The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-26
sERaEANT IO'GRApY's J. LARKs.A

/ legion, that OF sprlghtly young
Irishman, bearing the historic name
of O'Grady, Having "a fine figure
and a glib tongue, when arrayed IL
his new regimentals, he was well cal
culated to playithe deuce with yoU!-
ladies hearts, and was not, Log =
discovering the advant~ees MS ne"
| uniform gave him, or IN pronIin@
thereby. 1Beips attenti7s 10 as = y
J; Kant bde1auarters, and posses
sino ratbe. more than ordinary intel
T;gence he was promoted informally
&c -tbn position of sergeant OF the
ss,oS and here = mark of distinction
I;.~@rmf-was dubbed Sergeant
= = rady by his, companions-in-arms,
and greeted by the ladies as Mr..
O'Grady. -
Having large heart. he dealt it out
lavishly, scattering fragments of it
hither and thither, W wherever beauty
most did smile. Kitchen maids were
his penchant, and he soon had some
half dozen of them hanging on his
smile. Thus matters ran on smoothly
and sweetly. These were his halcyon
days, but like all halcyon days, they
were followed by cloud and storm.
An old fame of the Sergeant hearing
of his good fortune and preferment,
revived the ancient fire of love In his
heart, and in the enthusiasm of the
moment, he quietly led her to the
hymenial alter and made her Mrs.
O'Grady.
Had he been ordered Immediately
to join his regiment in California or
Alaska, his honeymoon would doubt
less have shone without a cloud to
darken its beauty and, his dream of
bliss might have been perpetual.
Whether the delirium of welded love
made him oblivious to his late hirta-
tons, 1erMhether,- being aSsOldier, he
feared no danger, we cannot say. He
returned to this city and took lodg-
ings for his young wife. But his
dream of bliss was doomed to fear
full awakening, and the result served
to cut short his military career and
nip his rising aspirations for glory In
the tender bud.
After his return, the sun had scarce
made the circle of the earth before
he discovered that, if he had forgot
ten the past, others had not, and in
ana unexpected moment he found
himself confronted by four incensed
females, with each a broken heart
and bundle of, broken promises to
hurl at his feet. To add to the fury
of their rage, the new wife Glanced
to-, be- present, and they bestowed
upon her a fair proportion Of their
invectives. She, being possessed of
the spirit of true Irish girl, at once
showed fight, and ran out her ban
hers on the outer walls; the cry was,
still they come'-and the fifth had, as
a reserved corps, come upon the field.
The bold trout assumed by the young
wife caused a stampede among the
besiegers, and they quietly drew off
their forces and resorted to strategy
They sought the presence of Capt.
McCleeryr and poured thar com
plants in his1ear. He was Indignant,
of course, but was unable to remedy
the evil. Sergeant o Grady was mar
ried in fact, and the Regulations
did not empower the Captain to dir
vorce him-and the Statutes of Indi-
ana would not permit the Sergeant to
marry the other six. Failing to OBJ
tain redress in this quarter. !, the Tilted
damsels made common cause against
Sergeant O'Grady and his hated wife.
Our modest young damsel, who had
not participated in the first. attack,
sought the presence, Of the Captain,
and poured into his ear the story
of her wrongs aud 0'Gfady's ApeEidy.
Says she, CAPTAIN. darlint and do you
allow your men to. be atther desaiFin
fartuous and unsuspecting young fay
males, the likes of meselt2' Ger
tainty, I do not. my child, and Che
Captain assumed the air of an an
cient patriarch, about to reptoye his
grown up, but naughty boys fFell
me all about it, my child; who has
dared to sadddeP your pure young
heart, maVorneen?"
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