all harul-but
yer jokin', Mick?
I Divil bit, Tim. The way of it was
COZ fpany wild myself, tux it into his head to
dit one one day, an he appointed me admins
thtthricks Of his affairs"
7 What's that, Mick?"
It's what they call the man as takes
knIsws, it's quare thricks they sometimes
pl%- wild it''
Well, as / was sayin', Teddy appoint
ed me his guardian or misunderstanding, or
whatever else you may call it. An SO
score at the Widow Muldoony's, and pay
in l,ome other of his reckonings, all that was
lei, was pair of blankets an plug of
toll acy. which, accordin' to custom in such
cases, | tux possession for me own disin-
Interested sarvices.
: On the third night afther We had slowed
Tcsdy under the sod, was awoke about
miiaight by something in the room and q
srl. II Of brimshtone.
:; The Lord save u.s.
m VI
sei but Teddy Doolin; SO pluckin' up cour
rNfe says !
Is that you or.your ghost, Teddy Doc
sIt's me ghost, Mick, avic,' says he.
THE Lord be betwixt us an harm,
So II, at the same time takin' pull at me
fl y 20 give me curridge, ye know.
4 Where are you from. Teddy p says |.
From below, Mick says he. point
II ynward wild his finger.
; Aae Lord save us, says |, an took
anJEner pull at the fask-as Councillor
O'donnc (blissed be his mim'ry) would say,
a Yong pull, and sthrong pull, an pull
Altogether. lIe-not the Councillor. but
Te1dy-not Teddy aither but his ghost
mu Ist have shmelt it, for he says:
:" What's that, Mick?'
q Poteen,' says |.
'' Let me sample it, says he.
'f So l Civ him the flask, an from the
pull he Civ it. knew it could be nobody
else but Teddy or his ghost. So wiG that
we became more sociable like.
's How do you like it down there, Ted
dy?' says l, thryin' to seem at aise, you
know.
+" Middlin, Mick, middlin,' says he.
" How does the old fellow thrate you p
saysI.
.' Like gintleman, Mick, SAYS he.
&C Isn't he little peppery?' says l.
" Niver bit, says he.
g Isrt he sharp wild the boys?' says I.
" Not so much as the Captin, says he,
an he don't swear half as much
Teddy took another swig, an says:
I" The ould gintleman is mighty civil
and sociable wild we'll behaved people, an
says he is like Californian, and wishes to
hold out inducements to immigration.
+" g Good evenin', Misther Doolin," says
he to me one night.
% Good evenin', sur" says l /; "but
you have the advantage of me-"
'' Oh" says he, Il am landlord
here''
" Happy to make your riverince's ac-
quaintance, says | an wild that he frowned
wild look as black as your knapsack an
then. thinkin' that had made mistake,
says:
q Very happy, indade, your honor"
Chats the way | always spakes to the law
yers) an wild that he smiled like May
mornin'. an says he:
'' p" How do you injoy yourself, Misther
Doolin p
'' Tip-top, your honor" says 1.
/" 8" An how do you like the climit,
Mss.her DooIn," says lie; for he is always
potte an calls me Misther Doolin, an not
= teddy, you rascal" as the Sargent did.
me. Mick, if / was to establish school for
eivility an politeness, | would select the
divil for tacher, in preference to any Off
Ger in the regiment, MT even exceptn' the
gintlemanly old Curnel himself.
- Well, $3.50, your honor" says l.
g Rather warm, eh. Misther Doolin p
says he, wild a poke in the ribs as much as
to say % Will you take somethin p an says
l, at venture:
1is. of coorse, your honor"
% 81 He seemed to understand it, for he
brought on dechanter of such stuff as Mis-
tress Muldooney never dhraned of. Sorra
a cup of wather or taste of headache was
there in hogshead of it.
8 90 Would you like a little ice, Misther
Dookn?'' says he, wild wink.
Diyil Accuse me-niver a bit,
your honor but I'll take little hot wa
ther, if it's convanient." saysI.
:. ''' You're man afther me own heart,
Misther Doolin," says he.
g An wild that, we became as thick as
you plaze-warm frinds like.
g 50 Your honor seems to be pretty COM
fortably fixed here" says l.
. g Yis, Msther Doolin, says he, q but
have me own throubles an bothera-
tions, an am by no names sure of keepin'
possession. To be plain wild you. have
lot of San Francisco lawyers down here. and
the way they talk of examinin' records, and
searchin' titles, an about writs of ejecment,
an foatin' grants, an dear knows what all,
makes me feel very uncomfortable intire-
ly."